Graphene research and applications
Graphene research and applications is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 83k research works in it since 1950. 23.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the properties, synthesis, and applications of graphene, a two-dimensional carbon material with exceptional electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties. The research covers various aspects such as Raman spectroscopy for characterization, chemical vapor deposition for large-scale production, and the development of graphene-based nanocomposites and transparent conductors.
- Graphene
- Two-dimensional Materials
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Nanocomposites
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Chemical Vapor Deposition
- Electronic Properties
- Graphene Oxide
- Nanoribbons
- Transparent Conductors
- Research works
- 83k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 20k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Graphene research and applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.4k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 5.4k works
- 2 United States 1.4k works
- 3 India 1.4k works
- 4 Japan 645 works
- 5 South Korea 612 works
- 6 Iran 478 works
- 7 Russia 462 works
- 8 Germany 454 works
- 9 France 305 works
- 10 United Kingdom 290 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Graphene research and applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Graphene research and applications research, followed by National Institute for Materials Science and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 154 works
- 2 National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan 95 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 90 works
- 4 Peking UniversityChina 83 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 79 works
- 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 79 works
- 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 74 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 62 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 56 works
- 10 Shandong UniversityChina 56 works
Who are the leading researchers in Graphene research and applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Graphene research and applications include Zhong Lin Wang, David Vanderbilt and Kenji Watanabe.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 David Vanderbilt United States 7.3k citations
- 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 6 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
- 7 Michele Parrinello Switzerland 5.6k citations
- 8 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 9 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 5.5k citations
- 10 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Graphene research and applications research done?
The largest centres of Graphene research and applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San Sebastian.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- San SebastianES · 30.8 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Graphene research and applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Graphene research and applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Hefei University, Weizmann Institute of Science and Henry Royce Institute score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hefei UniversityChina | 61.5 | 23.9% | 9.8× | 15 | +204.0% |
| 2 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 60.6 | 29.8% | 8.9× | 19 | +75.5% |
| 3 | Henry Royce InstituteUnited Kingdom | 58.3 | 26.1% | 61.0× | 14 | — |
| 4 | Tiangong UniversityChina | 57.3 | 30.1% | 6.9× | 25 | +129.9% |
| 5 | Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore | 56.7 | 21.7% | 7.7× | 11 | +230.2% |
| 6 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 55.7 | 24.5% | 4.4× | 35 | +1439.9% |
| 7 | Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina | 55.0 | 19.2% | 7.2× | 27 | +383.9% |
| 8 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 54.2 | 20.2% | 3.6× | 90 | +177.6% |
| 9 | University of ZanjanIran | 53.1 | 16.0% | 9.7× | 9 | +585.5% |
| 10 | Yancheng Institute of TechnologyChina | 52.7 | 29.7% | 6.2× | 9 | +314.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Graphene research and applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Graphene research and applications.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.