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Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies

Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the characterization, behavior, and properties of nuclear graphite materials used in high temperature gas-cooled reactors. It covers topics such as oxidation behavior, microstructural characterization, irradiation damage, thermal properties, Raman spectroscopy, pore structure analysis, fracture behavior, and decontamination methods.

  • Nuclear Graphite
  • Oxidation Behavior
  • Microstructural Characterization
  • Irradiation Damage
  • Thermal Properties
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Pore Structure Analysis
  • High Temperature Reactors
  • Fracture Behavior
  • Decontamination
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies

Which countries lead Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (767 and 741 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 767 works
  2. 2 China 741 works
  3. 3 Russia 366 works
  4. 4 Japan 238 works
  5. 5 India 232 works
  6. 6 Brazil 220 works
  7. 7 South Korea 175 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 160 works
  9. 9 Germany 143 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 141 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.

United States: 24.1%China: 23.3%Russia: 11.5%Japan: 7.5%6 others listed: 33.7%24%largest
United States767 · 24.1%China741 · 23.3%Russia366 · 11.5%Japan238 · 7.5%6 others listed1,071 · 33.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Idaho National Laboratory publishes the most Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research, followed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 90 works
  2. 2 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 73 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 69 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 69 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 55 works
  6. 6 Japan Atomic Energy AgencyJapan 49 works
  7. 7 Department of Atomic EnergyIndia 40 works
  8. 8 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 36 works
  9. 9 Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesFrance 32 works
  10. 10 Sandia National LaboratoriesUnited States 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies include Yury G. Gogotsi, Lídia Morawska and Kenji Watanabe.

  1. 1 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  2. 2 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations
  3. 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  4. 4 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies?

The most cited paper in Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies is "Raman Spectrum of Graphite" (Fokke Tuinstra, Jack L. Koenig, 1970), with 10,728 citations. Next come "First- and second-order Raman scattering from finite-size crystals of graphite" (2,111) and "Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers" (2,038).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Raman Spectrum of Graphite Fokke Tuinstra, Jack L. Koenig · The Journal of Chemical Physics Aug 1970 10,728
2 First- and second-order Raman scattering from finite-size crystals of graphite R. J. Nemanich, S. A. Solin · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jul 1979 2,111
3 Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers J. Ernest Wilkins · Nuclear Science and Engineering Jun 1962 2,038
4 An overview of fast pyrolysis of biomass A.V. Bridgwater, Dietrich Meier, Desmond St. A. G. Radlein · Organic Geochemistry Dec 1999 1,746
5 X-ray diffraction patterns of graphite and turbostratic carbon Zhisong Li, C.J. Lu, Z.P. Xia et al. · Carbon 2 Apr 2007 1,690
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Where is Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research done?

The largest centres of Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Idaho Falls (United States) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Idaho Falls, Tōkai Mura and Oak Ridge.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 227 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 184 works
  3. 3 Idaho FallsUnited States 91 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 82 works
  5. 5 Oak RidgeUnited States 73 works
  6. 6 CairoEgypt 66 works
  7. 7 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 61 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 55 works
  9. 9 DaejeonSouth Korea 51 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Idaho FallsUS · 91.1 works157×
  2. Tōkai MuraJP · 49.0 works125×
  3. Oak RidgeUS · 72.6 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Isra University, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University and Alexandria University 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 24.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Isra UniversityAlexandria UniversityPrincess Nourah bint…Tsinghua University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Isra UniversityJordan 71.256.3%81.0×10 +300.7%
2Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 68.148.2%10.2×11 +393.7%
3Alexandria UniversityEgypt 61.649.1%7.8×15 +294.1%
4Tsinghua UniversityChina 55.96.1%5.5×55 +35.0%
5Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 46.17.4%4.0×30 +122.9%
6University of South ChinaChina 45.616.8%17.6×20 +110.2%
7Ural Federal UniversityRussia 43.521.2%16.1×20 -1.6%
8Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 36.26.7%5.0×16 +95.8%
9University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 36.014.0%2.9×10 +20.3%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 35.817.3%1.2×16 +257.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies, country by country

Is Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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