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High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena

High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores advances in nanocomposite dielectric materials, focusing on polymer nanocomposites, their dielectric properties, interface role, space charge behavior, and applications in electrical insulation and power systems. The research covers topics such as partial discharge detection, electrical breakdown, surface charge accumulation, and the development of eco-friendly gases to replace SF6 in high-voltage applications.

  • Nanocomposites
  • Dielectrics
  • Polymer
  • Partial Discharge
  • Electrical Insulation
  • Space Charge
  • High Voltage
  • Polyethylene
  • Interfaces
  • Power Transformers
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
62% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena

Which countries lead High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.6k and 479 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.6k works
  2. 2 United States 479 works
  3. 3 India 447 works
  4. 4 Japan 255 works
  5. 5 ?? 220 works
  6. 6 Germany 193 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 173 works
  8. 8 France 147 works
  9. 9 Russia 140 works
  10. 10 Italy 136 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.

China: 62.4%United States: 8.2%India: 7.7%Japan: 4.4%6 others listed: 17.3%62%largest
China3,636 · 62.4%United States479 · 8.2%India447 · 7.7%Japan255 · 4.4%6 others listed1,008 · 17.3%

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

Which institutions lead High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research?

By volume in 2022-now, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research, followed by North China Electric Power University and State Grid Corporation of China (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 353 works
  2. 2 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 243 works
  3. 3 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 225 works
  4. 4 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 183 works
  5. 5 Chongqing UniversityChina 142 works
  6. 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 117 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Electric (China)China 101 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 100 works
  9. 9 Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina 91 works
  10. 10 Electric Power Research InstituteUnited States 72 works

Who are the leading researchers in High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena?

The most-cited researchers publishing on High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena include Zhong Lin Wang, Wei Huang and Yi Ping Cui.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  5. 5 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  6. 6 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  10. 10 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k 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 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena?

The most cited paper in High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena is "Generalized Formula for the Electric Tunnel Effect between Similar Electrodes Separated by a Thin Insulating Film" (John G. Simmons, 1963), with 4,170 citations. Next come "Solving the Boltzmann equation to obtain electron transport coefficients and rate coefficients for fluid models" (3,405) and "A Dielectric Polymer with High Electric Energy Density and Fast Discharge Speed" (2,460).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generalized Formula for the Electric Tunnel Effect between Similar Electrodes Separated by a Thin Insulating Film John G. Simmons · Journal of Applied Physics Jun 1963 4,170
2 Solving the Boltzmann equation to obtain electron transport coefficients and rate coefficients for fluid models Gerjan J. M. Hagelaar, Leanne C. Pitchford · Plasma Sources Science and Technology Open access 5 Oct 2005 3,405
3 A Dielectric Polymer with High Electric Energy Density and Fast Discharge Speed Baojin Chu, Xin Zhou, Kailiang Ren et al. · Science 20 Jul 2006 2,460
4 Graphene Oxide Papers Modified by Divalent Ions—Enhancing Mechanical Properties via Chemical Cross-Linking Sungjin Park, Kyoung‐Seok Lee, Gülay Bozoklu et al. · ACS Nano 6 Mar 2008 1,784
5 Electrical Resistivity of Composites David S. McLachlan, Michael Blaszkiewicz, Robert E. Newnham · Journal of the American Ceramic Society Aug 1990 1,450
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research done?

The largest centres of High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an, Saguenay and Beijing.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 713 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 398 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 260 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 241 works
  5. 5 ChongqingChina 194 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 186 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 164 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 143 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 128 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 117 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Xi'an63.4 works129×
  2. SaguenayCA · 20.7 works42×
  3. Beijing91.3 works31×
  4. Palo AltoUS · 72.6 works28×
  5. YangpuCN · 23.8 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena?

Among universities, judged by research, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Xi'an Jiaotong University and The University of Texas at Dallas 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%mean 20.2%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université du Québec…The University of Te…Tianjin UniversityXi'an Jiaotong Unive…
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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
1Université du Québec à ChicoutimiCanada 68.535.9%56.9×20 +37.7%
2Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 64.712.2%30.9×352 +13.8%
3The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 63.830.5%14.1×18 -
4Tianjin UniversityChina 59.814.8%14.8×117 +8.4%
5China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 59.521.8%3.4×10 +82.3%
6Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.515.8%72.0×91 +40.5%
7North China Electric Power UniversityChina 56.36.6%55.8×243 +24.0%
8Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 56.323.9%3.0×16 +147.8%
9Tsinghua UniversityChina 56.016.5%6.7×100 -1.1%
10Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 55.524.0%6.5×21 +453.5%

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 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, country by country

Is High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena.

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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 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena 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%High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena9.6% 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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