Iron-based superconductors research
Iron-based superconductors research is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1954. 15.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the high-temperature superconductivity observed in iron-based materials, particularly in layered compounds doped with fluorine (F) and other elements. The research covers topics such as unconventional pairing mechanisms, magnetic order, electronic structure, and nematicity in these superconducting systems.
- Iron-Based
- Superconductivity
- High-Temperature
- Layered Compounds
- F-Doped
- FeAs
- Magnetic Order
- Unconventional Pairing
- Electronic Structure
- Nematicity
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 3.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -18% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Iron-based superconductors research research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (546 and 290 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 546 works
- 2 United States 290 works
- 3 Japan 222 works
- 4 Germany 122 works
- 5 India 107 works
- 6 Russia 98 works
- 7 France 61 works
- 8 United Kingdom 42 works
- 9 Italy 39 works
- 10 Poland 38 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 Iron-based superconductors research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Iron-based superconductors research research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and The University of Tokyo.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 43 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 27 works
- 3 The University of Tokyo Japan 26 works
- 4 Institute of Physics China 21 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of China China 17 works
- 6 Iowa State University United States 16 works
- 7 Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures China 15 works
- 8 P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 15 works
- 9 Tohoku University Japan 15 works
- 10 Nanjing University China 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Iron-based superconductors research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Iron-based superconductors research include Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and John B. Goodenough.
- 1 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
- 2 Takashi Taniguchi 6.2k citations
- 3 John B. Goodenough 6.2k citations
- 4 David J. Singh 5.1k citations
- 5 Jean‐Marie Tarascon 4.9k citations
- 6 Marvin L. Cohen 4.7k citations
- 7 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Iron-based superconductors research research done?
The largest centres of Iron-based superconductors research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Moscow (Russia) and Hefei (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ames.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AmesUS · 26.1 works35×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Iron-based superconductors research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Iron-based superconductors research?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kyoto University and Nanjing 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.
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 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 65.0 | 10.2% | 8.7× | 27 | +569.7% |
| 2 | Kyoto University Japan | 58.0 | 21.2% | 9.1× | 12 | -41.7% |
| 3 | Nanjing University China | 55.8 | 14.0% | 9.7× | 14 | +39.5% |
| 4 | The University of Tokyo Japan | 48.8 | 5.1% | 11.7× | 26 | -29.2% |
| 5 | Southern University of Science and Technology China | 48.2 | 14.0% | 8.3× | 8 | — |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of China China | 43.7 | 11.8% | 7.5× | 16 | -27.6% |
| 7 | Tohoku University Japan | 43.3 | 5.5% | 12.6× | 15 | -20.9% |
| 8 | Iowa State University United States | 39.7 | 2.8% | 23.7× | 16 | -30.8% |
| 9 | University of Münster Germany | 36.8 | 1.4% | 19.5× | 12 | -6.0% |
| 10 | The University of Osaka Japan | 36.6 | 8.3% | 8.7× | 10 | -38.3% |
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 Iron-based superconductors research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Iron-based superconductors research.
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.