Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1951. 27.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of aggregation-induced emission in fluorescent materials, exploring its applications in chemical sensors, organic nanoparticles, room-temperature phosphorescence, BODIPY dyes, mechanochromic luminescence, photodynamic therapy, triplet excited states, and bioimaging.
- Aggregation-Induced Emission
- Fluorescent Materials
- Chemical Sensors
- Organic Nanoparticles
- Room-Temperature Phosphorescence
- BODIPY Dyes
- Mechanochromic Luminescence
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Triplet Excited States
- Bioimaging
- Research works
- 49k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (7.2k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 7.2k works
- 2 India 1.2k works
- 3 Japan 625 works
- 4 United States 620 works
- 5 South Korea 342 works
- 6 Germany 285 works
- 7 France 247 works
- 8 Russia 244 works
- 9 ?? 220 works
- 10 United Kingdom 193 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 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research, followed by Jilin University and South China University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 170 works
- 2 Jilin University China 128 works
- 3 South China University of Technology China 122 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 94 works
- 5 Soochow University China 89 works
- 6 Nankai University China 87 works
- 7 Shenzhen University China 87 works
- 8 East China University of Science and Technology China 85 works
- 9 Zhengzhou University China 82 works
- 10 Tianjin University China 79 works
Who are the leading researchers in Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials include Michaël Grätzel, Ben Zhong Tang and Hua Zhang.
- 1 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
- 2 Ben Zhong Tang 7k citations
- 3 Hua Zhang 5.9k citations
- 4 Judith A. K. Howard 5.5k citations
- 5 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
- 6 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 4.4k citations
- 7 Richard H. Friend 4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research done?
The largest centres of Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changchun, Ivanovo and Guangzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Changchun65.1 works56×
- IvanovoRU · 24.9 works21×
- Guangzhou27.2 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Shenzhen University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and South China University of Technology 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 | Shenzhen University China | 80.4 | 40.9% | 9.4× | 87 | +622.0% |
| 2 | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen China | 74.8 | 42.6% | 31.9× | 73 | — |
| 3 | South China University of Technology China | 72.3 | 35.2% | 9.1× | 122 | +117.7% |
| 4 | Nanjing Tech University China | 69.7 | 25.6% | 11.5× | 71 | +189.1% |
| 5 | Zhengzhou University China | 69.1 | 32.4% | 7.7× | 82 | +219.8% |
| 6 | Jilin University China | 68.6 | 30.4% | 10.6× | 128 | +63.8% |
| 7 | Fujian Normal University China | 68.5 | 27.9% | 14.8× | 40 | +289.3% |
| 8 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology China | 67.1 | 31.1% | 11.5× | 62 | +110.4% |
| 9 | Nankai University China | 66.4 | 33.7% | 10.5× | 87 | +32.0% |
| 10 | Soochow University China | 65.9 | 31.5% | 9.1× | 90 | +85.3% |
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 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.
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.