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Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of research on upconversion nanoparticles, including their synthesis, applications in biological imaging and theranostics, enhancement of solar cell efficiency, temperature sensing capabilities, utilization of rare earth ions, and their role in photon upconversion for solid-state lighting.

  • Upconversion Nanoparticles
  • Luminescent Materials
  • Nanocrystal Synthesis
  • Biological Imaging
  • Theranostics
  • Solar Cell Efficiency
  • Temperature Sensing
  • Rare Earth Ions
  • Photon Upconversion
  • Solid-State Lighting
Research works
58k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
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Which countries lead Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.3k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.3k works
  2. 2 India 1.3k works
  3. 3 Russia 617 works
  4. 4 United States 408 works
  5. 5 Japan 368 works
  6. 6 France 221 works
  7. 7 South Korea 209 works
  8. 8 Poland 203 works
  9. 9 Brazil 177 works
  10. 10 Germany 166 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: 54.5%India: 15.7%Russia: 7.8%United States: 5.1%6 others listed: 16.9%55%largest
China4,340 · 54.5%India1,252 · 15.7%Russia617 · 7.8%United States408 · 5.1%6 others listed1,344 · 16.9%

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

Which institutions lead Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials research, followed by Changchun University of Science and Technology and China Jiliang University.

Who are the leading researchers in Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials include Wei Huang and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Qiang Zhang China 4.5k citations

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

Where is Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials research done?

The largest centres of Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Changchun (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nakhon Pathom and Ikoma.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 515 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 250 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 223 works
  4. 4 Changchun China 214 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 203 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 166 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 159 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 128 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 119 works
  10. 10 Dalian China 115 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nakhon PathomTH · 24.8 works95×
  2. IkomaJP · 53.7 works70×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Zhejiang Normal University and Maharshi Dayanand 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%mean 25.91%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nara Institute of Science and Technology: 54, 28.2%Zhejiang Normal University: 33, 39.3%Maharshi Dayanand University: 38, 27.9%Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 27, 31.5%Guangxi University: 65, 22.6%China Jiliang University: 82, 15.1%South China University of Technology: 58, 43.4%Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University: 25, 8.1%Tumkur University: 9, 30.8%Delhi Technological University: 32, 12.2%Zhejiang Normal Univ…Chongqing University…Nara Institute of Sc…Maharshi Dayanand Un…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyJapan 64.228.2%70.0×54
2 Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina 63.539.3%11.8×33 -12.8%
3 Maharshi Dayanand UniversityIndia 62.427.9%33.7×38 +101.6%
4 Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 60.131.5%9.6×27 +74.8%
5 Guangxi UniversityChina 59.422.6%11.3×65 +34.5%
6 China Jiliang UniversityChina 58.915.1%39.4×82 +82.4%
7 South China University of TechnologyChina 58.743.4%5.5×58 +11.1%
8 Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat UniversityThailand 57.68.1%239.3×25 +338.0%
9 Tumkur UniversityIndia 57.630.8%25.3×9 +137.8%
10 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 57.012.2%11.8×32 +283.6%

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 Properties of Advanced Materials research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials.

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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.

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.