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Magnetic Properties of Alloys

Magnetic Properties of Alloys is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 9.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores advancements in magnetic materials and devices, with a focus on permanent magnets, rare-earth alternatives, coercivity enhancement, nanocomposites, high-performance properties, microstructure analysis, grain boundary diffusion processes, anisotropic magnets, high-coercivity materials, and magnetic nanoparticles.

  • Permanent Magnets
  • Rare-Earth
  • Coercivity Enhancement
  • Nanocomposites
  • High-Performance
  • Microstructure
  • Grain Boundary Diffusion
  • Anisotropic Magnets
  • High-Coercivity
  • Magnetic Nanoparticles
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Magnetic Properties of Alloys research?

By volume, China and Japan publish the most (806 and 233 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 806 works
  2. 2 Japan 233 works
  3. 3 United States 182 works
  4. 4 Russia 166 works
  5. 5 India 105 works
  6. 6 Germany 96 works
  7. 7 France 75 works
  8. 8 South Korea 70 works
  9. 9 Poland 40 works
  10. 10 Spain 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.

China: 44.5%Japan: 12.9%United States: 10.1%Russia: 9.2%6 others listed: 23.4%45%largest
China806 · 44.5%Japan233 · 12.9%United States182 · 10.1%Russia166 · 9.2%6 others listed423 · 23.4%

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

Which institutions lead Magnetic Properties of Alloys research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Magnetic Properties of Alloys research, followed by Tohoku University and Beijing University of Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Magnetic Properties of Alloys?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magnetic Properties of Alloys include John B. Goodenough, David J. Singh and Akihisa Inoue.

  1. 1 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
  2. 2 David J. Singh United States 5.1k citations
  3. 3 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  4. 4 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 4.3k citations
  5. 5 D. Blöch Austria 4.2k citations

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

Where is Magnetic Properties of Alloys research done?

The largest centres of Magnetic Properties of Alloys research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sendai, Yekaterinburg and Tsukuba.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 218 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 65 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 45 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 43 works
  5. 5 Tsukuba Japan 43 works
  6. 6 Sendai Japan 41 works
  7. 7 Yekaterinburg Russia 38 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 36 works
  9. 9 Ningbo China 34 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SendaiJP · 41.1 works24×
  2. YekaterinburgRU · 37.8 works19×
  3. TsukubaJP · 43.0 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Magnetic Properties of Alloys than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Magnetic Properties of Alloys?

Among universities, judged by research, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Beijing University of Technology 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.

0%20%40%mean 6.8%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hangzhou Dianzi University: 16, 32.1%Beijing University of Technology: 32, 5.9%South China University of Technology: 22, 9.8%Technische Universität Darmstadt: 15, 4.2%Ural Federal University: 17, 1.0%Tohoku University: 38, 1.6%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 26, 8.6%Jiangxi University of Science and Technology: 14, 1.9%National University of Science and Technology: 9, 2.9%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 19, 0.0%Hangzhou Dianzi Univ…South China Universi…Beijing University o…Technische Universit…
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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 Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina 72.432.1%22.6×16 +66.3%
2 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 58.35.9%20.6×32 +107.8%
3 South China University of TechnologyChina 56.19.8%9.3×22 +110.4%
4 Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 56.04.2%21.6×15 +204.7%
5 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 53.51.0%27.3×17 +234.1%
6 Tohoku UniversityJapan 52.51.6%27.8×38 -3.8%
7 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 51.58.6%15.2×26 -11.9%
8 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 48.81.9%34.2×14 +641.1%
9 National University of Science and TechnologyRussia 48.32.9%61.4×9 +233.1%
10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 48.00.0%10.1×19 +36.9%

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 Magnetic Properties of Alloys research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.

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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.