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Magnetic properties of thin films

Magnetic properties of thin films is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study and applications of magnetic skyrmions, spintronics, and related phenomena in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials. It covers topics such as room-temperature skyrmion lattice formation, spin-torque switching, magnetic domain-wall logic, magnon spintronics, and the use of nanoparticles in these systems.

  • Skyrmions
  • Spintronics
  • Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
  • Spin Hall Effect
  • Room Temperature
  • Nanoparticles
  • Ferromagnetic Materials
  • Domain-Wall Logic
  • Magnonics
  • Antiferromagnetic Spintronics
Research works
66k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Magnetic properties of thin films

Which countries lead Magnetic properties of thin films research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 719 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 United States 719 works
  3. 3 Japan 713 works
  4. 4 India 422 works
  5. 5 Russia 414 works
  6. 6 Germany 401 works
  7. 7 France 257 works
  8. 8 South Korea 199 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 140 works
  10. 10 Spain 137 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: 34.8%United States: 13.8%Japan: 13.7%India: 8.1%6 others listed: 29.7%35%largest
China1,813 · 34.8%United States719 · 13.8%Japan713 · 13.7%India422 · 8.1%6 others listed1,550 · 29.7%

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

Which institutions lead Magnetic properties of thin films research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Magnetic properties of thin films research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 242 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 172 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 132 works
  4. 4 Tohoku UniversityJapan 88 works
  5. 5 The University of TokyoJapan 71 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 66 works
  7. 7 Beihang UniversityChina 61 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou UniversityChina 54 works
  9. 9 National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan 50 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works

Who are the leading researchers in Magnetic properties of thin films?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magnetic properties of thin films include Zhong Lin Wang, John P. Perdew and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  5. 5 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  6. 6 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  9. 9 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  10. 10 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k 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 Magnetic properties of thin films?

The most cited paper in Magnetic properties of thin films is "Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool" (Alexander Stukowski, 2009), with 16,794 citations. Next come "Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the Future" (11,490) and "Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications" (11,330).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool Alexander Stukowski · Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering Open access 15 Dec 2009 16,794
2 Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the Future Stefan Wolf, D. D. Awschalom, Robert A. Buhrman et al. · Science 16 Nov 2001 11,490
3 Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications Igor Žutić, Jaroslav Fabian, Sankar Das Sarma · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 23 Apr 2004 11,330
4 Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices M. N. Baibich, J.M. Broto, ALBERT FERT et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 21 Nov 1988 9,354
5 Current-driven excitation of magnetic multilayers John C. Slonczewski · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Jun 1996 6,837
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Where is Magnetic properties of thin films research done?

The largest centres of Magnetic properties of thin films research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wako, Chernogolovka and Sendai.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 438 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 208 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 143 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 111 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 108 works
  6. 6 SendaiJapan 98 works
  7. 7 HefeiChina 96 works
  8. 8 TsukubaJapan 93 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 85 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 77 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WakoJP · 28.0 works41×
  2. ChernogolovkaRU · 20.1 works32×
  3. SendaiJP · 97.6 works19×
  4. JülichDE · 26.4 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Magnetic properties of thin films than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Magnetic properties of thin films?

Among universities, judged by research, Shenyang University of Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and The University of Tokyo score highest, combining citation 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 20.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shenyang University …University of Chines…The University of To…Beihang University
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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.

Citation 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
1Shenyang University of TechnologyChina 67.433.1%12.8×16 +16.0%
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.417.6%4.7×43 +28.4%
3The University of TokyoJapan 59.416.7%10.1×71 -20.7%
4Beihang UniversityChina 56.614.5%9.9×61 -9.1%
5Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.820.1%4.5×11 +40.9%
6ETH ZurichSwitzerland 53.824.7%4.7×18 -15.2%
7Uppsala UniversitySweden 53.616.8%8.0×25 -1.5%
8Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 53.424.8%8.8×19 -15.2%
9Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 52.717.4%3.8×13 +20.4%
10Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 52.518.8%5.2×17 +2.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Magnetic properties of thin films, country by country

Is Magnetic properties of thin films research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Magnetic properties of thin films as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Magnetic properties of thin films 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%Magnetic properties of thin films9.6% 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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