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Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications

Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of magneto-optical devices, particularly waveguide isolators and optical isolators, using materials such as yttrium iron garnet. The research covers topics such as Faraday rotation, nonreciprocal devices, and their integration into silicon photonics for various optical and photonic applications.

  • Magneto-Optical
  • Waveguide Isolators
  • Yttrium Iron Garnet
  • Silicon Photonics
  • Faraday Rotation
  • Integrated Optics
  • Nonreciprocal Devices
  • Optical Isolator
  • Monolithic Integration
  • Microresonators
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications

Which countries lead Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (974 and 224 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 974 works
  2. 2 United States 224 works
  3. 3 Russia 219 works
  4. 4 India 207 works
  5. 5 Japan 143 works
  6. 6 Germany 97 works
  7. 7 France 79 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 48 works
  9. 9 South Korea 45 works
  10. 10 Brazil 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: 47.0%United States: 10.8%Russia: 10.6%India: 10.0%6 others listed: 21.7%47%largest
China974 · 47.0%United States224 · 10.8%Russia219 · 10.6%India207 · 10.0%6 others listed450 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 80 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 43 works
  4. 4 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 31 works
  5. 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 30 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 25 works
  7. 7 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 19 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 19 works
  9. 9 Beihang UniversityChina 18 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications include Kostya S. Novoselov, Andre K. Geim and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  2. 2 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  8. 8 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  9. 9 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  10. 10 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications?

The most cited paper in Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications is "Improved tetrahedron method for Brillouin-zone integrations" (Peter E. Blöchl, Ove Jepsen, O. K. Andersen, 1994), with 7,345 citations. Next come "On the Dispersion of Resistivity and Dielectric Constant of Some Semiconductors at Audiofrequencies" (3,885) and "Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects in Zinc Blende Structures" (3,710).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved tetrahedron method for Brillouin-zone integrations Peter E. Blöchl, Ove Jepsen, O. K. Andersen · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jun 1994 7,345
2 On the Dispersion of Resistivity and Dielectric Constant of Some Semiconductors at Audiofrequencies C. G. Koops · Physical Review Jul 1951 3,885
3 Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects in Zinc Blende Structures G. Dresselhaus · Physical Review 15 Oct 1955 3,710
4 Electron Spectroscopy Studies on Magneto-Optical Media and Plastic Substrate Interface Takehiko Yorozu, Mitsuhiro Hirano, Kunihiko Oka et al. · IEEE Translation Journal on Magnetics in Japan Aug 1987 3,691
5 Observation of the spin Seebeck effect Ken‐ichi Uchida, S. Takahashi, Kazuya Harii et al. · Nature Oct 2008 2,263
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Where is Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Chengdu (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 193 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 76 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 76 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 63 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 58 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 50 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 42 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 41 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 39 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 36 works
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Where is the best place to study Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chongqing 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.

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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.

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
1University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 74.115.6%12.1×30 +28.0%
2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 65.620.7%6.1×10 +7.2%
3Chongqing UniversityChina 58.813.2%6.7×16 +78.1%
4Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.09.2%6.2×25 +46.4%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52.013.3%3.9×14 +48.0%
6Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 49.711.4%4.7×19 +11.3%
7Tsinghua UniversityChina 49.510.1%3.3×17 +8.5%
8Beihang UniversityChina 48.38.8%7.1×18 +22.0%
9The University of TokyoJapan 48.318.9%4.2×12 -9.5%
10North China Electric Power UniversityChina 47.47.0%12.9×19 +14.6%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications, country by country

Is Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications.

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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 Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications 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%Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications9.8% 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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