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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. 11.0% 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%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (792 and 205 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 792 works
  2. 2 Russia 205 works
  3. 3 United States 198 works
  4. 4 India 173 works
  5. 5 Japan 126 works
  6. 6 Germany 84 works
  7. 7 France 70 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 43 works
  9. 9 South Korea 40 works
  10. 10 Brazil 35 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: 44.9%Russia: 11.6%United States: 11.2%India: 9.8%6 others listed: 22.5%45%largest
China792 · 44.9%Russia205 · 11.6%United States198 · 11.2%India173 · 9.8%6 others listed397 · 22.5%

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

Which institutions lead Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research, followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 27 works
  2. 2 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 21 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 21 works
  4. 4 Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 19 works
  5. 5 Saratov State University Russia 16 works
  6. 6 Beihang University China 15 works
  7. 7 China Southern Power Grid (China) China 14 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua University China 14 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 14 works
  10. 10 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 14 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications include Kenji Watanabe and Shanhui Fan.

  1. 1 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
  2. 2 Shanhui Fan 3.6k citations

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

Where is Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Chengdu (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 160 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 71 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 65 works
  4. 4 Chengdu China 54 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 47 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 43 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 36 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 34 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 32 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 29 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, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute 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%10%20%mean 10.19%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 27, 15.7%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 21, 15.8%Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 9, 21.2%Ural Federal University: 9, 3.7%Saratov State University: 16, 0.5%North China Electric Power University: 14, 7.2%Tohoku University: 11, 11.1%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 12, 12.6%Chongqing University: 14, 10.1%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 13, 4.0%Massachusetts Instit…Huazhong University …University of Electr…Ural Federal Univers…
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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
1University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 71.315.7%11.0×27 +1.2%
2Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 58.115.8%6.1×21 +53.5%
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 54.221.2%6.5×9 +20.1%
4Ural Federal University Russia 50.13.7%14.2×9 +249.2%
5Saratov State University Russia 48.80.5%84.7×16 +147.4%
6North China Electric Power University China 46.77.2%9.6×14 +16.3%
7Tohoku University Japan 45.911.1%8.0×11 +12.6%
8University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 44.712.6%3.4×12 +163.1%
9Chongqing University China 44.310.1%5.7×14 +84.4%
10Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 42.94.0%7.3×13 +51.0%

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 Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications.

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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.