Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1956. 25.2% 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 metamaterials, including their role in achieving negative refraction, the design and properties of plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces, the principles of transformation optics, the development of chiral metamaterials, and the exploration of metamaterials in terahertz and nanophotonic systems. Additionally, it covers topics such as optical cloaking and the utilization of photonic crystals.
- Metamaterials
- Negative Refraction
- Plasmonic Metasurfaces
- Dielectric Metasurfaces
- Transformation Optics
- Chiral Metamaterials
- Terahertz Metamaterials
- Nanophotonics
- Optical Cloaking
- Photonic Crystals
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +68% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (6k and 880 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 6k works
- 2 United States 880 works
- 3 India 702 works
- 4 South Korea 279 works
- 5 United Kingdom 243 works
- 6 France 224 works
- 7 Iran 213 works
- 8 Japan 213 works
- 9 Italy 198 works
- 10 Russia 165 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research, followed by Southeast University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 140 works
- 2 Southeast UniversityChina 138 works
- 3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 127 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 126 works
- 5 Nanjing UniversityChina 115 works
- 6 Xidian UniversityChina 114 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 98 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
- 9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 92 works
- 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 86 works
Who are the leading researchers in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications include Ian F. Akyildiz, David R. Smith and Andreas F. Molisch.
- 1 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 2 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
- 3 Andreas F. Molisch United States 4.3k citations
- 4 Mérouane Debbah France 4.3k citations
- 5 S. Schultz United States 4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research done?
The largest centres of Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanjing and Pohang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Nanjing44.2 works36×
- PohangKR · 40.5 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xidian University and Southeast 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 81.3 | 43.0% | 10.4× | 127 | +197.1% |
| 2 | Xidian UniversityChina | 73.7 | 28.5% | 14.6× | 114 | +218.4% |
| 3 | Southeast UniversityChina | 71.5 | 24.7% | 9.7× | 138 | +169.3% |
| 4 | Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 70.0 | 38.2% | 12.7× | 28 | +917.8% |
| 5 | Air Force Engineering UniversityChina | 68.5 | 25.1% | 53.7× | 84 | +354.4% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 68.3 | 29.2% | 8.8× | 83 | +236.6% |
| 7 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina | 67.2 | 26.5% | 9.0× | 79 | +207.4% |
| 8 | Nanjing UniversityChina | 66.9 | 26.2% | 14.0× | 114 | +92.7% |
| 9 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 66.8 | 31.4% | 8.6× | 71 | +235.4% |
| 10 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 66.3 | 22.4% | 11.6× | 140 | +96.9% |
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 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications.
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.