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Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 68k 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 explores the advancements in molecular electronic devices and systems, focusing on topics such as self-assembled monolayers, single-molecule conductance, electron transport, quantum properties, nanotechnology, conductance switching, charge transfer, organic electronics, and surface modification.

  • Molecular Electronics
  • Self-Assembled Monolayers
  • Single-Molecule Conductance
  • Electron Transport
  • Quantum Properties
  • Nanotechnology
  • Conductance Switching
  • Charge Transfer
  • Organic Electronics
  • Surface Modification
Research works
68k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Which countries lead Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 842 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 842 works
  3. 3 Germany 428 works
  4. 4 Japan 349 works
  5. 5 India 321 works
  6. 6 France 233 works
  7. 7 South Korea 192 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 190 works
  9. 9 Spain 162 works
  10. 10 Italy 157 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: 34.9%United States: 19.1%Germany: 9.7%Japan: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.4%35%largest
China1,541 · 34.9%United States842 · 19.1%Germany428 · 9.7%Japan349 · 7.9%6 others listed1,255 · 28.4%

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

Which institutions lead Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 136 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 131 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 70 works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 34 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 34 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
  7. 7 National Research CouncilItaly 28 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 28 works
  9. 9 Xiamen UniversityChina 27 works
  10. 10 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  4. 4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  5. 5 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  6. 6 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  7. 7 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  8. 8 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  9. 9 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  10. 10 Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 276k 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 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures?

The most cited paper in Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures is "Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects" (Walter Kohn, L. J. Sham, 1965), with 64,427 citations. Next come "Density-functional exchange-energy approximation with correct asymptotic behavior" (54,107) and "Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential" (19,740).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects Walter Kohn, L. J. Sham · Physical Review Open access 15 Nov 1965 64,427
2 Density-functional exchange-energy approximation with correct asymptotic behavior Axel D. Becke · Physical Review A Sep 1988 54,107
3 Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential Jochen Heyd, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Matthias Ernzerhof · The Journal of Chemical Physics 25 Apr 2003 19,740
4 Origin of the Overpotential for Oxygen Reduction at a Fuel-Cell Cathode Jens K. Nørskov, Jan Rossmeisl, Áshildur Logadóttir et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 22 Oct 2004 13,232
5 Mussel-Inspired Surface Chemistry for Multifunctional Coatings Haeshin Lee, Shara M. Dellatore, William M. Miller et al. · Science Open access 18 Oct 2007 10,972
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Where is Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research done?

The largest centres of Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 271 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 120 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 98 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 91 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 88 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 77 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 60 works
  8. 8 TianjinChina 59 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 58 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 53 works
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Where is the best place to study Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen University and ETH Zurich 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%30%mean 19.05%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Peking UniversityUniversity of Chines…Xiamen UniversityETH Zurich
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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 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 70.020.4%3.9×33 +5.9%
2Xiamen UniversityChina 68.520.4%6.1×27 +19.2%
3ETH ZurichSwitzerland 65.117.4%5.6×20 +23.2%
4Peking UniversityChina 64.220.6%2.6×28 +19.8%
5Nankai UniversityChina 63.820.4%6.6×23 +179.2%
6South China University of TechnologyChina 57.113.0%4.2×23 +69.1%
7Columbia UniversityUnited States 56.626.8%2.4×13 -9.3%
8East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.815.6%6.8×17 +123.9%
9Korea UniversitySouth Korea 54.520.0%4.9×15 +5.7%
10University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 52.915.9%3.9×24 -4.4%

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 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, country by country

Is Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009.

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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 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures 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.

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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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