Multiferroics and related materials
Multiferroics and related materials is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 12.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the study of multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials, particularly their thin film heterostructures, ferroelectric polarization control, perovskite oxides, spin current, photovoltaic effects, domain walls, and room temperature behavior.
- Multiferroic
- Magnetoelectric
- Thin Films
- Ferroelectricity
- Perovskite Oxides
- Spin Current
- Magnetic Control
- Photovoltaic Effect
- Domain Walls
- Room Temperature
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Multiferroics and related materials research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.2k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 India 1.3k works
- 3 United States 374 works
- 4 Japan 313 works
- 5 Russia 294 works
- 6 France 165 works
- 7 South Korea 152 works
- 8 Germany 151 works
- 9 Saudi Arabia 143 works
- 10 Pakistan 141 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 Multiferroics and related materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Multiferroics and related materials research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Siksha O Anusandhan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 76 works
- 2 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 70 works
- 3 Siksha O Anusandhan University India 57 works
- 4 Tohoku University Japan 55 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 33 works
- 6 Nanjing University China 32 works
- 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 31 works
- 8 Sichuan University China 31 works
- 9 Tsinghua University China 30 works
- 10 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Multiferroics and related materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Multiferroics and related materials include David Vanderbilt, Takashi Taniguchi and John B. Goodenough.
- 1 David Vanderbilt 7.3k citations
- 2 Takashi Taniguchi 6.2k citations
- 3 John B. Goodenough 6.2k citations
- 4 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
- 5 David J. Singh 5.1k citations
- 6 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
- 7 C. N. R. Rao 3.9k citations
- 8 R. J. Cava 3.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Multiferroics and related materials research done?
The largest centres of Multiferroics and related materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Indore.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IndoreIN · 49.2 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Multiferroics and related materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Multiferroics and related materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Hangzhou Dianzi University and Siksha O Anusandhan 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 | Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan | 75.1 | 30.2% | 12.8× | 14 | +317.1% |
| 2 | Hangzhou Dianzi University China | 68.9 | 25.1% | 9.3× | 20 | +911.0% |
| 3 | Siksha O Anusandhan University India | 65.8 | 10.5% | 43.3× | 57 | +170.4% |
| 4 | National University of Science and Technology Russia | 59.9 | 17.5% | 23.8× | 10 | +307.8% |
| 5 | Guilin University of Technology China | 57.8 | 18.9% | 17.4× | 24 | +54.2% |
| 6 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China | 57.3 | 16.8% | 6.8× | 70 | +52.8% |
| 7 | King Khalid University Saudi Arabia | 57.0 | 22.0% | 7.3× | 17 | — |
| 8 | Shaanxi University of Science and Technology China | 56.2 | 23.4% | 11.2× | 18 | -0.8% |
| 9 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia | 55.4 | 23.5% | 9.2× | 11 | — |
| 10 | Anhui Polytechnic University China | 55.4 | 26.3% | 10.9× | 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 Multiferroics and related materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Multiferroics and related materials.
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.