Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of natural fibers as reinforcement in polymer composites, covering topics such as biodegradability, mechanical properties, chemical treatments, fiber surface modification, and their applications in various industries. The environmental impact and potential automotive applications of these composites are also explored.
- Natural Fibers
- Composites
- Reinforced Polymers
- Biodegradable
- Mechanical Properties
- Chemical Treatments
- Fiber Surface Modification
- Biofibres
- Environmental Impact
- Automotive Applications
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +71% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (2.1k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).
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 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research, followed by Nanjing Forestry University and Vellore Institute of Technology University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 137 works
- 2 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 112 works
- 3 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 63 works
- 4 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 60 works
- 5 King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand 55 works
- 6 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 45 works
- 7 Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 43 works
- 8 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 41 works
- 9 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 40 works
- 10 PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHIndia 39 works
Who are the leading researchers in Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites include Seeram Ramakrishna, Abdullah M. Asiri and Sabu Thomas.
- 1 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
- 2 Abdullah M. Asiri Saudi Arabia 3.2k citations
- 3 Sabu Thomas India 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research done?
The largest centres of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Nanjing (China) and Dhaka (Bangladesh). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Srivilliputhur.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Chennai India 362 works
- 2 Beijing China 295 works
- 3 Nanjing China 186 works
- 4 Dhaka Bangladesh 134 works
- 5 Coimbatore India 125 works
- 6 Bangkok Thailand 110 works
- 7 Shanghai China 103 works
- 8 Bengaluru India 97 works
- 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 90 works
- 10 New Delhi India 79 works
Where it is the local speciality
- SrivilliputhurIN · 28.6 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites?
Among universities, judged by research, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Najran University and Saveetha 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 | King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand | 71.0 | 41.9% | 40.6× | 56 | +119.9% |
| 2 | Najran UniversitySaudi Arabia | 68.8 | 65.1% | 9.5× | 10 | — |
| 3 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 65.7 | 25.6% | 13.4× | 137 | — |
| 4 | Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina | 63.6 | 36.4% | 23.3× | 112 | -31.6% |
| 5 | PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHIndia | 62.8 | 22.7% | 23.4× | 39 | +399.8% |
| 6 | Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia | 60.7 | 20.5% | 11.2× | 60 | +78.7% |
| 7 | Universiti Tenaga NasionalMalaysia | 60.4 | 30.1% | 9.9× | 8 | +305.2% |
| 8 | National Textile UniversityPakistan | 59.1 | 13.1% | 71.8× | 22 | +835.9% |
| 9 | Bangladesh University of TextilesBangladesh | 58.8 | 31.9% | 98.4× | 26 | — |
| 10 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 58.4 | 24.0% | 9.9× | 24 | +156.5% |
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 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites.
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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.