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Nonlinear Optical Materials Research

Nonlinear Optical Materials Research is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of nonlinear optical materials. It includes research on computational chemistry algorithms, electro-optic modulators, vibrational spectroscopy, density functional theory, crystal growth, molecular structure, chromophore design, second harmonic generation, and quantum chemical calculations.

  • Nonlinear Optical Materials
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Crystal Growth
  • Molecular Structure
  • Chromophore Design
  • Second Harmonic Generation
  • Quantum Chemical Calculations
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nonlinear Optical Materials Research

Which countries lead Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (992 and 618 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 992 works
  2. 2 China 618 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 146 works
  4. 4 United States 132 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia 132 works
  6. 6 Pakistan 92 works
  7. 7 Russia 86 works
  8. 8 Iraq 72 works
  9. 9 ?? 71 works
  10. 10 Egypt 67 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.

India: 41.2%China: 25.7%Türkiye: 6.1%United States: 5.5%6 others listed: 21.6%41%largest
India992 · 41.2%China618 · 25.7%Türkiye146 · 6.1%United States132 · 5.5%6 others listed519 · 21.6%

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

Which institutions lead Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research, followed by Bharathidasan University and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 88 works
  2. 2 Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 50 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 40 works
  4. 4 Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityIndia 38 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 38 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 34 works
  8. 8 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 33 works
  9. 9 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 25 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nonlinear Optical Materials Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nonlinear Optical Materials Research include Wei Huang, Ben Zhong Tang and Kenji Watanabe.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  3. 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Axel D. Becke Canada 222k citations
  9. 9 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  10. 10 John Anthony Pople United States 202k 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 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research?

The most cited paper in Nonlinear Optical Materials Research is "Linear methods in band theory" (OK Andersen, 1975), with 6,557 citations. Next come "Maximally localized generalized Wannier functions for composite energy bands" (4,867) and "Determining atom‐centered monopoles from molecular electrostatic potentials. The need for high sampling density in formamide conformational analysis" (4,853).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Linear methods in band theory OK Andersen · Physical review. B, Solid state Open access 15 Oct 1975 6,557
2 Maximally localized generalized Wannier functions for composite energy bands Nicola Marzari, David Vanderbilt · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Open access 15 Nov 1997 4,867
3 Determining atom‐centered monopoles from molecular electrostatic potentials. The need for high sampling density in formamide conformational analysis Curt M. Breneman, Kenneth B. Wiberg · Journal of Computational Chemistry Apr 1990 4,853
4 Interactions between Light Waves in a Nonlinear Dielectric John A. Armstrong, N. Bloembergen, Jacques Ducuing et al. · Physical Review Open access 15 Sep 1962 4,320
5 Iterative partial equalization of orbital electronegativity—a rapid access to atomic charges Johann Gasteiger, Mario Marsili · Tetrahedron 1980 4,169
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research done?

The largest centres of Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Tiruchchirappalli (India) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tirunelveli, Chennai and Tiruchchirappalli.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 165 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 111 works
  3. 3 TiruchchirappalliIndia 56 works
  4. 4 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 53 works
  5. 5 VelloreIndia 47 works
  6. 6 TirunelveliIndia 41 works
  7. 7 FuzhouChina 37 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 35 works
  9. 9 CoimbatoreIndia 32 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TirunelveliIN · 41.3 works94×
  2. Chennai27.6 works43×
  3. TiruchchirappalliIN · 55.8 works41×
  4. BasraIQ · 20.4 works22×
  5. AbhāSA · 25.2 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nonlinear Optical Materials Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nonlinear Optical Materials Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Yangzhou University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%20%40%mean 25.5%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Yangzhou UniversityUniversity of Chines…Saveetha UniversityKing Saud University
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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
1Saveetha UniversityIndia 66.222.4%15.0×40 +255.4%
2Yangzhou UniversityChina 66.040.5%7.8×12 +48.3%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 65.331.9%5.3×24 +50.8%
4King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 65.018.6%12.3×34 +287.6%
5King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 63.018.8%24.2×25 +6.8%
6Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information TechnologyPakistan 60.629.5%70.3×9 +75.8%
7Tianjin University of TechnologyChina 56.036.8%14.6×11 +204.7%
8Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 55.86.6%106.4×50 +89.0%
9Hebei UniversityChina 52.933.7%15.9×10 +242.3%
10University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 48.216.2%19.6×9 +130.6%

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 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research, country by country

Is Nonlinear Optical Materials Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Nonlinear Optical Materials Research.

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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 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Nonlinear Optical Materials Research0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nonlinear Optical Materials Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Nonlinear Optical Materials Research10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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