Nuclear Materials and Properties
Nuclear Materials and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and properties of advanced materials for nuclear fuel, including accident tolerant fuels, fuel cladding, thermophysical properties, oxidation resistance, behavior under high temperature and irradiation, hydrogen embrittlement, and fission product release.
- Accident Tolerant Fuels
- Fuel Cladding
- Thermophysical Properties
- Oxidation Resistance
- Actinide Oxides
- High Temperature Behavior
- Density Functional Theory
- Irradiation Performance
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Fission Product Release
- Research works
- 55k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nuclear Materials and Properties research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.6k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 Russia 506 works
- 4 Japan 431 works
- 5 India 339 works
- 6 France 336 works
- 7 Germany 273 works
- 8 South Korea 245 works
- 9 United Kingdom 220 works
- 10 Canada 118 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 Nuclear Materials and Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Idaho National Laboratory publishes the most Nuclear Materials and Properties research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 171 works
- 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 161 works
- 3 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 145 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 115 works
- 5 Japan Atomic Energy AgencyJapan 97 works
- 6 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 94 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 91 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 85 works
- 9 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 82 works
- 10 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 63 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nuclear Materials and Properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nuclear Materials and Properties include Y. Arai and Dierk Raabe.
- 1 Y. Arai Japan 6k citations
- 2 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nuclear Materials and Properties research done?
The largest centres of Nuclear Materials and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Deep River, Saint-Paul-lès-Durance and Idaho Falls.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Deep RiverCA · 23.1 works277×
- Saint-Paul-lès-DuranceFR · 25.8 works196×
- Idaho FallsUS · 175.2 works183×
- Tōkai MuraJP · 98.7 works160×
- KurchatovKZ · 21.2 works133×
- KālpākkamIN · 39.1 works124×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear Materials and Properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nuclear Materials and Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and National Research Nuclear University MEPhI 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 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 76.0 | 30.6% | 13.3× | 161 | +147.0% |
| 2 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 63.1 | 33.9% | 10.8× | 12 | +156.6% |
| 3 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 60.1 | 12.9% | 47.6× | 44 | +283.7% |
| 4 | University of DhakaBangladesh | 57.9 | 51.8% | 6.8× | 12 | — |
| 5 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 57.4 | 35.0% | 8.2× | 41 | +42.0% |
| 6 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 57.3 | 38.7% | 5.3× | 85 | +32.6% |
| 7 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 57.0 | 6.6% | 30.5× | 48 | +1548.0% |
| 8 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 56.7 | 19.6% | 6.4× | 58 | +287.7% |
| 9 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 56.7 | 23.4% | 14.4× | 56 | +21.0% |
| 10 | University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States | 56.6 | 22.0% | 10.7× | 32 | +72.6% |
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 Nuclear Materials and Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Nuclear Materials and Properties.
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.