Optical Coatings and Gratings
Optical Coatings and Gratings is a research topic within Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Science Explorer counts 32k 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 focuses on the development and application of advanced antireflective materials, including nanostructured coatings, thin-film gratings, and biomimetic surfaces. The research explores techniques such as glancing angle deposition and photonic crystals to improve optical properties for applications in spectroscopy, solar cells, and nanofabrication.
- Antireflective Coatings
- Nanostructures
- Thin-Film Materials
- Optical Gratings
- Biomimetic Surfaces
- Glancing Angle Deposition
- Photonic Crystals
- Spectroscopy
- Solar Cells
- Nanofabrication
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -20% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Optical Coatings and Gratings research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (938 and 408 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 938 works
- 2 United States 408 works
- 3 Russia 145 works
- 4 Japan 143 works
- 5 Germany 138 works
- 6 India 130 works
- 7 France 111 works
- 8 South Korea 103 works
- 9 Taiwan 65 works
- 10 United Kingdom 64 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 Optical Coatings and Gratings research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Optical Coatings and Gratings research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 42 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 23 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 22 works
- 5 Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 20 works
- 6 Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina 20 works
- 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 19 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 16 works
- 9 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 15 works
- 10 University of RochesterUnited States 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Optical Coatings and Gratings?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Optical Coatings and Gratings include Edward J. Wollack.
- 1 Edward J. Wollack United States 7.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Optical Coatings and Gratings research done?
The largest centres of Optical Coatings and Gratings research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jena.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JenaDE · 22.2 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Optical Coatings and Gratings than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Optical Coatings and Gratings?
Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Samara National Research 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 | Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 73.9 | 23.5% | 9.9× | 12 | +158.8% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.0 | 3.7% | 8.9× | 42 | +51.7% |
| 3 | Samara National Research UniversityRussia | 51.0 | 5.6% | 29.9× | 11 | +255.3% |
| 4 | Guangdong University of TechnologyChina | 45.9 | 0.8% | 12.7× | 20 | +58.3% |
| 5 | University of RochesterUnited States | 42.9 | 4.6% | 18.2× | 15 | -26.5% |
| 6 | Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina | 42.0 | 0.8% | 31.2× | 20 | +32.7% |
| 7 | Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands | 41.5 | 5.4% | 9.7× | 10 | -32.7% |
| 8 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 40.8 | 6.5% | 8.8× | 12 | -0.2% |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia | 37.4 | 0.0% | 7.9× | 9 | +212.5% |
| 10 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 36.3 | 10.9% | 4.3× | 14 | +64.9% |
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 Optical Coatings and Gratings research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013.
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.