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Organic and Molecular Conductors Research

Organic and Molecular Conductors Research is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 15.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the coexistence of ferromagnetism and metallic conductivity in organic molecular metals, including topics such as tetrathiafulvalene chemistry, magnetic molecular conductors, metal dithiolene complexes, charge density wave, superconductivity, quantum spin liquid, electronic structure, molecular conductors, and ferroelectricity.

  • Organic Molecular Metals
  • Tetrathiafulvalene Chemistry
  • Magnetic Molecular Conductors
  • Metal Dithiolene Complexes
  • Charge Density Wave
  • Superconductivity
  • Quantum Spin Liquid
  • Electronic Structure
  • Molecular Conductors
  • Ferroelectricity
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (438 and 209 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 438 works
  2. 2 United States 209 works
  3. 3 Japan 195 works
  4. 4 India 121 works
  5. 5 Germany 97 works
  6. 6 France 79 works
  7. 7 Russia 65 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 49 works
  9. 9 Spain 41 works
  10. 10 South Korea 37 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.

China: 32.9%United States: 15.7%Japan: 14.6%India: 9.1%6 others listed: 27.7%33%largest
China438 · 32.9%United States209 · 15.7%Japan195 · 14.6%India121 · 9.1%6 others listed369 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Tokyo publishes the most Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Who are the leading researchers in Organic and Molecular Conductors Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organic and Molecular Conductors Research include Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and Judith A. K. Howard.

  1. 1 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  2. 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  3. 3 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  4. 4 J. A. Wilson United Kingdom 4.5k citations
  5. 5 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 4.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research done?

The largest centres of Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 81 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 49 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 30 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 25 works
  5. 5 Paris France 23 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 23 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 18 works
  8. 8 Sendai Japan 17 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 16 works
  10. 10 Osaka Japan 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Organic and Molecular Conductors Research?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Tokyo, Zhengzhou University and Nankai 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 9.67%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →The University of Tokyo: 22, 5.3%Zhengzhou University: 8, 26.8%Nankai University: 9, 23.6%Tohoku University: 16, 2.3%Kyoto University: 12, 4.6%The University of Osaka: 11, 3.8%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 9, 15.7%Nanjing University: 9, 14.6%Central University of Rajasthan: 9, 0.0%University of Rajasthan: 9, 0.0%Zhengzhou UniversityNankai UniversityThe University of To…Tohoku University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 The University of TokyoJapan 57.05.3%11.6×22 -8.3%
2 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 55.126.8%6.1×8 +161.2%
3 Nankai UniversityChina 53.123.6%8.2×9 +34.5%
4 Tohoku UniversityJapan 46.22.3%15.5×16 -17.3%
5 Kyoto UniversityJapan 41.74.6%9.8×12 -12.9%
6 The University of OsakaJapan 39.53.8%10.9×11 -10.9%
7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36.115.7%3.2×9 +198.6%
8 Nanjing UniversityChina 33.114.6%6.9×9 -51.8%
9 Central University of RajasthanIndia 32.00.0%51.4×9
10 University of RajasthanIndia 29.80.0%40.1×9 +13.1%

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 Organic and Molecular Conductors Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.

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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.

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.