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Photopolymerization techniques and applications

Photopolymerization techniques and applications is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 19k 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 explores advances, challenges, and opportunities in photoinitiated polymerization reactions, including topics such as photoinitiating systems, visible light-induced polymerization, cationic and radical mechanisms, UV-curing, and kinetics. The research covers a wide range of applications and materials, from hydrogels to composites, and emphasizes the development of new strategies and materials for efficient and controlled photopolymerization processes.

  • Photoinitiation
  • Polymerization
  • Visible Light
  • Cationic
  • Radical
  • UV-Curing
  • Photoinitiating Systems
  • Kinetics
  • Frontal Polymerization
  • Thioxanthone
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+43%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Photopolymerization techniques and applications

Which countries lead Photopolymerization techniques and applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1k and 316 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 United States 316 works
  3. 3 France 137 works
  4. 4 Japan 124 works
  5. 5 India 119 works
  6. 6 Russia 104 works
  7. 7 Germany 100 works
  8. 8 South Korea 86 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 84 works
  10. 10 Poland 65 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: 47.1%United States: 14.8%France: 6.4%Japan: 5.8%6 others listed: 26.0%47%largest
China1,009 · 47.1%United States316 · 14.8%France137 · 6.4%Japan124 · 5.8%6 others listed557 · 26.0%

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

Which institutions lead Photopolymerization techniques and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Photopolymerization techniques and applications research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 62 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 38 works
  4. 4 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 29 works
  5. 5 South China University of TechnologyChina 26 works
  6. 6 Jiangnan UniversityChina 26 works
  7. 7 Université de Haute-AlsaceFrance 20 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 20 works
  9. 9 Soochow UniversityChina 19 works
  10. 10 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Photopolymerization techniques and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Photopolymerization techniques and applications include Róbert Langer, Wei Huang and Ben Zhong Tang.

  1. 1 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  4. 4 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  5. 5 Richard Henry Friend United Kingdom 185k citations
  6. 6 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations
  7. 7 Kläus Müllen Germany 182k citations
  8. 8 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  9. 9 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 165k 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 Photopolymerization techniques and applications?

The most cited paper in Photopolymerization techniques and applications is "Controlled/living radical polymerization: Features, developments, and perspectives" (Wade A. Braunecker, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, 2007), with 3,167 citations. Next come "Synthesis and application of epoxy resins: A review" (2,151) and "Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications" (1,670).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Controlled/living radical polymerization: Features, developments, and perspectives Wade A. Braunecker, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski · Progress in Polymer Science 2007 3,167
2 Synthesis and application of epoxy resins: A review Fan‐Long Jin, Xiang Li, Soo‐Jin Park · Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 6 Apr 2015 2,151
3 Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications Kytai Truong Nguyen, Jennifer L. West · Biomaterials 8 Oct 2002 1,670
4 Thiol–enes: Chemistry of the past with promise for the future Charles E. Hoyle, Tai Yeon Lee, Todd M. Roper · Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry 22 Sep 2004 1,449
5 Photopolymerization in 3D Printing Ali Bagheri, Jianyong Jin · ACS Applied Polymer Materials Open access 20 Feb 2019 1,435
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Photopolymerization techniques and applications research done?

The largest centres of Photopolymerization techniques and applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mulhouse and Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 162 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 77 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 66 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 51 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 46 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 42 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 39 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 37 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 35 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MulhouseFR · 23.4 works150×
  2. WuxiCN · 25.9 works9.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photopolymerization techniques and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Photopolymerization techniques and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aix-Marseille Université and Université de Haute-Alsace 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.

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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
1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 67.721.7%6.6×14 +50.0%
2Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 64.019.4%10.2×8 +2.9%
3Université de Haute-AlsaceFrance 60.07.5%177.3×20 -5.8%
4Politecnico di TorinoItaly 59.323.2%10.2×12 +5.1%
5Jiangnan UniversityChina 59.110.3%17.4×26 +41.8%
6South China University of TechnologyChina 58.610.2%9.6×26 +131.2%
7Jilin UniversityChina 55.827.8%3.9×11 +219.2%
8Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 55.215.4%11.1×15 +82.0%
9TU WienAustria 55.16.4%15.8×12 +16.0%
10Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 54.416.0%13.9×16 +115.9%

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 Photopolymerization techniques and applications, country by country

Is Photopolymerization techniques and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Photopolymerization techniques and applications.

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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 Photopolymerization techniques and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Photopolymerization techniques and applications0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Photopolymerization techniques and applications 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%Photopolymerization techniques and applications10.3% 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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