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Pigment Synthesis and Properties

Pigment Synthesis and Properties is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis and characterization of inorganic pigments, particularly cobalt-based blue pigments, chromium oxide nanostructures, and rare earth phosphates. The papers explore various methods such as sol-gel, hydrothermal synthesis, and combustion synthesis to produce pigments with high near-infrared reflectance and environmentally friendly properties.

  • Inorganic Pigments
  • Synthesis
  • Characterization
  • Nanoparticles
  • Reflectance Properties
  • Ceramic Pigments
  • Optical Properties
  • Crystal Structure
  • Environmentally Benign
  • Sol-Gel Method
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+41%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pigment Synthesis and Properties

Which countries lead Pigment Synthesis and Properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (932 and 552 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 932 works
  2. 2 India 552 works
  3. 3 Russia 257 works
  4. 4 Brazil 200 works
  5. 5 United States 187 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 139 works
  7. 7 Japan 126 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 120 works
  9. 9 Egypt 120 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 115 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: 33.9%India: 20.1%Russia: 9.3%Brazil: 7.3%6 others listed: 29.4%34%largest
China932 · 33.9%India552 · 20.1%Russia257 · 9.3%Brazil200 · 7.3%6 others listed806 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Pigment Synthesis and Properties research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 83 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 47 works
  4. 4 Jingdezhen Ceramic InstituteChina 25 works
  5. 5 National Research CentreEgypt 22 works
  6. 6 Central South UniversityChina 19 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 19 works
  8. 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 19 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 16 works
  10. 10 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pigment Synthesis and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pigment Synthesis and Properties include Michaël Grätzel, Wei Huang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Jiaguo Yu China 207k citations
  5. 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  6. 6 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  7. 7 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  8. 8 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  9. 9 John Bannister Goodenough United States 175k 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 Pigment Synthesis and Properties?

The most cited paper in Pigment Synthesis and Properties is "Introduction to Ceramics" (WILLIAM DAVID KINGERY, H. Kent Bowen, DONALD R. UHLMANN et al., 1977), with 5,733 citations. Next come "Review of the anatase to rutile phase transformation" (3,390) and "Effects of F- Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity and Microstructures of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Powders" (2,164).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Introduction to Ceramics WILLIAM DAVID KINGERY, H. Kent Bowen, DONALD R. UHLMANN et al. · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Mar 1977 5,733
2 Review of the anatase to rutile phase transformation Dorian A. H. Hanaor, Charles Christopher Sorrell · Journal of Materials Science Open access 7 Dec 2010 3,390
3 Effects of F- Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity and Microstructures of Nanocrystalline TiO2 Powders Jimmy C. Yu, Jiaguo Yu, Ho et al. · Chemistry of Materials 13 Aug 2002 2,164
4 Topotactical reactions with ferrimagnetic oxides having hexagonal crystal structures—I F.K. Lotgering · Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Feb 1959 2,150
5 Band-gap energy estimation from diffuse reflectance measurements on sol–gel and commercial TiO2: a comparative study Rosendo López González, R. Gómez · Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 15 Sep 2011 1,716
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Where is Pigment Synthesis and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Pigment Synthesis and Properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jingdezhen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 128 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 54 works
  3. 3 ChennaiIndia 53 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 51 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 47 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 42 works
  7. 7 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 42 works
  8. 8 Saint PetersburgRussia 40 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 39 works
  10. 10 CairoEgypt 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JingdezhenCN · 28.3 works105×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pigment Synthesis and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pigment Synthesis and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, King Khalid University and Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman 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%20%40%mean 17.55%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King Khalid UniversityKing Saud UniversityPrincess Nourah bint…Saveetha 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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 85.927.8%5.4×19 +141.3%
2King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 76.429.4%8.3×11 +217.6%
3Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 67.925.8%9.9×9 +534.1%
4Saveetha UniversityIndia 60.121.6%3.8×13 +774.1%
5Jingdezhen Ceramic InstituteChina 59.69.0%132.7×25 +32.8%
6Central South UniversityChina 54.711.5%2.8×19 +152.6%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50.918.0%1.9×11 +66.3%
8Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 48.312.0%3.2×11 +67.2%
9Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 47.86.1%5.5×16 +58.9%
10University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 47.514.3%5.0×14 +88.7%

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 Pigment Synthesis and Properties, country by country

Is Pigment Synthesis and Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pigment Synthesis and Properties.

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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 Pigment Synthesis and Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Pigment Synthesis and Properties0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pigment Synthesis and Properties 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%Pigment Synthesis and Properties10.4% 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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