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Polymer crystallization and properties

Polymer crystallization and properties is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 46k 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 crystallization behavior, properties, and processing of polymers, including the influence of nanoparticles, recycling methods, and the mechanical and rheological aspects of polymer blends. It covers topics such as polymer crystallization kinetics, morphology development, conducting polymers, and the use of various techniques to characterize the properties of polymers.

  • Polymer Crystallization
  • Polymer Blends
  • Nanoparticles
  • Recycling
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Morphology Development
  • Rheology
  • Conducting Polymers
  • Crystallization Kinetics
  • Chemical Recycling
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polymer crystallization and properties

Which countries lead Polymer crystallization and properties research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 605 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 605 works
  3. 3 Japan 285 works
  4. 4 Germany 253 works
  5. 5 India 234 works
  6. 6 France 218 works
  7. 7 Russia 139 works
  8. 8 South Korea 132 works
  9. 9 Italy 125 works
  10. 10 Iran 116 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: 42.3%United States: 16.6%Japan: 7.8%Germany: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.4%42%largest
China1,547 · 42.3%United States605 · 16.6%Japan285 · 7.8%Germany253 · 6.9%6 others listed963 · 26.4%

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

Which institutions lead Polymer crystallization and properties research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 131 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 107 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 58 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 55 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 44 works
  6. 6 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 42 works
  7. 7 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 35 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 30 works
  9. 9 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 29 works
  10. 10 Donghua UniversityChina 28 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polymer crystallization and properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer crystallization and properties include George M. Whitesides, Wei Huang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 John Anthony Pople United States 202k citations
  6. 6 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  7. 7 Zhenan Bao United States 187k citations
  8. 8 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  9. 9 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations
  10. 10 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Polymer crystallization and properties?

The most cited paper in Polymer crystallization and properties is "Reptation of a Polymer Chain in the Presence of Fixed Obstacles" (Pierre Gilles de Gennes, 1971), with 4,275 citations. Next come "Kinetics of thermal degradation of char‐forming plastics from thermogravimetry. Application to a phenolic plastic" (3,892) and "The Halpin‐Tsai equations: A review" (3,052).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reptation of a Polymer Chain in the Presence of Fixed Obstacles Pierre Gilles de Gennes · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jul 1971 4,275
2 Kinetics of thermal degradation of char‐forming plastics from thermogravimetry. Application to a phenolic plastic Henry L. Friedman · Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia 1964 3,892
3 The Halpin‐Tsai equations: A review J. C. Halpin Affdl, John L. Kardos · Polymer Engineering and Science May 1976 3,052
4 Dynamics of Polymer Molecules in Dilute Solution: Viscoelasticity, Flow Birefringence and Dielectric Loss Bruno H. Zimm · The Journal of Chemical Physics Feb 1956 2,573
5 Analysis of Linear Viscoelasticity of a Crosslinking Polymer at the Gel Point H. Henning Winter, Francois Chambon · Journal of Rheology Apr 1986 2,446
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Where is Polymer crystallization and properties research done?

The largest centres of Polymer crystallization and properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Villeurbanne.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 304 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 135 works
  3. 3 HangzhouChina 86 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 75 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 74 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 73 works
  7. 7 QingdaoChina 67 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 63 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 60 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VilleurbanneFR · 38.1 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polymer crystallization and properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polymer crystallization and properties?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and University of Minnesota score highest, combining citation 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.

Citation 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 Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62.120.4%5.2×28 +9.5%
2Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 57.99.1%22.8×44 +6.4%
3University of MinnesotaUnited States 56.327.0%3.2×10 -3.8%
4University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 56.126.7%3.0×12 +29.9%
5Sichuan UniversityChina 54.813.6%5.4×55 -26.3%
6Ghent UniversityBelgium 54.823.2%3.7×13 -10.8%
7Zhejiang UniversityChina 53.916.3%2.5×30 +13.5%
8Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.75.9%25.9×42 +24.7%
9University of DelawareUnited States 53.425.9%7.8×10 +3.6%
10East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 52.09.5%16.1×35 +6.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Polymer crystallization and properties, country by country

Is Polymer crystallization and properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2007. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer crystallization 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 Polymer crystallization and properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Polymer crystallization and properties0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polymer crystallization 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%Polymer crystallization and properties9.9% 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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