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Polymer Foaming and Composites

Polymer Foaming and Composites is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 13.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer foaming, including topics such as nanocomposite foams, microcellular foams, foam processing, crystallization behavior, thermal insulation materials, biodegradable polymers, rheological properties, and cellular structure.

  • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
  • Polymer Foaming
  • Nanocomposite Foams
  • Microcellular Foams
  • Foam Processing
  • Crystallization Behavior
  • Thermal Insulation Materials
  • Biodegradable Polymers
  • Rheological Properties
  • Cellular Structure
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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Which countries lead Polymer Foaming and Composites research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (617 and 140 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 617 works
  2. 2 United States 140 works
  3. 3 Germany 90 works
  4. 4 India 88 works
  5. 5 France 82 works
  6. 6 Japan 59 works
  7. 7 Canada 53 works
  8. 8 Italy 51 works
  9. 9 Poland 47 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 46 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: 48.5%United States: 11.0%Germany: 7.0%India: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.6%48%largest
China617 · 48.5%United States140 · 11.0%Germany90 · 7.0%India88 · 6.9%6 others listed339 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Polymer Foaming and Composites research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Polymer Foaming and Composites research, followed by East China University of Science and Technology and Zhengzhou University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 29 works
  2. 2 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 19 works
  3. 3 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 16 works
  4. 4 Shandong UniversityChina 16 works
  5. 5 State Key Laboratory of Chemical EngineeringChina 13 works
  6. 6 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 12 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
  9. 9 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 11 works
  10. 10 University of BayreuthGermany 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polymer Foaming and Composites?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer Foaming and Composites include Chuntai Liu and G. Marrucci.

  1. 1 Chuntai Liu China 2.1k citations
  2. 2 G. Marrucci Italy 2k citations

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

Where is Polymer Foaming and Composites research done?

The largest centres of Polymer Foaming and Composites research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 97 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 41 works
  3. 3 Chengdu China 40 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 31 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 30 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 29 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 26 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 24 works
  9. 9 Jinan China 23 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Polymer Foaming and Composites?

Among universities, judged by research, Shandong University, Sichuan University and East China University of Science and Technology 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 13.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shandong University: 16, 33.7%Sichuan University: 29, 14.4%East China University of Science and Technology: 20, 18.6%University of Bayreuth: 11, 5.5%Zhengzhou University: 16, 7.4%Beijing Technology and Business University: 11, 10.9%University of Toronto: 11, 18.7%University of Salerno: 9, 1.9%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 10, 24.1%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 12, 2.7%Shandong UniversityEast China Universit…Sichuan UniversityUniversity of Bayreuth
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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 Shandong UniversityChina 70.633.7%7.7×16 +142.7%
2 Sichuan UniversityChina 59.714.4%9.9×29 -5.2%
3 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.018.6%22.1×20 -13.0%
4 University of BayreuthGermany 50.65.5%35.9×11 +204.3%
5 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 44.47.4%10.8×16 -3.5%
6 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 40.310.9%29.4×11 -18.9%
7 University of TorontoCanada 35.018.7%4.5×11 -2.6%
8 University of SalernoItaly 33.61.9%16.8×9 +31.1%
9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 33.424.1%3.3×10 +51.3%
10 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 32.32.7%18.7×12 -52.2%

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 Polymer Foaming and Composites research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer Foaming and Composites.

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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.