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Polymer Science and Applications

Polymer Science and Applications is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 7.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the improvement of epoxy composites properties through the incorporation of various nanoparticles, surface modifications, and reinforcement techniques. It explores the effects on mechanical, tribological, and frictional properties of polymer materials, with an emphasis on nanocomposite materials and functionalized fillers.

  • Epoxy Composites
  • Nanoparticles
  • Reinforcement
  • Friction
  • Polymer Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Surface Modification
  • Tribological Properties
  • Polymer Nanocomposites
  • Functionalized Fillers
Research works
7.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
741
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polymer Science and Applications

Which countries lead Polymer Science and Applications research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (648 and 168 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 648 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 168 works
  3. 3 China 125 works
  4. 4 United States 112 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 47 works
  6. 6 Japan 44 works
  7. 7 Germany 39 works
  8. 8 Azerbaijan 34 works
  9. 9 India 33 works
  10. 10 Belarus 30 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.

Russia: 50.6%Ukraine: 13.1%China: 9.7%United States: 8.7%6 others listed: 17.8%51%largest
Russia648 · 50.6%Ukraine168 · 13.1%China125 · 9.7%United States112 · 8.7%6 others listed228 · 17.8%

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

Which institutions lead Polymer Science and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Polymer Science and Applications research, followed by Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 110 works
  2. 2 Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and DesignRussia 33 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 32 works
  4. 4 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 29 works
  5. 5 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 26 works
  6. 6 Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityRussia 26 works
  7. 7 Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry UniversityAzerbaijan 15 works
  8. 8 Kurchatov InstituteRussia 15 works
  9. 9 MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityRussia 15 works
  10. 10 Volgograd State Technical UniversityRussia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polymer Science and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer Science and Applications include John Dorrance Minna.

  1. 1 John Dorrance Minna United States 115k 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 Science and Applications?

The most cited paper in Polymer Science and Applications is "Principles of polymer engineering" (J. M. V. Blanshard, 1988), with 797 citations. Next come "Creep and Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Materials With an Introduction to Linear Viscoelasticity" (684) and "TESTING AND APPLICATION OF THE MEDIATING EFFECTS" (492).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Principles of polymer engineering J. M. V. Blanshard · Carbohydrate Polymers 1988 797
2 Creep and Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Materials With an Introduction to Linear Viscoelasticity W. N. Findley, James S. Lai, K. Onaran et al. · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Jun 1977 684
3 TESTING AND APPLICATION OF THE MEDIATING EFFECTS Wen Zhong-lin, Chang Lei, Hau Kit‐Tai et al. · Acta Psychologica Sinica 30 Sep 2004 492
4 Thermoplastic toughening of epoxy resins: a critical review J. H. Hodgkin, George Philip Simon, Russell John Varley · Polymers for Advanced Technologies Open access 1998 399
5 Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanism of reactions of epoxy oligomers with amines B.A. Rozenberg · Advances in polymer science Book chapter 13 Nov 2005 392
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Polymer Science and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Polymer Science and Applications research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 246 works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 73 works
  3. 3 KyivUkraine 58 works
  4. 4 TashkentUzbekistan 32 works
  5. 5 WeatherfordUnited States 32 works
  6. 6 BakuAzerbaijan 31 works
  7. 7 Kazan’Russia 25 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 22 works
  9. 9 MinskBelarus 22 works
  10. 10 KharkivUkraine 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Polymer Science and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College, Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical 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%mean 7.59%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National Technical U…Bauman Moscow State …Weatherford CollegeMoscow Automobile an…
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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
1Weatherford CollegeUnited States 64.57.0%17.8×32 +139.3%
2Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 63.97.2%116.9×28 -44.4%
3Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityRussia 63.64.0%613.7×26 +68.7%
4National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 59.07.6%37.0×11 +39.5%
5MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityRussia 45.46.7%108.4×15 +33.0%
6Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan 44.712.2%86.0×9 +82.1%
7Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry UniversityAzerbaijan 42.76.6%160.9×15 +67.8%
8Perm National Research Polytechnic UniversityRussia 41.716.5%100.4×9 -20.2%
9Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and DesignRussia 40.60.0%1031.1×33 -14.1%
10Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 36.18.1%149.4×14 -43.1%

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 Polymer Science and Applications, country by country

Is Polymer Science and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer Science 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 Polymer Science and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0053% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Polymer Science and Applications0.0066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polymer Science 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%Polymer Science and Applications10.2% 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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