Polymer Science and PVC
Polymer Science and PVC is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development, characterization, and application of plasticizers and stabilizers for poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC). It covers topics such as thermal stability, bio-based and renewable resource plasticizers, degradation mechanisms, photostabilization, migration resistance, and sustainability of PVC materials.
- Plasticizers
- Poly(vinyl chloride)
- Thermal Stability
- Bio-based
- Renewable Resource
- Degradation Mechanism
- Photostabilization
- Migration Resistance
- Sustainability
- Thermal Degradation
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +46% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Polymer Science and PVC research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (390 and 157 works in 2022-now).
India
Indonesia
Japan
Türkiye
GermanyHow 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Polymer Science and PVC research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Polymer Science and PVC research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France
32 works
- 2
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
24 works
- 3
Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
16 works
- 4
East China University of Science and TechnologyChina
9 works
- 5
Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina
9 works
- 6
Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina
9 works
- 7
Mustansiriyah University
Iraq
9 works
- 8
Jiangnan UniversityChina
8 works
- 9
National Research Centre
Egypt
7 works
- 10
Sichuan UniversityChina
7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Polymer Science and PVC?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer Science and PVC include Didier Raoult, Qiang Zhang and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski.
- 1
Didier Raoult
France
232k citations
- 2
Qiang Zhang
China
184k citations
- 3
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
United States
165k citations
- 4
Huan Liu
Australia
148k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Polymer Science and PVC research done?
The largest centres of Polymer Science and PVC research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Baghdad (Iraq). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baghdad.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- BaghdadIQ · 29.1 works8.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polymer Science and PVC than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Polymer Science and PVC?
Among universities, judged by research, East China University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Mustansiriyah 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.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina |
94.2 | 22.2% | 11.2× | 9 | +75.4% |
| 2 | Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina |
63.4 | 1.7% | 12.8× | 9 | +73.1% |
| 3 | Mustansiriyah UniversityIraq |
53.1 | 0.1% | 19.7× | 9 | +157.4% |
| 4 | Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina |
52.0 | 1.9% | 15.1× | 9 | +124.9% |
| 5 | Jiangnan UniversityChina |
40.5 | 11.0% | 8.9× | 8 | +511.6% |
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 PVC, country by countryIs Polymer Science and PVC research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer Science and PVC.
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 PVC as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.
Fractional works of Polymer Science and PVC 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.
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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