Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Semiconductor materials and interfaces is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the physics and chemistry of Schottky barrier height, metal-semiconductor contacts, thin film reactions, barrier height inhomogeneities, nickel silicide technology, epitaxial growth, electrical and dielectric properties, and their applications in solar cells.
- Schottky Barrier
- Metal-Semiconductor Contacts
- Semiconductor Physics
- Thin Film Reaction
- Barrier Height Inhomogeneities
- Nickel Silicide
- Epitaxial Growth
- Electrical Properties
- Dielectric Properties
- Solar Cells
- Research works
- 58k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Semiconductor materials and interfaces research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.1k and 376 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 India 376 works
- 3 United States 375 works
- 4 Japan 281 works
- 5 Russia 251 works
- 6 Türkiye 204 works
- 7 Germany 190 works
- 8 South Korea 159 works
- 9 France 145 works
- 10 Taiwan 87 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Semiconductor materials and interfaces research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Semiconductor materials and interfaces research, followed by Ioffe Institute and Gazi University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
- 2 Ioffe InstituteRussia 28 works
- 3 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 27 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 26 works
- 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 22 works
- 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
- 7 Nagoya UniversityJapan 18 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 16 works
- 9 National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan 16 works
- 10 National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Semiconductor materials and interfaces?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Semiconductor materials and interfaces include W. Kohn, J. Furthmüller and Kenji Watanabe.
- 1 W. Kohn United States 15k citations
- 2 J. Furthmüller Germany 14k citations
- 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 6 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Semiconductor materials and interfaces research done?
The largest centres of Semiconductor materials and interfaces research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tsukuba, Hsinchu and Tashkent.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TsukubaJP · 41.6 works8.9×
- HsinchuTW · 28.7 works7.9×
- TashkentUZ · 41.2 works7.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Semiconductor materials and interfaces than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Semiconductor materials and interfaces?
Among universities, judged by research, Gazi University, Nagoya University and Jadavpur 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 table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gazi UniversityTürkiye | 78.0 | 47.2% | 21.3× | 27 | +16.1% |
| 2 | Nagoya UniversityJapan | 48.7 | 12.9% | 9.0× | 18 | +17.8% |
| 3 | Jadavpur UniversityIndia | 47.2 | 4.8% | 9.7× | 11 | +147.9% |
| 4 | Atatürk UniversityTürkiye | 46.5 | 24.5% | 8.6× | 13 | -8.6% |
| 5 | National University of UzbekistanUzbekistan | 42.8 | 4.1% | 19.6× | 13 | — |
| 6 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 42.1 | 19.4% | 2.6× | 18 | +122.0% |
| 7 | Selçuk UniversityTürkiye | 41.3 | 26.0% | 6.3× | 8 | +75.0% |
| 8 | Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan | 40.4 | 3.6% | 43.2× | 14 | +8.3% |
| 9 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 38.0 | 13.8% | 3.7× | 26 | +19.1% |
| 10 | Hebei UniversityChina | 37.9 | 12.3% | 9.0× | 9 | +36.9% |
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 Semiconductor materials and interfaces research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.