Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 53k 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 explores the use of solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes, focusing on their protonic conduction and ferroelectric properties. The papers cover topics such as high-temperature behavior, crystal structure, dielectric properties, phase transitions, and the application of nuclear quadrupole resonance in studying these materials.
- Solid Acids
- Protonic Conduction
- Ferroelectricity
- Fuel Cells
- Electrical Properties
- Crystal Structure
- Dielectric Properties
- Phase Transitions
- Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
- High Temperature Behavior
- Research works
- 53k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 512 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 India 512 works
- 3 United States 467 works
- 4 Russia 338 works
- 5 Japan 205 works
- 6 Germany 184 works
- 7 France 170 works
- 8 South Korea 127 works
- 9 United Kingdom 107 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 88 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 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Southeast University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 64 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37 works
- 3 Southeast UniversityChina 29 works
- 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 28 works
- 5 Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChina 24 works
- 6 University of SfaxTunisia 24 works
- 7 Nanchang UniversityChina 22 works
- 8 Shandong UniversityChina 21 works
- 9 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 20 works
- 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 20 works
Who are the leading researchers in Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography include Georg Kresse, David Vanderbilt and Henry J. Snaith.
- 1 Georg Kresse Austria 24k citations
- 2 David Vanderbilt United States 7.3k citations
- 3 Henry J. Snaith United Kingdom 6.6k citations
- 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 6 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research done?
The largest centres of Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sfax, Ganzhou and Baku.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SfaxTN · 23.8 works13×
- GanzhouCN · 23.6 works13×
- BakuAZ · 37.6 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography?
Among universities, judged by research, King Khalid University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 | King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia | 68.1 | 36.5% | 8.3× | 14 | — |
| 2 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland | 64.4 | 24.8% | 7.9× | 15 | +199.5% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 63.6 | 29.6% | 4.8× | 37 | +208.3% |
| 4 | University of SfaxTunisia | 58.1 | 15.8% | 20.1× | 24 | +61.3% |
| 5 | Nankai UniversityChina | 57.9 | 41.9% | 3.9× | 12 | +180.2% |
| 6 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 56.9 | 20.5% | 16.6× | 11 | +96.4% |
| 7 | Tianjin University of TechnologyChina | 55.4 | 14.6% | 10.1× | 13 | +239.0% |
| 8 | Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina | 53.8 | 6.2% | 23.7× | 20 | +256.3% |
| 9 | Sogang UniversitySouth Korea | 53.7 | 28.6% | 21.5× | 8 | — |
| 10 | Guangxi UniversityChina | 53.0 | 39.3% | 6.1× | 17 | -10.0% |
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 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography.
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.