Superconducting Materials and Applications
Superconducting Materials and Applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development, design, and testing of superconducting magnets for particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and fusion reactors such as the ITER project. It covers topics such as Nb3Sn conductors, cable-in-conduit conductors, high field applications, cryogenic material properties, and magnetic field simulations.
- Superconducting Magnets
- Nb3Sn Conductor
- ITER Project
- High Field Applications
- Cable-in-Conduit Conductors
- LHC Upgrade
- Magnetic Field Simulation
- Fusion Reactor
- Critical Current Density
- Cryogenic Material Properties
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Superconducting Materials and Applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 764 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 764 works
- 3 Japan 284 works
- 4 Russia 243 works
- 5 France 188 works
- 6 Italy 187 works
- 7 Germany 185 works
- 8 Switzerland 155 works
- 9 United Kingdom 136 works
- 10 India 121 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 Superconducting Materials and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Superconducting Materials and Applications research, followed by European Organization for Nuclear Research and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 116 works
- 2 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 108 works
- 3 Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryUnited States 103 works
- 4 Institute of Plasma PhysicsChina 59 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 46 works
- 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 46 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36 works
- 8 Hefei Institutes of Physical ScienceChina 35 works
- 9 ITERFrance 35 works
- 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Superconducting Materials and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Superconducting Materials and Applications include R. Kowalewski, P. Jackson and B. Stugu.
- 1 R. Kowalewski United Kingdom 11k citations
- 2 P. Jackson United Kingdom 10k citations
- 3 B. Stugu United Kingdom 9.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Superconducting Materials and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Superconducting Materials and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Hefei (China), Geneva (Switzerland) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vinon-sur-Verdon, Batavia and Abingdon.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Vinon-sur-VerdonFR · 36.4 works761×
- BataviaUS · 104.5 works296×
- AbingdonGB · 34.4 works181×
- TsukubaJP · 24.3 works102×
- GarchingDE · 29.0 works74×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Superconducting Materials and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Superconducting Materials and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology of China, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and National Research Nuclear University MEPhI 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 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 63.2 | 16.2% | 10.1× | 46 | +266.3% |
| 2 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland | 52.1 | 25.8% | 11.1× | 18 | -4.0% |
| 3 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 51.8 | 5.4% | 47.9× | 22 | +350.1% |
| 4 | Lanzhou UniversityChina | 49.2 | 18.7% | 12.3× | 27 | +17.3% |
| 5 | Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand | 49.1 | 23.8% | 13.7× | 11 | — |
| 6 | Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany | 49.0 | 19.1% | 11.6× | 23 | -1.5% |
| 7 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 43.0 | 11.2% | 7.6× | 46 | +26.8% |
| 8 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 42.0 | 4.9% | 8.7× | 22 | +114.2% |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States | 40.6 | 18.8% | 7.1× | 25 | +14.3% |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 40.5 | 16.7% | 5.8× | 36 | +46.0% |
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 Superconducting Materials and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002. The fastest-growing topics are Superconducting Materials and Applications.
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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.