Textile materials and evaluations
Textile materials and evaluations is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 6.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the science of clothing comfort and textile properties, including moisture management, thermal properties, wicking mechanisms, and the influence of fiber properties on fabric comfort. It also explores the application of artificial intelligence in fabric testing and the engineering of knitted fabrics for improved heat transfer.
- Moisture Management
- Thermal Properties
- Fabric Comfort
- Textile Engineering
- Wicking Mechanisms
- Fiber Properties
- Artificial Intelligence
- Knitted Fabrics
- Heat Transfer
- Fabric Testing
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Textile materials and evaluations research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 615 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 India 615 works
- 3 United States 507 works
- 4 Türkiye 424 works
- 5 Japan 230 works
- 6 France 207 works
- 7 Uzbekistan 187 works
- 8 Germany 182 works
- 9 Egypt 176 works
- 10 United Kingdom 155 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 Textile materials and evaluations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Donghua University publishes the most Textile materials and evaluations research, followed by Jiangnan University and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Donghua University China 120 works
- 2 Jiangnan University China 68 works
- 3 Zhejiang Sci-Tech University China 58 works
- 4 Namangan Engineering Pedagogical Institute Uzbekistan 56 works
- 5 Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry Uzbekistan 51 works
- 6 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India 44 works
- 7 Bangladesh University of Textiles Bangladesh 42 works
- 8 Wuhan Textile University China 41 works
- 9 National Research Centre Egypt 38 works
- 10 Textile Research Institute United States 37 works
Who are the leading researchers in Textile materials and evaluations?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Textile materials and evaluations include İbrahim Dinçer, Seeram Ramakrishna and Lei Jiang.
- 1 İbrahim Dinçer 5.9k citations
- 2 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
- 3 Lei Jiang 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Textile materials and evaluations research done?
The largest centres of Textile materials and evaluations research in 2022–2025 are Shanghai (China), Beijing (China), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Namangan, Liberec and Bahir Dar.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NamanganUZ · 61.4 works108×
- LiberecCZ · 30.9 works73×
- Bahir DarET · 23.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Textile materials and evaluations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Textile materials and evaluations?
Among universities, judged by research, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangladesh University of Textiles and Bahir Dar 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 | National Institute of Fashion Technology India | 71.2 | 20.6% | 161.1× | 25 | +190.1% |
| 2 | Bangladesh University of Textiles Bangladesh | 68.1 | 11.4% | 271.3× | 42 | +2002.9% |
| 3 | Bahir Dar University Ethiopia | 65.5 | 14.1% | 26.7× | 24 | +845.0% |
| 4 | National Textile University Pakistan | 59.1 | 5.3% | 199.1× | 36 | +167.8% |
| 5 | Khulna University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh | 56.5 | 16.7% | 16.4× | 10 | +116.7% |
| 6 | Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry Uzbekistan | 54.4 | 0.2% | 563.4× | 51 | +281.2% |
| 7 | Donghua University China | 53.3 | 6.5% | 53.2× | 120 | -64.7% |
| 8 | Helwan University Egypt | 53.3 | 1.0% | 24.8× | 32 | +249.8% |
| 9 | Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Bangladesh | 52.5 | 16.5% | 33.2× | 10 | — |
| 10 | Gaziantep University Türkiye | 51.1 | 4.4% | 16.1× | 18 | +280.7% |
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 Textile materials and evaluations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Textile materials and evaluations.
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.