Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 49k 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 application of plasmonics and advanced semiconductor technologies to improve the efficiency and performance of photovoltaic devices. It covers topics such as plasmonic light trapping, transparent flexible thin-film transistors, oxide semiconductor materials, and solution-processed metal oxides for solar cells and electronics.
- Plasmonics
- Thin-Film Transistors
- Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors
- Solar Cells
- Light Trapping
- Transparent Electronics
- High-Mobility Transistors
- Solution-Processed Metal Oxides
- Nanoparticle Enhanced Absorption
- Flexible Electronics
- Research works
- 49k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research?
By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (1.4k and 573 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 South Korea 573 works
- 3 United States 374 works
- 4 India 288 works
- 5 Japan 264 works
- 6 Germany 196 works
- 7 Taiwan 166 works
- 8 France 100 works
- 9 United Kingdom 80 works
- 10 Russia 72 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.
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Which institutions lead Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sungkyunkwan University publishes the most Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 59 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53 works
- 3 Peking UniversityChina 47 works
- 4 Samsung (South Korea)South Korea 46 works
- 5 BOE Technology Group (China)China 42 works
- 6 Hanyang UniversitySouth Korea 39 works
- 7 South China University of TechnologyChina 37 works
- 8 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 37 works
- 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
- 10 Shanghai UniversityChina 29 works
Who are the leading researchers in Thin-Film Transistor Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies include Y. Arai and Wei Huang.
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hsinchu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HsinchuTW · 61.9 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Thin-Film Transistor Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Thin-Film Transistor Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Hanyang University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Sungkyunkwan 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 | Hanyang UniversitySouth Korea | 64.3 | 20.3% | 22.0× | 39 | -10.0% |
| 2 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 60.9 | 19.0% | 9.9× | 16 | -10.2% |
| 3 | Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea | 59.9 | 12.0% | 25.0× | 59 | -28.8% |
| 4 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 59.4 | 15.5% | 7.9× | 37 | +111.4% |
| 5 | Korea UniversitySouth Korea | 57.4 | 19.8% | 9.8× | 22 | -31.9% |
| 6 | Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea | 56.0 | 10.4% | 23.6× | 37 | +1.1% |
| 7 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.3 | 21.4% | 4.6× | 33 | +124.0% |
| 8 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 54.2 | 18.3% | 16.8× | 11 | +62.6% |
| 9 | Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 52.3 | 16.1% | 17.3× | 16 | +5.3% |
| 10 | Peking UniversityChina | 51.8 | 9.6% | 7.0× | 47 | +55.1% |
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 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Thin-Film Transistor Technologies.
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.