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Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advanced materials and technologies for smart windows, including electrochromic and thermochromic properties of tungsten oxide and vanadium oxide, nanocrystal applications, energy efficiency, and the metal-insulator transition. The research covers a wide range of topics such as synthesis, properties, applications, and device integration for next-generation smart window technologies.

  • Electrochromic
  • Tungsten Oxide
  • Vanadium Oxide
  • Smart Glass
  • Nanocrystals
  • Metal-Insulator Transition
  • Thermochromic
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Nanostructured Films
  • Optoelectronic
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.6k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 India 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 441 works
  4. 4 South Korea 439 works
  5. 5 Japan 245 works
  6. 6 Russia 198 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 159 works
  8. 8 Germany 152 works
  9. 9 France 152 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 144 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.

China: 46.1%India: 19.2%United States: 7.9%South Korea: 7.9%6 others listed: 18.9%46%largest
China2,557 · 46.1%India1,065 · 19.2%United States441 · 7.9%South Korea439 · 7.9%6 others listed1,051 · 18.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Jilin University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 45 works
  3. 3 Jilin UniversityChina 29 works
  4. 4 South China University of TechnologyChina 29 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 27 works
  6. 6 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 27 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 26 works
  8. 8 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 26 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 25 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials include Michaël Grätzel, Seeram Ramakrishna and Huan Liu.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
  3. 3 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research done?

The largest centres of Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 340 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 192 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 183 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 130 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 128 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 106 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 98 works
  8. 8 Chennai India 98 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 89 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 85 works
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Where is the best place to study Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials?

Among universities, judged by research, Sejong University, Yeungnam University and Southern University of Science and Technology 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 29.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sejong University: 12, 44.0%Yeungnam University: 25, 22.1%Southern University of Science and Technology: 13, 49.5%Incheon National University: 9, 27.6%Indian Institute of Technology Indore: 14, 21.6%King Khalid University: 18, 20.7%Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University: 12, 30.8%Dongguk University: 17, 27.3%Donghua University: 22, 26.6%Heilongjiang University: 13, 21.5%Southern University …Sejong UniversityIncheon National Uni…Yeungnam University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Sejong UniversitySouth Korea 69.944.0%9.5×12 +117.9%
2 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 65.022.1%16.1×25 +108.9%
3 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.949.5%3.4×13 +387.3%
4 Incheon National UniversitySouth Korea 60.727.6%13.5×9 +402.1%
5 Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndia 60.321.6%11.2×14 +1005.6%
6 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.720.7%7.0×18 +103.7%
7 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 54.530.8%6.6×12 —
8 Dongguk UniversitySouth Korea 53.327.3%13.3×17 -10.3%
9 Donghua UniversityChina 51.626.6%8.6×22 -8.1%
10 Heilongjiang UniversityChina 51.021.5%10.7×13 +79.2%

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 Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials.

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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.