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Wood Treatment and Properties

Wood Treatment and Properties is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 14.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to advancements in wood science and technology, including wood chemistry, FTIR analysis, heat treatment effects, timber construction, microstructure analysis, wood modification techniques, mechanical properties of wood, thermal modification processes, fungal decay of wood, and nanomechanical studies.

  • Wood Chemistry
  • FTIR Analysis
  • Heat Treatment
  • Timber Construction
  • Microstructure
  • Wood Modification
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Thermal Modification
  • Fungal Decay
  • Nanomechanics
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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Which countries lead Wood Treatment and Properties research?

By volume, China and Brazil publish the most (763 and 195 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 763 works
  2. 2 Brazil 195 works
  3. 3 United States 193 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 166 works
  5. 5 Canada 147 works
  6. 6 Japan 145 works
  7. 7 Germany 116 works
  8. 8 France 116 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 111 works
  10. 10 India 95 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: 37.3%Brazil: 9.5%United States: 9.4%Türkiye: 8.1%6 others listed: 35.7%37%largest
China763 · 37.3%Brazil195 · 9.5%United States193 · 9.4%Türkiye166 · 8.1%6 others listed730 · 35.7%

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

Which institutions lead Wood Treatment and Properties research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing Forestry University publishes the most Wood Treatment and Properties research, followed by Northeast Forestry University and Chinese Academy of Forestry.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 113 works
  2. 2 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 40 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of ForestryChina 29 works
  4. 4 Tongji UniversityChina 29 works
  5. 5 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 Research Institute of Wood IndustryChina 27 works
  7. 7 University of British ColumbiaCanada 26 works
  8. 8 Technická univerzita vo ZvoleneSlovakia 26 works
  9. 9 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 22 works
  10. 10 Southeast UniversityChina 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wood Treatment and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wood Treatment and Properties include Tuan Ngo, Hong Hao and Mohammad Jawaid.

  1. 1 Tuan Ngo Australia 2.6k citations
  2. 2 Hong Hao Australia 2.5k citations
  3. 3 Mohammad Jawaid Malaysia 1.7k citations
  4. 4 Paulo B. Lourénço Portugal 1.5k citations

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

Where is Wood Treatment and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Wood Treatment and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Nanjing (China), Beijing (China), Harbin (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zvolen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nanjing China 166 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 160 works
  3. 3 Harbin China 47 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 45 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 40 works
  6. 6 Changsha China 38 works
  7. 7 Warsaw Poland 28 works
  8. 8 Zvolen Slovakia 28 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 28 works
  10. 10 Poznań Poland 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZvolenSK · 27.7 works235×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wood Treatment and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Wood Treatment and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and Zhejiang A & F 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.

0%20%40%mean 15.09%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Forestry University: 114, 26.4%Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 11, 8.5%Zhejiang A & F University: 12, 29.9%Technická univerzita vo Zvolene: 26, 9.0%University of British Columbia: 26, 18.2%Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: 12, 8.3%BOKU University: 13, 13.2%Beijing Forestry University: 28, 16.8%Aalto University: 13, 9.8%University of Northern British Columbia: 16, 10.8%Zhejiang A & F Unive…Nanjing Forestry Uni…Technická univerzita…Czech University of …
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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 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 68.026.4%73.3×114 -54.1%
2 Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia 57.78.5%31.3×11 +405.9%
3 Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina 54.729.9%22.0×12 -34.4%
4 Technická univerzita vo ZvoleneSlovakia 52.69.0%324.7×26 +43.9%
5 University of British ColumbiaCanada 51.918.2%7.9×26 +11.6%
6 Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil 51.58.3%10.8×12 +264.0%
7 BOKU UniversityAustria 50.713.2%37.8×13 -17.2%
8 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 50.516.8%28.8×28 -27.4%
9 Aalto UniversityFinland 50.29.8%12.7×13 +43.7%
10 University of Northern British ColumbiaCanada 50.110.8%123.8×16 —

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 Wood Treatment and Properties research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Wood Treatment and Properties.

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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.