ZnO doping and properties

ZnO doping and properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 75k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the synthesis, properties, and applications of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, focusing on its use in semiconductors, photodetectors, optoelectronics, and transparent conductors. The papers also investigate the phenomenon of ferromagnetism in ZnO and its potential for spintronics applications.

Zinc Oxide
Nanostructures
Semiconductors
Ferromagnetism
Nanowires
Photodetectors
Doping
Optoelectronics
Transparent Conductors
Spintronics

Research works: 75k
In the world top 10%: 7.4k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -8%
Largest producer: China

ZnO doping and properties

Which countries lead ZnO doping and properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.8k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 3.8k works
2 India 1.8k works
3 United States 718 works
4 South Korea 663 works
5 Japan 495 works
6 Saudi Arabia 325 works
7 Taiwan 299 works
8 Russia 277 works
9 Iraq 260 works
10 Türkiye 257 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.

China3,784 · 42.5%India1,832 · 20.6%United States718 · 8.1%South Korea663 · 7.4%6 others listed1,912 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead ZnO doping and properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most ZnO doping and properties research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 310 works
2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 108 works
3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 98 works
4 Xidian UniversityChina 61 works
5 Shandong UniversityChina 56 works
6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works
7 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 48 works
8 University of BaghdadIraq 47 works
9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 47 works
10 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in ZnO doping and properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on ZnO doping and properties include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Georg Kresse.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
6 Wei Huang China 267k citations
7 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
8 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
9 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
10 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in ZnO doping and properties?

The most cited paper in ZnO doping and properties is "Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots" (A. Paul Alivisatos, 1996), with 11,519 citations. Next come "A comprehensive review of ZnO materials and devices" (11,461) and "Improved tangent estimate in the nudged elastic band method for finding minimum energy paths and saddle points" (9,680).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots A. Paul Alivisatos · Science	16 Feb 1996	11,519
2	A comprehensive review of ZnO materials and devices Ümit Özgür, Ya. I. Alivov, C. Liu et al. · Journal of Applied Physics	15 Aug 2005	11,461
3	Improved tangent estimate in the nudged elastic band method for finding minimum energy paths and saddle points Graeme Henkelman, Hannes Jónsson · The Journal of Chemical Physics	8 Dec 2000	9,680
4	Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers Michael H. Huang, Samuel S. Mao, H. Feick et al. · Science	8 Jun 2001	8,926
5	One‐Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications Yan Xia, Pengfei Yang, Yugang Sun et al. · Advanced Materials	4 Mar 2003	8,549

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Where is ZnO doping and properties research done?

The largest centres of ZnO doping and properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 516 works
2 SeoulSouth Korea 281 works
3 Xi'anChina 257 works
4 ShanghaiChina 214 works
5 NanjingChina 180 works
6 ChennaiIndia 141 works
7 GuangzhouChina 139 works
8 WuhanChina 137 works
9 BaghdadIraq 136 works
10 TokyoJapan 114 works

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Where is the best place to study ZnO doping and properties?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, King Khalid University and University of Science and Technology of China 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	71.3	17.0%	4.3×	45	+36.8%
2	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	70.1	14.0%	10.0×	40	+33.5%
3	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	68.0	21.9%	3.7×	47	+26.1%
4	Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia	66.6	21.7%	5.7×	16	+304.6%
5	Saveetha UniversityIndia	63.9	21.0%	3.0×	31	+502.4%
6	Islamia University of BahawalpurPakistan	63.7	33.7%	4.9×	8	+37.0%
7	Xidian UniversityChina	62.8	10.3%	7.8×	61	+18.8%
8	Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	62.6	22.3%	5.8×	27	+141.7%
9	Jiangsu UniversityChina	61.6	18.8%	3.9×	34	+25.3%
10	Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina	61.6	26.3%	5.9×	19	+48.9%
11	Xiamen UniversityChina	58.0	14.9%	3.8×	35	+58.6%
12	SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia	56.8	9.6%	3.8×	41	+45.4%
13	Heilongjiang UniversityChina	56.8	19.3%	8.8×	16	+24.6%
14	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia	56.5	20.3%	7.2×	21	-31.1%
15	Northeast Normal UniversityChina	56.4	33.1%	5.9×	14	+3.8%
16	China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina	56.4	26.4%	2.6×	13	+47.9%
17	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	56.1	12.7%	2.8×	49	-5.2%
18	Fudan UniversityChina	54.8	16.9%	2.4×	40	-6.5%
19	King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia	54.7	19.1%	5.1×	14	+102.9%
20	Taif UniversitySaudi Arabia	54.6	19.3%	5.0×	12	+141.2%
21	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina	54.3	14.5%	4.8×	27	+1.7%
22	Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia	54.0	10.5%	4.8×	37	+66.1%
23	Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversitySaudi Arabia	53.8	16.6%	6.3×	13	+53.4%
24	Fuzhou UniversityChina	53.7	9.9%	4.4×	26	+9.3%
25	Sejong UniversitySouth Korea	53.5	23.1%	6.6×	13	+63.5%
26	University of BabylonIraq	53.3	20.2%	6.4×	18	+66.9%
27	Jilin UniversityChina	53.1	13.1%	3.5×	42	-7.1%
28	Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia	52.9	14.9%	2.5×	27	+28.5%
29	Guangxi UniversityChina	52.7	12.0%	5.2×	34	+83.5%
30	Xinjiang UniversityChina	52.5	15.1%	4.9×	23	+50.0%
31	Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea	52.5	18.8%	9.1×	22	-10.0%
32	Shandong UniversityChina	52.3	10.3%	3.9×	56	-12.4%
33	Northeastern UniversityChina	52.0	21.3%	2.9×	28	-6.2%
34	Zhengzhou UniversityChina	51.9	14.1%	2.8×	36	+6.1%
35	Shanghai UniversityChina	51.8	7.0%	5.3×	41	+16.1%
36	Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh	51.5	23.7%	8.7×	13	-5.6%
37	Zhejiang UniversityChina	51.4	12.7%	1.4×	40	+12.3%
38	Hunan UniversityChina	51.4	16.8%	2.5×	19	+32.5%
39	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina	50.5	18.4%	1.9×	24	+15.3%
40	Xi'an University of TechnologyChina	50.0	15.6%	6.8×	24	+43.7%
41	Chongqing Normal UniversityChina	50.0	34.2%	5.9×	8	+62.8%
42	G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia	49.6	9.5%	13.5×	24	+79.5%
43	Shivaji UniversityIndia	48.9	15.4%	10.8×	13	-1.5%
44	University of Hong KongChina	48.6	17.4%	1.4×	14	+22.9%
45	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	48.3	13.5%	3.6×	16	-2.7%
46	Chongqing University of TechnologyChina	48.3	29.2%	3.9×	9	+69.1%
47	Bharathidasan UniversityIndia	48.2	6.4%	12.9×	23	+13.0%
48	Islamic University of MadinahSaudi Arabia	47.6	11.2%	16.6×	10	+277.3%
49	University of GabèsTunisia	45.6	10.3%	14.6×	12	+52.3%
50	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	44.7	10.8%	2.3×	43	-18.5%
51	City University of Hong KongChina	44.7	19.3%	2.0×	13	-19.2%
52	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	44.2	23.5%	1.4×	12	-56.0%
53	Jouf UniversitySaudi Arabia	44.2	13.6%	6.2×	9	+71.8%
54	University of BaghdadIraq	43.8	2.6%	6.2×	47	+1.7%
55	University of Technology - IraqIraq	43.1	6.4%	13.0×	32	-6.3%
56	Abbès Laghrour University of KhenchelaAlgeria	43.1	15.1%	42.1×	9	+92.1%
57	University of BiskraAlgeria	42.4	7.1%	24.9×	16	+49.4%
58	Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina	39.7	7.3%	10.2×	24	+5.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in ZnO doping and properties, country by country

Is ZnO doping and properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2013.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ZnO doping and properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

Fractional works of ZnO doping and properties over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead ZnO doping and properties research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead ZnO doping and properties research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in ZnO doping and properties?

What are the most cited papers in ZnO doping and properties?

Where is ZnO doping and properties research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study ZnO doping and properties?

Is ZnO doping and properties research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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