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. 16.5% 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 fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead ZnO doping and properties research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (3.5k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.5k works
- 2 India 1.7k works
- 3 United States 691 works
- 4 South Korea 634 works
- 5 Japan 471 works
- 6 Saudi Arabia 299 works
- 7 Taiwan 285 works
- 8 Russia 267 works
- 9 Türkiye 236 works
- 10 Germany 233 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 ZnO doping and properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most ZnO doping and properties research, followed by Xidian University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 100 works
- 2 Xidian UniversityChina 60 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
- 4 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 45 works
- 5 Shandong UniversityChina 45 works
- 6 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 43 works
- 7 University of BaghdadIraq 41 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 41 works
- 9 Shanghai UniversityChina 40 works
- 10 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 38 works
Who are the leading researchers in ZnO doping and properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on ZnO doping and properties include J. Furthmüller, Michaël Grätzel and Zhong Lin Wang.
- 1 J. Furthmüller Germany 14k citations
- 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
- 3 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 4 J. Häfner Austria 11k citations
- 5 B. S. Acharya United States 8k citations
- 6 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 7 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 8 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
- 9 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
- 10 Alex Zunger United States 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is ZnO doping and properties research done?
The largest centres of ZnO doping and properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).
Where is the best place to study ZnO doping and properties?
Among universities, judged by research, King Khalid University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and King Abdullah 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.
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 | King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia | 75.7 | 19.2% | 9.1× | 38 | +691.9% |
| 2 | Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh | 63.3 | 27.7% | 7.6× | 12 | +255.6% |
| 3 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 61.4 | 29.2% | 6.7× | 21 | +45.8% |
| 4 | University of GabèsTunisia | 60.8 | 16.6% | 11.8× | 10 | +241.6% |
| 5 | Sejong UniversitySouth Korea | 56.5 | 24.7% | 5.9× | 12 | +163.9% |
| 6 | Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea | 56.2 | 20.1% | 8.6× | 21 | +24.0% |
| 7 | Hanyang UniversitySouth Korea | 55.9 | 23.7% | 7.8× | 36 | -20.4% |
| 8 | Islamic University of MadinahSaudi Arabia | 55.8 | 17.6% | 13.5× | 9 | — |
| 9 | Xidian UniversityChina | 55.2 | 13.7% | 7.2× | 60 | +96.5% |
| 10 | Shivaji UniversityIndia | 55.2 | 29.2% | 10.3× | 12 | -33.1% |
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 ZnO doping and properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are ZnO doping and properties.
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.