Research trend rank among universities & colleges, by papers, per year

Each point is this institution's position that year among universities & colleges, by papers, with credit split across co-authoring institutions. #1 is at the top. Hover a point for the figures. The hollow point is the year in progress.

Where it works most top research communities, by papers

• Rare-Earth-Doped Phosphors and Upconversion Nanoparticles for Lighting, Sensing, and Optoelectronics #14 of 4,646 universities & colleges · 236 papers
• Transition Metal Complexes for Anticancer Therapy and DNA Interaction #285 of 6,843 universities & colleges · 65 papers
• Soil Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, and Water Treatment #348 of 7,764 universities & colleges · 63 papers
• Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters and Single-Atom Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation and Oxidation #47 of 2,932 universities & colleges · 59 papers
• Metal Oxide Thin Films and Nanomaterials for Chemiresistive Gas and Humidity Sensing #132 of 5,124 universities & colleges · 54 papers

Check communities to show the trend above for them only. Positions are by fractional papers across all years. A community page ranks its institutions by citation-weighted credit, so its order can differ.

Covers the materials and chemistry research Elements Live tracks, not everything University of the Free State publishes. Institutions come from OpenAlex affiliations, rolled up to the parent organisation. Older papers often lack affiliations, so earlier years undercount.