Research trend rank among all institutions, by papers, per year

Each point is this institution's position that year among all institutions, 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

• Laser-Processed Stainless Steels, Superalloys, and High-Entropy Alloys #22 of 10,985 institutions · 585 papers
• Next-Generation Lithium, Sulfur, and Solid-State Battery Electrolytes and Interfaces #5 of 5,040 institutions · 357 papers
• Anode Materials and Electrolytes for Sodium, Lithium, and Potassium Ion Batteries #19 of 5,734 institutions · 340 papers
• Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and van der Waals Heterostructures #13 of 6,889 institutions · 329 papers
• Integrated Photonics and Nonlinear Optics for Computing, Sensing, and Quantum Networks #23 of 7,278 institutions · 327 papers

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