Research trend share of all papers we track, per year

Each point is this institution's share of the papers credited to all institutions that year, with credit split across co-authoring institutions. A share, not a count, because our collection grows unevenly by year. Hover a point for the figures. The hollow point is the year in progress.

Where it works most top research communities, by papers

• Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices for Power Electronics and Optoelectronics #32 of 6,618 institutions · 221 papers
• Lead-Free Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics for Energy Storage and Actuation #39 of 7,476 institutions · 201 papers
• Soil Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, and Water Treatment #70 of 14,481 institutions · 190 papers
• Fiber Lasers, Photonic Crystals, and Optical Sensing #61 of 7,858 institutions · 154 papers
• Numerical Simulation of Structural Mechanics and Health Monitoring #19 of 5,633 institutions · 111 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 Virginia Tech publishes. Institutions come from OpenAlex affiliations, rolled up to the parent organisation. Older papers often lack affiliations, so earlier years undercount.