Research Progress of Polymer Material Genomes

Polymer material genomes approach can effectively shorten the research and development cycle of new materials and reduce the research and development cost by building infrastructure such as high-throughput calculation, high-throughput experiment and materials big data. As the volume of publications in this field increases, new methods are needed to review and analyze trends in the field of knowledge. Based on the fourth research paradigm of informatics, this review changes the traditional expert system analysis method and uses scientometrics to review the research progress in the field of polymer material genomes. From the five dimensions of publication trend, journal distribution, research country distribution, high-yield authors and academic teams, and co-citation network, this review objectively and comprehensively analyzes the research distribution and status in this field. The field of polymer material genomes has entered a “period of rapid development” and has formed some academic teams with stable outputs. At present, the hot topics of research are mainly focused on the application of machine learning strategies in polymer materials, and certain progress has been made in photoelectric materials, polymer dielectric materials, polymer nanocomposites, high-performance composites and polymer biomaterials. Finally, combining with the current research progress, it is proposed to promote the construction of polymer material database, and further develop the polymer material genome method with wider properties and accurate prediction.