This study has been carried out to analyze the carbon nano-tubes research field by scientometric methods. The data are based on the Thomson/ISI Web of Science (WoS) and on the literature file of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). The time dependent overall number of articles dealing with nano-tubes is given. The data reveal a dramatic increase of basic research activity in this research field. The most productive authors and leading research organizations are determined. The distribution of the nanotubes articles on the countries of the authors and on the leading journals is given, The citation data of nanotubes articles are discussed: The average citation rate of nanotubes related articles and of articles out of other currently popular research fields published in the year 2000 are compared with the average citation rates in chemistry and physics. The time evolution of the most highly cited nanotubes papers and of the complete ensemble of the nanotubes articles published in 2000 are shown. The impact of two nanotubes papers appeared prior to 1991 is discussed. (C) 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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机译：本研究已经通过科学计量学方法分析了碳纳米管的研究领域。数据基于Thomson / ISI Web of Science（WoS）和化学文摘社（CAS）的文献文件。给出了与时间有关的纳米管制品的总数。数据表明该研究领域的基础研究活动急剧增加。确定最具生产力的作者和领先的研究组织。给出了纳米管文章在作者所在国家和主要期刊上的分布情况，讨论了纳米管文章的引文数据：纳米管相关文章和该期刊上发表的其他当前流行研究领域文章的平均引文率。将2000年与化学和物理的平均引用率进行比较。显示了被引用最多的纳米管论文的时间演变以及2000年发表的纳米管文章的完整合集。讨论了1991年之前出现的两篇纳米管论文的影响。 （C）2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH＆Co.KGaA，Weinheim
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