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Bioengineering research

Bioengineering is a subfield of Chemical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 110k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: application of biology and engineering to create useful products.

Research works
110k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
19k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Bioengineering research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Bioengineering. By volume, China and India publish the most (4.5k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 24.2% top 10% · 4.5k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 12.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  3. 3 India · #6 all time 15.3% top 10% · 1.6k works
  4. 4 South Korea · #7 all time 21.2% top 10% · 490 works
  5. 5 Türkiye · #17 all time 16.1% top 10% · 289 works
  6. 6 Iran · #8 all time 18.2% top 10% · 315 works
  7. 7 Italy · #10 all time 14.3% top 10% · 306 works
  8. 8 Japan · #5 all time 6.0% top 10% · 513 works
  9. 9 Germany · #4 all time 11.0% top 10% · 377 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom · #3 all time 15.5% top 10% · 261 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 17 countries ranked in Bioengineering. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Bioengineering

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.5k works
  2. 2 India 1.6k works
  3. 3 United States 1.2k works
  4. 4 Japan 513 works
  5. 5 South Korea 490 works
  6. 6 Germany 377 works
  7. 7 Russia 327 works
  8. 8 Iran 315 works
  9. 9 Italy 306 works
  10. 10 France 297 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 45.3%India: 15.8%United States: 12.3%Japan: 5.2%6 others listed: 21.4%45%largest
China4,462 · 45.3%India1,552 · 15.8%United States1,207 · 12.3%Japan513 · 5.2%6 others listed2,111 · 21.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Bioengineering research?

Northeastern University (China) ranks first in Bioengineering on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jilin University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northeastern University China · Shenyang · #29 all time 39.3% top 10% · 73 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #2 all time 24.1% top 10% · 83 works
  3. 3 Jilin University China · Changchun · #8 all time 27.8% top 10% · 60 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 3 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Bioengineering.

Top 100 Bioengineering institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 83 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 73 works
  3. 3 Jilin UniversityChina 60 works
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 52 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 47 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 47 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 46 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 45 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 45 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bioengineering?

Among the most productive authors in Bioengineering, Anders Hagfeldt, Michaël Grätzel and George M. Whitesides rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Anders Hagfeldt Sweden · #1,363 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
  4. 4 Bruce Dunn United States · #1,913 worldwide 4.1k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Roger Parsons United Kingdom · #2,404 worldwide 1.1k citations · 112 works
  6. 6 Nathan S. Lewis United States · #2,550 worldwide 3.4k citations · 156 works
  7. 7 A. Manz Germany · #2,972 worldwide 2.3k citations · 99 works
  8. 8 Mark E. Thompson United States · #3,201 worldwide 1.9k citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Younan Xia United States · #3,548 worldwide 3.7k citations · 178 works
  10. 10 Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria · #3,609 worldwide 3.8k citations · 169 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,925 highest-output authors in Bioengineering. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Bioengineering researchers

Where is Bioengineering research done?

The largest centres of Bioengineering research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Wuhan (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 567 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 319 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 212 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 185 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 185 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 173 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 164 works
  8. 8 Tianjin China 161 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 156 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 154 works
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Bioengineering research by country

The best places for Bioengineering research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Bioengineering?

Among universities, judged by research, Heilongjiang University, Northeastern University and Henan Polytechnic University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 36.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Heilongjiang University: 31, 41.6%Northeastern University: 73, 39.3%Henan Polytechnic University: 26, 42.2%Lanzhou Jiaotong University: 18, 49.9%National Taipei University of Technology: 31, 31.8%Shiraz University of Technology: 9, 38.3%University of Jinan: 35, 26.4%Graduate University of Advanced Technology: 10, 29.3%China University of Petroleum, East China: 18, 42.3%Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus: 16, 26.7%Lanzhou Jiaotong Uni…Henan Polytechnic Un…Heilongjiang Univers…Northeastern Univers…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Heilongjiang UniversityChina 68.341.6%13.3×31 +48.7%
2 Northeastern UniversityChina 68.239.3%6.1×73 +106.6%
3 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 68.042.2%6.7×26 +346.3%
4 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 65.849.9%5.6×18 +207.3%
5 National Taipei University of TechnologyTaiwan 64.131.8%14.7×31 +32.2%
6 Shiraz University of TechnologyIran 59.138.3%16.4×9 —
7 University of JinanChina 58.526.4%8.9×35 +63.4%
8 Graduate University of Advanced TechnologyIran 55.929.3%23.7×10 +93.6%
9 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 54.542.3%2.7×18 +368.5%
10 Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad CampusIndia 54.426.7%9.7×16 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Bioengineering research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Analytical Chemistry and Sensors.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Bioengineering include?