Filtration and Separation research
Filtration and Separation is a subfield of Chemical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: separating components suspended in a fluid based on granularity properties relying on a filter device.
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 1
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Filtration and Separation research?
On research quality in 2022–2025, China and India rank highest in Filtration and Separation. By volume, China and India publish the most (575 and 300 works in 2022–2025).
By research quality, 2022–2025
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 2 countries ranked in Filtration and Separation. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.
All countries ranked in Filtration and SeparationHow 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Filtration and Separation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chengdu University of Technology publishes the most Filtration and Separation research, followed by Technical University of Denmark and Institute of Solution Chemistry.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 22 works
- 2 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 15 works
- 3 Institute of Solution ChemistryRussia 15 works
- 4 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 15 works
- 5 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 14 works
- 6 University of TabrizIran 14 works
- 7 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 14 works
- 8 University of AveiroPortugal 14 works
- 9 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 14 works
- 10 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Filtration and Separation?
Among the most productive authors in Filtration and Separation, Peter A. Kollman, Michele Parrinello and Simon Kuznets rank highest on the composite score.
- 1 Peter A. Kollman United States · #128 worldwide 6.3k citations · 134 works
- 2 Michele Parrinello Switzerland · #191 worldwide 5.6k citations · 175 works
- 3 Simon Kuznets United States · #198 worldwide 2.5k citations · 124 works
- 4 William L. Jorgensen United States · #209 worldwide 4.5k citations · 119 works
- 5 David L. Davies United Kingdom · #995 worldwide 2.8k citations · 97 works
- 6 John D. Ferry United States · #1,803 worldwide 2.1k citations · 92 works
- 7 Donald D. Van Slyke United States · #2,292 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
- 8 Frank J. Millero United States · #2,568 worldwide 2k citations · 109 works
- 9 Richard P. Van Duyne United States · #2,731 worldwide 2.2k citations · 77 works
- 10 Róbert Hermann Finland · #3,293 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,928 highest-output authors in Filtration and Separation. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.
Top 100 Filtration and Separation researchersWhere is Filtration and Separation research done?
The largest centres of Filtration and Separation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tianjin (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ivanovo and Tabriz.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IvanovoRU · 27.7 works128×
- TabrizIR · 31.9 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Filtration and Separation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Filtration and Separation?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Aveiro, Technical University of Denmark and University of Tabriz 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AveiroPortugal | 77.4 | 32.1% | 19.0× | 14 | +41.5% |
| 2 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 76.5 | 27.1% | 13.4× | 16 | +33.9% |
| 3 | University of TabrizIran | 63.8 | 16.3% | 26.7× | 14 | +64.6% |
| 4 | Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina | 62.4 | 10.5% | 18.0× | 15 | +183.3% |
| 5 | Lovely Professional UniversityIndia | 60.4 | 15.7% | 12.8× | 14 | — |
| 6 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 58.2 | 6.0% | 13.0× | 14 | +207.3% |
| 7 | Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia | 53.5 | 12.4% | 29.6× | 14 | +24.5% |
| 8 | Chengdu University of TechnologyChina | 52.4 | 3.0% | 34.3× | 22 | -2.4% |
| 9 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 50.4 | 7.9% | 8.5× | 11 | +1224.1% |
| 10 | Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran | 50.1 | 0.0% | 22.9× | 12 | +192.6% |
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 Filtration and Separation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions.
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.