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Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials

Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials is a research topic within Spectroscopy. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the applications of inverse gas chromatography in characterizing surface properties, determining thermodynamic and solubility parameters, studying polymer interactions, and analyzing adsorption properties of various materials. The research covers a wide range of topics including surface energy distribution, porous materials, Lewis acid-base properties, and nanomaterials.

  • Surface Characterization
  • Thermodynamic Parameters
  • Polymer Interactions
  • Solubility Parameters
  • Surface Energy Distribution
  • Porous Materials
  • Adsorption Properties
  • Surface Heterogeneity
  • Lewis Acid-Base Properties
  • Nanomaterials
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials

Which countries lead Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (207 and 114 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 207 works
  2. 2 China 114 works
  3. 3 United States 75 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 45 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 36 works
  6. 6 India 34 works
  7. 7 Japan 32 works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 31 works
  9. 9 France 29 works
  10. 10 Poland 29 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.

Russia: 32.8%China: 18.0%United States: 11.8%Ukraine: 7.1%6 others listed: 30.3%33%largest
Russia207 · 32.8%China114 · 18.0%United States75 · 11.8%Ukraine45 · 7.1%6 others listed191 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research, followed by National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 64 works
  2. 2 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 14 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  4. 4 Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 11 works
  5. 5 Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye 9 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry UniversityAzerbaijan 6 works
  8. 8 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 6 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 5 works
  10. 10 Academy of Sciences Republic of UzbekistanUzbekistan 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials include George M. Whitesides, Takashi Taniguchi and John Anthony Pople.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  2. 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  3. 3 John Anthony Pople United States 202k citations
  4. 4 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials?

The most cited paper in Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials is "Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report)" (Matthias Thommes, Katsumi Kaneko, Alexander V. Neimark et al., 2015), with 20,886 citations. Next come "Adsorption surface area and porosity" (7,949) and "The surface chemistry of amorphous silica. Zhuravlev model" (2,440).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report) Matthias Thommes, Katsumi Kaneko, Alexander V. Neimark et al. · Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 Jul 2015 20,886
2 Adsorption surface area and porosity William A. Steele · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Aug 1983 7,949
3 The surface chemistry of amorphous silica. Zhuravlev model L. T. Zhuravlev · Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Nov 2000 2,440
4 Supercooled Liquids and Glasses M. D. Ediger, C. A. Angell, Sidney R. Nagel · The Journal of Physical Chemistry 1996 2,222
5 Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Provisional) K. S. W. Sing · Pure and Applied Chemistry Open access 1982 2,083
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Where is Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research done?

The largest centres of Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Petersburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 50 works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 29 works
  3. 3 KyivUkraine 21 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 19 works
  5. 5 Kazan’Russia 18 works
  6. 6 TashkentUzbekistan 14 works
  7. 7 BakuAzerbaijan 13 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 11 works
  9. 9 NovosibirskRussia 10 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint PetersburgRU · 28.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Yıldız Technical University and Kazan State Technological University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye 60.032.0%39.0×9 +65.4%
2Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 40.02.9%189.0×11 +61.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials, country by country

Is Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2007.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials0.0041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials10.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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