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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. 7.4% 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%
903
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
the tick is no change

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

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (190 and 67 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 190 works
  2. 2 China 67 works
  3. 3 United States 62 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 41 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 31 works
  6. 6 India 29 works
  7. 7 Japan 26 works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 26 works
  9. 9 Poland 25 works
  10. 10 France 23 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: 36.5%China: 12.9%United States: 11.9%Ukraine: 7.8%6 others listed: 30.9%37%largest
Russia190 · 36.5%China67 · 12.9%United States62 · 11.9%Ukraine41 · 7.8%6 others listed161 · 30.9%

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 2022–2025, Kazan State Technological University publishes the most Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research, followed by Yıldız Technical University and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 11 works
  2. 2 Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye 7 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 6 works
  4. 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 6 works
  5. 5 Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry UniversityAzerbaijan 5 works
  6. 6 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 5 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 5 works
  8. 8 Academy of Sciences Republic of UzbekistanUzbekistan 4 works
  9. 9 Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and ElectrochemistryRussia 4 works
  10. 10 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 4 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 Paul J. Flory and Mietek Jaroniec.

  1. 1 Paul J. Flory United States 3.7k citations
  2. 2 Mietek Jaroniec United States 2.4k citations

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

Where is Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research done?

The largest centres of Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Kazan’ (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Petersburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 45 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 27 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 19 works
  4. 4 Kazan’ Russia 17 works
  5. 5 Tashkent Uzbekistan 12 works
  6. 6 Baku Azerbaijan 11 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 10 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 10 works
  9. 9 Novosibirsk Russia 9 works
  10. 10 Voronezh Russia 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint PetersburgRU · 27.2 works12×
← 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, Kazan State Technological 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 0.03.1%194.6×11 +57.5%

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2007.

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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.