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Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 113k research works in it since 1950. 25.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of DNA as a versatile tool for creating nanoscale shapes, self-assembled structures, and functional biomolecular devices. It explores applications in biosensors, aptamers, nanoparticle-based bio-barcode detection, electrochemistry, and cancer diagnostics.

  • DNA nanotechnology
  • self-assembly
  • biosensors
  • aptamers
  • nanoparticles
  • electrochemistry
  • molecular machines
  • nanoscale shapes
  • biomolecular interactions
  • cancer diagnostics
Research works
113k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
29k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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Which countries lead Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (12k and 2.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 12k works
  2. 2 United States 2.7k works
  3. 3 India 2.2k works
  4. 4 South Korea 769 works
  5. 5 Japan 714 works
  6. 6 Iran 697 works
  7. 7 Germany 557 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 487 works
  9. 9 Italy 446 works
  10. 10 France 422 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: 57.0%United States: 13.0%India: 10.5%South Korea: 3.7%6 others listed: 15.9%57%largest
China12k · 57.0%United States2,721 · 13.0%India2,200 · 10.5%South Korea769 · 3.7%6 others listed3,322 · 15.9%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research, followed by Southwest University and Nanjing University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 204 works
  2. 2 Southwest University China 181 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University China 154 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 134 works
  5. 5 Jilin University China 128 works
  6. 6 Jiangsu University China 123 works
  7. 7 Sichuan University China 116 works
  8. 8 University of Jinan China 112 works
  9. 9 Hunan University China 111 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 108 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques include Zhong Lin Wang, Ian F. Akyildiz and Ben Zhong Tang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
  2. 2 Ian F. Akyildiz 8.2k citations
  3. 3 Ben Zhong Tang 7k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
  5. 5 Peter A. Kollman 6.3k citations
  6. 6 Takashi Taniguchi 6.2k citations
  7. 7 Hua Zhang 5.9k citations
  8. 8 Guangming Zeng 5.6k citations
  9. 9 Wei Huang 5.5k citations

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

Where is Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changsha and Nanjing.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.4k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 772 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 694 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 509 works
  5. 5 Chongqing China 500 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 470 works
  7. 7 Jinan China 385 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 375 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 361 works
  10. 10 Qingdao China 353 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Changsha40.4 works32×
  2. Nanjing39.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, University of Jinan and Southwest 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%mean 35.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jiangsu University: 123, 40.3%University of Jinan: 112, 34.5%Southwest University: 181, 33.3%Qingdao Agricultural University: 33, 39.9%Shenyang Pharmaceutical University: 35, 33.4%Henan University of Technology: 50, 29.7%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 104, 38.4%Tianjin University of Science and Technology: 48, 36.6%Qingdao University: 71, 38.9%Guangdong Pharmaceutical University: 27, 28.4%Jiangsu UniversityQingdao Agricultural…University of JinanSouthwest University
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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
1Jiangsu University China 71.840.3%6.5×123 +270.8%
2University of Jinan China 70.234.5%15.3×112 +112.4%
3Southwest University China 69.333.3%13.2×181 +44.4%
4Qingdao Agricultural University China 69.039.9%9.5×33 +455.0%
5Shenyang Pharmaceutical University China 65.933.4%10.7×35 +215.0%
6Henan University of Technology China 65.529.7%9.5×50 +284.0%
7Qingdao University of Science and Technology China 64.938.4%11.0×104 -5.3%
8Tianjin University of Science and Technology China 64.936.6%9.9×48 +107.9%
9Qingdao University China 62.538.9%5.1×71 +290.4%
10Guangdong Pharmaceutical University China 61.328.4%10.4×27 +245.2%

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 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

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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.