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Advanced Cellulose Research Studies

Advanced Cellulose Research Studies is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the properties, production, and applications of nanocellulose, including cellulose nanocrystals and bacterial cellulose. It covers topics such as the use of ionic liquids in cellulose dissolution, sustainable biocomposites, TEMPO-mediated oxidation, and the potential biomedical applications of nanocellulose. The research also explores nanocellulose as a sustainable and versatile material for various fields, highlighting its potential in green nanotechnology.

  • Nanocellulose
  • Cellulose Nanocrystals
  • Bacterial Cellulose
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Biocomposites
  • Sustainable Materials
  • Nanofibrils
  • TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Green Nanotechnology
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+57%
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Which countries lead Advanced Cellulose Research Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.6k and 833 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 India 833 works
  3. 3 United States 499 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 412 works
  5. 5 Brazil 311 works
  6. 6 Japan 291 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 287 works
  8. 8 South Korea 234 works
  9. 9 France 222 works
  10. 10 Canada 202 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: 44.1%India: 14.1%United States: 8.5%Indonesia: 7.0%6 others listed: 26.3%44%largest
China2,595 · 44.1%India833 · 14.1%United States499 · 8.5%Indonesia412 · 7.0%6 others listed1,548 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Cellulose Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing Forestry University publishes the most Advanced Cellulose Research Studies research, followed by South China University of Technology and Beijing Forestry University.

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Cellulose Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies include Hongjie Dai, Jason P. Hallett and Gordon McKay.

  1. 1 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
  2. 2 Jason P. Hallett United Kingdom 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Gordon McKay Qatar 2.4k citations
  4. 4 Sabu Thomas India 2.4k citations
  5. 5 Liangbing Hu United States 2.3k citations

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

Where is Advanced Cellulose Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Cellulose Research Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Espoo, Lin’an Shi and Pekan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 343 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 234 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 160 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 118 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 110 works
  6. 6 Jinan China 98 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 98 works
  8. 8 Bangkok Thailand 91 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 90 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 88 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. EspooFI · 62.5 works16×
  2. Lin’an ShiCN · 20.2 works15×
  3. PekanMY · 24.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Cellulose Research Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Cellulose Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, Qilu University of Technology and Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique 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 31.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Forestry University: 146, 29.2%Qilu University of Technology: 39, 26.7%Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique: 13, 38.2%Tianjin University of Science and Technology: 41, 38.3%Beijing Forestry University: 63, 33.4%King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok: 22, 38.2%Guangxi University: 57, 28.0%Southwest Forestry University: 32, 30.4%Universitat de Girona: 10, 26.9%South China University of Technology: 91, 23.3%Tianjin University o…Université Mohammed …Nanjing Forestry Uni…Qilu University of T…
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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 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 69.729.2%37.1×146 +37.0%
2 Qilu University of TechnologyChina 68.226.7%19.4×39 +239.6%
3 Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco 65.938.2%17.7×13
4 Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 64.538.3%25.0×41 +25.3%
5 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 63.933.4%25.4×63 +11.3%
6 King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand 63.738.2%19.7×22
7 Guangxi UniversityChina 62.928.0%11.1×57 +62.1%
8 Southwest Forestry UniversityChina 61.530.4%32.9×32 +81.7%
9 Universitat de GironaSpain 61.026.9%9.8×10 +182.3%
10 South China University of TechnologyChina 59.723.3%9.8×91 -3.9%

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 Cellulose Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Cellulose Research Studies.

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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.