Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications is a research topic within Structural Biology. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 25.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents advancements in cryo-electron microscopy techniques, including single-particle analysis, electron tomography, and image processing for achieving atomic resolution. It covers topics such as beam-induced motion correction, high-resolution imaging of nanoparticles, and neural circuit reconstruction using advanced microscopy methods.
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy
- Single-Particle Analysis
- Electron Tomography
- Image Processing
- Atomic Resolution
- Structure Determination
- Beam-Induced Motion Correction
- High-Resolution Imaging
- Nanoparticle Growth
- Neural Circuit Reconstruction
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1k and 416 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1k works
- 2 China 416 works
- 3 Germany 386 works
- 4 Japan 239 works
- 5 United Kingdom 205 works
- 6 France 161 works
- 7 South Korea 77 works
- 8 Netherlands 75 works
- 9 Russia 74 works
- 10 Switzerland 68 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publishes the most Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Argonne National Laboratory.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States 31 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 25 works
- 3 Argonne National Laboratory United States 25 works
- 4 University of California, Berkeley United States 24 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 24 works
- 6 Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States 23 works
- 7 Tsinghua University China 23 works
- 8 Brookhaven National Laboratory United States 20 works
- 9 Cornell University United States 20 works
- 10 Stanford University United States 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, F. M. Giorgi and Yi Cui.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
- 2 F. M. Giorgi 5.5k citations
- 3 Yi Cui 5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Berkeley (United States) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Upton, Menlo Park and Lemont.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- UptonUS · 20.1 works61×
- Menlo ParkUS · 23.8 works48×
- LemontUS · 24.9 works39×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Göttingen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 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 Göttingen Germany | 62.5 | 36.1% | 13.0× | 12 | +135.2% |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States | 58.9 | 36.6% | 9.0× | 18 | +27.7% |
| 3 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland | 57.7 | 34.1% | 11.0× | 15 | -0.6% |
| 4 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany | 56.9 | 30.6% | 9.2× | 14 | +109.0% |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley United States | 55.9 | 24.1% | 8.6× | 24 | +69.0% |
| 6 | University of Antwerp Belgium | 51.4 | 25.6% | 15.6× | 15 | -13.0% |
| 7 | Arizona State University United States | 47.3 | 15.9% | 8.4× | 18 | +84.8% |
| 8 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 47.2 | 32.5% | 3.1× | 17 | +372.4% |
| 9 | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Israel | 47.2 | 17.0% | 14.0× | 15 | +18.3% |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology United States | 45.3 | 33.2% | 11.2× | 9 | -25.6% |
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 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications.
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.