Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 28.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the anaerobic digestion process and biogas production from organic waste, highlighting topics such as methane production, hydrogen generation, microbial communities, waste-to-energy conversion, and renewable energy sources. The research covers various aspects of anaerobic digestion technology, including inhibition factors, process optimization, microbial diversity, and potential applications in sustainable bioenergy production.
- Anaerobic Digestion
- Biogas Production
- Methanogenic Archaea
- Hydrogen Production
- Waste-to-Energy
- Microbial Community
- Bioenergy
- Fermentation
- Waste Treatment
- Renewable Energy
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +39% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 510 works in 2022–2025).
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 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research, followed by Tongji University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 53 works
- 2 Tongji UniversityChina 32 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 29 works
- 4 State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource ReuseChina 27 works
- 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 25 works
- 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 25 works
- 7 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 24 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 23 works
- 9 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 22 works
- 10 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production include Willem M. de Vos, Derek R. Lovley and Kefa Cen.
- 1 Willem M. de Vos Netherlands 2.5k citations
- 2 Derek R. Lovley United States 2.2k citations
- 3 Kefa Cen China 2.1k citations
- 4 Jianlong Wang China 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research done?
The largest centres of Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Galway and Valladolid.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GalwayIE · 21.1 works16×
- ValladolidES · 21.1 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Forestry University, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology and Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway 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 | Beijing Forestry UniversityChina | 76.1 | 51.3% | 10.4× | 16 | +216.8% |
| 2 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina | 67.9 | 42.9% | 14.4× | 24 | +78.8% |
| 3 | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayIreland | 61.7 | 31.8% | 19.5× | 20 | -10.1% |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia | 61.0 | 20.4% | 10.2× | 19 | +415.7% |
| 5 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 60.1 | 26.8% | 7.4× | 21 | +114.2% |
| 6 | University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland | 59.8 | 30.3% | 26.1× | 15 | +107.7% |
| 7 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 59.4 | 41.1% | 6.0× | 54 | -25.6% |
| 8 | Universidad de ValladolidSpain | 57.5 | 30.2% | 15.8× | 21 | -0.8% |
| 9 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 56.8 | 32.1% | 8.3× | 25 | +25.7% |
| 10 | Hunan UniversityChina | 56.4 | 50.2% | 3.4× | 13 | +201.4% |
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 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production.
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.