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Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors is a research topic within Bioengineering. Science Explorer counts 110k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents advances in chemical sensor technologies, including optical sensors, ion-selective electrodes, potentiometric sensors, fluorescent nanosensors, and biosensors. The focus is on applications such as pH sensing, oxygen measurement, and the development of polymeric membrane electrodes using sol-gel-based materials.

  • Optical Sensors
  • Ion-Selective Electrodes
  • Potentiometric Sensors
  • Fluorescent Nanosensors
  • Biosensors
  • Field-Effect Transistors
  • pH Sensing
  • Oxygen Measurement
  • Polymeric Membrane Electrodes
  • Sol-Gel-Based Nanosensors
Research works
110k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
19k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.5k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.5k works
  2. 2 India 1.6k works
  3. 3 United States 1.2k works
  4. 4 Japan 513 works
  5. 5 South Korea 490 works
  6. 6 Germany 377 works
  7. 7 Russia 327 works
  8. 8 Iran 315 works
  9. 9 Italy 306 works
  10. 10 France 297 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: 45.3%India: 15.8%United States: 12.3%Japan: 5.2%6 others listed: 21.4%45%largest
China4,462 · 45.3%India1,552 · 15.8%United States1,207 · 12.3%Japan513 · 5.2%6 others listed2,111 · 21.4%

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

Which institutions lead Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research, followed by Northeastern University and Jilin University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 83 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 73 works
  3. 3 Jilin UniversityChina 60 works
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 52 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 47 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 47 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 46 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 45 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 45 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Analytical Chemistry and Sensors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Analytical Chemistry and Sensors include Michaël Grätzel, Zhong Lin Wang and Ben Zhong Tang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  3. 3 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  6. 6 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations

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

Where is Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research done?

The largest centres of Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Wuhan (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 567 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 319 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 212 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 185 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 185 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 173 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 164 works
  8. 8 Tianjin China 161 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 156 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 154 works
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Where is the best place to study Analytical Chemistry and Sensors?

Among universities, judged by research, Heilongjiang University, Northeastern University and Henan Polytechnic 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%60%mean 36.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Heilongjiang University: 31, 41.6%Northeastern University: 73, 39.3%Henan Polytechnic University: 26, 42.2%Lanzhou Jiaotong University: 18, 49.9%National Taipei University of Technology: 31, 31.8%Shiraz University of Technology: 9, 38.3%University of Jinan: 35, 26.4%Graduate University of Advanced Technology: 10, 29.3%China University of Petroleum, East China: 18, 42.3%Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad Campus: 16, 26.7%Lanzhou Jiaotong Uni…Henan Polytechnic Un…Heilongjiang Univers…Northeastern Univers…
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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 Heilongjiang UniversityChina 68.341.6%13.3×31 +48.7%
2 Northeastern UniversityChina 68.239.3%6.1×73 +106.6%
3 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 68.042.2%6.7×26 +346.3%
4 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 65.849.9%5.6×18 +207.3%
5 National Taipei University of TechnologyTaiwan 64.131.8%14.7×31 +32.2%
6 Shiraz University of TechnologyIran 59.138.3%16.4×9 —
7 University of JinanChina 58.526.4%8.9×35 +63.4%
8 Graduate University of Advanced TechnologyIran 55.929.3%23.7×10 +93.6%
9 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 54.542.3%2.7×18 +368.5%
10 Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Hyderabad CampusIndia 54.426.7%9.7×16 —

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 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Analytical Chemistry and Sensors.

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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.