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Biochemical and biochemical processes

Biochemical and biochemical processes is a research topic within Biotechnology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biotechnological production of vanillin, including topics such as biosynthesis from ferulic acid, enzymatic conversion, microbial transformation, metabolic engineering, flavor compounds, purification and characterization, and therapeutic prospects.

  • Vanillin
  • Biotechnological Production
  • Biosynthesis
  • Ferulic Acid
  • Enzymatic Conversion
  • Microbial Transformation
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Flavor Compounds
  • Purification and Characterization
  • Therapeutic Prospects
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biochemical and biochemical processes

Which countries lead Biochemical and biochemical processes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (918 and 209 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 918 works
  2. 2 India 209 works
  3. 3 United States 193 works
  4. 4 Brazil 108 works
  5. 5 Mexico 106 works
  6. 6 Germany 92 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 89 works
  8. 8 Spain 81 works
  9. 9 Japan 81 works
  10. 10 France 74 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: 47.1%India: 10.7%United States: 9.9%Brazil: 5.6%6 others listed: 26.8%47%largest
China918 · 47.1%India209 · 10.7%United States193 · 9.9%Brazil108 · 5.6%6 others listed522 · 26.8%

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

Which institutions lead Biochemical and biochemical processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Biochemical and biochemical processes research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jiangnan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 44 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
  3. 3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 29 works
  4. 4 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 21 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 20 works
  7. 7 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 15 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 14 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biochemical and biochemical processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biochemical and biochemical processes include Kai You Wang, Guangming Zeng and David Julian McClements.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  3. 3 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  4. 4 Barry B. Halliwell United Kingdom 179k citations
  5. 5 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Biochemical and biochemical processes?

The most cited paper in Biochemical and biochemical processes is "Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids" (Richard P. Swatloski, Scott K. Spear, John D. Holbrey et al., 2002), with 4,729 citations. Next come "Lignin Biosynthesis" (4,458) and "Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis" (3,163).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids Richard P. Swatloski, Scott K. Spear, John D. Holbrey et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 17 Apr 2002 4,729
2 Lignin Biosynthesis Wout Boerjan, John Ralph, Marie Baucher · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 12 May 2003 4,458
3 Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis Thomas Vogt · Molecular Plant Open access 24 Dec 2009 3,163
4 Enzymatic "Combustion": The Microbial Degradation of Lignin T. Kent Kirk, Roberta L. Farrell · Annual Review of Microbiology Oct 1987 2,604
5 Fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. II: inhibitors and mechanisms of inhibition Eva Akke Palmqvist, Bärbel Hahn‐Hägerdal · Bioresource Technology Aug 2000 2,545
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Where is Biochemical and biochemical processes research done?

The largest centres of Biochemical and biochemical processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Wuxi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 140 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 51 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 44 works
  4. 4 WuxiChina 38 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 33 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 28 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 27 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 24 works
  10. 10 KunmingChina 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 37.8 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biochemical and biochemical processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biochemical and biochemical processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Nanjing Forestry University and Jiangsu 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 22.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityTianjin UniversityNanjing Forestry Uni…Jiangnan University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Jiangnan UniversityChina 73.315.0%20.0×29 +56.4%
2Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 68.319.6%18.6×21 +54.4%
3Jiangsu UniversityChina 64.233.8%4.5×9 +212.1%
4Tianjin UniversityChina 62.333.7%3.3×10 +179.1%
5Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 62.127.4%16.6×12 +92.8%
6Northwest A&F UniversityChina 58.317.6%13.2×13 +32.7%
7South China University of TechnologyChina 54.119.2%4.7×13 +14.9%
8Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 53.822.5%24.0×10 +109.2%
9Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 49.819.1%24.2×11 +53.9%
10China Agricultural UniversityChina 49.513.9%8.3×11 +114.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Biochemical and biochemical processes, country by country

Is Biochemical and biochemical processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Biochemical and biochemical processes.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biochemical and biochemical processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Biochemical and biochemical processes over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Biochemical and biochemical processes10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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