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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. 24.1% 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%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Biochemical and biochemical processes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (803 and 181 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 803 works
  2. 2 India 181 works
  3. 3 United States 166 works
  4. 4 Brazil 96 works
  5. 5 Mexico 93 works
  6. 6 Germany 81 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 77 works
  8. 8 Spain 74 works
  9. 9 Japan 73 works
  10. 10 France 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.

China: 46.9%India: 10.6%United States: 9.7%Brazil: 5.6%6 others listed: 27.2%47%largest
China803 · 46.9%India181 · 10.6%United States166 · 9.7%Brazil96 · 5.6%6 others listed466 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Biochemical and biochemical processes research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Biochemical and biochemical processes research, followed by Nanjing Forestry University and Northwest A&F University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 24 works
  2. 2 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 19 works
  3. 3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 12 works
  4. 4 South China University of TechnologyChina 11 works
  5. 5 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 11 works
  6. 6 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 11 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
  8. 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 11 works
  9. 9 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 10 works
  10. 10 Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biochemical and biochemical processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biochemical and biochemical processes include Vernon L. Singleton and J. A. Teixeira.

  1. 1 Vernon L. Singleton United States 3.6k citations
  2. 2 J. A. Teixeira Portugal 1.8k citations

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

Where is Biochemical and biochemical processes research done?

The largest centres of Biochemical and biochemical processes research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 127 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 45 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 41 works
  4. 4 Wuxi China 31 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 29 works
  6. 6 Tianjin China 29 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 23 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 23 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 21 works
  10. 10 Paris France 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 30.7 works13×
← 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, Nanjing Forestry University, Jiangnan University and Northwest A&F 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%25%50%75%mean 36.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Forestry University: 19, 30.5%Jiangnan University: 24, 41.4%Northwest A&F University: 12, 44.3%Tianjin University of Science and Technology: 10, 41.3%Beijing Technology and Business University: 10, 28.0%Beijing Forestry University: 11, 37.2%Dalian Polytechnic University: 9, 35.4%China Agricultural University: 11, 36.0%Tianjin University: 9, 62.2%Universidad Veracruzana: 11, 4.7%Northwest A&F Univer…Jiangnan UniversityTianjin University o…Nanjing Forestry Uni…
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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 75.030.5%16.7×19 +205.7%
2 Jiangnan UniversityChina 72.741.4%16.3×24 +12.5%
3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 69.244.3%12.1×12 +120.2%
4 Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.041.3%20.5×10 +150.7%
5 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 57.428.0%18.5×10 +190.8%
6 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 54.937.2%15.6×11 +15.5%
7 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 50.535.4%21.7×9 —
8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 49.836.0%7.7×11 +11.6%
9 Tianjin UniversityChina 47.162.2%3.1×9 +20.0%
10 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 43.84.7%23.3×11 +112.3%

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 Biochemical and biochemical processes research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.