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Biodiesel Production and Applications

Biodiesel Production and Applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the technical aspects of biodiesel production, including transesterification, catalysts, feedstock selection, and the impact of biodiesel on engine performance and emissions. It also covers the use of various vegetable oils and waste cooking oil as feedstocks for biodiesel production, highlighting its role in renewable energy.

  • Biodiesel
  • Transesterification
  • Catalyst
  • Feedstock
  • Engine Performance
  • Emissions
  • Vegetable Oils
  • Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
  • Waste Cooking Oil
  • Renewable Energy
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biodiesel Production and Applications

Which countries lead Biodiesel Production and Applications research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.9k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.9k works
  2. 2 China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 1.1k works
  4. 4 Brazil 426 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 405 works
  6. 6 United States 393 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 331 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 324 works
  9. 9 Iran 180 works
  10. 10 Thailand 178 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.

India: 29.7%China: 19.1%Indonesia: 16.5%Brazil: 6.6%6 others listed: 28.1%30%largest
India1,917 · 29.7%China1,230 · 19.1%Indonesia1,062 · 16.5%Brazil426 · 6.6%6 others listed1,811 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Biodiesel Production and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Saveetha University publishes the most Biodiesel Production and Applications research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 75 works
  2. 2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 62 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 48 works
  4. 4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 43 works
  5. 5 State University of MalangIndonesia 40 works
  6. 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 39 works
  7. 7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 36 works
  8. 8 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 35 works
  9. 9 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 35 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biodiesel Production and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biodiesel Production and Applications include Jun Wang, Rodney S. Ruoff and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  5. 5 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  6. 6 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Biodiesel Production and Applications?

The most cited paper in Biodiesel Production and Applications is "Biodiesel from microalgae" (Yusuf Chisti, 2007), with 9,356 citations. Next come "Synthesis of Transportation Fuels from Biomass: Chemistry, Catalysts, and Engineering" (7,671) and "Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review" (5,683).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biodiesel from microalgae Yusuf Chisti · Biotechnology Advances 14 Feb 2007 9,356
2 Synthesis of Transportation Fuels from Biomass: Chemistry, Catalysts, and Engineering George W. Huber, Sara Iborra, Avelino Corma · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 27 Jun 2006 7,671
3 Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review Teresa M. Mata, Antonio Augusto Martins, Nídia S. Caetano · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 4 Aug 2009 5,683
4 Biodiesel production: a review1Journal Series #12109, Agricultural Research Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.1 Fangrui Ma, Milford A. Hanna · Bioresource Technology Oct 1999 5,241
5 Biofuels from microalgae—A review of technologies for production, processing, and extractions of biofuels and co-products Liam Brennan, Philip M. O. Owende · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 30 Oct 2009 4,895
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Where is Biodiesel Production and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Biodiesel Production and Applications research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ipoh, Salem and Pekan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 305 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 152 works
  3. 3 JakartaIndonesia 117 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 100 works
  5. 5 SurabayaIndonesia 89 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 84 works
  7. 7 BangkokThailand 84 works
  8. 8 MalangIndonesia 82 works
  9. 9 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 79 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IpohMY · 32.0 works20×
  2. SalemIN · 27.7 works20×
  3. PekanMY · 33.6 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biodiesel Production and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biodiesel Production and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, National Institute Of Technology Silchar and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals score highest, combining citation 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 31.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National Institute O…Saveetha UniversityKing Fahd University…University of Tehran
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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.

Citation 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
1Saveetha UniversityIndia 84.532.9%9.5×75 +395.9%
2National Institute Of Technology SilcharIndia 72.634.7%22.4×31 +290.7%
3King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 64.632.4%7.2×20 +115.8%
4University of TehranIran 64.330.2%5.2×25 +24.7%
5Guangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.343.8%13.4×10 +354.7%
6King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 60.722.5%3.3×27 +169.6%
7King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.221.6%5.3×16 +156.0%
8University of Technology SydneyAustralia 57.829.7%3.0×11 +17.2%
9Karabük UniversityTürkiye 56.326.5%10.4×14 +14.0%
10Qatar UniversityQatar 55.840.2%3.5×8 +23.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Biodiesel Production and Applications, country by country

Is Biodiesel Production and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Biodiesel Production and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Biodiesel Production and Applications0.037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biodiesel Production and Applications 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%Biodiesel Production and Applications10.3% 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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