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Biofuel production and bioconversion

Biofuel production and bioconversion is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 70k 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 technological aspects of producing biofuels, particularly bioethanol, from lignocellulosic biomass. It covers topics such as pretreatment methods, enzymatic hydrolysis, biorefinery concepts, biomass recalcitrance, and ethanol fermentation. The research aims to address challenges in biofuel production and explore the potential of biomass as a sustainable energy source.

  • Pretreatment
  • Enzymatic Hydrolysis
  • Lignocellulosic Biomass
  • Bioethanol Production
  • Cellulase Enzymes
  • Biorefinery Concept
  • Biomass Recalcitrance
  • Ethanol Fermentation
  • Ionic Liquid Pretreatment
  • Global Bioenergy Potential
Research works
70k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.9k
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
China
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biofuel production and bioconversion

Which countries lead Biofuel production and bioconversion research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3k works
  2. 2 India 1.5k works
  3. 3 United States 888 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 869 works
  5. 5 Brazil 729 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 303 works
  7. 7 Germany 293 works
  8. 8 Japan 280 works
  9. 9 Spain 269 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 265 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: 35.5%India: 18.2%United States: 10.5%Indonesia: 10.3%6 others listed: 25.4%36%largest
China2,989 · 35.5%India1,537 · 18.2%United States888 · 10.5%Indonesia869 · 10.3%6 others listed2,138 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Biofuel production and bioconversion research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Biofuel production and bioconversion research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanjing Forestry University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 191 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 125 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 110 works
  4. 4 Jiangnan UniversityChina 82 works
  5. 5 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 79 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 75 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 72 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 66 works
  9. 9 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 64 works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 62 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biofuel production and bioconversion?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biofuel production and bioconversion include Peer Bork, Jun Wang and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  5. 5 Mark Gerstein United States 250k citations
  6. 6 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  7. 7 Aviv Regev United States 236k citations
  8. 8 Michael Snyder United States 224k citations
  9. 9 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  10. 10 David Botstein United States 221k 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 Biofuel production and bioconversion?

The most cited paper in Biofuel production and bioconversion is "Characteristics of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis" (Haiping Yang, Rong Yan, Hanping Chen et al., 2007), with 8,117 citations. Next come "Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material" (7,510) and "The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013" (6,637).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characteristics of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis Haiping Yang, Rong Yan, Hanping Chen et al. · Fuel 11 Jan 2007 8,117
2 Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material Dieter Klemm, Brigitte Heublein, Hans‐Peter Fink et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 28 Apr 2005 7,510
3 The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013 Vincent Lombard, Hemalatha Golaconda Ramulu, Élodie Drula et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 21 Nov 2013 6,637
4 Measurement of cellulase activities T. K. Ghose · Pure and Applied Chemistry Open access 1987 6,260
5 Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass Nathan S. Mosier · Bioresource Technology 30 Sep 2004 6,242
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Where is Biofuel production and bioconversion research done?

The largest centres of Biofuel production and bioconversion research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 506 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 277 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 141 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 138 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 131 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 123 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 120 works
  8. 8 BangkokThailand 114 works
  9. 9 WuxiChina 103 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 100 works
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Where is the best place to study Biofuel production and bioconversion?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Nanjing Forestry University and Hubei University 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 21.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Saveetha UniversityHubei UniversityJiangnan UniversityNanjing Forestry Uni…
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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 72.230.3%2.2×24 +1091.9%
2Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 70.616.1%21.6×110 +52.1%
3Hubei UniversityChina 66.328.7%11.1×24 +63.6%
4Jiangnan UniversityChina 65.317.1%12.3×82 +29.4%
5Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 64.521.9%11.7×37 +21.7%
6Jiangsu UniversityChina 62.822.0%4.0×36 +45.9%
7Changzhou UniversityChina 59.221.1%9.4×27 +240.6%
8Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 57.826.6%2.1×13 +95.6%
9Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 55.712.7%6.2×25 +6.2%
10Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 55.515.7%9.2×45 +1.4%

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 Biofuel production and bioconversion, country by country

Is Biofuel production and bioconversion research growing?

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

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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 Biofuel production and bioconversion as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.057% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Biofuel production and bioconversion 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.

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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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