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Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Biosensors and Analytical Detection is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in paper-based diagnostic devices, particularly in the field of microfluidics and biosensors. It covers topics such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification, point-of-care diagnostics, low-cost and portable bioassays, nanoparticle-based sensors, and lab-on-a-chip devices for the detection of infectious diseases.

  • Paper-Based Microfluidics
  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics
  • Biosensors
  • Microfluidic Devices
  • Low-Cost
  • Portable Bioassays
  • Nanoparticle-Based Sensors
  • Infectious Disease Detection
  • Lab-on-a-Chip
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+36%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Which countries lead Biosensors and Analytical Detection research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.6k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5.6k works
  2. 2 United States 1.5k works
  3. 3 India 1.2k works
  4. 4 South Korea 463 works
  5. 5 Iran 332 works
  6. 6 Japan 316 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 301 works
  8. 8 Italy 278 works
  9. 9 Brazil 275 works
  10. 10 Canada 271 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: 53.2%United States: 14.3%India: 11.4%South Korea: 4.4%6 others listed: 16.8%53%largest
China5,621 · 53.2%United States1,516 · 14.3%India1,201 · 11.4%South Korea463 · 4.4%6 others listed1,773 · 16.8%

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

Which institutions lead Biosensors and Analytical Detection research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Biosensors and Analytical Detection research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanchang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 243 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 104 works
  3. 3 Nanchang UniversityChina 91 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 82 works
  5. 5 Jiangsu UniversityChina 77 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 73 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 71 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 68 works
  9. 9 Jiangnan UniversityChina 65 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 64 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biosensors and Analytical Detection?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biosensors and Analytical Detection include Zhong Lin Wang, Rob Knight and Michaël Grätzel.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  4. 4 Stacey L. Gabriel United States 402k citations
  5. 5 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  6. 6 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  7. 7 Xiangyu Zhang 327k citations
  8. 8 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  9. 9 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  10. 10 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k 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 Biosensors and Analytical Detection?

The most cited paper in Biosensors and Analytical Detection is "A new generation of Ca2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties." (Grzegorz Grynkiewicz, Martin Poenie, Roger Y. Tsien, 1985), with 21,798 citations. Next come "High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins." (19,391) and "Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA" (8,938).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A new generation of Ca2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties. Grzegorz Grynkiewicz, Martin Poenie, Roger Y. Tsien · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 1985 21,798
2 High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins. Patrick H. O’Farrell · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access May 1975 19,391
3 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA Tsugunori Notomi · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 15 Jun 2000 8,938
4 Intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of ferromagnetic nanoparticles Lizeng Gao, Jie Zhuang, Leng Nie et al. · Nature Nanotechnology 26 Aug 2007 7,484
5 Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Katrin D. Kneipp, Yang Wang, Harald Kneipp et al. · Physical Review Letters 3 Mar 1997 6,807
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Biosensors and Analytical Detection research done?

The largest centres of Biosensors and Analytical Detection research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi, Pathum Thani and Yangling.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 702 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 339 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 292 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 278 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 213 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 212 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 195 works
  8. 8 ChongqingChina 183 works
  9. 9 JinanChina 161 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 159 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 131.4 works9.9×
  2. Pathum ThaniTH · 21.5 works7.1×
  3. YanglingCN · 33.0 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biosensors and Analytical Detection than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biosensors and Analytical Detection?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Nanchang 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%10%20%30%mean 18.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityNorthwest A&F Univer…Nanchang UniversityJiangnan 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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 88.125.7%7.9×77 +51.1%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 78.217.8%9.9×91 +30.8%
3Northwest A&F UniversityChina 74.024.6%7.0×33 +88.6%
4Jiangnan UniversityChina 71.515.9%9.1×65 +60.5%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 66.914.8%2.3×82 +58.5%
6Zhejiang UniversityChina 66.013.8%2.2×73 +48.3%
7Sichuan UniversityChina 65.215.7%2.5×68 +108.4%
8Central South UniversityChina 64.520.8%1.7×41 +70.0%
9Jilin UniversityChina 63.313.1%4.6×64 +60.7%
10Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.118.0%15.4×36 +159.6%

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 Biosensors and Analytical Detection, country by country

Is Biosensors and Analytical Detection research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Biosensors and Analytical Detection.

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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 Biosensors and Analytical Detection as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.056% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Biosensors and Analytical Detection0.056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biosensors and Analytical Detection 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%Biosensors and Analytical Detection9.8% 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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