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Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k 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 research and applications of magnetic particle imaging (MPI) and ferrofluids. The topics covered include nanoparticle tracers, biosensing, in vivo imaging, dipolar interactions, real-time monitoring, and biomedical applications.

  • Magnetic Particle Imaging
  • Ferrofluids
  • Nanoparticles
  • Biosensors
  • Imaging
  • Magnetism
  • Nanomedicine
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Dipolar Interactions
  • Real-Time Monitoring
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Which countries lead Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (750 and 336 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 750 works
  2. 2 United States 336 works
  3. 3 India 264 works
  4. 4 Russia 254 works
  5. 5 Germany 182 works
  6. 6 Japan 167 works
  7. 7 France 115 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 75 works
  9. 9 Spain 74 works
  10. 10 Iran 61 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: 32.9%United States: 14.8%India: 11.6%Russia: 11.2%6 others listed: 29.6%33%largest
China750 · 32.9%United States336 · 14.8%India264 · 11.6%Russia254 · 11.2%6 others listed675 · 29.6%

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

Which institutions lead Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 86 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 57 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51 works
  4. 4 Beihang UniversityChina 40 works
  5. 5 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 32 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 30 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 18 works
  8. 8 Tohoku UniversityJapan 16 works
  9. 9 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 15 works
  10. 10 North-Caucasus Federal UniversityRussia 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles include Zhong Lin Wang, Róbert Langer and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  7. 7 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  8. 8 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k 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 Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles?

The most cited paper in Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles is "Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications" (Ajay Kumar Gupta, Mona Sethi Gupta, 2004), with 6,765 citations. Next come "Monodisperse FePt Nanoparticles and Ferromagnetic FePt Nanocrystal Superlattices" (6,139) and "Methods of Digital Video Microscopy for Colloidal Studies" (3,885).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications Ajay Kumar Gupta, Mona Sethi Gupta · Biomaterials 11 Dec 2004 6,765
2 Monodisperse FePt Nanoparticles and Ferromagnetic FePt Nanocrystal Superlattices Shouheng Sun, Chris B. Murray, D. Weller et al. · Science 17 Mar 2000 6,139
3 Methods of Digital Video Microscopy for Colloidal Studies John C. Crocker, David G. Grier · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Apr 1996 3,885
4 New Magnetic Anisotropy W. H. Meiklejohn, Charles P. Bean · Physical Review Jun 1956 3,232
5 The penetration of a fluid into a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell containing a more viscous liquid Philip Geoffrey Saffman, Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 24 Jun 1958 3,174
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Where is Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research done?

The largest centres of Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yekaterinburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 194 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 76 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 41 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 39 works
  5. 5 YekaterinburgRussia 39 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 39 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 37 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 29 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 29 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YekaterinburgRU · 39.2 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles?

Among universities, judged by research, Beihang University, Tsinghua University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%10%20%mean 11.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Chines…Johns Hopkins Univer…Tsinghua UniversityBeihang 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.

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
1Beihang UniversityChina 71.09.3%13.7×40 +380.5%
2Tsinghua UniversityChina 67.512.4%4.8×30 +76.0%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.018.7%2.7×12 +95.4%
4Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 57.816.8%2.0×8 +72.3%
5Ural Federal UniversityRussia 57.43.0%40.8×32 +48.5%
6Southeast UniversityChina 53.110.8%3.1×12 +44.3%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 53.018.1%1.4×11 +40.6%
8Guangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 49.314.9%41.8×10 +162.5%
9Tohoku UniversityJapan 48.43.8%9.2×16 +84.6%
10Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 45.46.1%5.8×9 +62.8%

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 Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles, country by country

Is Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles.

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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 Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles 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%Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles10.2% 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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