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Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions

Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions is a research topic within Filtration and Separation. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of aqueous two-phase systems, including the role of ionic liquids, in various separation and extraction processes such as protein separation, bioprocessing, and metal ion speciation. It also explores the thermodynamics and phase behavior of these systems, as well as applications in hydrothermal synthesis.

  • Aqueous Two-Phase Systems
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Protein Separation
  • Extraction
  • Salting-Out Effect
  • Phase Behavior
  • Bioprocessing
  • Thermodynamic Modeling
  • Metal Ion Speciation
  • Hydrothermal Synthesis
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-12%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (575 and 300 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 575 works
  2. 2 India 300 works
  3. 3 United States 188 works
  4. 4 Russia 158 works
  5. 5 Iran 98 works
  6. 6 Germany 79 works
  7. 7 France 64 works
  8. 8 Japan 63 works
  9. 9 Brazil 61 works
  10. 10 Portugal 49 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: 35.1%India: 18.4%United States: 11.5%Russia: 9.7%6 others listed: 25.3%35%largest
China575 · 35.1%India300 · 18.4%United States188 · 11.5%Russia158 · 9.7%6 others listed415 · 25.3%

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

Which institutions lead Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chengdu University of Technology publishes the most Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research, followed by Technical University of Denmark and Institute of Solution Chemistry.

Who are the leading researchers in Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions include George Scatchard, Lars Onsager and Harold A. Scheraga.

  1. 1 George Scatchard United States 3.8k citations
  2. 2 Lars Onsager United States 3.4k citations
  3. 3 Harold A. Scheraga United States 3.3k citations
  4. 4 Abdullah M. Asiri Saudi Arabia 3.2k citations

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

Where is Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research done?

The largest centres of Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tianjin (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ivanovo and Tabriz.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 75 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 62 works
  3. 3 Tianjin China 43 works
  4. 4 Qingdao China 41 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 36 works
  6. 6 Tabriz Iran 32 works
  7. 7 Ivanovo Russia 28 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 26 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 24 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IvanovoRU · 27.7 works128×
  2. TabrizIR · 31.9 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Aveiro, Technical University of Denmark and University of Tabriz 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%20%40%mean 13.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Aveiro: 14, 32.1%Technical University of Denmark: 16, 27.1%University of Tabriz: 14, 16.3%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 15, 10.5%Lovely Professional University: 14, 15.7%China University of Petroleum, East China: 14, 6.0%Siksha O Anusandhan University: 14, 12.4%Chengdu University of Technology: 22, 3.0%Yangzhou University: 11, 7.9%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 12, 0.0%University of AveiroTechnical University…University of TabrizQingdao University o…
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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 University of AveiroPortugal 77.432.1%19.0×14 +41.5%
2 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 76.527.1%13.4×16 +33.9%
3 University of TabrizIran 63.816.3%26.7×14 +64.6%
4 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.410.5%18.0×15 +183.3%
5 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 60.415.7%12.8×14 —
6 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 58.26.0%13.0×14 +207.3%
7 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 53.512.4%29.6×14 +24.5%
8 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 52.43.0%34.3×22 -2.4%
9 Yangzhou UniversityChina 50.47.9%8.5×11 +1224.1%
10 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 50.10.0%22.9×12 +192.6%

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 Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions.

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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.