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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. 10.2% 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%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions

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

By volume, China and India publish the most (661 and 324 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 661 works
  2. 2 India 324 works
  3. 3 United States 219 works
  4. 4 Russia 173 works
  5. 5 Iran 103 works
  6. 6 Germany 93 works
  7. 7 Japan 74 works
  8. 8 France 69 works
  9. 9 Brazil 69 works
  10. 10 Portugal 55 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: 35.9%India: 17.6%United States: 11.9%Russia: 9.4%6 others listed: 25.2%36%largest
China661 · 35.9%India324 · 17.6%United States219 · 11.9%Russia173 · 9.4%6 others listed464 · 25.2%

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-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 67 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 31 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
  4. 4 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 26 works
  5. 5 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 16 works
  6. 6 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 16 works
  7. 7 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 16 works
  8. 8 University of AveiroPortugal 16 works
  9. 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 15 works
  10. 10 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 15 works

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 Michaël Grätzel, George M. Whitesides and Omar M. Yaghi.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  5. 5 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k 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 Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions?

The most cited paper in Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions is "Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water" (William L. Jorgensen, Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, Jeffry D. Madura et al., 1983), with 42,894 citations. Next come "Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) and Their Applications" (7,356) and "Novel solvent properties of choline chloride/urea mixturesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: spectroscopic data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b210714g/" (5,650).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water William L. Jorgensen, Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, Jeffry D. Madura et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jul 1983 42,894
2 Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) and Their Applications Emma L. Smith, Andrew P. Abbott, Karl Scott Ryder · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 10 Oct 2014 7,356
3 Novel solvent properties of choline chloride/urea mixturesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: spectroscopic data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b210714g/ Andrew P. Abbott, Glen Capper, David Lewis Davies et al. · Chemical Communications Open access 26 Nov 2002 5,650
4 The IAPWS Formulation 1995 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Ordinary Water Substance for General and Scientific Use Wolfgang Eric Wagner, A. Pruß · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Jun 2002 4,947
5 An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest Tim J. B. Holland, Roger Powell · Journal of Metamorphic Geology May 1998 4,886
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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-now 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 86 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 69 works
  3. 3 TianjinChina 47 works
  4. 4 QingdaoChina 44 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 40 works
  6. 6 TabrizIran 33 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 30 works
  8. 8 IvanovoRussia 30 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 27 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IvanovoRU · 29.7 works128×
  2. TabrizIR · 32.9 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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 Lovely Professional 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%10%20%mean 9.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of AveiroLovely Professional …Qingdao University o…Technical 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
1University of AveiroPortugal 74.816.6%21.9×16 -37.9%
2Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 70.09.8%14.3×16 +35.8%
3Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 60.012.0%13.5×15 +167.7%
4Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.210.5%19.8×16 +36.8%
5University of TabrizIran 50.512.4%27.6×15 -47.6%
6Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 49.81.1%30.1×26 +5.5%
7Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 48.29.9%30.1×14 +205.8%
8Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 48.114.3%10.5×10 +48.2%
9Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 48.00.1%8.4×16 +18.5%
10Universidade do PortoPortugal 48.05.7%7.6×11 +89.7%

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 Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions, country by country

Is Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions 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 counting10%20%Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions10.3% 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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