Clay minerals and soil interactions
Clay minerals and soil interactions is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 18.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the wide-ranging applications of clay nanotubes, particularly halloysite and montmorillonite, in fields such as drug delivery, nanocomposites, biomedical applications, surface modification, encapsulation, release control, and tissue engineering.
- Clay Nanotubes
- Halloysite
- Montmorillonite
- Drug Delivery
- Nanocomposites
- Biomedical Applications
- Surface Modification
- Encapsulation
- Release Control
- Tissue Engineering
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Clay minerals and soil interactions research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 294 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Clay minerals and soil interactions research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Clay minerals and soil interactions research, followed by Central South University and China University of Mining and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
- 2 Central South UniversityChina 27 works
- 3 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 26 works
- 4 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 23 works
- 5 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 22 works
- 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 22 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
- 8 China University of GeosciencesChina 17 works
- 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 13 works
- 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Clay minerals and soil interactions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Clay minerals and soil interactions include Yong Sik Ok.
- 1 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Clay minerals and soil interactions research done?
The largest centres of Clay minerals and soil interactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XuzhouCN · 27.4 works7.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Clay minerals and soil interactions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Clay minerals and soil interactions?
Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, University of Palermo and China University of Geosciences (Beijing) 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 57.0 | 24.3% | 8.3× | 26 | +17.9% |
| 2 | University of PalermoItaly | 56.7 | 30.2% | 8.5× | 11 | +67.8% |
| 3 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China | 52.2 | 12.4% | 19.2× | 22 | +11.1% |
| 4 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 51.4 | 33.1% | 7.3× | 10 | +62.3% |
| 5 | Central South UniversityChina | 49.0 | 26.2% | 4.1× | 27 | +56.3% |
| 6 | Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina | 49.0 | 25.6% | 11.0× | 8 | — |
| 7 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 48.3 | 42.9% | 3.9× | 9 | +92.9% |
| 8 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 48.1 | 17.7% | 9.3× | 17 | -40.9% |
| 9 | Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina | 46.7 | 13.0% | 9.5× | 9 | +153.5% |
| 10 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 45.5 | 30.9% | 5.2× | 8 | +137.2% |
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 Clay minerals and soil interactions research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Clay minerals and soil interactions.
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.