Coagulation and Flocculation Studies
Coagulation and Flocculation Studies is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 9.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the processes of coagulation and flocculation in water treatment, with an emphasis on the use of nanoparticles, polymers, and natural coagulants. It covers topics such as dewatering of sludge, synthesis of nanostructured particles, application of flocculants in wastewater treatment, and the removal of natural organic matter during drinking water treatment.
- Coagulation
- Flocculation
- Water Treatment
- Nanoparticles
- Dewatering
- Polymer
- Wastewater
- Flocculants
- Hydrolysis
- Sludge
- Research works
- 9.5k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 956 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +10% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (582 and 169 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
China
582 works
- 2
India
169 works
- 3
United States
103 works
- 4
Germany
73 works
- 5
Brazil
62 works
- 6
Indonesia
61 works
- 7
Malaysia
53 works
- 8
France
51 works
- 9
Russia
45 works
- 10
United Kingdom
40 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.
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Which institutions lead Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tongji University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
23 works
- 2
Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
22 works
- 3
Tongji UniversityChina
17 works
- 4
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina
12 works
- 5
University of Science and Technology BeijingChina
11 works
- 6
China University of Mining and TechnologyChina
11 works
- 7
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
9 works
- 8
Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina
9 works
- 9
University of Baghdad
Iraq
8 works
- 10
University of Duisburg-EssenGermany
8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Coagulation and Flocculation Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Coagulation and Flocculation Studies include Lídia Morawska, Donald G. Truhlar and Guangming Zeng.
- 1
Lídia Morawska
Australia
244k citations
- 2
Donald G. Truhlar
United States
230k citations
- 3
Guangming Zeng
China
204k citations
- 4
Harry Eugene Stanley
United States
198k citations
- 5
David Julian McClements
United States
185k citations
- 6
Kazuo Shinozaki
Japan
170k citations
- 7
Lin Gu
China
159k citations
- 8
Menachem Elimelech
United States
151k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research done?
The largest centres of Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China).
Where is the best place to study Coagulation and Flocculation Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology and University of Science and Technology 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tongji UniversityChina |
97.7 | 22.5% | 6.5× | 17 | +23.4% |
| 2 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina |
54.2 | 20.7% | 4.2× | 12 | +30.7% |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina |
32.8 | 8.9% | 8.4× | 11 | +144.3% |
| 4 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina |
30.9 | 8.8% | 8.1× | 11 | +56.1% |
| 5 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina |
18.3 | 9.2% | 2.9× | 9 | +36.8% |
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 Coagulation and Flocculation Studies, country by countryIs Coagulation and Flocculation Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Coagulation and Flocculation Studies.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Coagulation and Flocculation Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.
Fractional works of Coagulation and Flocculation Studies 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.
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
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