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Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Crystallization and Solubility Studies is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 12.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the crystallization processes and control, including topics such as nucleation, solubility, polymorphism, ultrasound-assisted crystallization, process analytical technology, crystal growth, pharmaceutical crystallization, continuous crystallization, and crystal engineering.

  • Crystallization
  • Nucleation
  • Solubility
  • Polymorphism
  • Ultrasound-Assisted Crystallization
  • Process Analytical Technology
  • Crystal Growth
  • Pharmaceutical Crystallization
  • Continuous Crystallization
  • Crystal Engineering
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Crystallization and Solubility Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (858 and 395 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 858 works
  2. 2 United States 395 works
  3. 3 India 388 works
  4. 4 Russia 170 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 149 works
  6. 6 Japan 149 works
  7. 7 Germany 146 works
  8. 8 France 120 works
  9. 9 Iran 92 works
  10. 10 Brazil 69 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: 33.8%United States: 15.6%India: 15.3%Russia: 6.7%6 others listed: 28.6%34%largest
China858 · 33.8%United States395 · 15.6%India388 · 15.3%Russia170 · 6.7%6 others listed724 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Crystallization and Solubility Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tianjin University publishes the most Crystallization and Solubility Studies research, followed by State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tianjin UniversityChina 46 works
  2. 2 State Key Laboratory of Chemical EngineeringChina 27 works
  3. 3 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 26 works
  4. 4 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 21 works
  5. 5 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 20 works
  6. 6 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 17 works
  8. 8 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 17 works
  9. 9 Institute of Solution ChemistryRussia 17 works
  10. 10 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 15 works

Where is Crystallization and Solubility Studies research done?

The largest centres of Crystallization and Solubility Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tianjin (China), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tabriz.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 104 works
  2. 2 Tianjin China 95 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 63 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 54 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 49 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 47 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 44 works
  8. 8 Qingdao China 41 works
  9. 9 Zhengzhou China 35 works
  10. 10 Tabriz Iran 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TabrizIR · 35.2 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Crystallization and Solubility Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Crystallization and Solubility Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Limerick, East China University of Science and Technology and Tianjin University 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%10%20%mean 10.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Limerick: 14, 14.3%East China University of Science and Technology: 21, 12.8%Tianjin University: 46, 7.5%China Pharmaceutical University: 12, 19.9%Purdue University West Lafayette: 19, 20.2%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 26, 5.8%Budapest University of Technology and Economics: 15, 5.3%Institute of Chemical Technology: 9, 12.5%TU Dortmund University: 17, 1.9%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 18, 8.5%China Pharmaceutical…University of LimerickEast China Universit…Tianjin University
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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 LimerickIreland 63.914.3%24.4×14 +97.5%
2 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.612.8%12.2×21 +55.8%
3 Tianjin UniversityChina 59.67.5%11.3×46 -6.4%
4 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 59.619.9%16.8×12 -13.6%
5 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 57.620.2%5.8×19 +44.5%
6 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 55.15.8%33.5×26 +59.1%
7 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 48.65.3%18.8×15 +70.1%
8 Institute of Chemical TechnologyIndia 48.012.5%29.6×9 +1.1%
9 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 47.71.9%19.7×17 +98.9%
10 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 47.48.5%13.8×18 -31.5%

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 Crystallization and Solubility Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

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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.