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Diatoms and Algae Research

Diatoms and Algae Research is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 23k 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 explores the use of biomimetic principles, peptides, and biological templates for the synthesis, assembly, and patterning of nanomaterials. It focuses on diatom biomineralization, peptide-directed materials synthesis, self-assembly processes, and the application of nanotechnology in environmental monitoring.

  • Biomimetic Synthesis
  • Peptide-Directed Materials
  • Diatom Biomineralization
  • Nanoparticle Assembly
  • Silica Patterning
  • Self-Assembly
  • Nanostructured Materials
  • Biological Templates
  • Surface Functionalization
  • Environmental Monitoring
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+49%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diatoms and Algae Research

Which countries lead Diatoms and Algae Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (654 and 511 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 654 works
  2. 2 United States 511 works
  3. 3 Russia 344 works
  4. 4 India 258 works
  5. 5 Brazil 194 works
  6. 6 Germany 189 works
  7. 7 France 180 works
  8. 8 Japan 172 works
  9. 9 Philippines 156 works
  10. 10 Mexico 104 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: 23.7%United States: 18.5%Russia: 12.5%India: 9.3%6 others listed: 36.0%24%largest
China654 · 23.7%United States511 · 18.5%Russia344 · 12.5%India258 · 9.3%6 others listed996 · 36.0%

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

Which institutions lead Diatoms and Algae Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Diatoms and Algae Research research, followed by Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 233 works
  2. 2 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 135 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 84 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 73 works
  5. 5 Bernice P. Bishop MuseumUnited States 64 works
  6. 6 University of CreteGreece 59 works
  7. 7 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 53 works
  8. 8 Leibniz AssociationGermany 52 works
  9. 9 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 51 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diatoms and Algae Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diatoms and Algae Research include Jun Wang, George M. Whitesides and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  5. 5 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  6. 6 Edward Hartley Sargent Canada 185k citations
  7. 7 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k 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 Diatoms and Algae Research?

The most cited paper in Diatoms and Algae Research is "Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range" (Werner Stöber, Arthur G. Fink, Ernst Bohn, 1968), with 14,524 citations. Next come "BIOVOLUME CALCULATION FOR PELAGIC AND BENTHIC MICROALGAE" (3,700) and "Principles of colloid and surface chemistry" (2,789).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range Werner Stöber, Arthur G. Fink, Ernst Bohn · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 1968 14,524
2 BIOVOLUME CALCULATION FOR PELAGIC AND BENTHIC MICROALGAE Helmut Hillebrand, Claus‐Dieter Dürselen, David B. Kirschtel et al. · Journal of Phycology Apr 1999 3,700
3 Principles of colloid and surface chemistry Egon Matijević · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Jun 1979 2,789
4 The inverted microscope method of estimating algal numbers and the statistical basis of estimations by counting John Lund, Charlotte Kipling, E. D. Le Cren · Hydrobiologia Apr 1958 2,675
5 An efficient microbiological growth medium for screening phosphate solubilizing microorganisms Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal · FEMS Microbiology Letters 1999 2,387
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Where is Diatoms and Algae Research research done?

The largest centres of Diatoms and Algae Research research in 2022-now are Iligan City (Philippines), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iligan City, Borok and Sebastopol.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Iligan CityPhilippines 135 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 123 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 111 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 69 works
  5. 5 HonoluluUnited States 68 works
  6. 6 RethymnoGreece 59 works
  7. 7 ChattanoogaUnited States 53 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 49 works
  9. 9 Mexico CityMexico 48 works
  10. 10 VladivostokRussia 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Iligan CityPH · 134.8 works256×
  2. BorokRU · 22.6 works228×
  3. SebastopolUA · 27.3 works126×
  4. ChattanoogaUS · 52.7 works95×
  5. RethymnoGR · 58.7 works78×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diatoms and Algae Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Diatoms and Algae Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Lisbon, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology and University of Crete 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 8.73%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of LisbonSorbonne UniversitéMindanao State Unive…University of Crete
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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.

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 LisbonPortugal 69.412.8%4.7×15 +34.6%
2Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 61.04.1%826.3×135 -
3University of CreteGreece 60.93.8%121.8×59 +301.9%
4Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 59.38.5%3.7×10 +162.6%
5Yunnan UniversityChina 59.115.8%6.8×10 +267.9%
6University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 54.48.0%2.6×9 +52.0%
7Nankai UniversityChina 53.916.2%3.8×10 -
8University of British ColumbiaCanada 53.86.2%1.7×8 -
9University of HelsinkiFinland 50.57.8%3.8×11 -9.8%
10University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 49.44.1%257.5×53 -

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 Diatoms and Algae Research, country by country

Is Diatoms and Algae Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diatoms and Algae Research.

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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 Diatoms and Algae Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Diatoms and Algae Research0.027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Diatoms and Algae Research 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 counting5%10%15%Diatoms and Algae Research8.4% 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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