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Dye analysis and toxicity

Dye analysis and toxicity is a research topic within Analytical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 18k 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 analysis, safety, and regulatory aspects of synthetic food colorants, including their determination in various food products using techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography and electrochemical sensors. The papers also discuss the health safety issues, genotoxic effects, and regulatory reviews related to artificial food colors.

  • Food Colorants
  • Synthetic Dyes
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • Health Safety
  • Toxicity Assessment
  • Electrochemical Sensor
  • Genotoxic Effect
  • Regulatory Review
  • Artificial Food Colors
  • Adverse Effects
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dye analysis and toxicity

Which countries lead Dye analysis and toxicity research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (551 and 521 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 551 works
  2. 2 India 521 works
  3. 3 Brazil 294 works
  4. 4 United States 207 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 206 works
  6. 6 Iran 162 works
  7. 7 Egypt 147 works
  8. 8 Iraq 109 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 97 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 92 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: 23.1%India: 21.8%Brazil: 12.3%United States: 8.7%6 others listed: 34.0%23%largest
China551 · 23.1%India521 · 21.8%Brazil294 · 12.3%United States207 · 8.7%6 others listed812 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Dye analysis and toxicity research?

By volume in 2022-now, King Saud University publishes the most Dye analysis and toxicity research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 23 works
  2. 2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 22 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  4. 4 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 18 works
  5. 5 University of BaghdadIraq 17 works
  6. 6 Saveetha UniversityIndia 16 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 13 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 13 works
  9. 9 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 12 works
  10. 10 National Research CentreEgypt 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dye analysis and toxicity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dye analysis and toxicity include Walter Churchill Willett, Wei Huang and Guangming Zeng.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Guangming Zeng China 204k 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 Dye analysis and toxicity?

The most cited paper in Dye analysis and toxicity is "Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative" (Tim Robinson, Geoff McMullan, Roger Marchant et al., 2001), with 5,357 citations. Next come "Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review" (4,508) and "Removal of synthetic dyes from wastewaters: a review" (3,423).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative Tim Robinson, Geoff McMullan, Roger Marchant et al. · Bioresource Technology May 2001 5,357
2 Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review Grégorio Crini · Bioresource Technology 30 Jun 2005 4,508
3 Removal of synthetic dyes from wastewaters: a review Esther Forgács, Tibor Cserháti, Gyula Oros · Environment International 8 May 2004 3,423
4 Adsorption of methylene blue on low-cost adsorbents: A review Mohd Rafatullah, Othman Sulaiman, Rokiah Hashim et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 17 Dec 2009 3,155
5 Determination of Total Monomeric Anthocyanin Pigment Content of Fruit Juices, Beverages, Natural Colorants, and Wines by the pH Differential Method: Collaborative Study Jungmin Lee, Robert W. Durst, Ronald E. Wrolstad et al. · Journal of AOAC International Sep 2005 3,021
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Where is Dye analysis and toxicity research done?

The largest centres of Dye analysis and toxicity research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 67 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 47 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 46 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 44 works
  5. 5 CairoEgypt 40 works
  6. 6 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 36 works
  7. 7 BaghdadIraq 35 works
  8. 8 GizaEgypt 32 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 27 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Dye analysis and toxicity?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Jiangsu University and Saveetha 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%20%40%mean 15.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityMansoura UniversitySaveetha UniversityKing Saud 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.

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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 76.616.7%6.9×23 +128.4%
2Jiangsu UniversityChina 61.532.6%3.6×10 +198.6%
3Saveetha UniversityIndia 57.617.7%4.9×16 +680.7%
4Mansoura UniversityEgypt 54.829.2%6.4×10 +115.3%
5North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 49.12.0%9.6×18 +462.4%
6Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 46.49.9%3.9×22 -41.6%
7Cairo UniversityEgypt 43.810.2%4.9×13 +38.4%
8University of BaghdadIraq 39.42.0%6.9×17 +43.6%
9Guangxi UniversityChina 38.416.1%4.5×9 +404.7%
10Erciyes UniversityTürkiye 36.717.2%11.3×8 +21.4%

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 Dye analysis and toxicity, country by country

Is Dye analysis and toxicity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Dye analysis and toxicity.

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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 Dye analysis and toxicity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Dye analysis and toxicity0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dye analysis and toxicity 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%Dye analysis and toxicity10.7% 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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