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Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers

Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores recent advancements in textile dyeing techniques, materials, and processes. It covers a wide range of topics including the use of natural dyes, keratin-based biomaterials for biomedical applications, enzymatic processing of fibers, sustainable production methods, and the use of antimicrobial agents in textiles. The research also delves into the application of ionic liquids, eco-friendly dyeing processes, and the development of high-performance textiles.

  • Textiles
  • Dyeing
  • Natural Dyes
  • Keratin
  • Antimicrobial
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Enzymatic Processing
  • Sustainable Production
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Fibers
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+40%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers

Which countries lead Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 522 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 India 522 works
  3. 3 United States 291 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 287 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 253 works
  6. 6 Egypt 233 works
  7. 7 South Korea 161 works
  8. 8 Bangladesh 131 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 124 works
  10. 10 Japan 121 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: 32.9%India: 16.5%United States: 9.2%Türkiye: 9.1%6 others listed: 32.3%33%largest
China1,043 · 32.9%India522 · 16.5%United States291 · 9.2%Türkiye287 · 9.1%6 others listed1,024 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research?

By volume in 2022-now, National Research Centre publishes the most Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research, followed by Donghua University and Jiangnan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National Research CentreEgypt 76 works
  2. 2 Donghua UniversityChina 54 works
  3. 3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 48 works
  4. 4 Bangladesh University of TextilesBangladesh 43 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 41 works
  6. 6 Wuhan Textile UniversityChina 39 works
  7. 7 Qingdao UniversityChina 38 works
  8. 8 Textile Research InstituteUnited States 35 works
  9. 9 University of MonastirTunisia 28 works
  10. 10 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 28 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers include Wei Huang, Graham A. Colditz and Seeram Ramakrishna.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Graham A. Colditz United States 233k citations
  3. 3 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  4. 4 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  5. 5 Kläus Müllen Germany 182k citations
  6. 6 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k 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 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers?

The most cited paper in Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers is "A critical review on the treatment of dye-containing wastewater: Ecotoxicological and health concerns of textile dyes and possible remediation approaches for environmental safety" (Rania Al-Tohamy, Sameh Samir Ali, Fanghua Li et al., 2022), with 3,415 citations. Next come "Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical review" (2,028) and "A review on chemical coagulation/flocculation technologies for removal of colour from textile wastewaters" (2,005).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A critical review on the treatment of dye-containing wastewater: Ecotoxicological and health concerns of textile dyes and possible remediation approaches for environmental safety Rania Al-Tohamy, Sameh Samir Ali, Fanghua Li et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Open access 10 Jan 2022 3,415
2 Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical review Dina Ali Yaseen, Miklas Scholz · International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Open access 27 Nov 2018 2,028
3 A review on chemical coagulation/flocculation technologies for removal of colour from textile wastewaters Akshaya Kumar Verma, Rajesh Roshan Dash, Puspendu Bhunia · Journal of Environmental Management 11 Oct 2011 2,005
4 Microbial decolorization of textile-dyecontaining effluents: A review Ibrahim Mohamed Banat, Poonam Singh Nee Nigam, Datel Singh et al. · Bioresource Technology Dec 1996 1,943
5 Calcium regulation of growth and differentiation of mouse epidermal cells in culture Henry Hennings, Delores Michael, Christina Cheng et al. · Cell 1980 1,822
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Where is Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research done?

The largest centres of Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research in 2022-now are Dhaka (Bangladesh), Shanghai (China), Beijing (China) and Giza (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Monastir, Faisalabad and Banhā.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 DhakaBangladesh 112 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 108 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 96 works
  4. 4 GizaEgypt 94 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 65 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 65 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 59 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 55 works
  9. 9 CairoEgypt 53 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MonastirTN · 26.4 works29×
  2. FaisalabadPK · 45.1 works19×
  3. BanhāEG · 25.9 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers?

Among universities, judged by research, Qingdao University, Aalto University and Bangladesh University of Textiles 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 16.58%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Qingdao UniversityAalto UniversityNanjing Forestry Uni…Bangladesh Universit…
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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
1Qingdao UniversityChina 76.531.0%13.2×38 +65.5%
2Aalto UniversityFinland 72.029.0%9.2×12 +179.6%
3Bangladesh University of TextilesBangladesh 70.014.9%411.8×43 +50.7%
4Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 63.819.3%14.7×28 +166.6%
5North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 59.920.1%7.7×18 +97.1%
6Donghua UniversityChina 59.07.2%35.0×54 +14.5%
7Wuhan Textile UniversityChina 56.68.5%61.2×39 +41.0%
8Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 56.47.9%32.3×41 +31.9%
9University of MonastirTunisia 56.01.9%44.4×28 +79.7%
10University of MinhoPortugal 55.526.0%8.7×13 -19.6%

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 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers, country by country

Is Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers.

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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 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers 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%Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers10.4% 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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