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Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Electrochemical sensors and biosensors is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 78k research works in it since 1950. 25.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in electrochemical biosensor technology, with a particular emphasis on the use of graphene, carbon nanotubes, and nanomaterials for developing glucose sensors, enzymatic biofuel cells, and non-enzymatic sensors. The research covers various aspects of electrochemistry and highlights the applications of biosensors in diverse fields.

  • Electrochemical Biosensors
  • Graphene
  • Glucose Sensors
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Enzymatic Biofuel Cells
  • Nanomaterials
  • Non-enzymatic Sensors
  • Electrochemistry
  • Biosensor Applications
  • Nanostructured Materials
Research works
78k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
19k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (5.4k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.4k works
  2. 2 India 2.1k works
  3. 3 United States 753 works
  4. 4 Iran 698 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 527 works
  6. 6 South Korea 430 works
  7. 7 Brazil 389 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 316 works
  9. 9 Egypt 312 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 312 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: 48.0%India: 18.9%United States: 6.7%Iran: 6.2%6 others listed: 20.3%48%largest
China5,400 · 48.0%India2,124 · 18.9%United States753 · 6.7%Iran698 · 6.2%6 others listed2,286 · 20.3%

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

Which institutions lead Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National Taipei University of Technology publishes the most Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research, followed by King Saud University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Electrochemical sensors and biosensors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors include Michaël Grätzel, Guangming Zeng and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  5. 5 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  6. 6 Qiang Zhang China 4.5k citations
  7. 7 Zhanhu Guo United States 4.4k citations
  8. 8 Avelino Corma Spain 4.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research done?

The largest centres of Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karaikudi, Kerman and Qiqihar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 547 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 246 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 245 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 213 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 204 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 180 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 174 works
  8. 8 Qingdao China 169 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 169 works
  10. 10 Taipei Taiwan 168 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KaraikudiIN · 38.6 works26×
  2. KermanIR · 57.0 works14×
  3. QiqiharCN · 24.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrochemical sensors and biosensors than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electrochemical sensors and biosensors?

Among universities, judged by research, National Taipei University of Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University and Yeungnam 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 34.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Taipei University of Technology: 93, 31.7%Qingdao Agricultural University: 21, 37.9%Yeungnam University: 38, 22.9%Jiangsu University: 62, 39.2%Gachon University: 28, 29.7%Kerman University of Medical Sciences: 16, 35.9%Graduate University of Advanced Technology: 24, 29.6%Hunan University of Technology: 16, 44.6%Najran University: 16, 40.4%Ming Chi University of Technology: 15, 35.3%Jiangsu UniversityQingdao Agricultural…National Taipei Univ…Yeungnam 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 National Taipei University of TechnologyTaiwan 70.531.7%39.6×93 +74.0%
2 Qingdao Agricultural UniversityChina 65.837.9%9.9×21 +316.2%
3 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 63.722.9%11.7×38 +111.6%
4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 62.239.2%5.5×62 +152.5%
5 Gachon UniversitySouth Korea 62.229.7%8.4×28 +451.5%
6 Kerman University of Medical SciencesIran 61.835.9%9.3×16 +205.0%
7 Graduate University of Advanced TechnologyIran 61.129.6%48.9×24 +145.4%
8 Hunan University of TechnologyChina 60.044.6%9.7×16 +98.7%
9 Najran UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.840.4%11.0×16 +4.0%
10 Ming Chi University of TechnologyTaiwan 58.635.3%21.7×15 +81.4%

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 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

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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.

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.