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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. 9.8% 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%
7.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Which countries lead Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (6k and 2.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 6k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 818 works
  4. 4 Iran 745 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 585 works
  6. 6 South Korea 474 works
  7. 7 Brazil 421 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 352 works
  9. 9 Taiwan 351 works
  10. 10 Egypt 342 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: 48.1%India: 18.9%United States: 6.6%Iran: 6.0%6 others listed: 20.4%48%largest
China5,966 · 48.1%India2,337 · 18.9%United States818 · 6.6%Iran745 · 6.0%6 others listed2,525 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and National Taipei University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 241 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 110 works
  3. 3 National Taipei University of TechnologyTaiwan 105 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 94 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 87 works
  6. 6 Jilin UniversityChina 86 works
  7. 7 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 77 works
  8. 8 Jiangsu UniversityChina 70 works
  9. 9 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 70 works
  10. 10 Cairo UniversityEgypt 60 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrochemical sensors and biosensors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and John J.V. McMurray.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  7. 7 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  8. 8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  9. 9 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  10. 10 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k 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 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors?

The most cited paper in Electrochemical sensors and biosensors is "The Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma (FRAP) as a Measure of “Antioxidant Power”: The FRAP Assay" (Iris F. F. Benzie, JJ Strain, 1996), with 23,032 citations. Next come "A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD FOR MEASURING THE BREAKDOWN OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BY CATALASE" (6,791) and "Spectrophotometric Quantitation of Antioxidant Capacity through the Formation of a Phosphomolybdenum Complex: Specific Application to the Determination of Vitamin E" (6,238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma (FRAP) as a Measure of “Antioxidant Power”: The FRAP Assay Iris F. F. Benzie, JJ Strain · Analytical Biochemistry Jul 1996 23,032
2 A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD FOR MEASURING THE BREAKDOWN OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BY CATALASE Roland Frank Beers, Irwin W. Sizer · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 1952 6,791
3 Spectrophotometric Quantitation of Antioxidant Capacity through the Formation of a Phosphomolybdenum Complex: Specific Application to the Determination of Vitamin E Pilar Prieto, Manuel Pineda, Miguel R. Aguilar · Analytical Biochemistry Open access May 1999 6,238
4 Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology Bruce E. Logan, Hubertus V. M. Hamelers, René A. Rozendal et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 14 Jul 2006 6,091
5 The Spectral Determination of Chlorophylls a and b, as well as Total Carotenoids, Using Various Solvents with Spectrophotometers of Different Resolution Alan R. Wellburn · Journal of Plant Physiology Sep 1994 5,886
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Where is Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research done?

The largest centres of Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 594 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 267 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 263 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 233 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 215 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 200 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 190 works
  8. 8 TaipeiTaiwan 189 works
  9. 9 QingdaoChina 184 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 183 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KaraikudiIN · 42.3 works25×
  2. KermanIR · 61.0 works14×
  3. QiqiharCN · 25.8 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, Jiangsu University, Jilin University and Qingdao Agricultural University score highest, combining citation 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 19.94%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Qingdao Agricultural…Hunan University of …Jiangsu UniversityJilin 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.

Citation 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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 72.220.6%6.0×70 +14.6%
2Jilin UniversityChina 71.920.3%5.0×86 +61.6%
3Qingdao Agricultural UniversityChina 68.126.2%11.5×23 +30.2%
4Hunan University of TechnologyChina 68.024.7%12.0×19 +87.2%
5King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 67.310.9%6.0×86 +100.6%
6Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 65.834.9%4.1×18 +61.6%
7Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 64.113.9%12.8×42 +212.4%
8Gachon UniversitySouth Korea 62.118.8%9.0×32 +23.4%
9National Taipei University of TechnologyTaiwan 62.012.3%46.3×105 -14.1%
10Qingdao UniversityChina 61.716.8%4.7×47 +61.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors, country by country

Is Electrochemical sensors and biosensors research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Electrochemical sensors and biosensors as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.075% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Electrochemical sensors and biosensors0.070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Electrochemical sensors and biosensors 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%Electrochemical sensors and biosensors9.8% 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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