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Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 60k 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 use of electrospun nanofibers in various biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and regenerative medicine. The papers cover topics including electrospinning techniques, polymer nanofiber fabrication, scaffold design, and the potential of nanofibers in nanocomposites.

  • Electrospinning
  • Nanofibers
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Polymer Nanofibers
  • Drug Delivery
  • Nanocomposites
  • Fiber Fabrication
  • Scaffold
  • Regenerative Medicine
Research works
60k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.9k
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
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Which countries lead Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (5.6k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5.6k works
  2. 2 India 1.4k works
  3. 3 United States 1.4k works
  4. 4 Iran 848 works
  5. 5 South Korea 538 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 512 works
  7. 7 Brazil 409 works
  8. 8 Japan 381 works
  9. 9 Germany 314 works
  10. 10 Italy 309 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: 12.2%United States: 11.5%Iran: 7.2%6 others listed: 21.0%48%largest
China5,640 · 48.0%India1,435 · 12.2%United States1,356 · 11.5%Iran848 · 7.2%6 others listed2,464 · 21.0%

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

Which institutions lead Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sichuan University publishes the most Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Donghua University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 189 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 187 works
  3. 3 Donghua UniversityChina 148 works
  4. 4 Qingdao UniversityChina 103 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 102 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 92 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 92 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 86 works
  9. 9 South China University of TechnologyChina 80 works
  10. 10 Soochow UniversityChina 78 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications include Douglas G. Altman, Zhong Lin Wang and Stephan Windecker.

  1. 1 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  3. 3 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  4. 4 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  9. 9 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  10. 10 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k 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 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications?

The most cited paper in Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications is "Tissue Engineering" (Róbert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti, 1993), with 9,666 citations. Next come "Alginate: Properties and biomedical applications" (8,099) and "A review on polymer nanofibers by electrospinning and their applications in nanocomposites" (7,551).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tissue Engineering Róbert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti · Science 14 May 1993 9,666
2 Alginate: Properties and biomedical applications Kuen Yong Lee, David J. Mooney · Progress in Polymer Science Open access 7 Jul 2011 8,099
3 A review on polymer nanofibers by electrospinning and their applications in nanocomposites Zheng‐Ming Huang, Yanzhong Zhang, M. Kotaki et al. · Composites Science and Technology 7 Jul 2003 7,551
4 Hydrogel: Preparation, characterization, and applications: A review Enas M. Ahmed · Journal of Advanced Research Open access 18 Jul 2013 5,774
5 Electrospinning of Nanofibers: Reinventing the Wheel? Dan Li, Yier Xia · Advanced Materials 19 Jul 2004 5,514
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research done?

The largest centres of Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tehran (Iran) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Liberec, Kermanshah and Isfahan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 649 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 518 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 398 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 301 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 277 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 276 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 243 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 226 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 215 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 204 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LiberecCZ · 33.6 works29×
  2. KermanshahIR · 28.0 works8.2×
  3. IsfahanIR · 70.6 works6.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Sichuan University and Northeast 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 23.95%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Shangh…Northeast Agricultur…Nanjing Forestry Uni…Sichuan 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
1University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 74.041.9%6.2×38 +52.6%
2Sichuan UniversityChina 67.017.6%5.8×189 +56.4%
3Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 64.332.6%5.8×22 +175.0%
4Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 63.319.2%10.4×68 +32.4%
5Qingdao UniversityChina 62.116.9%10.6×103 +92.5%
6Donghua UniversityChina 60.616.2%28.0×148 -0.3%
7Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 60.530.3%1.7×42 +18.2%
8Jiangsu UniversityChina 58.724.4%3.1×36 +54.6%
9Guangxi UniversityChina 58.124.0%4.8×41 +103.5%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 57.516.4%2.4×92 +39.7%

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 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, country by country

Is Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications.

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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 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.076% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications0.068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications 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%Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications9.8% 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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