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Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions

Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 24k 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 focuses on the theory and simulations of polyelectrolytes in solutions, covering topics such as electrostatics, counterion condensation, electrokinetics, dielectric constant, and their behavior in soft matter systems. The research delves into the charged polymers, double-layer charging, and ion-specific effects in colloidal particles.

  • Polyelectrolytes
  • Electrostatics
  • Counterion Condensation
  • Electrokinetics
  • Dielectric Constant
  • Soft Matter Systems
  • Charged Polymers
  • Double-Layer Charging
  • Colloidal Particles
  • Ion-Specific Effects
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions

Which countries lead Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (385 and 328 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 385 works
  2. 2 China 328 works
  3. 3 Germany 133 works
  4. 4 India 125 works
  5. 5 France 125 works
  6. 6 Japan 116 works
  7. 7 Russia 99 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 77 works
  9. 9 Italy 39 works
  10. 10 Spain 37 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.

United States: 26.3%China: 22.4%Germany: 9.1%India: 8.6%6 others listed: 33.6%26%largest
United States385 · 26.3%China328 · 22.4%Germany133 · 9.1%India125 · 8.6%6 others listed492 · 33.6%

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

Which institutions lead Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 62 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 37 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 25 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 17 works
  5. 5 Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 14 works
  6. 6 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 10 works
  7. 7 University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 9 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions include Zhong Lin Wang, Andre K. Geim and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  7. 7 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 Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions?

The most cited paper in Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions is "Particle mesh Ewald: An N ⋅log( N ) method for Ewald sums in large systems" (Tom Darden, Darrin M. York, Lee G. Pedersen, 1993), with 31,396 citations. Next come "High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins." (19,391) and "Tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of proteins in the range from 1 to 100 kDa" (11,542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Particle mesh Ewald: An N ⋅log( N ) method for Ewald sums in large systems Tom Darden, Darrin M. York, Lee G. Pedersen · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access 15 Jun 1993 31,396
2 High resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins. Patrick H. O’Farrell · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access May 1975 19,391
3 Tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of proteins in the range from 1 to 100 kDa Hermann Schägger, Gebhard von Jagow · Analytical Biochemistry Nov 1987 11,542
4 Adsorption Surface Area and Porosity S. J. Gregg, K. S. W. Sing, Hugh W. Salzberg · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 1967 9,527
5 The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions H. Brinkman · The Journal of Chemical Physics Apr 1952 4,615
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Where is Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 67 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 50 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 37 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 34 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 24 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 22 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 18 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 15 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 14 works
  10. 10 KyotoJapan 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Tokyo University of Science and Tsinghua 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%10%20%mean 8.26%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of Massac…RWTH Aachen UniversityTokyo University of …
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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
1University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 60.510.6%14.8×9 -16.1%
2Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 50.62.5%40.8×14 +31.5%
3Tsinghua UniversityChina 49.616.6%2.2×9 -0.8%
4RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 45.210.5%7.1×10 -3.6%
5Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 26.21.1%10.4×9 +25.3%

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 Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, country by country

Is Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2007.

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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 Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0080% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions0.0077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions 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%Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions10.1% 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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