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Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies

Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1951. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to water quality assessment and management, including environmental contamination, heavy metals, soil remediation, nanotechnology, wastewater treatment, phytoremediation, sustainable development, chemical analysis, and environmental impact. The papers discuss various methods and technologies for monitoring and improving water quality, as well as the impact of human activities on the environment.

  • Water Quality
  • Environmental Contamination
  • Heavy Metals
  • Soil Remediation
  • Nanotechnology
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Phytoremediation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Environmental Impact
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
177
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+47%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies

Which countries lead Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research?

By volume, India and Nigeria publish the most (146 and 90 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 146 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 90 works
  3. 3 United States 35 works
  4. 4 Iraq 33 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 20 works
  6. 6 China 19 works
  7. 7 Bangladesh 19 works
  8. 8 Brazil 15 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 14 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 7 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.

India: 36.8%Nigeria: 22.6%United States: 8.9%Iraq: 8.2%6 others listed: 23.5%37%largest
India146 · 36.8%Nigeria90 · 22.6%United States35 · 8.9%Iraq33 · 8.2%6 others listed93 · 23.5%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College publishes the most Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research, followed by University of Basrah and Johnson County Community College.

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies include Muhammad Ashraf.

  1. 1 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 96k 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 Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies?

The most cited paper in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies is "Acid Rain: A Serious Regional Environmental Problem" (Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann, 1974), with 730 citations. Next come "Use of Buffering and Other Means to Improve Results of Problematic Pesticides in a Fast and Easy Method for Residue Analysis of Fruits and Vegetables" (626) and "Metal fractionation study on bed sediments of River Yamuna, India" (614).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Acid Rain: A Serious Regional Environmental Problem Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann · Science 14 Jun 1974 730
2 Use of Buffering and Other Means to Improve Results of Problematic Pesticides in a Fast and Easy Method for Residue Analysis of Fruits and Vegetables Steven J. Lehotay, Kateřina Maštovská, Alan R. Lightfield · Journal of AOAC International Mar 2005 626
3 Metal fractionation study on bed sediments of River Yamuna, India Chakresh Kumar Jain · Water Research 17 Dec 2003 614
4 HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION AND ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WILD PLANT SPECIES FROM INDUSTRIAL AREA OF ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Riffat Naseem Malik, Syed Zahoor Husain, Ishfaq Nazir · Pakistan Journal of Botany Open access 15 Feb 2010 325
5 Spectroscopic Evidence for the Formation of Mixed-Cation Hydroxide Phases upon Metal Sorption on Clays and Aluminum Oxides André M. Scheidegger, Geraldine M. Lamble, Donald Lewis Sparks · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Feb 1997 260
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Where is Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research done?

The largest centres of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research in 2022-now are Dhaka (Bangladesh), Baghdad (Iraq), Port Harcourt (Nigeria) and Akola (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 DhakaBangladesh 12 works
  2. 2 BaghdadIraq 10 works
  3. 3 Port HarcourtNigeria 8 works
  4. 4 AkolaIndia 6 works
  5. 5 BasraIraq 6 works
  6. 6 OwerriNigeria 6 works
  7. 7 Overland ParkUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 MumbaiIndia 5 works
  9. 9 RanchiIndia 5 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 5 works
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Is Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies 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.

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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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