Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
Environmental remediation with nanomaterials is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 27.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the applications and remediation potential of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) in groundwater remediation, wastewater treatment, and environmental cleanup. The papers cover topics such as heavy metal removal, contaminant sequestration, reductive dechlorination, and the use of permeable reactive barriers. They also explore surface modifications, spectroscopic investigation, and the long-term performance of nZVI in various environmental conditions.
- Groundwater Remediation
- Wastewater Treatment
- Heavy Metal Removal
- Environmental Cleanup
- Nano Zero-Valent Iron
- Contaminant Sequestration
- Permeable Reactive Barriers
- Reductive Dechlorination
- Surface Modification
- Spectroscopic Investigation
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +60% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.9k and 423 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.9k works
- 2 India 423 works
- 3 United States 209 works
- 4 Iran 94 works
- 5 Türkiye 66 works
- 6 Brazil 66 works
- 7 South Korea 65 works
- 8 Spain 65 works
- 9 ?? 65 works
- 10 Egypt 59 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research, followed by State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 60 works
- 2 State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource ReuseChina 57 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 43 works
- 5 Tongji UniversityChina 40 works
- 6 South China University of TechnologyChina 39 works
- 7 Hunan UniversityChina 39 works
- 8 Central South UniversityChina 37 works
- 9 Nankai UniversityChina 37 works
- 10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Environmental remediation with nanomaterials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental remediation with nanomaterials include Guangming Zeng, Shaobin Wang and Yong Sik Ok.
- 1 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
- 2 Shaobin Wang Australia 3.5k citations
- 3 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 3.3k citations
- 4 Menachem Elimelech United States 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research done?
The largest centres of Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shanghai, Xuzhou and Tianjin.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Shanghai24.7 works34×
- XuzhouCN · 26.9 works5.9×
- TianjinCN · 109.0 works4.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental remediation with nanomaterials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Environmental remediation with nanomaterials?
Among universities, judged by research, Hunan University, Nankai University and Harbin Institute of Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunan UniversityChina | 88.2 | 50.5% | 11.4× | 39 | +451.5% |
| 2 | Nankai UniversityChina | 65.6 | 39.0% | 11.2× | 37 | -1.6% |
| 3 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 64.7 | 39.0% | 7.3× | 60 | +29.3% |
| 4 | Guangdong University of TechnologyChina | 63.2 | 33.5% | 7.9× | 22 | +246.4% |
| 5 | Hunan Agricultural UniversityChina | 59.1 | 30.1% | 15.6× | 12 | +441.7% |
| 6 | Nanchang Hangkong UniversityChina | 57.9 | 45.1% | 14.8× | 9 | — |
| 7 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 54.9 | 43.5% | 8.5× | 11 | — |
| 8 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina | 54.8 | 26.8% | 11.7× | 18 | +111.5% |
| 9 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina | 54.7 | 22.4% | 12.2× | 30 | +73.1% |
| 10 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 53.1 | 34.0% | 3.4× | 28 | +526.8% |
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 Environmental remediation with nanomaterials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental remediation with nanomaterials.
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.