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Enzyme-mediated dye degradation

Enzyme-mediated dye degradation is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 17k 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 enzymatic degradation of lignin and the bioremediation of textile wastewaters through processes such as laccases, peroxidases, and fungal genomes. It explores the decolorization and detoxification of synthetic dyes, the potential applications of oxidative enzymes, and the role of white-rot fungi in the treatment of industrial dye effluents.

  • Laccases
  • Enzymatic Decolorization
  • Fungal Genomes
  • Azo Dyes
  • Biodegradation
  • Textile Wastewaters
  • White-Rot Fungi
  • Peroxidases
  • Ligninolytic Enzymes
  • Bioremediation
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Enzyme-mediated dye degradation

Which countries lead Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (991 and 567 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 991 works
  2. 2 India 567 works
  3. 3 United States 187 works
  4. 4 Brazil 162 works
  5. 5 Japan 90 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 89 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 80 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 73 works
  9. 9 France 71 works
  10. 10 Spain 70 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: 41.6%India: 23.8%United States: 7.8%Brazil: 6.8%6 others listed: 19.9%42%largest
China991 · 41.6%India567 · 23.8%United States187 · 7.8%Brazil162 · 6.8%6 others listed474 · 19.9%

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

Which institutions lead Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanjing Forestry University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 40 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 28 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 28 works
  5. 5 Jiangnan UniversityChina 21 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 21 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 18 works
  8. 8 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 18 works
  9. 9 South China University of TechnologyChina 17 works
  10. 10 National Research CentreEgypt 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Enzyme-mediated dye degradation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation include Jun Wang, George M. Whitesides and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  5. 5 Barry B. Halliwell United Kingdom 179k citations
  6. 6 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  7. 7 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Enzyme-mediated dye degradation?

The most cited paper in Enzyme-mediated dye degradation is "Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative" (Tim Robinson, Geoff McMullan, Roger Marchant et al., 2001), with 5,357 citations. Next come "Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery" (4,170) and "Multicopper Oxidases and Oxygenases" (3,667).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative Tim Robinson, Geoff McMullan, Roger Marchant et al. · Bioresource Technology May 2001 5,357
2 Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gregg T. Beckham, Mary J. Biddy et al. · Science 15 May 2014 4,170
3 Multicopper Oxidases and Oxygenases Edward I. Solomon, Uma M. Sundaram, Timothy E. Machonkin · Chemical Reviews Review 1996 3,667
4 Removal of synthetic dyes from wastewaters: a review Esther Forgács, Tibor Cserháti, Gyula Oros · Environment International 8 May 2004 3,423
5 A critical review on the treatment of dye-containing wastewater: Ecotoxicological and health concerns of textile dyes and possible remediation approaches for environmental safety Rania Al-Tohamy, Sameh Samir Ali, Fanghua Li et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Open access 10 Jan 2022 3,415
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research done?

The largest centres of Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 141 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 84 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 48 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 43 works
  5. 5 TianjinChina 37 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 36 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 35 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 33 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 25.8 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Enzyme-mediated dye degradation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Enzyme-mediated dye degradation?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Saveetha 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%20%40%mean 21.72%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Saveetha UniversityKTH Royal Institute …Jiangsu UniversityNanjing Forestry Uni…
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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
1Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 67.216.5%19.6×28 +73.4%
2KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden 65.127.0%9.1×11 +62.7%
3Saveetha UniversityIndia 62.934.3%3.3×10 +225.6%
4Jiangsu UniversityChina 57.421.0%5.5×14 +123.4%
5Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 56.618.6%16.7×15 +67.0%
6Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 54.827.0%19.7×11 +98.1%
7Jiangnan UniversityChina 52.79.2%11.4×22 +16.5%
8Guangxi UniversityChina 50.513.0%8.2×16 +79.1%
9Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 49.224.9%16.1×10 +56.6%
10Tianjin UniversityChina 49.125.7%2.5×10 +83.9%

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 Enzyme-mediated dye degradation, country by country

Is Enzyme-mediated dye degradation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Enzyme-mediated dye degradation.

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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 Enzyme-mediated dye degradation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Enzyme-mediated dye degradation0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Enzyme-mediated dye degradation 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%Enzyme-mediated dye degradation10.2% 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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