Extraction and Separation Processes
Extraction and Separation Processes is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 20.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Battery Recycling
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Rare Earth Elements
- Metal Recovery
- Sustainable Technology
- Environmental Impact
- Hydrometallurgical Processes
- Circular Economy
- Resource Depletion
- Global Supply
- Research works
- 65k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 13k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +32% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Extraction and Separation Processes research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (6.5k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 6.5k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 India 956 works
- 4 Russia 563 works
- 5 Germany 552 works
- 6 South Korea 474 works
- 7 Indonesia 395 works
- 8 Japan 365 works
- 9 France 338 works
- 10 United Kingdom 323 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 Extraction and Separation Processes research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Extraction and Separation Processes research, followed by Kunming University of Science and Technology and Northeastern University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South University China 427 works
- 2 Kunming University of Science and Technology China 294 works
- 3 Northeastern University China 168 works
- 4 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 159 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 130 works
- 6 Tsinghua University China 88 works
- 7 China University of Mining and Technology China 82 works
- 8 Jiangxi University of Science and Technology China 80 works
- 9 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 79 works
- 10 Sichuan University China 71 works
Who are the leading researchers in Extraction and Separation Processes?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Extraction and Separation Processes include John B. Goodenough, Seeram Ramakrishna and Huan Liu.
- 1 John B. Goodenough 6.2k citations
- 2 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
- 3 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
- 4 Jean‐Marie Tarascon 4.9k citations
- 5 Martin Winter 4.9k citations
- 6 J. R. Dahn 4.8k citations
- 7 Qiang Zhang 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Extraction and Separation Processes research done?
The largest centres of Extraction and Separation Processes research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Kunming (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Muan, Freiberg and Lemont.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MuanKR · 22.1 works45×
- FreibergDE · 31.1 works23×
- LemontUS · 46.5 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Extraction and Separation Processes than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Extraction and Separation Processes?
Among universities, judged by research, Central South University, Northeastern University and Kunming University of Science and 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 | Central South University China | 63.4 | 28.5% | 16.0× | 427 | +14.5% |
| 2 | Northeastern University China | 60.1 | 24.7% | 11.8× | 168 | +74.8% |
| 3 | Kunming University of Science and Technology China | 59.9 | 25.7% | 31.9× | 294 | +24.2% |
| 4 | East China University of Technology China | 59.5 | 23.8% | 26.2× | 38 | +269.2% |
| 5 | University of Science and Technology Beijing China | 56.6 | 22.2% | 12.5× | 158 | +38.6% |
| 6 | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique Morocco | 53.5 | 33.2% | 9.8× | 14 | — |
| 7 | Southwest University of Science and Technology China | 53.4 | 31.6% | 11.6× | 42 | +33.2% |
| 8 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Finland | 53.4 | 29.2% | 8.6× | 14 | +147.5% |
| 9 | Colorado School of Mines United States | 53.1 | 16.4% | 11.5× | 23 | +170.9% |
| 10 | TU Bergakademie Freiberg Germany | 52.8 | 11.5% | 17.9× | 22 | +208.9% |
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 Extraction and Separation Processes research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Extraction and Separation Processes.
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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.