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Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques

Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of thermophoresis and thermodiffusion, particularly in the context of molecular interactions, colloidal suspensions, and biological liquids. The research covers topics such as field-flow fractionation, nanoparticle behavior, protein binding assays, and the effects of temperature gradients on biomolecular interactions.

  • Thermophoresis
  • Thermodiffusion
  • Field-Flow Fractionation
  • Molecular Interaction
  • Colloidal Suspensions
  • Temperature Gradient
  • Biological Liquids
  • Nanoparticles
  • Protein Binding
  • Microscale Thermophoresis
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques

Which countries lead Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research?

By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (296 and 156 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 296 works
  2. 2 United States 156 works
  3. 3 China 151 works
  4. 4 India 67 works
  5. 5 Germany 62 works
  6. 6 France 48 works
  7. 7 Ukraine 44 works
  8. 8 Japan 36 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 26 works
  10. 10 Italy 25 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.

Russia: 32.5%United States: 17.1%China: 16.6%India: 7.4%6 others listed: 26.5%32%largest
Russia296 · 32.5%United States156 · 17.1%China151 · 16.6%India67 · 7.4%6 others listed241 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Ural Federal University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 72 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  3. 3 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 14 works
  4. 4 Samara National Research UniversityRussia 14 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 13 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 11 works
  7. 7 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
  8. 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 9 works
  9. 9 Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 9 works
  10. 10 Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques include Markus Antonietti.

  1. 1 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k 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 Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques?

The most cited paper in Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques is "Size-Distribution Analysis of Macromolecules by Sedimentation Velocity Ultracentrifugation and Lamm Equation Modeling" (Peter Schuck, 2000), with 4,003 citations. Next come "A refinement of previous hypotheses concerning the local structure of turbulence in a viscous incompressible fluid at high Reynolds number" (3,002) and "Small-scale variation of convected quantities like temperature in turbulent fluid Part 1. General discussion and the case of small conductivity" (1,878).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Size-Distribution Analysis of Macromolecules by Sedimentation Velocity Ultracentrifugation and Lamm Equation Modeling Peter Schuck · Biophysical Journal Open access Mar 2000 4,003
2 A refinement of previous hypotheses concerning the local structure of turbulence in a viscous incompressible fluid at high Reynolds number Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров · Journal of Fluid Mechanics May 1962 3,002
3 Small-scale variation of convected quantities like temperature in turbulent fluid Part 1. General discussion and the case of small conductivity George Keith Batchelor · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1959 1,878
4 The dispersion of matter in turbulent flow through a pipe Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 20 May 1954 1,803
5 Diffusion. Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems J. Koryta · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Oct 1985 1,660
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Where is Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Yekaterinburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 117 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 42 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 24 works
  4. 4 YekaterinburgRussia 17 works
  5. 5 SamaraRussia 17 works
  6. 6 KyivUkraine 17 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 16 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 16 works
  9. 9 Kazan’Russia 15 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MoscowRU · 117.2 works9.5×
  2. Saint PetersburgRU · 23.9 works7.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Ural Federal University, Samara National Research University and Kazan State Technological 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%2%4%mean 1.38333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Samara National Rese…Kazan State Technolo…Ural Federal Univers…Bauman Moscow State …
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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
1Ural Federal UniversityRussia 68.11.9%47.0×14 -2.1%
2Samara National Research UniversityRussia 67.63.3%102.2×14 -51.5%
3Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 24.12.0%111.5×8 +4.1%
4Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 18.71.1%49.3×10 -66.8%
5National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia 13.10.0%60.6×8 -41.2%
6Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 10.90.0%54.6×9 +0.8%

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 Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques, country by country

Is Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0053% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques 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%Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques10.7% 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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