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Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, properties, and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles, particularly gold nanoparticles. It covers a wide range of topics including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, nanomedicine, biosensing, photothermal therapy, nanofabrication, and the development of nanoscale optical devices for various biomedical applications.

  • Plasmonic Nanoparticles
  • Gold Nanoparticles
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  • Nanomedicine
  • Biosensing
  • Photothermal Therapy
  • Nanofabrication
  • Nanoscale Optical Devices
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Molecular Sensing
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Which countries lead Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.2k and 927 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.2k works
  2. 2 India 927 works
  3. 3 United States 840 works
  4. 4 South Korea 330 works
  5. 5 Japan 311 works
  6. 6 Russia 281 works
  7. 7 France 254 works
  8. 8 Germany 242 works
  9. 9 Italy 218 works
  10. 10 Iran 210 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: 47.2%India: 13.5%United States: 12.3%South Korea: 4.8%6 others listed: 22.1%47%largest
China3,233 · 47.2%India927 · 13.5%United States840 · 12.3%South Korea330 · 4.8%6 others listed1,515 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 206 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 139 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 97 works
  4. 4 Jilin UniversityChina 55 works
  5. 5 National Research CouncilItaly 47 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 46 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 44 works
  8. 8 Nanjing UniversityChina 39 works
  9. 9 Anhui UniversityChina 39 works
  10. 10 Xiamen UniversityChina 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Kostya S. Novoselov.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  4. 4 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  7. 7 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  8. 8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  9. 9 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  10. 10 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k 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 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications?

The most cited paper in Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications is "Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology" (Marie‐Christine Daniel, Didier Astruc, 2003), with 12,420 citations. Next come "The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment" (10,577) and "Probing Single Molecules and Single Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" (10,238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology Marie‐Christine Daniel, Didier Astruc · Chemical Reviews Review 20 Dec 2003 12,420
2 The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment K. Lance Kelly, Eduardo A. Coronado, Lin Lin Zhao et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 21 Dec 2002 10,577
3 Probing Single Molecules and Single Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Shuming Nie, Steven R. Emory · Science 21 Feb 1997 10,238
4 Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions Gert Frens · Nature Physical Science 1973 8,342
5 Chemistry and Properties of Nanocrystals of Different Shapes Clemens Burda, Xiaobo Chen, Radha Narayanan et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 18 Mar 2005 7,206
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Where is Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 385 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 234 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 179 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 145 works
  5. 5 HefeiChina 143 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 127 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 127 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 124 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 113 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 107 works
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Where is the best place to study Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Nanchang University and Anhui University score highest, combining citation 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 20.81%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityNanchang UniversityShandong UniversityAnhui University
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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.

Citation 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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 73.231.8%4.6×30 +53.3%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 63.924.7%4.0×24 +38.5%
3Anhui UniversityChina 63.816.3%10.5×38 +49.6%
4Shandong UniversityChina 61.519.9%3.4×37 +17.2%
5Jiangnan UniversityChina 60.017.5%6.2×29 +62.2%
6Jilin UniversityChina 59.917.9%5.9×55 -4.8%
7South China University of TechnologyChina 59.622.2%2.7×24 +34.5%
8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 59.318.2%4.0×38 +12.0%
9Fudan UniversityChina 57.620.8%2.2×28 +21.3%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.518.8%2.0×46 -0.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, country by country

Is Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications 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%Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications9.7% 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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