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Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1953. 28.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomedical applications of graphene nanomaterials, including drug delivery, toxicity assessment, antibacterial activity, cancer therapy, cellular imaging, nanocarrier development, and tissue engineering. The research covers a wide range of topics related to the use of graphene in biotechnology and medicine.

  • Graphene
  • Nanomaterials
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Drug Delivery
  • Toxicity
  • Antibacterial Activity
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Cellular Imaging
  • Nanocarrier
  • Tissue Engineering
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+59%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.4k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.4k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 Iran 725 works
  4. 4 United States 695 works
  5. 5 South Korea 344 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 317 works
  7. 7 Egypt 294 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 270 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 255 works
  10. 10 Brazil 230 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: 38.7%India: 25.8%Iran: 8.2%United States: 7.9%6 others listed: 19.4%39%largest
China3,409 · 38.7%India2,278 · 25.8%Iran725 · 8.2%United States695 · 7.9%6 others listed1,710 · 19.4%

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

Which institutions lead Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research, followed by Sichuan University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications include Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and Hongjie Dai.

  1. 1 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  2. 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  3. 3 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
  4. 4 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  6. 6 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 5.5k citations
  7. 7 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
  8. 8 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations
  9. 9 M. S. Dresselhaus United States 4.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research done?

The largest centres of Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tehran (Iran), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tabriz.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 417 works
  2. 2 Tehran Iran 317 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 263 works
  4. 4 Chennai India 216 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 186 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 166 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 139 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 137 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 132 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 132 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TabrizIR · 63.9 works7.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Yeungnam University, University of Tabriz and King Saud 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%60%mean 33.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yeungnam University: 23, 39.3%University of Tabriz: 26, 38.7%King Saud University: 56, 27.3%Iran University of Science and Technology: 29, 27.3%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 15, 50.3%Amirkabir University of Technology: 26, 28.7%Saveetha University: 77, 29.6%University of Tehran: 38, 27.1%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 19, 27.9%Sichuan University: 68, 34.0%Yeungnam UniversityUniversity of TabrizKing Saud UniversityIran University of S…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 74.639.3%8.7×23 +310.7%
2 University of TabrizIran 73.238.7%8.9×26 +426.5%
3 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.627.3%5.1×56 +273.5%
4 Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 64.527.3%8.7×29 +250.2%
5 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 64.450.3%3.6×15 +222.7%
6 Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran 63.928.7%8.3×26 +200.5%
7 Saveetha UniversityIndia 60.729.6%6.6×77
8 University of TehranIran 59.427.1%5.4×38 +456.4%
9 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 57.027.9%7.0×19 +394.7%
10 Sichuan UniversityChina 55.434.0%3.4×68 +97.7%

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 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

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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.

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.