Industrial Gas Emission Control
Industrial Gas Emission Control is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 15.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the removal of sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide, from various industrial processes including coal-fired power plants and biogas. The research covers a wide range of technologies including adsorption, oxidation, wet scrubbing, and catalytic processes using materials like activated carbons, metal-organic frameworks, and regenerative sorbents.
- Flue Gas Desulfurization
- Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption
- Sulfur Oxidation
- Activated Carbon
- Catalytic Oxidation
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Wet Scrubbing
- NOx Removal
- SO2 Absorption
- Regenerative Sorbents
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Industrial Gas Emission Control research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 172 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.7k works
- 2 United States 172 works
- 3 South Korea 108 works
- 4 India 87 works
- 5 Iran 72 works
- 6 Japan 69 works
- 7 Russia 58 works
- 8 France 48 works
- 9 Spain 48 works
- 10 United Kingdom 42 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 Industrial Gas Emission Control research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Kunming University of Science and Technology publishes the most Industrial Gas Emission Control research, followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and North China Electric Power University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 49 works
- 2 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 37 works
- 3 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 34 works
- 4 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 32 works
- 5 Southeast UniversityChina 29 works
- 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 27 works
- 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 25 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
- 9 Shandong UniversityChina 23 works
- 10 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Industrial Gas Emission Control?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Industrial Gas Emission Control include Guangming Zeng, Shaobin Wang and Can Li.
- 1 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
- 2 Shaobin Wang Australia 3.5k citations
- 3 Can Li China 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Industrial Gas Emission Control research done?
The largest centres of Industrial Gas Emission Control research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Taiyuan and Kunming.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TaiyuanCN · 58.5 works12×
- KunmingCN · 63.2 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Industrial Gas Emission Control than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Industrial Gas Emission Control?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 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 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 64.6 | 43.4% | 7.2× | 16 | +90.1% |
| 2 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 58.3 | 23.2% | 8.0× | 37 | +43.1% |
| 3 | Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina | 55.4 | 14.6% | 29.4× | 49 | -31.3% |
| 4 | Fuzhou UniversityChina | 53.9 | 28.0% | 6.7× | 11 | +411.4% |
| 5 | Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina | 52.6 | 16.9% | 25.8× | 32 | -38.0% |
| 6 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 49.0 | 11.0% | 17.1× | 34 | -30.2% |
| 7 | Southeast UniversityChina | 47.0 | 16.5% | 7.2× | 29 | -8.3% |
| 8 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 46.7 | 16.9% | 9.0× | 21 | -15.8% |
| 9 | Hebei University of TechnologyChina | 46.5 | 25.1% | 9.8× | 12 | -53.1% |
| 10 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina | 46.4 | 10.7% | 13.4× | 20 | +16.5% |
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 Industrial Gas Emission Control research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Industrial Gas Emission Control.
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.