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Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 19.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in droplet microfluidics technology, including topics such as continuous flow chemistry, digital PCR, high-throughput screening, emulsion generation, microreactor technology, single-cell analysis, chemical synthesis, and biomedical applications.

  • Microfluidics
  • Droplet Formation
  • Continuous Flow Chemistry
  • Digital PCR
  • High-Throughput Screening
  • Emulsion Generation
  • Microreactor Technology
  • Single-Cell Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Biomedical Applications
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.2k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 610 works
  4. 4 Germany 406 works
  5. 5 Japan 369 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 317 works
  7. 7 France 265 works
  8. 8 South Korea 228 works
  9. 9 Italy 185 works
  10. 10 Iran 168 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: 37.1%United States: 19.1%India: 10.5%Germany: 7.0%6 others listed: 26.3%37%largest
China2,163 · 37.1%United States1,113 · 19.1%India610 · 10.5%Germany406 · 7.0%6 others listed1,531 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research, followed by State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Tianjin University.

Who are the leading researchers in Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation include George M. Whitesides, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  2. 2 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 4.4k citations
  3. 3 Róbert Langer 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 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research done?

The largest centres of Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rahway, Graz and Karlsruhe.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 386 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 209 works
  3. 3 Hangzhou China 170 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 147 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 125 works
  6. 6 Tianjin China 96 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 92 works
  8. 8 Paris France 89 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 84 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 83 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RahwayUS · 21.2 works32×
  2. GrazAT · 30.2 works6.1×
  3. KarlsruheDE · 29.0 works4.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Tech University, Sharif University of Technology and ETH Zurich 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%25%50%mean 22.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Tech University: 34, 14.8%Sharif University of Technology: 17, 10.1%ETH Zurich: 27, 24.8%Pohang University of Science and Technology: 15, 21.6%Tsinghua University: 71, 13.8%East China University of Science and Technology: 36, 10.5%Iran University of Science and Technology: 14, 16.3%Carnegie Mellon University: 8, 58.9%Purdue University West Lafayette: 25, 26.6%Loughborough University: 9, 28.2%ETH ZurichPohang University of…Nanjing Tech Univers…Sharif University of…
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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 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 49.214.8%8.9×34 +41.5%
2 Sharif University of TechnologyIran 49.110.1%11.0×17 +106.2%
3 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 47.424.8%5.2×27 +36.1%
4 Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 46.321.6%9.2×15 +18.8%
5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 45.713.8%4.7×71 +51.7%
6 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 45.510.5%9.3×36 -7.2%
7 Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 45.516.3%6.5×14 +382.8%
8 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 40.458.9%2.6×8 -7.8%
9 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 40.326.6%3.4×25 +73.1%
10 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 40.328.2%5.1×9 +87.0%

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 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation.

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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.