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Ionic liquids properties and applications

Ionic liquids properties and applications is a research topic within Catalysis. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the wide-ranging applications of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in fields such as catalysis, green chemistry, biocatalysis, CO2 capture, nanoscale materials, and electrochemistry. The research focuses on the unique properties and potential environmental benefits of these solvents in various industrial and scientific processes.

  • Ionic Liquids
  • Solvents
  • Catalysis
  • Green Chemistry
  • Deep Eutectic Solvents
  • Biocatalysis
  • CO2 Capture
  • Nanoscale Materials
  • Electrochemistry
  • Sustainable Technology
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Ionic liquids properties and applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 619 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 United States 619 works
  3. 3 India 613 works
  4. 4 Japan 261 works
  5. 5 Germany 235 works
  6. 6 Iran 222 works
  7. 7 Russia 211 works
  8. 8 France 182 works
  9. 9 Spain 174 works
  10. 10 South Korea 137 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: 47.7%United States: 12.2%India: 12.1%Japan: 5.1%6 others listed: 22.9%48%largest
China2,422 · 47.7%United States619 · 12.2%India613 · 12.1%Japan261 · 5.1%6 others listed1,161 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Ionic liquids properties and applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ionic liquids properties and applications research, followed by Qingdao University of Science and Technology and Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Ionic liquids properties and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ionic liquids properties and applications include Yury Gogotsi and Martin Winter.

  1. 1 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations
  2. 2 Martin Winter Germany 4.9k citations

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

Where is Ionic liquids properties and applications research done?

The largest centres of Ionic liquids properties and applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ipoh and Aveiro.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 443 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 143 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 124 works
  4. 4 Qingdao China 118 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 104 works
  6. 6 Tianjin China 102 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 80 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 72 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 69 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IpohMY · 22.4 works19×
  2. AveiroPT · 21.6 works9.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ionic liquids properties and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ionic liquids properties and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Luleå University of Technology, University of Tabriz and Universiti Teknologi Petronas 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 20.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Luleå University of Technology: 14, 15.0%University of Tabriz: 21, 13.3%Universiti Teknologi Petronas: 22, 13.0%Gdańsk University of Technology: 14, 33.2%Beijing University of Chemical Technology: 50, 17.5%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 50, 13.2%University of Aveiro: 22, 19.4%East China University of Science and Technology: 42, 13.5%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 43, 22.3%City University of Hong Kong: 11, 48.8%Gdańsk University of…Luleå University of …University of TabrizUniversiti Teknologi…
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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 Luleå University of TechnologySweden 61.215.0%17.8×14 +319.3%
2 University of TabrizIran 60.713.3%13.4×21 +189.8%
3 Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia 58.413.0%21.4×22 +105.1%
4 Gdańsk University of TechnologyPoland 58.333.2%12.7×14 +12.7%
5 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 56.917.5%16.9×50 -6.9%
6 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.213.2%20.2×50 +29.2%
7 University of AveiroPortugal 53.819.4%9.8×22 +8.6%
8 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.413.5%12.6×42 +3.1%
9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53.122.3%3.9×43 +170.1%
10 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 51.948.8%2.7×11 +23.7%

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 Ionic liquids properties and applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Ionic liquids properties and 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.