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Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of laser ablation in liquid environments for the synthesis and size control of nanoparticles, particularly metal nanoparticles like gold and silver. The research covers topics such as surface chemistry, colloids, and the formation of nanoparticles in various solutions.

  • Laser Ablation
  • Nanoparticles
  • Colloids
  • Liquid Environment
  • Size Control
  • Metal Nanoparticles
  • Synthesis
  • Solution
  • Gold Nanoparticles
  • Surface Chemistry
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Which countries lead Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (532 and 436 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 532 works
  2. 2 India 436 works
  3. 3 Russia 335 works
  4. 4 Iraq 234 works
  5. 5 United States 220 works
  6. 6 Japan 119 works
  7. 7 Germany 107 works
  8. 8 Iran 102 works
  9. 9 France 92 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 86 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: 23.5%India: 19.3%Russia: 14.8%Iraq: 10.3%6 others listed: 32.1%23%largest
China532 · 23.5%India436 · 19.3%Russia335 · 14.8%Iraq234 · 10.3%6 others listed727 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Technology - Iraq.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 133 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 53 works
  3. 3 University of Technology - IraqIraq 46 works
  4. 4 University of BaghdadIraq 41 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 21 works
  7. 7 Mustansiriyah UniversityIraq 20 works
  8. 8 University of BabylonIraq 20 works
  9. 9 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 17 works
  10. 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles 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 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  7. 7 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  8. 8 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  9. 9 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  10. 10 Younan Xia United States 207k 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 Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles?

The most cited paper in Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles is "Nanoparticles: Properties, applications and toxicities" (Ibrahim Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Khalid Saeed et al., 2017), with 7,050 citations. Next come "The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles" (6,687) and "Spectral Properties and Relaxation Dynamics of Surface Plasmon Electronic Oscillations in Gold and Silver Nanodots and Nanorods" (3,893).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanoparticles: Properties, applications and toxicities Ibrahim Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Khalid Saeed et al. · Arabian Journal of Chemistry Open access 18 May 2017 7,050
2 The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles José Rubén Morones‐Ramírez, Jose Luis Elechiguerra, Alejandra Camacho et al. · Nanotechnology Open access 26 Aug 2005 6,687
3 Spectral Properties and Relaxation Dynamics of Surface Plasmon Electronic Oscillations in Gold and Silver Nanodots and Nanorods Stephan Link, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 10 Sep 1999 3,893
4 Determination of Size and Concentration of Gold Nanoparticles from UV−Vis Spectra Wolfgang Haiss, Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh, Jenny Aveyard et al. · Analytical Chemistry 26 Apr 2007 3,699
5 Laser-induced porous graphene films from commercial polymers Jian Lin, Zhiwei Peng, Yuanyue Liu et al. · Nature Communications Open access 10 Dec 2014 2,959
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Where is Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research done?

The largest centres of Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Baghdad (Iraq), Beijing (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hillah and Baghdad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 136 works
  2. 2 BaghdadIraq 136 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 87 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 48 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 43 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 43 works
  7. 7 Saint PetersburgRussia 39 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 32 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 30 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HillahIQ · 20.1 works23×
  2. BaghdadIQ · 135.7 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Technology - Iraq, King Saud University and Saveetha 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%10%20%mean 14.4%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King Saud UniversitySaveetha UniversityUniversity of Techno…University of Baghdad
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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
1University of Technology - IraqIraq 74.815.9%67.8×46 +50.8%
2King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 71.323.6%4.2×12 +46.1%
3Saveetha UniversityIndia 61.322.4%5.1×14 +346.4%
4University of BaghdadIraq 59.37.9%19.6×41 +50.2%
5Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 51.013.0%21.9×11 +79.5%
6University of BabylonIraq 46.26.7%26.2×20 +102.4%
7University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 46.212.5%11.8×14 -36.4%
8University of AnbarIraq 45.614.8%20.7×12 +82.1%
9Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 42.710.0%4.3×21 -3.7%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 42.717.2%1.5×12 +154.6%

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 Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles, country by country

Is Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles.

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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 Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles 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.

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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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