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Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 25k 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 explores the influence of magnetic fields on various biological systems, including the effects on water treatment, seed germination, plant growth, calcium carbonate precipitation, biochemical changes, irrigation water, electromagnetic stimulation, photosynthetic pigments, and soil moisture.

  • Magnetic Fields
  • Water Treatment
  • Seed Germination
  • Plant Growth
  • Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
  • Biochemical Changes
  • Irrigation Water
  • Electromagnetic Stimulation
  • Photosynthetic Pigments
  • Soil Moisture
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Which countries lead Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (702 and 387 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 702 works
  2. 2 Russia 387 works
  3. 3 India 344 works
  4. 4 United States 262 works
  5. 5 Brazil 140 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 132 works
  7. 7 Egypt 128 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 120 works
  9. 9 Japan 109 works
  10. 10 Iran 99 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: 29.0%Russia: 16.0%India: 14.2%United States: 10.8%6 others listed: 30.1%29%largest
China702 · 29.0%Russia387 · 16.0%India344 · 14.2%United States262 · 10.8%6 others listed728 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 127 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
  4. 4 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 26 works
  5. 5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 25 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 24 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 21 works
  8. 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 20 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 18 works
  10. 10 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects include Zhong Lin Wang, Róbert Langer and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 John Anthony Pople United States 202k 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 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects?

The most cited paper in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects is "Kinetics of Adsorption on Carbon from Solution" (Walter J. Jr. Weber, John C. Morris, 1963), with 9,821 citations. Next come "Universal chemical assay for the detection and determination of siderophores" (6,619) and "A Production of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions" (3,544).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kinetics of Adsorption on Carbon from Solution Walter J. Jr. Weber, John C. Morris · Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division Apr 1963 9,821
2 Universal chemical assay for the detection and determination of siderophores B. Schwyn, J. B. Neilands · Analytical Biochemistry 1987 6,619
3 A Production of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions Stanley Lloyd Miller · Science 15 May 1953 3,544
4 Seed dormancy and the control of germination William E. Finch‐Savage, Gerhard Leubner‐Metzger · New Phytologist 14 Jul 2006 3,221
5 The structure and properties of water W. Kauzmann · Journal of Molecular Structure Nov 1970 2,946
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research done?

The largest centres of Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Giza (Egypt) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Giza.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 127 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 124 works
  3. 3 GizaEgypt 48 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 46 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 39 works
  6. 6 TashkentUzbekistan 36 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 35 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 30 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 29 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GizaEG · 47.8 works8.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, Nanchang University and Jiangsu 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 24.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanchang UniversityXi'an University of …Jiangsu UniversityChina Agricultural U…
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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.

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
1China Agricultural UniversityChina 58.328.9%7.3×14 +77.6%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 57.552.1%3.1×8 +245.5%
3Jiangsu UniversityChina 57.232.6%4.4×12 +68.7%
4Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 56.434.4%9.5×11 +413.7%
5Jiangnan UniversityChina 53.142.7%4.4×9 +190.7%
6Universitas JemberIndonesia 50.00.0%12.7×25 +125.8%
7Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 41.818.7%3.1×18 -38.4%
8Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 41.720.5%7.2×10 +221.3%
9Cairo UniversityEgypt 41.210.6%4.3×11 +74.1%
10Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 40.61.7%20.2×16 +84.1%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects, country by country

Is Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects.

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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 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects 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.

still counting5%10%15%Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects10.6% in 2025200020102020

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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