Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications is a research topic within Spectroscopy. Science Explorer counts 86k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advancements in mass spectrometry techniques, including ionization methods such as electrospray and MALDI, analysis of proteins and peptides, imaging mass spectrometry, and applications under ambient conditions. It also explores ion mobility and its role in proteomics and structural biology.
- Mass Spectrometry
- Ionization
- Electrospray
- Proteins
- Imaging
- Ambient Conditions
- Ion Mobility
- MALDI
- Proteomics
- Structural Biology
- Research works
- 86k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -9% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.7k works
- 2 China 1.5k works
- 3 Germany 496 works
- 4 Japan 349 works
- 5 France 275 works
- 6 United Kingdom 264 works
- 7 India 232 works
- 8 Russia 231 works
- 9 Canada 170 works
- 10 Spain 140 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.
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Which institutions lead Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Purdue University West Lafayette.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 43 works
- 3 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 36 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
- 5 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 32 works
- 6 University of WashingtonUnited States 30 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 29 works
- 8 Ningbo UniversityChina 28 works
- 9 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 24 works
- 10 Jilin UniversityChina 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications include John A. Pople and Ben Zhong Tang.
- 1 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
- 2 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gaithersburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GaithersburgUS · 22.5 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, China Pharmaceutical University, Maastricht University and University of Oklahoma 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 | China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina | 57.0 | 19.5% | 11.8× | 17 | +144.6% |
| 2 | Maastricht UniversityNetherlands | 56.1 | 45.8% | 4.1× | 9 | — |
| 3 | University of OklahomaUnited States | 55.2 | 35.9% | 5.5× | 9 | +248.0% |
| 4 | Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States | 53.3 | 31.9% | 5.6× | 36 | -27.1% |
| 5 | Michigan State UniversityUnited States | 51.2 | 43.2% | 3.8× | 18 | -2.5% |
| 6 | California Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 49.1 | 38.5% | 6.5× | 10 | -36.3% |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States | 48.6 | 26.5% | 5.2× | 32 | -10.9% |
| 8 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 47.2 | 18.7% | 5.4× | 24 | -21.5% |
| 9 | Northeastern UniversityUnited States | 46.1 | 40.0% | 4.4× | 9 | +14.7% |
| 10 | Ningbo UniversityChina | 44.8 | 3.6% | 8.1× | 28 | +92.3% |
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 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.
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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.