Melamine detection and toxicity
Melamine detection and toxicity is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 2.8k research works in it since 1950. 21.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the contamination of food and feed with melamine, a toxic compound that poses serious health risks. The papers cover various aspects such as detection methods, health implications, renal toxicity, colorimetric detection using gold nanoparticles, and the global impact of melamine contamination on food safety.
- Melamine
- Contamination
- Detection
- Food Safety
- Toxicity
- Adulteration
- Renal Toxicity
- Colorimetric Detection
- Gold Nanoparticles
- Health Impact
- Research works
- 2.8k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 593 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Melamine detection and toxicity research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (166 and 62 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 166 works
- 2 India 62 works
- 3 United States 36 works
- 4 Iran 24 works
- 5 Türkiye 19 works
- 6 Taiwan 15 works
- 7 Egypt 12 works
- 8 Brazil 11 works
- 9 Spain 10 works
- 10 South Korea 10 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Melamine detection and toxicity research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Melamine detection and toxicity research, followed by Kaohsiung Medical University and Nankai University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan University China 4 works
- 2 Kaohsiung Medical University Taiwan 3 works
- 3 Nankai University China 3 works
- 4 Tezpur University India 3 works
- 5 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology China 2 works
- 6 Sichuan University China 2 works
- 7 Kunming University of Science and Technology China 2 works
- 8 Jiangsu University China 2 works
- 9 University of Veterinary Medicine Hungary 2 works
- 10 Shandong University China 2 works
Who are the leading researchers in Melamine detection and toxicity?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Melamine detection and toxicity include Kurunthachalam Kannan.
- 1 Kurunthachalam Kannan 1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Melamine detection and toxicity research done?
The largest centres of Melamine detection and toxicity research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Beijing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BeijingCN · 22.0 works1.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Melamine detection and toxicity than the world average.
Is Melamine detection and toxicity research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Melamine detection and toxicity.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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