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Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques

Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the science and technology of capacitive deionization for water desalination. It covers topics such as ion exchange membranes, electrodialysis, energy recovery, carbon electrodes, salinity gradient power, and reverse electrodialysis. The research explores the past, present, and future developments in capacitive deionization as an electrochemical means of saving energy and delivering clean water.

  • Capacitive Deionization
  • Water Desalination
  • Ion Exchange Membranes
  • Electrodialysis
  • Energy Recovery
  • Carbon Electrodes
  • Salinity Gradient Power
  • Reverse Electrodialysis
  • Nanoporous Carbon
  • Membrane Capacitive Deionization
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques

Which countries lead Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3k and 697 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3k works
  2. 2 United States 697 works
  3. 3 India 392 works
  4. 4 South Korea 311 works
  5. 5 Iran 199 works
  6. 6 Russia 182 works
  7. 7 Japan 173 works
  8. 8 Germany 162 works
  9. 9 Spain 143 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 136 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: 55.9%United States: 12.8%India: 7.2%South Korea: 5.7%6 others listed: 18.3%56%largest
China3,038 · 55.9%United States697 · 12.8%India392 · 7.2%South Korea311 · 5.7%6 others listed995 · 18.3%

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

Which institutions lead Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research, followed by Tongji University and Tiangong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 183 works
  2. 2 Tongji UniversityChina 79 works
  3. 3 Tiangong UniversityChina 61 works
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 57 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 56 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 51 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 50 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 49 works
  9. 9 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 45 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 43 works

Who are the leading researchers in Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques include Zhong Lin Wang, John J.V. McMurray and Kostya S. Novoselov.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k 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 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Juan Jesús Carrero Sweden 222k citations
  9. 9 John N. Weinstein United States 214k citations
  10. 10 Lei Jiang China 214k 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 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques?

The most cited paper in Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques is "DISC ELECTROPHORESIS‐I BACKGROUND AND THEORY*" (L. S. Ornstein, 1964), with 4,580 citations. Next come "Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Model" (3,512) and "The solution-diffusion model: a review" (3,500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DISC ELECTROPHORESIS‐I BACKGROUND AND THEORY* L. S. Ornstein · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Dec 1964 4,580
2 Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Model Thomas E. Springer, Thomas A. Zawodzinski, Shimshon Gottesfeld · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access Aug 1991 3,512
3 The solution-diffusion model: a review J.G. Wijmans, Richard W. Baker · Journal of Membrane Science Nov 1995 3,500
4 Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges Lauren Fay Greenlee, Desmond F. Lawler, Benny D. Freeman et al. · Water Research Open access 19 Mar 2009 3,425
5 Maximizing the right stuff: The trade-off between membrane permeability and selectivity Ho Bum Park, Jovan Kamcev, Lloyd M. Robeson et al. · Science 16 Jun 2017 3,357
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tianjin (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tambov, Krasnodar and Dhahran.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 443 works
  2. 2 TianjinChina 208 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 202 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 185 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 137 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 128 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 117 works
  8. 8 QingdaoChina 100 works
  9. 9 HefeiChina 98 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 97 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TambovRU · 21.7 works38×
  2. KrasnodarRU · 39.1 works21×
  3. DhahranSA · 39.0 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Tongji University, Nanyang Technological University and University of Science and Technology of China 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%mean 19.75%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Hong K…Nanyang Technologica…University of Scienc…Tongji University
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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
1Tongji UniversityChina 68.918.8%8.1×79 +103.8%
2Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 63.224.5%6.3×32 -4.5%
3University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 63.020.9%6.6×50 +125.6%
4University of Hong KongChina 59.532.0%2.9×17 -3.0%
5Tianjin UniversityChina 59.016.7%7.2×57 +4.0%
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 58.316.8%4.7×50 +46.9%
7Tiangong UniversityChina 57.28.7%40.1×61 +42.0%
8Tsinghua UniversityChina 56.315.4%3.5×51 +21.0%
9Xiamen UniversityChina 55.427.8%3.5×20 +20.2%
10King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 55.215.9%13.0×23 -0.6%

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 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, country by country

Is Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques.

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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 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques 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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