Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
Metal Extraction and Bioleaching is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 13.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on biohydrometallurgical processes for extracting and recovering metals from ores and waste materials. It covers topics such as bioleaching, microbial communities in metal recovery, oxidation mechanisms of sulfide minerals, acid mine drainage, vanadium extraction, sulfur metabolism, and the application of microbial ecology in metallurgical processes.
- Bioleaching
- Microbial Communities
- Metal Recovery
- Sulfide Minerals
- Acid Mine Drainage
- Metallurgy
- Microbial Ecology
- Oxidation Mechanism
- Vanadium Extraction
- Sulfur Metabolism
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research?
By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2.7k and 418 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research, followed by Kunming University of Science and Technology and Northeastern University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South UniversityChina 325 works
- 2 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 248 works
- 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 154 works
- 4 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 151 works
- 5 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 65 works
- 6 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 46 works
- 7 Chongqing UniversityChina 44 works
- 8 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 44 works
- 9 Satbayev UniversityKazakhstan 40 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37 works
Who are the leading researchers in Metal Extraction and Bioleaching?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Metal Extraction and Bioleaching include Huan Liu, Dierk Raabe and Yong Sik Ok.
- 1 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
- 2 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
- 3 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research done?
The largest centres of Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Kunming (China) and Shenyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Freiberg and Kunming.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- FreibergDE · 21.5 works39×
- KunmingCN · 301.7 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metal Extraction and Bioleaching than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Metal Extraction and Bioleaching?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Central South University and Kunming University of Science and Technology 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 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 64.9 | 16.3% | 27.0× | 154 | +119.4% |
| 2 | Central South UniversityChina | 62.7 | 16.8% | 30.6× | 325 | -0.4% |
| 3 | Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina | 61.9 | 21.9% | 67.2× | 248 | -34.4% |
| 4 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 59.8 | 17.6% | 12.8× | 65 | +96.6% |
| 5 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 58.1 | 15.8% | 29.8× | 151 | +11.0% |
| 6 | University of OuluFinland | 53.9 | 14.9% | 9.5× | 15 | +107.1% |
| 7 | Zhengzhou UniversityChina | 53.6 | 23.6% | 5.2× | 29 | +313.0% |
| 8 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China | 53.6 | 30.0% | 9.6× | 18 | -44.9% |
| 9 | Satbayev UniversityKazakhstan | 53.5 | 1.9% | 84.3× | 40 | +180.0% |
| 10 | Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina | 52.9 | 20.3% | 11.2× | 16 | +78.5% |
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 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.