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Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 21k 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 technology and methodology of microbial fuel cells, with an emphasis on extracellular electron transfer, electrogenic bacteria such as Shewanella and Geobacter, electricity generation, bioelectrochemical systems, wastewater treatment, electron transfer mechanisms, and hydrogen production.

  • Microbial Fuel Cells
  • Extracellular Electron Transfer
  • Electrogenic Bacteria
  • Electricity Generation
  • Bioelectrochemical Systems
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Electron Transfer Mechanisms
  • Shewanella and Geobacter
  • Nanowires
  • Hydrogen Production
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
57% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Which countries lead Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.7k and 622 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 India 622 works
  3. 3 United States 473 works
  4. 4 Japan 167 works
  5. 5 Germany 162 works
  6. 6 South Korea 161 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 125 works
  8. 8 Spain 110 works
  9. 9 France 104 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 93 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: 57.4%India: 13.1%United States: 10.0%Japan: 3.5%6 others listed: 15.9%57%largest
China2,721 · 57.4%India622 · 13.1%United States473 · 10.0%Japan167 · 3.5%6 others listed755 · 15.9%

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

Which institutions lead Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Tongji University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 179 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 105 works
  3. 3 Tongji UniversityChina 62 works
  4. 4 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 49 works
  5. 5 Tianjin UniversityChina 44 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 40 works
  7. 7 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 38 works
  8. 8 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 36 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 36 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation include Zhong Lin Wang, Rob Knight and Michaël Grätzel.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k 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 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Guangming Zeng China 204k 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 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation?

The most cited paper in Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation is "Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization" (Nathan S. Lewis, Daniel G. Nocera, 2006), with 8,344 citations. Next come "Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology" (6,091) and "The microbial nitrogen-cycling network" (4,604).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization Nathan S. Lewis, Daniel G. Nocera · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 Oct 2006 8,344
2 Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology Bruce E. Logan, Hubertus V. M. Hamelers, René A. Rozendal et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 14 Jul 2006 6,091
3 The microbial nitrogen-cycling network Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Hannah K. Marchant, Boran Kartal · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 5 Feb 2018 4,604
4 The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles Paul G. Falkowski, Tom Fenchel, Edward F. DeLong · Science 22 May 2008 3,523
5 The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage Chao Chu Liang, Joshua P. Schimel, JULIE D. JASTROW · Nature Microbiology 24 Jul 2017 3,300
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research done?

The largest centres of Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Harbin (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kharagpur.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 495 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 186 works
  3. 3 HarbinChina 151 works
  4. 4 TianjinChina 132 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 128 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 126 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 98 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 90 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 89 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 79 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KharagpurIN · 28.4 works9.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Tongji University and Xi'an University of Architecture 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.11%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an University of …Tongji UniversityHarbin Institute of …Beijing University o…
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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
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 79.418.2%11.7×105 +29.5%
2Tongji UniversityChina 76.920.0%7.4×62 +52.6%
3Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 76.423.7%21.7×36 +53.6%
4Beijing University of TechnologyChina 71.916.5%12.8×49 +85.7%
5Tianjin UniversityChina 68.016.3%6.5×44 +29.7%
6Dalian University of TechnologyChina 64.318.1%7.4×38 +2.6%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62.825.2%1.3×20 +77.5%
8Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 62.612.6%3.7×14 +36.2%
9Suzhou University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.114.5%25.8×30 +272.7%
10Aarhus UniversityDenmark 60.816.0%3.3×16 +55.2%

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 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, country by country

Is Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation.

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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 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation 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%Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation9.7% 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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