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Microbial Inactivation Methods

Microbial Inactivation Methods is a research topic within Biotechnology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 24.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the applications of electroporation, high pressure processing, ultrasound, and pulsed electric fields in biotechnology and food processing. It covers topics such as irreversible electroporation for tissue ablation, gene therapy, microbial inactivation, and the impact of various technologies on food preservation and quality.

  • Electroporation
  • Irreversible Electroporation
  • High Pressure Processing
  • Ultrasound
  • Food Preservation
  • Gene Therapy
  • Tissue Ablation
  • Pulsed Electric Fields
  • Cell Membrane Permeabilization
  • Microbial Inactivation
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
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Which countries lead Microbial Inactivation Methods research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (772 and 486 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 772 works
  2. 2 United States 486 works
  3. 3 India 252 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 163 works
  5. 5 Brazil 153 works
  6. 6 Italy 151 works
  7. 7 Spain 136 works
  8. 8 Germany 112 works
  9. 9 South Korea 107 works
  10. 10 Japan 104 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: 31.7%United States: 20.0%India: 10.3%Türkiye: 6.7%6 others listed: 31.3%32%largest
China772 · 31.7%United States486 · 20.0%India252 · 10.3%Türkiye163 · 6.7%6 others listed763 · 31.3%

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

Which institutions lead Microbial Inactivation Methods research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Northwest A&F University publishes the most Microbial Inactivation Methods research, followed by Jiangnan University and Jiangsu University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 25 works
  2. 2 Jiangnan UniversityChina 22 works
  3. 3 Jiangsu UniversityChina 22 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 21 works
  5. 5 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 21 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 18 works
  7. 7 Chongqing UniversityChina 18 works
  8. 8 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 16 works
  9. 9 Institute of Chemical TechnologyIndia 16 works
  10. 10 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microbial Inactivation Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial Inactivation Methods include Róbert Langer, David Julian McClements and Colin Hill.

  1. 1 Róbert Langer United States 4.2k citations
  2. 2 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
  3. 3 Colin Hill Ireland 2.5k citations
  4. 4 Da‐Wen Sun Ireland 2.4k citations
  5. 5 Ira Pastan United States 1.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Microbial Inactivation Methods research done?

The largest centres of Microbial Inactivation Methods research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Wuxi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangling and Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 109 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 53 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 47 works
  4. 4 Wuxi China 39 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 38 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 37 works
  7. 7 Chongqing China 35 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 34 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 33 works
  10. 10 Ljubljana Slovenia 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YanglingCN · 24.5 works17×
  2. WuxiCN · 38.9 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial Inactivation Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microbial Inactivation Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, Jiangsu University and Jiangnan University 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%60%mean 41.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F University: 24, 44.6%Jiangsu University: 22, 50.9%Jiangnan University: 22, 43.9%Institute of Chemical Technology: 16, 44.3%China Agricultural University: 21, 47.7%Warsaw University of Life Sciences: 14, 40.9%National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management: 12, 48.3%University of Ljubljana: 21, 25.1%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 18, 42.4%Washington State University: 15, 30.8%Jiangsu UniversityNorthwest A&F Univer…Institute of Chemica…Jiangnan University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 79.644.6%16.9×24 +129.5%
2 Jiangsu UniversityChina 74.750.9%7.8×22 +131.4%
3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 68.943.9%9.9×22 +10.1%
4 Institute of Chemical TechnologyIndia 68.944.3%48.3×16 +92.6%
5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 68.647.7%10.3×21 -32.9%
6 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 64.640.9%22.6×14 +85.9%
7 National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and ManagementIndia 63.848.3%109.4×12 —
8 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 60.925.1%13.5×21 +13.6%
9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 60.642.4%6.6×18 +82.3%
10 Washington State UniversityUnited States 59.230.8%15.5×15 +44.8%

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 Microbial Inactivation Methods research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial Inactivation Methods.

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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.

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.