Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 63k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the field of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, with an emphasis on genome-scale models, constraint-based models, and their application in biofuel production, microbial metabolism, pathway reconstruction, and biorefineries. The papers cover topics such as flux balance analysis, high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstructions, programming cells for accelerated evolution, and the use of synthetic protein scaffolds to control metabolic flux.
- Metabolic Engineering
- Genome-Scale Models
- Constraint-Based Models
- Biofuel Production
- Microbial Metabolism
- Pathway Reconstruction
- Flux Balance Analysis
- Biorefineries
- Synthetic Biology
- Enzyme Database
- Research works
- 63k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +0% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 United States 1k works
- 3 India 828 works
- 4 Germany 464 works
- 5 Brazil 292 works
- 6 Japan 265 works
- 7 South Korea 254 works
- 8 United Kingdom 248 works
- 9 France 248 works
- 10 Spain 211 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and East China University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 165 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67 works
- 3 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 55 works
- 4 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 53 works
- 5 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 48 works
- 6 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 46 works
- 7 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina 44 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 40 works
- 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 38 works
- 10 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction include Minoru Kanehisa, Peer Bork and Jinde Cao.
- 1 Minoru Kanehisa Japan 5.7k citations
- 2 Peer Bork Germany 4.7k citations
- 3 Jinde Cao China 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research done?
The largest centres of Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi, Kongens Lyngby and Wageningen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuxiCN · 193.6 works24×
- Kongens LyngbyDK · 53.2 works12×
- WageningenNL · 25.9 works7.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Technical University of Denmark and Hubei 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.
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 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 68.2 | 30.2% | 32.8× | 165 | +5.5% |
| 2 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 63.4 | 23.7% | 12.2× | 53 | +47.7% |
| 3 | Hubei UniversityChina | 60.5 | 33.5% | 11.4× | 18 | +66.9% |
| 4 | Chalmers University of TechnologySweden | 58.8 | 31.6% | 10.5× | 23 | -34.8% |
| 5 | Nanjing Normal UniversityChina | 56.9 | 32.5% | 10.0× | 29 | -16.3% |
| 6 | Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina | 56.6 | 20.2% | 12.6× | 46 | +78.1% |
| 7 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 55.7 | 43.0% | 6.5× | 26 | -14.7% |
| 8 | Nanjing Tech UniversityChina | 54.9 | 27.4% | 11.3× | 48 | -41.1% |
| 9 | Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina | 54.8 | 26.3% | 9.7× | 44 | -10.6% |
| 10 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 54.4 | 28.0% | 8.1× | 25 | -4.6% |
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 Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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