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Microencapsulation and Drying Processes

Microencapsulation and Drying Processes is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 20k 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 applications of microencapsulation, particularly in the food industry, using techniques such as spray drying. It covers topics such as encapsulation of polyphenols, flavor release, oxidative stability, and the use of various wall materials for encapsulation. The cluster also explores the influence of emulsion composition and the characterization of encapsulated food ingredients.

  • Spray Drying
  • Encapsulation Techniques
  • Food Ingredients
  • Polyphenols
  • Flavor Release
  • Oxidative Stability
  • Wall Materials
  • Emulsion Composition
  • Functional Characterization
  • Nanoparticle Encapsulation
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microencapsulation and Drying Processes

Which countries lead Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 587 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 India 587 works
  3. 3 Brazil 385 works
  4. 4 United States 334 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 303 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 270 works
  7. 7 Iran 263 works
  8. 8 Mexico 143 works
  9. 9 Thailand 134 works
  10. 10 Poland 119 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: 39.4%India: 14.0%Brazil: 9.2%United States: 8.0%6 others listed: 29.4%39%largest
China1,653 · 39.4%India587 · 14.0%Brazil385 · 9.2%United States334 · 8.0%6 others listed1,232 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Northeast Agricultural University publishes the most Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Nanchang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 88 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 73 works
  3. 3 Nanchang UniversityChina 72 works
  4. 4 Jiangnan UniversityChina 57 works
  5. 5 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 52 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 51 works
  7. 7 China Agricultural UniversityChina 39 works
  8. 8 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 37 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 34 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microencapsulation and Drying Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microencapsulation and Drying Processes include Róbert Langer, Hongjie Dai and David Julian McClements.

  1. 1 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  2. 2 Hongjie Dai United States 189k citations
  3. 3 David Julian McClements United States 185k citations
  4. 4 David M. Pereira Portugal 183k citations
  5. 5 William A. Goddard United States 182k citations
  6. 6 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  7. 7 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  8. 8 Xinliang Feng Germany 141k 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 Microencapsulation and Drying Processes?

The most cited paper in Microencapsulation and Drying Processes is "A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus" (Mans Minekus et al., 2014), with 5,749 citations. Next come "Applications of spray-drying in microencapsulation of food ingredients: An overview" (2,414) and "Characteristics and Significance of the Amorphous State in Pharmaceutical Systems" (1,922).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus Mans Minekus et al. · Food & Function Open access 2014 5,749
2 Applications of spray-drying in microencapsulation of food ingredients: An overview Adem Gharsallaoui, Gaëlle Roudaut, Odile Chambin et al. · Food Research International 3 Aug 2007 2,414
3 Characteristics and Significance of the Amorphous State in Pharmaceutical Systems Bruno C. Hancock, George Zografi · Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1997 1,922
4 Pharmaceutical Particle Engineering via Spray Drying Reinhard Vehring · Pharmaceutical Research Open access 26 Nov 2007 1,690
5 Food-Grade Nanoemulsions: Formulation, Fabrication, Properties, Performance, Biological Fate, and Potential Toxicity David Julian McClements, Jiajia Rao · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 24 Mar 2011 1,625
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Where is Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research done?

The largest centres of Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Harbin (China), Wuxi (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 191 works
  2. 2 HarbinChina 121 works
  3. 3 WuxiChina 113 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 79 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 66 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 66 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 62 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 61 works
  9. 9 BangkokThailand 60 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 113.1 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microencapsulation and Drying Processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microencapsulation and Drying Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Nanchang University and Jiangsu 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%mean 24.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…Jiangsu UniversityNanchang UniversityJiangnan 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
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 90.833.7%61.6×88 +105.1%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 74.418.8%17.6×72 +42.1%
3Jiangsu UniversityChina 70.525.1%7.0×31 +72.4%
4Jiangnan UniversityChina 68.616.9%17.5×56 +36.9%
5University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 68.329.7%8.9×17 +4.4%
6Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 65.116.9%16.9×31 +65.2%
7Northwest A&F UniversityChina 64.224.8%9.4×20 +67.4%
8Zhejiang Gongshang UniversityChina 64.029.6%16.0×13 +24.8%
9Bohai UniversityChina 62.332.6%16.7×9 +94.3%
10China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.115.8%13.0×39 +71.0%

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 Microencapsulation and Drying Processes, country by country

Is Microencapsulation and Drying Processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Microencapsulation and Drying Processes.

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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 Microencapsulation and Drying Processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Microencapsulation and Drying Processes 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%Microencapsulation and Drying Processes9.8% 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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