Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 21.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of microfluidic techniques for manipulating and separating particles, cells, and biological entities. The papers cover a wide range of methods including acoustic manipulation, dielectrophoresis, inertial focusing, and continuous flow separation. These techniques have applications in areas such as cell sorting, lab-on-a-chip devices, and impedance spectroscopy.
- Microfluidics
- Particle Separation
- Acoustic Manipulation
- Dielectrophoresis
- Cell Sorting
- Inertial Focusing
- Lab-on-a-Chip
- Impedance Spectroscopy
- Continuous Flow
- Acoustofluidics
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 United States 1.1k works
- 3 India 350 works
- 4 Japan 346 works
- 5 Germany 294 works
- 6 France 220 works
- 7 United Kingdom 212 works
- 8 South Korea 171 works
- 9 Italy 154 works
- 10 Iran 137 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Zhejiang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 39 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 37 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 37 works
- 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 35 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 34 works
- 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 29 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 28 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 27 works
- 9 The University of TokyoJapan 27 works
- 10 Southeast UniversityChina 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies include George M. Whitesides, Róbert Langer and Lei Jiang.
- 1 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
- 2 Róbert Langer United States 4.2k citations
- 3 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Nanjing (China).
Where is the best place to study Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Tianjin University, ETH Zurich and Sharif University of 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 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 51.8 | 10.2% | 5.1× | 35 | +177.5% |
| 2 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 50.6 | 22.4% | 5.7× | 22 | -12.4% |
| 3 | Sharif University of TechnologyIran | 49.4 | 7.2% | 13.2× | 16 | +95.5% |
| 4 | Tokyo University of ScienceJapan | 48.6 | 16.1% | 13.3× | 16 | -11.4% |
| 5 | South China Normal UniversityChina | 46.9 | 19.2% | 5.5× | 11 | +228.1% |
| 6 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 46.0 | 25.7% | 3.0× | 28 | +35.8% |
| 7 | Jadavpur UniversityIndia | 45.9 | 39.8% | 5.4× | 8 | -2.8% |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia | 45.6 | 7.1% | 6.5× | 17 | +232.3% |
| 9 | National Institute Of Technology SilcharIndia | 44.6 | 15.1% | 10.2× | 10 | — |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 44.1 | 20.3% | 2.5× | 24 | +124.6% |
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 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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