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Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques

Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 13.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of nanobubbles and their applications in water treatment, particularly in flotation processes. It covers topics such as the generation, stability, and properties of nanobubbles, their interactions with hydrophobic surfaces, and their role in mineral flotation and other water treatment techniques.

  • Nanobubbles
  • Water Treatment
  • Flotation
  • Hydrophobic Interactions
  • Microbubble Technology
  • Surface Nanobubbles
  • Force Measurements
  • Mineral Flotation
  • Gas-Water Interface
  • Electrical Properties
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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Which countries lead Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 348 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 348 works
  3. 3 Russia 329 works
  4. 4 India 238 works
  5. 5 Brazil 197 works
  6. 6 Australia 185 works
  7. 7 Canada 168 works
  8. 8 Germany 156 works
  9. 9 Japan 153 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 131 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: 57.8%United States: 7.7%Russia: 7.3%India: 5.3%6 others listed: 21.9%58%largest
China2,608 · 57.8%United States348 · 7.7%Russia329 · 7.3%India238 · 5.3%6 others listed990 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research, followed by Kunming University of Science and Technology and China University of Mining and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 285 works
  2. 2 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 206 works
  3. 3 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 142 works
  4. 4 Northeastern UniversityChina 139 works
  5. 5 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 90 works
  6. 6 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 52 works
  7. 7 Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and MetallurgyChina 39 works
  8. 8 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 34 works
  9. 9 The University of QueenslandAustralia 31 works
  10. 10 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 30 works

Where is Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Kunming (China) and Shenyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Freiberg, Xuzhou and Ganzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 439 works
  2. 2 Changsha China 321 works
  3. 3 Kunming China 238 works
  4. 4 Shenyang China 164 works
  5. 5 Xuzhou China 145 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 108 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 103 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 70 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 65 works
  10. 10 Xi'an China 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FreibergDE · 23.4 works45×
  2. XuzhouCN · 144.9 works26×
  3. GanzhouCN · 53.7 works23×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique and Central South 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 21.54%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northeastern University: 139, 23.2%Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique: 11, 31.3%Central South University: 285, 19.0%Kunming University of Science and Technology: 206, 24.8%China University of Mining and Technology: 142, 17.2%Southwest University of Science and Technology: 21, 28.1%Zhengzhou University: 34, 19.9%Jiangxi University of Science and Technology: 52, 22.6%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 90, 12.2%Wuhan University of Science and Technology: 30, 17.1%Université Mohammed …Kunming University o…Northeastern Univers…Central South Univer…
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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 Northeastern UniversityChina 68.723.2%26.1×139 +64.9%
2 Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco 66.431.3%20.4×11 —
3 Central South UniversityChina 65.419.0%28.6×285 -8.3%
4 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 64.724.8%59.6×206 -49.4%
5 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 63.917.2%29.6×142 +68.3%
6 Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.428.1%15.6×21 +41.0%
7 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 57.119.9%6.6×34 +227.6%
8 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 55.222.6%46.7×52 -60.6%
9 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 52.412.2%18.9×90 -15.2%
10 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 51.817.1%14.6×30 +19.3%

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 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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