Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 24.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the properties and diverse applications of chitin and chitosan, including their use in biomedical applications, antimicrobial properties, food packaging, nanocomposites, biomaterials, biodegradable polymers, tissue engineering, and as antioxidants.
- Chitin
- Chitosan
- Biomedical Applications
- Antimicrobial
- Food Packaging
- Nanocomposites
- Biomaterials
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Tissue Engineering
- Antioxidant
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +77% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.3k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
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 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research?
By volume in 2022–2025, National Research Centre publishes the most Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research, followed by Jiangnan University and Saveetha University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 National Research CentreEgypt 49 works
- 2 Jiangnan UniversityChina 48 works
- 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 46 works
- 4 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 46 works
- 5 South China University of TechnologyChina 40 works
- 6 Jiangsu UniversityChina 39 works
- 7 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 38 works
- 8 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 36 works
- 9 Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 36 works
- 10 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging include David Julian McClements, Hao Chen and Gordon McKay.
- 1 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
- 2 Hao Chen China 2.6k citations
- 3 Gordon McKay Qatar 2.4k citations
- 4 Sabu Thomas India 2.4k citations
- 5 Alain Dufresne France 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research done?
The largest centres of Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Tehran (Iran) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tezpur and Urmia.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TezpurIN · 21.4 works20×
- UrmiaIR · 24.6 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging?
Among universities, judged by research, Kyung Hee University, Nanjing Forestry 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.
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 | Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea | 85.5 | 58.5% | 10.4× | 35 | +421.0% |
| 2 | Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina | 78.9 | 40.2% | 10.7× | 46 | +205.6% |
| 3 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 77.4 | 67.5% | 5.5× | 39 | +299.8% |
| 4 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 72.4 | 57.5% | 8.8× | 32 | +77.8% |
| 5 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina | 70.1 | 64.5% | 6.9× | 18 | +259.7% |
| 6 | Urmia UniversityIran | 69.6 | 38.7% | 14.1× | 21 | +366.3% |
| 7 | Qilu University of TechnologyChina | 69.1 | 44.7% | 9.2× | 20 | +450.3% |
| 8 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 67.9 | 56.9% | 11.2× | 28 | +11.3% |
| 9 | King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand | 66.9 | 37.5% | 13.2× | 16 | +215.5% |
| 10 | Karnatak UniversityIndia | 63.9 | 69.1% | 22.7× | 9 | — |
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 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 77% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging.
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.