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Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies

Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 23.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the field of nanofluidics and nanopore technology, focusing on topics such as water transport through carbon nanotubes, DNA sequencing using nanopores, ion transport in nanofluidic channels, graphene membranes for desalination, and osmotic power generation. The research covers a wide range of applications and fundamental studies related to nanoscale fluid dynamics and molecular transport.

  • Nanopores
  • Nanofluidics
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Water Transport
  • DNA Sequencing
  • Ion Transport
  • Graphene Membranes
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Osmotic Power Generation
  • Single-Molecule Sensing
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 690 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 690 works
  3. 3 India 261 works
  4. 4 Japan 210 works
  5. 5 Germany 179 works
  6. 6 France 141 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 119 works
  8. 8 South Korea 109 works
  9. 9 Iran 95 works
  10. 10 Italy 76 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: 43.3%United States: 20.8%India: 7.9%Japan: 6.3%6 others listed: 21.7%43%largest
China1,436 · 43.3%United States690 · 20.8%India261 · 7.9%Japan210 · 6.3%6 others listed718 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing University publishes the most Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies include Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 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 Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 263 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 157 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 106 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 77 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 75 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 67 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 63 works
  8. 8 Paris France 55 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 51 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 49 works
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Where is the best place to study Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Iran University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%25%50%75%mean 26.57%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iran University of Science and Technology: 12, 66.4%Nanjing University: 47, 27.6%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 33, 26.1%Zhejiang Sci-Tech University: 8, 61.6%Tokyo University of Science: 11, 20.2%Indian Institute of Science Bangalore: 16, 15.9%Nanjing Tech University: 15, 10.0%East China University of Science and Technology: 13, 16.3%Tiangong University: 10, 21.1%Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology: 8, 0.5%Iran University of S…Zhejiang Sci-Tech Un…Nanjing UniversityUniversity of Chines…
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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 Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 70.466.4%10.4×12 +105.2%
2 Nanjing UniversityChina 65.527.6%14.9×47 +56.0%
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51.326.1%4.8×33 +152.4%
4 Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 50.061.6%6.6×8 +60.6%
5 Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 46.420.2%13.1×11 +83.0%
6 Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia 45.515.9%9.7×16 +33.9%
7 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 44.910.0%7.5×15 +239.6%
8 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 43.616.3%6.6×13 +271.7%
9 Tiangong UniversityChina 42.721.1%10.6×10 +38.6%
10 Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyJapan 42.70.5%16.7×8 +245.6%

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 Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies.

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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.

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.