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Nanotechnology research and applications

Nanotechnology research and applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology and nanoscale science education, covering topics such as materials science, biology, medicine, engineering, imaging, and ethics. It delves into the educational challenges and integration of nanoscience into various disciplines, highlighting its potential applications in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment, as well as its impact on modern technology and the environment.

  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanoscale Science
  • Education
  • Materials Science
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Biology
  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • Imaging
  • Ethics
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nanotechnology research and applications

Which countries lead Nanotechnology research and applications research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (523 and 388 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 523 works
  2. 2 United States 388 works
  3. 3 China 210 works
  4. 4 Russia 137 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 57 works
  6. 6 Iraq 53 works
  7. 7 France 53 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 50 works
  9. 9 Germany 47 works
  10. 10 Iran 47 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.

India: 33.4%United States: 24.8%China: 13.4%Russia: 8.7%6 others listed: 19.6%33%largest
India523 · 33.4%United States388 · 24.8%China210 · 13.4%Russia137 · 8.7%6 others listed307 · 19.6%

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

Which institutions lead Nanotechnology research and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanotechnology research and applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 34 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 27 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 14 works
  4. 4 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 12 works
  5. 5 Amity UniversityIndia 10 works
  6. 6 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 9 works
  7. 7 Saveetha UniversityIndia 8 works
  8. 8 International Society for Optics and PhotonicsUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 Wichita State UniversityUnited States 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanotechnology research and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanotechnology research and applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Kostya S. Novoselov and Yury G. Gogotsi.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  3. 3 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  6. 6 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  7. 7 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Younan Xia United States 207k 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 Nanotechnology research and applications?

The most cited paper in Nanotechnology research and applications is "Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications" (Ray H. Baughman, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Walt A. de Heer, 2002), with 10,268 citations. Next come "The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles" (6,687) and "Nanotube Molecular Wires as Chemical Sensors" (6,056).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications Ray H. Baughman, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Walt A. de Heer · Science 2 Aug 2002 10,268
2 The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles José Rubén Morones‐Ramírez, Jose Luis Elechiguerra, Alejandra Camacho et al. · Nanotechnology Open access 26 Aug 2005 6,687
3 Nanotube Molecular Wires as Chemical Sensors Jing Kong, Nathan R. Franklin, Chongwu Zhou et al. · Science 28 Jan 2000 6,056
4 Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria Ivan Sondi, Branka Salopek‐Sondi · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 20 Mar 2004 6,007
5 Strength and Breaking Mechanism of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Tensile Load Min-Feng Yu, Oleg R. Lourie, Mark J. Dyer et al. · Science 28 Jan 2000 5,322
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Where is Nanotechnology research and applications research done?

The largest centres of Nanotechnology research and applications research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Chennai (India) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baghdad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 46 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 35 works
  3. 3 ChennaiIndia 32 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 29 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 21 works
  6. 6 BaghdadIraq 21 works
  7. 7 BengaluruIndia 19 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 16 works
  9. 9 Saint PetersburgRussia 16 works
  10. 10 BakuAzerbaijan 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BaghdadIQ · 20.8 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanotechnology research and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nanotechnology research and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Amity 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.

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
1Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 76.223.4%3.4×12 +4.7%
2Amity UniversityIndia 30.03.6%10.9×10 +111.7%

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 Nanotechnology research and applications, country by country

Is Nanotechnology research and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Nanotechnology research and applications.

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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 Nanotechnology research and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Nanotechnology research and applications0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanotechnology research and applications 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%Nanotechnology research and applications10.4% 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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Who leads nanotechnology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanotechnology research and applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences. By volume, India and the United States publish the most (523 and 388 works in 2022-now).

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