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NMR spectroscopy and applications

NMR spectroscopy and applications is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in fields such as geophysics, chemistry, hydrogeology, and cultural heritage. The papers discuss topics such as diffusion, relaxation, surface NMR, geophysical imaging, chemical analysis, and process monitoring using NMR techniques.

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Diffusion
  • Relaxation
  • Porous Media
  • Surface NMR
  • Geophysical Imaging
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Process Monitoring
  • Hydrogeology
  • Cultural Heritage
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
NMR spectroscopy and applications

Which countries lead NMR spectroscopy and applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (928 and 465 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 928 works
  2. 2 United States 465 works
  3. 3 Germany 169 works
  4. 4 France 155 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 116 works
  6. 6 Russia 100 works
  7. 7 India 90 works
  8. 8 Japan 88 works
  9. 9 Canada 72 works
  10. 10 Brazil 52 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: 41.5%United States: 20.8%Germany: 7.5%France: 6.9%6 others listed: 23.2%42%largest
China928 · 41.5%United States465 · 20.8%Germany169 · 7.5%France155 · 6.9%6 others listed518 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead NMR spectroscopy and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, China National Petroleum Corporation (China) publishes the most NMR spectroscopy and applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and China University of Petroleum, Beijing.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 88 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 77 works
  3. 3 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 70 works
  4. 4 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 50 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 44 works
  7. 7 Sinopec (China)China 32 works
  8. 8 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 29 works
  9. 9 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 27 works
  10. 10 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in NMR spectroscopy and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on NMR spectroscopy and applications include Michaël Grätzel, Yury G. Gogotsi and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  3. 3 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  5. 5 Clifford R. Jack United States 218k 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 NMR spectroscopy and applications?

The most cited paper in NMR spectroscopy and applications is "Spin Diffusion Measurements: Spin Echoes in the Presence of a Time-Dependent Field Gradient" (Edward O. Stejskal, J. E. Tanner, 1965), with 8,342 citations. Next come "Effects of Diffusion on Free Precession in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments" (6,504) and "MR diffusion tensor spectroscopy and imaging" (6,135).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spin Diffusion Measurements: Spin Echoes in the Presence of a Time-Dependent Field Gradient Edward O. Stejskal, J. E. Tanner · The Journal of Chemical Physics 1965 8,342
2 Effects of Diffusion on Free Precession in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments Herman Y. Carr, Edward M. Purcell · Physical Review May 1954 6,504
3 MR diffusion tensor spectroscopy and imaging Peter J. Basser, James Mattiello, Denis Lebihan · Biophysical Journal Open access 1994 6,135
4 Modified Spin-Echo Method for Measuring Nuclear Relaxation Times Saul Meiboom, Deepak S. Gill · Review of Scientific Instruments Aug 1958 6,070
5 Spin Echoes Erwin Louis Hahn · Physical Review 15 Nov 1950 5,051
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is NMR spectroscopy and applications research done?

The largest centres of NMR spectroscopy and applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Chengdu (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Daqing, Dhahran and Xuzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 319 works
  2. 2 QingdaoChina 67 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 53 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 49 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 42 works
  6. 6 DaqingChina 38 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 36 works
  8. 8 HoustonUnited States 30 works
  9. 9 XuzhouChina 28 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DaqingCN · 37.7 works49×
  2. DhahranSA · 20.9 works16×
  3. XuzhouCN · 28.1 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study NMR spectroscopy and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China University of Petroleum, East China and China University of Mining and 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.

0%20%40%mean 21.08%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shandong University …China University of …China University of …China University of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.841.6%8.6×10 +42.5%
2China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 63.617.3%43.0×50 +35.8%
3China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 61.027.5%14.7×29 -4.3%
4China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 57.918.3%72.0×70 -9.3%
5China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 57.017.4%35.2×25 +37.0%
6Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 53.516.9%28.5×27 +42.5%
7Northeast Petroleum UniversityChina 53.526.3%66.4×20 +215.2%
8China University of GeosciencesChina 45.823.5%13.7×15 +1.4%
9Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael 41.513.6%26.3×9 +17.4%
10Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 41.48.4%26.7×21 +36.4%

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 NMR spectroscopy and applications, country by country

Is NMR spectroscopy and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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

still counting0.050%0.10%NMR spectroscopy and applications0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NMR spectroscopy 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%NMR spectroscopy and applications10.3% 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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