Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Materials Chemistry

Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the behavior, properties, and applications of colloidal particles in complex systems such as emulsions, surfactant-free emulsions, self-assembly, Pickering emulsions, and liquid marbles. It explores the synthesis, stabilization, and manipulation of colloidal particles at interfaces and their role in creating functional materials and structures.

  • Colloidal Particles
  • Emulsions
  • Surfactants
  • Self-Assembly
  • Janus Particles
  • Nanoparticles
  • Pickering Emulsions
  • Liquid Marbles
  • Polymerization
  • Interfaces
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Which countries lead Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 630 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 630 works
  3. 3 France 310 works
  4. 4 India 266 works
  5. 5 Japan 232 works
  6. 6 Germany 226 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 174 works
  8. 8 South Korea 129 works
  9. 9 Canada 107 works
  10. 10 Iran 104 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: 54.0%United States: 13.3%France: 6.6%India: 5.6%6 others listed: 20.5%54%largest
China2,553 · 54.0%United States630 · 13.3%France310 · 6.6%India266 · 5.6%6 others listed972 · 20.5%

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

Which institutions lead Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jiangnan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 156 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 106 works
  3. 3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 68 works
  4. 4 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 48 works
  5. 5 South China University of TechnologyChina 47 works
  6. 6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 42 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 38 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 36 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 34 works
  10. 10 Nanchang UniversityChina 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization include Zhong Lin Wang, Róbert Langer and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  8. 8 Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási United States 223k citations
  9. 9 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  10. 10 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 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization?

The most cited paper in Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization is "Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions" (Gert Frens, 1973), with 8,342 citations. Next come "Foam Structures with a Negative Poisson's Ratio" (3,871) and "Manufacture, characterisation and application of cellular metals and metal foams" (3,783).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions Gert Frens · Nature Physical Science 1973 8,342
2 Foam Structures with a Negative Poisson's Ratio Roderic S. Lakes · Science 27 Feb 1987 3,871
3 Manufacture, characterisation and application of cellular metals and metal foams John Banhart · Progress in Materials Science 2001 3,783
4 Particles as surfactants—similarities and differences Bernard P. Binks · Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Review Mar 2002 3,681
5 Interfaces and the driving force of hydrophobic assembly David Chandler · Nature Sep 2005 3,624
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research done?

The largest centres of Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi, Amherst Center and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 400 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 129 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 114 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 113 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 113 works
  6. 6 QingdaoChina 104 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 101 works
  8. 8 WuxiChina 96 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 96 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 90 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 96.5 works17×
  2. Amherst CenterUS · 26.1 works11×
  3. WageningenNL · 25.4 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization than the world average.

See Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization on the map

Where is the best place to study Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Nanchang University and Jiangnan 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 27.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…Nanchang UniversityJiangnan UniversitySouth China Universi…
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 83.442.6%31.0×42 +259.1%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 71.131.9%8.8×34 +96.1%
3Jiangnan UniversityChina 67.717.3%22.4×68 +99.3%
4South China University of TechnologyChina 62.815.3%8.4×47 +28.9%
5Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 62.826.2%12.9×22 +77.4%
6Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 61.227.5%24.5×22 +343.0%
7University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 57.622.4%14.2×26 +3.9%
8Southwest UniversityChina 57.339.1%4.4×12 +134.8%
9Ocean University of ChinaChina 56.229.9%6.1×16 +135.0%
10Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 55.426.9%17.3×19 +103.3%

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 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, country by country

Is Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization 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%Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization9.7% 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.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization. Posts are plain text and can be reported.