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. 22.8% 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%
- 5.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +32% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 524 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 United States 524 works
- 3 France 274 works
- 4 India 218 works
- 5 Germany 198 works
- 6 Japan 193 works
- 7 United Kingdom 152 works
- 8 South Korea 110 works
- 9 Canada 94 works
- 10 Iran 87 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research, followed by China University of Petroleum, East China and South China University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 62 works
- 2 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 42 works
- 3 South China University of TechnologyChina 42 works
- 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 39 works
- 5 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 35 works
- 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
- 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 31 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 27 works
- 9 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 26 works
- 10 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization include Hongjie Dai, David Julian McClements and Lei Jiang.
- 1 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
- 2 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
- 3 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
- 4 Younan Xia United States 3.7k citations
- 5 Kurt Binder Germany 3.5k citations
- 6 Markus Antonietti Germany 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research done?
The largest centres of Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi, Wageningen and Amherst Center.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuxiCN · 87.9 works19×
- WageningenNL · 22.8 works12×
- Amherst CenterUS · 23.3 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural 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.
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 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 76.4 | 72.5% | 26.9× | 35 | +66.7% |
| 2 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 71.5 | 50.7% | 11.8× | 19 | +404.6% |
| 3 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 70.8 | 31.4% | 21.2× | 62 | +143.4% |
| 4 | Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina | 67.8 | 51.5% | 16.2× | 17 | +176.4% |
| 5 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 65.0 | 19.1% | 18.2× | 42 | +474.3% |
| 6 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 62.2 | 40.0% | 11.8× | 21 | +37.2% |
| 7 | Hubei University of TechnologyChina | 59.1 | 42.8% | 9.2× | 11 | +314.4% |
| 8 | Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina | 58.1 | 44.9% | 22.1× | 19 | — |
| 9 | Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina | 57.1 | 12.7% | 16.2× | 26 | +930.8% |
| 10 | Qingdao Agricultural UniversityChina | 56.1 | 58.1% | 12.2× | 8 | — |
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 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization.
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.