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Plasma Applications and Diagnostics

Plasma Applications and Diagnostics is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the applications of plasma in medicine and biology, focusing on topics such as atmospheric pressure plasmas, non-thermal plasma, reactive species, biomedical applications, cold atmospheric plasma, plasma sterilization, and cancer therapy. The research covers a wide range of areas including plasma chemistry and the use of microplasmas for various medical purposes.

  • Plasma Medicine
  • Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
  • Non-Thermal Plasma
  • Reactive Species
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Cold Atmospheric Plasma
  • Plasma Sterilization
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Plasma Chemistry
  • Microplasmas
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 438 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 438 works
  3. 3 Russia 392 works
  4. 4 Japan 188 works
  5. 5 India 183 works
  6. 6 Germany 173 works
  7. 7 South Korea 148 works
  8. 8 France 144 works
  9. 9 Iran 107 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 71 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: 39.3%United States: 14.4%Russia: 12.9%Japan: 6.2%6 others listed: 27.2%39%largest
China1,195 · 39.3%United States438 · 14.4%Russia392 · 12.9%Japan188 · 6.2%6 others listed826 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research, followed by Dalian University of Technology and Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 86 works
  2. 2 Dalian University of Technology China 55 works
  3. 3 Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology Germany 38 works
  4. 4 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 34 works
  5. 5 Institute of High Current Electronics Russia 30 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua University China 29 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of Technology China 26 works
  8. 8 University of Antwerp Belgium 26 works
  9. 9 Chongqing University China 26 works
  10. 10 Ruhr University Bochum Germany 26 works

Where is Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research done?

The largest centres of Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Moscow (Russia) and Dalian (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Greifswald, Tomsk and Antwerp.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 193 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 147 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 145 works
  4. 4 Dalian China 83 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 75 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 68 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 64 works
  8. 8 Tomsk Russia 55 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 53 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GreifswaldDE · 51.6 works71×
  2. TomskRU · 54.6 works27×
  3. AntwerpBE · 27.7 works17×
  4. BochumDE · 26.7 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plasma Applications and Diagnostics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plasma Applications and Diagnostics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Antwerp, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur 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%50%100%mean 38.47%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Antwerp: 26, 54.6%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 12, 35.9%Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur: 10, 72.4%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 86, 18.2%Comenius University Bratislava: 14, 50.6%Kwangwoon University: 22, 46.6%Chiang Mai University: 10, 47.2%Eindhoven University of Technology: 19, 32.0%Nanjing Tech University: 25, 15.1%Dalian University of Technology: 55, 12.1%Indian Institute of …University of AntwerpKing Abdullah Univer…Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…
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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
1University of Antwerp Belgium 80.154.6%23.1×26 +254.1%
2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia 68.035.9%11.2×12 +224.1%
3Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur India 64.772.4%19.1×10 —
4Xi'an Jiaotong University China 61.018.2%13.6×86 +64.2%
5Comenius University Bratislava Slovakia 58.350.6%18.6×14 -2.1%
6Kwangwoon University South Korea 57.746.6%77.7×22 -8.9%
7Chiang Mai University Thailand 56.647.2%8.6×10 +119.4%
8Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 52.732.0%13.2×19 -29.0%
9Nanjing Tech University China 51.315.1%12.9×25 +105.2%
10Dalian University of Technology China 50.512.1%14.7×55 +1.9%

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 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plasma Applications and Diagnostics.

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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.