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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. 10.2% 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%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plasma Applications and Diagnostics

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 (1.4k and 530 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 530 works
  3. 3 Russia 416 works
  4. 4 Japan 219 works
  5. 5 India 218 works
  6. 6 Germany 204 works
  7. 7 South Korea 176 works
  8. 8 France 163 works
  9. 9 Iran 126 works
  10. 10 Italy 84 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: 40.3%United States: 14.8%Russia: 11.6%Japan: 6.1%6 others listed: 27.1%40%largest
China1,441 · 40.3%United States530 · 14.8%Russia416 · 11.6%Japan219 · 6.1%6 others listed971 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 192 works
  2. 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 113 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 80 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74 works
  5. 5 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 60 works
  6. 6 Leibniz AssociationGermany 46 works
  7. 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 44 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 33 works
  9. 9 Chongqing UniversityChina 31 works
  10. 10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plasma Applications and Diagnostics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plasma Applications and Diagnostics include Yury G. Gogotsi, Xiaogang Wang and Ralph B. D’Agostino.

  1. 1 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k citations
  4. 4 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics?

The most cited paper in Plasma Applications and Diagnostics is "Dielectric-Barrier Discharges: Their History, Discharge Physics, and Industrial Applications" (Ulrich Kogelschatz, 2003), with 3,173 citations. Next come "Applied Plasma Medicine" (2,086) and "Kinetic scheme of the non-equilibrium discharge in nitrogen-oxygen mixtures" (1,777).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dielectric-Barrier Discharges: Their History, Discharge Physics, and Industrial Applications Ulrich Kogelschatz · Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing Mar 2003 3,173
2 Applied Plasma Medicine Gregory Fridman, GARY D. FRIEDMAN, Alexander F. Gutsol et al. · Plasma Processes and Polymers 16 Apr 2008 2,086
3 Kinetic scheme of the non-equilibrium discharge in nitrogen-oxygen mixtures И. А. Коссый, Alexander Kostinsky, A A Matveyev et al. · Plasma Sources Science and Technology Open access Aug 1992 1,777
4 Plasma–liquid interactions: a review and roadmap Peter Bruggeman et al. · Plasma Sources Science and Technology Open access 30 Sep 2016 1,722
5 Plasma medicine: an introductory review Michael G. Kong, Gmw Gerrit Kroesen, G. E. Morfill et al. · New Journal of Physics Open access 26 Nov 2009 1,603
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research done?

The largest centres of Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 226 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 173 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 156 works
  4. 4 DalianChina 92 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 91 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 79 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 75 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 64 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 60 works
  10. 10 GreifswaldGermany 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GreifswaldDE · 58.3 works68×
  2. TomskRU · 58.0 works25×
  3. AntwerpBE · 30.8 works16×
  4. BochumDE · 30.1 works12×
  5. EindhovenNL · 25.0 works12×
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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, Xi'an Jiaotong University 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%20%40%mean 24.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of …University of AntwerpNanjing Forestry Uni…Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…
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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
1University of AntwerpBelgium 74.534.3%21.2×30 -12.6%
2Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 61.69.1%15.7×113 +20.9%
3Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurIndia 59.835.3%23.1×12 -
4Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 59.831.2%6.4×12 +184.2%
5Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 57.315.5%14.9×22 +21.8%
6Jiangsu UniversityChina 54.635.8%5.0×16 +25.3%
7Kwangwoon UniversitySouth Korea 54.222.8%83.8×24 -4.6%
8China Agricultural UniversityChina 52.333.3%4.2×10 +497.4%
9University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 52.123.2%5.4×13 +10.9%
10Dalian University of TechnologyChina 50.95.7%15.4×60 +14.6%

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 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, country by country

Is Plasma Applications and Diagnostics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Plasma Applications and Diagnostics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Plasma Applications and Diagnostics 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%Plasma Applications and Diagnostics9.8% 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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