Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 26.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the production, properties, and applications of hydrocolloids, particularly in food and biomedical fields. It covers a wide range of hydrocolloids such as xanthan gum, guar gum, gellan gum, pullulan, konjac glucomannan, and locust bean gum. The papers discuss their rheological properties, microbial production, antioxidant activity, molecular structure, and various food and biomedical applications.
- Hydrocolloids
- Thickening Agents
- Gelling Agents
- Biomedical Applications
- Food Applications
- Rheological Properties
- Exopolysaccharides
- Microbial Production
- Antioxidant Activity
- Molecular Structure
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.2k and 761 works in 2022–2025).
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 Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology publishes the most Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research, followed by Jiangnan University and Northeast Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 71 works
- 2 Jiangnan UniversityChina 65 works
- 3 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 52 works
- 4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 42 works
- 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 39 works
- 6 Henan University of TechnologyChina 38 works
- 7 South China University of TechnologyChina 37 works
- 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 36 works
- 9 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 34 works
- 10 Southwest UniversityChina 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Polysaccharides Composition and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Polysaccharides Composition and Applications include Hongjie Dai, David Julian McClements and Aibing Yu.
- 1 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
- 2 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
- 3 Aibing Yu Australia 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), Wuhan (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuxiCN · 136.9 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polysaccharides Composition and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Polysaccharides Composition and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Beijing Technology and Business 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 | 71.6 | 77.1% | 28.3× | 52 | -20.0% |
| 2 | Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina | 70.5 | 50.1% | 20.5× | 30 | +187.5% |
| 3 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 69.2 | 55.6% | 15.7× | 65 | +5.7% |
| 4 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 67.5 | 60.3% | 8.8× | 24 | +146.9% |
| 5 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 66.8 | 52.8% | 18.3× | 42 | +31.6% |
| 6 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 66.8 | 55.7% | 9.7× | 24 | +31.2% |
| 7 | Nanchang UniversityChina | 66.0 | 66.8% | 7.5× | 25 | +151.4% |
| 8 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 65.5 | 61.3% | 9.2× | 36 | +28.2% |
| 9 | Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina | 63.8 | 51.7% | 23.3× | 31 | +64.1% |
| 10 | Chongqing Normal UniversityChina | 62.1 | 87.2% | 9.0× | 8 | +80.0% |
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 Polysaccharides Composition and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polysaccharides Composition and Applications.
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.