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Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research is a research topic within Biophysics. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and related techniques in biomedical research. The papers cover a wide range of topics including protein analysis, tissue diagnosis, glucose monitoring, cancer detection, and chemical imaging for biomedical purposes.

  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Protein Analysis
  • Chemical Imaging
  • Tissue Diagnosis
  • Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy
  • Glucose Monitoring
  • Cancer Detection
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Which countries lead Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.3k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 United States 1.2k works
  3. 3 India 541 works
  4. 4 Germany 360 works
  5. 5 Japan 342 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 296 works
  7. 7 Russia 246 works
  8. 8 Italy 245 works
  9. 9 France 221 works
  10. 10 South Korea 164 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: 38.8%United States: 20.7%India: 9.1%Germany: 6.0%6 others listed: 25.4%39%largest
China2,309 · 38.8%United States1,231 · 20.7%India541 · 9.1%Germany360 · 6.0%6 others listed1,514 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 138 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 94 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 67 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 42 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 38 works
  6. 6 National Research CouncilItaly 37 works
  7. 7 Leibniz AssociationGermany 36 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 35 works
  9. 9 Jiangsu UniversityChina 30 works
  10. 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research include Zhong Lin Wang, Shizuo Akira and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  5. 5 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  9. 9 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k citations
  10. 10 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k 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 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research?

The most cited paper in Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research is "Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)" (Katrin D. Kneipp, Yang Wang, Harald Kneipp et al., 1997), with 6,807 citations. Next come "Raman microspectroscopy of soot and related carbonaceous materials: Spectral analysis and structural information" (4,884) and "Determination of Glucose in Blood Using Glucose Oxidase with an Alternative Oxygen Acceptor" (4,629).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Katrin D. Kneipp, Yang Wang, Harald Kneipp et al. · Physical Review Letters 3 Mar 1997 6,807
2 Raman microspectroscopy of soot and related carbonaceous materials: Spectral analysis and structural information A. Sadezky, Harald Muckenhuber, Hinrich Grothe et al. · Carbon 24 Mar 2005 4,884
3 Determination of Glucose in Blood Using Glucose Oxidase with an Alternative Oxygen Acceptor P. Trinder · Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 1969 4,629
4 The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence Roy J. Glauber · Physical Review Open access 15 Jun 1963 4,088
5 Optical properties of biological tissues: a review Steven L. Jacques · Physics in Medicine and Biology Open access 10 May 2013 4,004
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research done?

The largest centres of Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jena and Samara.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 401 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 156 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 108 works
  4. 4 HangzhouChina 106 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 105 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 96 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 95 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 94 works
  9. 9 TianjinChina 80 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JenaDE · 55.7 works17×
  2. SamaraRU · 24.9 works7.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University score highest, combining citation 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 24.09%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong U…Boston UniversityZhejiang University
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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.

Citation 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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 84.447.4%5.5×30 +94.0%
2Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62.824.8%1.9×38 +66.9%
3Zhejiang UniversityChina 61.814.8%2.2×42 +23.4%
4Boston UniversityUnited States 58.720.2%6.9×23 +33.5%
5Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina 58.339.2%7.7×8 +262.2%
6Harvard UniversityUnited States 57.615.9%1.3×29 +13.4%
7Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural UniversityChina 54.828.8%32.1×12 +823.5%
8Xiamen UniversityChina 54.720.8%3.3×20 +91.1%
9National University of SingaporeSingapore 54.718.1%2.2×18 +69.2%
10Tsinghua UniversityChina 52.610.9%2.2×35 +99.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, country by country

Is Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research.

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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 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.037% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research0.038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research 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%Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research10.1% 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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