Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 7.2k research works in it since 1952. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of supercritical water for the gasification of biomass and organic wastes to produce hydrogen. It explores catalytic and non-catalytic reactions, reaction kinetics, and the potential for renewable energy production and waste treatment.
- Supercritical Water
- Gasification
- Hydrogen Production
- Biomass
- Catalytic
- High-Temperature Water
- Renewable Energy
- Reaction Kinetics
- Waste Treatment
- Chemical Processing
- Research works
- 7.2k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 1.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +18% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (600 and 91 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 Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 113 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 16 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 12 works
- 4 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 12 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 11 works
- 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 11 works
- 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 11 works
- 8 Southeast UniversityChina 10 works
- 9 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 9 works
- 10 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes include Marc A. Rosen, Ayhan Demirbaş and Alan R. Katritzky.
- 1 Marc A. Rosen Canada 2.9k citations
- 2 Ayhan Demirbaş Türkiye 2.6k citations
- 3 Alan R. Katritzky United States 2.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research done?
The largest centres of Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research in 2022–2025 are Xi'an (China), Beijing (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Xi'anCN · 139.7 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes?
Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, North China Electric Power University and Shanghai Jiao Tong 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 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 64.6 | 22.1% | 48.8× | 113 | +28.1% |
| 2 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 53.4 | 24.3% | 12.7× | 12 | +92.6% |
| 3 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 42.6 | 39.5% | 4.0× | 12 | +23.2% |
| 4 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 39.6 | 30.0% | 4.4× | 11 | +115.9% |
| 5 | Kazan Federal UniversityRussia | 38.7 | 17.3% | 22.1× | 9 | — |
| 6 | Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany | 37.5 | 12.4% | 11.5× | 9 | -4.3% |
| 7 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 36.7 | 25.5% | 6.7× | 16 | +9.8% |
| 8 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 33.3 | 25.4% | 4.0× | 11 | +86.8% |
| 9 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 24.7 | 28.5% | 4.7× | 11 | -27.6% |
| 10 | Southeast UniversityChina | 23.5 | 19.5% | 5.4× | 10 | -5.6% |
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 Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes.
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.