Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
Surfactants and Colloidal Systems is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 16.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the aggregation, self-assembly, and interfacial behavior of surfactants, including topics such as micelle formation, wormlike micelles, ionic liquids, and microemulsions. It also covers the adsorption mechanisms of surfactants at air-water interfaces and the viscoelastic properties of surfactant solutions.
- Surfactants
- Micelles
- Self-assembly
- Wormlike micelles
- Ionic liquids
- Microemulsions
- Gemini surfactants
- Adsorption
- Viscoelasticity
- Interfacial phenomena
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (860 and 441 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 860 works
- 2 India 441 works
- 3 United States 351 works
- 4 Japan 183 works
- 5 Germany 140 works
- 6 France 137 works
- 7 Russia 136 works
- 8 United Kingdom 116 works
- 9 Brazil 81 works
- 10 Iran 78 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research, followed by China University of Petroleum, East China and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 35 works
- 2 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 21 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 21 works
- 4 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 20 works
- 5 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 17 works
- 6 A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical ChemistryRussia 15 works
- 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 15 works
- 8 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 14 works
- 9 Shandong UniversityChina 13 works
- 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Surfactants and Colloidal Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Surfactants and Colloidal Systems include Michaël Grätzel, John A. Pople and Guangming Zeng.
- 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
- 2 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
- 3 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
- 4 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 4.4k citations
- 5 P. G. de Gennes France 4.3k citations
- 6 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
- 7 Paul J. Flory United States 3.7k citations
- 8 Kurt Binder Germany 3.5k citations
- 9 Abdullah M. Asiri Saudi Arabia 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research done?
The largest centres of Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi and Kazan’.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuxiCN · 41.0 works12×
- Kazan’RU · 25.6 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Surfactants and Colloidal Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Surfactants and Colloidal Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Jiangnan University and China University of Petroleum, East China 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 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia | 68.3 | 30.0% | 6.8× | 8 | +201.8% |
| 2 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 59.2 | 10.7% | 16.8× | 35 | -8.0% |
| 3 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 57.6 | 9.5% | 12.8× | 21 | +106.6% |
| 4 | Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Bulgaria | 54.9 | 21.6% | 26.6× | 11 | -13.4% |
| 5 | University of Novi SadSerbia | 54.9 | 23.8% | 8.2× | 9 | +53.0% |
| 6 | Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina | 54.2 | 16.2% | 15.0× | 17 | -4.4% |
| 7 | King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia | 52.3 | 22.4% | 4.7× | 9 | +125.8% |
| 8 | China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina | 52.1 | 16.7% | 10.6× | 14 | -21.8% |
| 9 | King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia | 51.4 | 21.5% | 4.6× | 15 | -15.5% |
| 10 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharIndia | 50.0 | 7.8% | 24.4× | 11 | +165.5% |
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 Surfactants and Colloidal Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2007.
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.