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Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pyrolysis and conversion of biomass into bio-oil, biochar, and renewable fuels using various technologies such as hydrothermal carbonization and gasification. It covers topics such as biomass composition, catalytic upgrading, thermochemical conversion, and the properties of resulting products.

  • Biomass
  • Pyrolysis
  • Bio-oil
  • Hydrothermal Carbonization
  • Gasification
  • Biochar
  • Renewable Fuels
  • Catalytic Upgrading
  • Lignocellulosic Biomass
  • Thermochemical Conversion
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Which countries lead Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.8k and 901 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.8k works
  2. 2 India 901 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 523 works
  4. 4 United States 512 works
  5. 5 Brazil 297 works
  6. 6 Russia 241 works
  7. 7 Poland 232 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 221 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 212 works
  10. 10 Spain 209 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: 53.4%India: 12.5%Indonesia: 7.3%United States: 7.1%6 others listed: 19.7%53%largest
China3,835 · 53.4%India901 · 12.5%Indonesia523 · 7.3%United States512 · 7.1%6 others listed1,412 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 171 works
  2. 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 163 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 149 works
  4. 4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 107 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 93 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 87 works
  7. 7 Southeast UniversityChina 85 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 73 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 68 works
  10. 10 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 63 works

Who are the leading researchers in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes include Zhong Lin Wang, Jun Wang and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  7. 7 John G.F. Cleland United Kingdom 198k citations
  8. 8 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  9. 9 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations
  10. 10 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes?

The most cited paper in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes is "Characteristics of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis" (Haiping Yang, Rong Yan, Hanping Chen et al., 2007), with 8,117 citations. Next come "A New Method of Analyzing Thermogravimetric Data" (6,912) and "Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review" (5,627).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characteristics of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin pyrolysis Haiping Yang, Rong Yan, Hanping Chen et al. · Fuel 11 Jan 2007 8,117
2 A New Method of Analyzing Thermogravimetric Data Takeo Ozawa · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Open access Nov 1965 6,912
3 Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review Dinesh Mohan, Charles U. Jr. Pittman, Philip H. Steele · Energy & Fuels 10 Mar 2006 5,627
4 Review of fast pyrolysis of biomass and product upgrading A.V. Bridgwater · Biomass and Bioenergy 7 Mar 2011 4,808
5 Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar) Marco Keiluweit, Peter Nico, Mark G. Johnson et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 25 Jan 2010 3,205
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Where is Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research done?

The largest centres of Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hangzhou, Anshan and Ma'anshan City.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 620 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 281 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 258 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 225 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 196 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 117 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 113 works
  8. 8 XuzhouChina 111 works
  9. 9 QingdaoChina 106 works
  10. 10 TaiyuanChina 105 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Hangzhou34.9 works23×
  2. AnshanCN · 29.8 works17×
  3. Ma'anshan CityCN · 28.1 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic 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.

0%20%40%mean 23.58%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Hamad bin Khalifa Un…Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Huazhong 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.

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
1Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 67.013.3%9.9×163 +20.7%
2Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.211.6%8.7×149 +24.8%
3Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 65.135.3%1.2×10 +96.5%
4Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityQatar 63.425.5%10.4×12 +39.1%
5University of SaskatchewanCanada 62.524.1%7.5×23 +27.2%
6Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 61.616.4%13.5×58 +95.0%
7Saveetha UniversityIndia 60.828.9%2.2×20 +844.6%
8University of TehranIran 60.625.0%5.8×32 +83.4%
9Politecnico di TorinoItaly 58.142.5%2.2×10 +79.8%
10Southeast UniversityChina 57.813.2%6.1×85 +11.9%

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 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, country by country

Is Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

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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 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.042% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes0.044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes 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%Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes10.1% 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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