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Thermodynamic properties of mixtures

Thermodynamic properties of mixtures is a research topic within Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the thermodynamic properties, such as density, viscosity, surface tension, and excess molar volumes, of various liquid mixtures including binary and aqueous solutions. The research also explores the interactions and hydrogen bonding in these mixtures.

  • Density
  • Viscosity
  • Surface Tension
  • Binary Mixtures
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Excess Molar Volumes
  • Refractive Indices
  • Speed of Sound
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Aqueous Solutions
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Thermodynamic properties of mixtures

Which countries lead Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (367 and 231 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 367 works
  2. 2 China 231 works
  3. 3 United States 130 works
  4. 4 Russia 123 works
  5. 5 Iran 91 works
  6. 6 Germany 88 works
  7. 7 Japan 54 works
  8. 8 France 52 works
  9. 9 Spain 40 works
  10. 10 Brazil 38 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.

India: 30.2%China: 19.0%United States: 10.7%Russia: 10.1%6 others listed: 30.0%30%largest
India367 · 30.2%China231 · 19.0%United States130 · 10.7%Russia123 · 10.1%6 others listed364 · 30.0%

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

Which institutions lead Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Xi'an Jiaotong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 53 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  3. 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 18 works
  4. 4 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 17 works
  5. 5 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 16 works
  6. 6 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 15 works
  7. 7 Malayer UniversityIran 14 works
  8. 8 Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada UniversityIndia 14 works
  9. 9 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 12 works
  10. 10 University of JammuIndia 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Thermodynamic properties of mixtures?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Thermodynamic properties of mixtures include Donald G. Truhlar, John Anthony Pople and Harry Eugene Stanley.

  1. 1 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  2. 2 John Anthony Pople United States 202k citations
  3. 3 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  4. 4 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 Thermodynamic properties of mixtures?

The most cited paper in Thermodynamic properties of mixtures is "Equilibrium constants from a modified Redlich-Kwong equation of state" (Giorgio S. Soave, 1972), with 6,319 citations. Next come "On the Temperature Dependence of Cooperative Relaxation Properties in Glass-Forming Liquids" (5,842) and "Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids" (5,289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Equilibrium constants from a modified Redlich-Kwong equation of state Giorgio S. Soave · Chemical Engineering Science Jun 1972 6,319
2 On the Temperature Dependence of Cooperative Relaxation Properties in Glass-Forming Liquids Gerold Adam, Julian H. Gibbs · The Journal of Chemical Physics Jul 1965 5,842
3 Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids John D. Weeks, David Chandler, Hans Christian Andersen · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jun 1971 5,289
4 Statistical thermodynamics of liquid mixtures: A new expression for the excess Gibbs energy of partly or completely miscible systems Denis S. Abrams, John M. Prausnitz · AIChE Journal 1975 4,684
5 The Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions and Solutions H. Brinkman · The Journal of Chemical Physics Apr 1952 4,615
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research done?

The largest centres of Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Qingdao (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ivanovo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 37 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 34 works
  3. 3 QingdaoChina 24 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 24 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 24 works
  6. 6 BhubaneswarIndia 22 works
  7. 7 IvanovoRussia 22 works
  8. 8 TianjinChina 19 works
  9. 9 NandedIndia 18 works
  10. 10 PhagwāraIndia 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IvanovoRU · 21.6 works141×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Thermodynamic properties of mixtures than the world average.

See Thermodynamic properties of mixtures on the map

Where is the best place to study Thermodynamic properties of mixtures?

Among universities, judged by research, Technical University of Denmark, Lovely Professional University and Siksha O Anusandhan 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 15.54%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hebei University of …Technical University…Lovely Professional …Siksha O Anusandhan …
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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
1Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 95.219.3%21.6×16 +34.0%
2Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 81.415.4%23.8×17 +156.0%
3Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 63.215.2%49.2×15 +156.1%
4Hebei University of TechnologyChina 62.930.4%15.2×9 +150.0%
5University of TabrizIran 59.526.7%27.2×9 -49.6%
6Malayer UniversityIran 59.012.4%374.4×14 +56.3%
7University of JammuIndia 51.010.4%45.8×11 +17.0%
8Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada UniversityIndia 49.18.1%473.3×14 +50.3%
9Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 45.74.6%7.0×18 -44.9%
10Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharIndia 41.612.9%43.9×9 -30.3%

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 Thermodynamic properties of mixtures, country by country

Is Thermodynamic properties of mixtures research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2008.

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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 Thermodynamic properties of mixtures as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Thermodynamic properties of mixtures0.0065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Thermodynamic properties of mixtures 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 counting10%20%30%Thermodynamic properties of mixtures10.0% 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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