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thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diverse applications of calorimetry in scientific research, including isothermal titration calorimetry for studying thermodynamics and binding interactions, enzyme kinetics, microbial growth and metabolism, protein interactions, drug design, and biological activity monitoring. The papers also cover topics such as thermal analysis, metabolic studies, and biomolecular interactions.

  • Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
  • Thermodynamics
  • Enzyme Kinetics
  • Microbial Growth
  • Protein Interactions
  • Drug Design
  • Biological Activity Monitoring
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Metabolic Studies
  • Biomolecular Interactions
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

Which countries lead thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (363 and 230 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 363 works
  2. 2 China 230 works
  3. 3 Russia 137 works
  4. 4 India 132 works
  5. 5 Germany 131 works
  6. 6 Japan 78 works
  7. 7 France 69 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 58 works
  9. 9 Italy 52 works
  10. 10 Spain 44 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.

United States: 28.1%China: 17.8%Russia: 10.6%India: 10.2%6 others listed: 33.3%28%largest
United States363 · 28.1%China230 · 17.8%Russia137 · 10.6%India132 · 10.2%6 others listed432 · 33.3%

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

Which institutions lead thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses?

The most-cited researchers publishing on thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses include George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 267k 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 thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses?

The most cited paper in thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses is "Kinetic Parameters from Thermogravimetric Data" (A. W. Coats, John P. Redfern, 1964), with 6,927 citations. Next come "Drug Combination Studies and Their Synergy Quantification Using the Chou-Talalay Method" (5,842) and "The fluctuation-dissipation theorem" (5,136).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kinetic Parameters from Thermogravimetric Data A. W. Coats, John P. Redfern · Nature 1964 6,927
2 Drug Combination Studies and Their Synergy Quantification Using the Chou-Talalay Method Ting‐Chao Chou · Cancer Research 12 Jan 2010 5,842
3 The fluctuation-dissipation theorem Ryogo Kubo · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access 1966 5,136
4 Constants of diatomic molecules Klaus P. Huber, G. Herzberg Book chapter 1979 5,130
5 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, MOLECULAR CHAPERONES, AND THE STRESS RESPONSE: Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology Martin E. Feder, Gretchen E. Hofmann · Annual Review of Physiology Review Mar 1999 4,360
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Where is thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research done?

The largest centres of thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 50 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 47 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 25 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 22 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 19 works
  6. 6 Saint PetersburgRussia 17 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
  8. 8 MunichGermany 15 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 13 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 12 works
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Where is the best place to study thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses?

Among universities, judged by research, Technical University of Munich and The University of Tokyo 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.

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 MunichGermany 100.030.4%7.3×11 +24.8%
2The University of TokyoJapan 10.014.1%3.9×8 +29.4%

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 thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses, country by country

Is thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006.

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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 thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0080% in 2024.

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Fractional works of thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses 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.

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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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