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Water and Wastewater Treatment

Water and Wastewater Treatment is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1999. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in science and technology, including renewable energy, climate change, agricultural technology, nanomaterial synthesis, economic impact, genetic diversity, water management, innovation ecosystem, digital economy, and environmental sustainability.

  • Renewable Energy
  • Climate Change
  • Agricultural Technology
  • Nanomaterial Synthesis
  • Economic Impact
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Water Management
  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Digital Economy
  • Environmental Sustainability
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1999
In the world top 10%
150
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+50%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Uzbekistan
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Water and Wastewater Treatment

Which countries lead Water and Wastewater Treatment research?

By volume, Uzbekistan and China publish the most (150 and 88 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Uzbekistan 150 works
  2. 2 China 88 works
  3. 3 India 80 works
  4. 4 Russia 61 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 44 works
  6. 6 United States 34 works
  7. 7 Iraq 18 works
  8. 8 Iran 17 works
  9. 9 Thailand 17 works
  10. 10 Vietnam 15 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.

Uzbekistan: 28.6%China: 16.9%India: 15.2%Russia: 11.7%6 others listed: 27.7%29%largest
Uzbekistan150 · 28.6%China88 · 16.9%India80 · 15.2%Russia61 · 11.7%6 others listed145 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Water and Wastewater Treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tashkent State University of Economics publishes the most Water and Wastewater Treatment research, followed by Tashkent State University of Law and Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan 43 works
  2. 2 Tashkent State University of LawUzbekistan 14 works
  3. 3 Samarkand Institute of Economics and ServiceUzbekistan 10 works
  4. 4 Ferghana Polytechnical InstituteUzbekistan 7 works
  5. 5 National University of UzbekistanUzbekistan 7 works
  6. 6 IQ SamhällsbyggnadSweden 6 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 6 works
  8. 8 University of BaghdadIraq 5 works
  9. 9 Financial UniversityRussia 5 works
  10. 10 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Water and Wastewater Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Water and Wastewater Treatment include Meghdad Pirsaheb.

  1. 1 Meghdad Pirsaheb Iran 74k 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 Water and Wastewater Treatment?

The most cited paper in Water and Wastewater Treatment is "Titanium dioxide in our everyday life; is it safe?" (Matej Skočaj, Metka Filipič, Jana Petković et al., 2011), with 552 citations. Next come "Biogenic nanoparticles: a comprehensive perspective in synthesis, characterization, application and its challenges" (345) and "The effect of digital supply chain on organizational performance: An empirical study in Malaysia manufacturing industry" (327).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Titanium dioxide in our everyday life; is it safe? Matej Skočaj, Metka Filipič, Jana Petković et al. · Radiology and Oncology Open access 2011 552
2 Biogenic nanoparticles: a comprehensive perspective in synthesis, characterization, application and its challenges Sunita Patil, Rajkuberan Chandrasekaran · Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Open access 26 Oct 2020 345
3 The effect of digital supply chain on organizational performance: An empirical study in Malaysia manufacturing industry Khai Loon Lee, Nurul Ain Najiha Azmi, Jalal Rajeh Hanaysha et al. · Uncertain Supply Chain Management Open access 2022 327
4 Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs), Structural Characterization, and their Antibacterial Potential Muhammad Farhan Asif, Riffat Yasmin, Asif Rizwan et al. · Dose-Response Open access Apr 2022 279
5 TiO2-graphene oxide nanocomposite as advanced photocatalytic materials Václav Štengl, Snejana Bakardjieva, Tomáš Matys Grygar et al. · Chemistry Central Journal Open access 27 Feb 2013 275
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Where is Water and Wastewater Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Water and Wastewater Treatment research in 2022-now are Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Samarkand (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tashkent and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TashkentUzbekistan 102 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 29 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 13 works
  4. 4 SamarkandUzbekistan 12 works
  5. 5 BaghdadIraq 9 works
  6. 6 FerganaUzbekistan 8 works
  7. 7 AlmatyKazakhstan 8 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 7 works
  9. 9 StockholmSweden 7 works
  10. 10 MalangIndonesia 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TashkentUZ · 102.4 works89×
  2. MoscowRU · 28.7 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Water and Wastewater Treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Water and Wastewater Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Tashkent State University of Economics, Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service and Tashkent State University of Law 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.

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
1Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan 90.05.1%536.3×43 +218.2%
2Samarkand Institute of Economics and ServiceUzbekistan 13.52.8%560.9×10 +111.6%
3Tashkent State University of LawUzbekistan 12.72.9%223.9×14 -

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 Water and Wastewater Treatment, country by country

Is Water and Wastewater Treatment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Water and Wastewater Treatment.

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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 Water and Wastewater Treatment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Water and Wastewater Treatment 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%Water and Wastewater Treatment9.7% in 20252020

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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Who leads water treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tashkent State University of Economics publishes the most Water and Wastewater Treatment research, followed by Tashkent State University of Law and Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service. By volume, Uzbekistan and China publish the most (150 and 88 works in 2022-now).

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