Soft Matter 532.1k citations
16.6k papers · indexed · active since 2005
Impact in Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Papers in i Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications 1.3k Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials 1.2k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Soft Matter
Comparison fields: 5 of 225 Molecular Medicine 43.4k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 36.7k Biomaterials 68.7k Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 22.9k Condensed Matter Physics 30k Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 25.4k Materials Chemistry 97.7k Polymers and Plastics 28.5k Organic Chemistry 61.4k Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 31.6k Biomedical Engineering 58.4k Computational Mechanics 30.8k Mechanical Engineering 45k Cell Biology 14.5k Pharmaceutical Science 7.5k Food Science 19k Catalysis 3.9k Drug Discovery 181 Molecular Biology 39.7k Ocean Engineering 7.2k Modeling and Simulation 2.6k Mechanics of Materials 11.4k Water Science and Technology 8.6k Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 13.4k Biophysics 2.8k Civil and Structural Engineering 9.1k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20.7k Spectroscopy 5.2k Acoustics and Ultrasonics 392 Filtration and Separation 559 Automotive Engineering 2.7k Structural Biology 520 Rehabilitation 1.4k 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Molecular Medicine 43.4k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 36.7k Biomaterials 68.7k Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 22.9k Condensed Matter Physics 30k Journal of Colloid and Interface Science China
Nature Materials United States
Analytical Chemistry United States
Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects China
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B United States
Chemical Society Reviews China
Advanced Functional Materials China
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About Soft Matter The 16.6k papers published in Soft Matter in the last decades have received a total of 532.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Soft Matter usually cover Molecular Medicine (1.3k papers), Biomaterials (1.9k papers), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (968 papers), Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (1.1k papers) and Condensed Matter Physics (1.4k papers) specifically the topics of Material Dynamics and Properties (2k papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (1.4k papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (1.3k papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (1.3k papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (1.2k papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (1.2k papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (1.1k papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (1k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Soft Matter are Jian Ping Gong , David Julian McClements , Xuanhe Zhao , Richard P. Wool , Ian William Hamley , Michael Ian Newton , Lei Jiang , Bharat Bhushan , Abraham Marmur and Stephen James Eichhorn .
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