Soft Matter 506.1k citations
16.1k papers · indexed · active since 2016
Impact in Polymer Surface Interaction Studies Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Papers in i Polymer Surface Interaction Studies 1.5k Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications 1.2k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Soft Matter
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Surfaces, Coatings and Films 69.7k Molecular Medicine 37.5k Biomaterials 93.5k Polymers and Plastics 55.6k Organic Chemistry 100.2k Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects China
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science China
Nature Materials United States
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B United States
Journal of Controlled Release United States
Biophysical Journal United States
Analytical Chemistry United States
Chemical Engineering Journal China
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics China
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About Soft Matter The 16.1k papers published in Soft Matter in the last decades have received a total of 506.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Soft Matter usually cover Surfaces, Coatings and Films (2.3k papers), Molecular Medicine (1.2k papers), Biomaterials (2.4k papers), Condensed Matter Physics (1.6k papers) and Organic Chemistry (3.8k papers) specifically the topics of Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (2.3k papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (2.1k papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (1.8k papers), Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (1.5k papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (1.4k papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (1.3k papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (1.3k papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (1.2k 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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