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📈 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: research momentum

811 papers in Jul 2026–Sep 2026, −5% on a year earlier. Trend: Cooling.

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Papers per month

Analysis

#13 of 15 by growth. −9% on the previous three months. 3,767 papers in the last 12 months, 8% of all tracked Nanotechnology papers recently. Forecast for the next 3 months: 894 papers (0% on the same months last year; tested error 5%). Heat score 35/100.

MonthPapers
September 2026264
August 2026255
July 2026292
June 2026290
May 2026287
April 2026313
March 2026325
February 2026279
January 2026568
December 2025304
November 2025299
October 2025291
September 2025254
August 2025276
July 2025327
June 2025287
May 2025288
April 2025266
March 2025285
February 2025247
January 2025660
December 2024298
November 2024275
October 2024283

How we calculate this: Monthly counts of Nanotechnology papers in this OpenAlex research topic; last three complete months vs the same months a year earlier.

Updated 2026-10-16. Research data through September 2026