Top 20 Key Players companies in Lactic acid by Most Literature Citation in the world in 2018 – Discovery

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The Lactic acid top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Literature Citation Lactic acid Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula CH₃CH(OH)CO₂H. It is white in solid state and it is miscible with water. While in liquid state (dissolved state) it is a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as natural sources. Lactic acid is an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) due to the presence of carboxyl group adjacent to the hydroxyl group. It is used as a synthetic intermediate in many organic synthesis industries and in various biochemical industries. The conjugate base of lactic acid is called lactate.

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1	Institut National de Recherche Agronomique SA	Île-de-France, France	Agricultural science,Microbiome,Search engine, ...[+1]	Literature citation: 20,997
2	U.S. Department of Agriculture	District of Columbia, United States	Agriculture,Food industry,Farming industry, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 9,058
3	Teagasc	Ireland	Food industry,Biotechnology,Agriculture, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 4,797
4	Agricultural Utilization Research Institute	Minnesota, United States	Environmental quality,Agricultural commodity,Technical support	Literature citation: 4,458
5	Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation	Victoria, Australia	Market research,Phosphatase,Kinase, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 3,348
6	The National Research Council	District of Columbia, United States	Public opinion,Health care,Chemistry, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 2,940
7	Center for Food Safety	District of Columbia, United States	Executive director,Organism,Food safety	Literature citation: 2,825
8	Nestlé SA	Vaud, Switzerland	Ice cream,Nutrition,Cosmetics, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 2,724
9	Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy	Southern Finland, Finland	Telecommunications,Applied research,Solar cell, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 2,712
10	Advanced Industrial Science & Technology	Tokyo, Japan	Graphene,Association (object-oriented programming)	Literature citation: 2,658
11	Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV	Bayern, Germany	Basic research,Publishing,Market research, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,965
12	Chr. Hansen A/S	Hovedstaden, Denmark	Enzyme,Food processing,Probiotic, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,880
13	Norwich Research Partners LLP	United Kingdom	City centre,Woodland,Treasure	Literature citation: 1,681
14	Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer	Bretagne, France	Oceanography,Sustainable development,Fisheries science, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,490
15	Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd.	Auckland, New Zealand	Nutrition,Dairy cattle,Whey protein, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 1,445
16	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute	Japan	Basic law	Literature citation: 934
17	Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnlogy	Daejeon, South Korea	Biotechnology,Biology,Health care, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 871
18	Kyung Hee University System	South Korea	Hangul,University system,Paralegal, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 848
19	National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology	Kerala, India	Scientific disciplines,Basic research,Process engineering, ...[+2]	Literature citation: 802
20	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Agriculture,Food industry,Association (object-oriented programming), ...[+2]	Literature citation: 757