Fig. 1.

The number of papers and patents published from 2009 to 2019*. Strategy for the paper search on the Web of Science(346 documents): TS = (“high solids” AND “enzymatic hydrolysis”) OR TS = (“high solids” AND saccharification) OR TS = (“high consistency” AND “enzymatic hydrolysis”) OR TS = (“high consistency” AND saccharification) OR TI = (“high solid*” AND “enzymatic hydrolysis”) OR TI = (“high dry” AND “enzymatic hydrolysis”) OR TI = (“high solid*” AND saccharification) OR TI = (“high consistency” AND “enzymatic hydrolysis”) OR TI = (“high consistency” AND saccharification). Strategy for the patent search of the World Intellectual Property Organization (59 documents): EN_AB:(high NEAR solids AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_AB:(high NEAR solids AND saccharification) OR EN_AB:(high NEAR gravity AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_AB:(high NEAR gravity AND saccharification) OR EN_AB:(high NEAR consistency AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_AB:(high NEAR consistency AND saccharification) EN_TI:(high NEAR solid* AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR solids AND hydrolysis) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR dry AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR solid* AND saccharification) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR gravity AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR gravity AND saccharification) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR consistency AND enzymatic NEAR hydrolysis) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR consistency AND saccharification) OR EN_TI:(high NEAR consistency AND hydrolysis NEAR cellulose) NOT EN_TI:(oxidized OR dietary OR treatment OR high-protein OR extraction OR lignin OR battery OR maltodextrin OR raw OR alkalinuria OR potato OR polyvinyl). *All searches were performed in November 2019