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Catalyst

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Research works
87
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Catalyst

Not ranked overall: Catalyst is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Catalyst work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Catalyst is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Chemistry (11%), Materials Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 70.6% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 26.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 11.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCatalyst87fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2426.9%
    2. Chemistry1011.4%
    3. Materials Science1011.4%
    4. Chemical Engineering67.0%
    5. Environmental Science55.9%
    6. Computer Science33.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    9. Energy11.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting55.4%
    2. Social Sciences33.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.3%
    4. Psychology22.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine88.6%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 7.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.84×0 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.49×1 works
  3. Neuroscience2.61×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.13×2 works
  5. Psychology1.70×1 works
  6. Medicine1.60×6 works
  7. Engineering1.18×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.99×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.59×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.54×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.39×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.32×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.22×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Catalyst?

Ranked on the quality score, Austin Gibbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catalyst.

  1. 1 Austin Gibbs United Kingdom · #4,006,670 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Catalyst

What are the most cited papers from Catalyst?

The most cited paper from Catalyst is "Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions" (Mathew D. Hughes, Yi‐Jun Xu, Patrick Jenkins et al., 2005), with 1,011 citations. Next come "Progress and future challenges in controlling automotive exhaust gas emissions" (896) and "Transition metal dissolution and deposition in Li-ion batteries investigated by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy" (304).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions Mathew D. Hughes, Yi‐Jun Xu, Patrick Jenkins et al. · Nature Oct 2005 1,011
2 Progress and future challenges in controlling automotive exhaust gas emissions MARTYN V. TWIGG · Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 4 Jul 2006 896
3 Transition metal dissolution and deposition in Li-ion batteries investigated by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy Johannes Wandt, Anna T.S. Freiberg, Rowena Thomas et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016 304
4 The hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline: a new mechanism Elaine A. Gelder, S. David Jackson, C. Martin Lok · Chemical Communications 2 Dec 2004 256
5 Highly active and stereoselective zirconium and hafnium alkoxide initiators for solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide Amanda J. Chmura, Matthew G. Davidson, Catherine J. Frankis et al. · Chemical Communications 2008 254
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Catalyst?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Catalytic, Oxidation, Nanoparticles, Selective Oxidation, Heterogeneous Catalysts, Ceria and Gold.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis15▲ 21×13 topics
  2. Nanoparticles7▲ 6.2×6 topics
  3. Catalytic7▲ 52×5 topics
  4. Oxidation7▲ 36×2 topics
  5. Selective Oxidation6▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Ceria6▲ 55×1 topic
  7. Gold6▲ 55×1 topic
  8. Heterogeneous Catalysts6▲ 59×3 topics
  9. Ionic Liquids5▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Hydrogenation4▲ 26×5 topics
  11. Desulfurization4▲ 126×1 topic
  12. Hydrodeoxygenation4▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Dehydrogenation4▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Heterogeneous Catalysis4▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Metal Oxides3▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Ethane3▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Oxidative3▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Mesoporous Materials3▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Corporate Governance2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  21. Green Chemistry2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  22. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Hierarchical Zeolites2▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Zeolites2▲ 61×1 topic
  25. CFD Simulation2▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Renewable Fuels2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Virtual Prototyping2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Chemoselective2▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Polymerization2▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Porous Media2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Chemical Synthesis2▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts1▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Methanol Synthesis1▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Organometallic Chemistry1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Electrocatalysis1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Flue Gas Desulfurization1▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption1▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Transition Metal Catalysis1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Enantioselective Reactions1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Functionalization1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Catalyst publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pain Management and Treatment, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Urban Planning and Valuation and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Pain Management and Trea…1Pain Management and Treatment: 1 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…1ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksUrban Planning and Valua…1Urban Planning and Valuation: 1 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…1Drilling and Well Engineering: 1 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…1Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional works
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawOcean Engineering4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 1 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.3%domestic only65.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Catalyst's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Catalyst as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Catalyst0.000040% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Catalyst over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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