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Research works
87
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

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.

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 8.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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 2022–2025: ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Urban Planning and Valuation, Pain Management and Treatment and Skin Protection and Aging.

  1. 1 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Urban Planning and Valuation Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 1 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catalyst's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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