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Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)

In research, Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,870 of 17,446 worldwide), Materials Science (#793 of 3,771 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#654 of 2,613 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,186
of 34,923
Rank in Denmark
#31
of 179
Research works
934
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
73k
77.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.60×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)

What is Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #1,870 of 17,446 24.9%905
Materials ScienceField #793 of 3,771 27.4%263
Materials ChemistrySubfield #654 of 2,613 27.8%236
EngineeringField #2,555 of 9,532 22.3%263
CatalysisSubfield #112 of 266 28.0%154
Chemical EngineeringField #420 of 850 27.1%164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Materials Science (23%), Chemical Engineering (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 94.8% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 40.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 20.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 14.5% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 10.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKHaldor Topsoe(Denmark)63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2540.6%
    2. Materials Science1523.3%
    3. Chemical Engineering914.5%
    4. Chemistry47.0%
    5. Energy34.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy12.3%
    7. Computer Science11.3%
    8. Environmental Science11.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    5. Social Sciences00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    1. Medicine00.7%
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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 41.45× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.44× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.99× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.70× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.68× its world share, 15 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 41.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering41.45×9 works
  2. Materials Science6.68×15 works
  3. Energy4.99×3 works
  4. Chemistry4.44×4 works
  5. Engineering2.70×25 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.04×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.22×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.17×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  15. Psychology0.09×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  17. Medicine0.04×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)?

Ranked on the quality score, Bjerne S. Clausen, Henrik Topsøe and J.R. Rostrup-Nielsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Haldor Topsoe (Denmark).

  1. 1 Bjerne S. Clausen Denmark · #36,041 worldwide 13k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Henrik Topsøe Denmark · #57,580 worldwide 12k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 J.R. Rostrup-Nielsen Denmark · #66,145 worldwide 17k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Nan‐Yu Topsøe Denmark · #104,557 worldwide 6.7k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 H. Topsøe Denmark · #120,567 worldwide 6.5k citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Claus J. H. Jacobsen Denmark · #148,285 worldwide 9.2k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Stig Helveg Denmark · #177,623 worldwide 16k citations · 210 works
  8. 8 Pablo Beato Denmark · #192,124 worldwide 11k citations · 141 works
  9. 9 Berit Hinnemann Denmark · #192,517 worldwide 8.8k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Poul Georg Moses Denmark · #200,636 worldwide 14k citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)

What are the most cited papers from Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)?

The most cited paper from Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) is "Towards the computational design of solid catalysts" (Jens K. Nørskov, Thomas Bligaard, Jan Rossmeisl et al., 2009), with 4,197 citations. Next come "Hierarchical zeolites: enhanced utilisation of microporous crystals in catalysis by advances in materials design" (1,829) and "Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: How Zeolite Cavity and Pore Size Controls Product Selectivity" (1,807).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards the computational design of solid catalysts Jens K. Nørskov, Thomas Bligaard, Jan Rossmeisl et al. · Nature Chemistry 19 Mar 2009 4,197
2 Hierarchical zeolites: enhanced utilisation of microporous crystals in catalysis by advances in materials design Javier Pérez‐Ramírez, Claus Hviid Christensen, Kresten Egeblad et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2008 1,829
3 Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: How Zeolite Cavity and Pore Size Controls Product Selectivity Unni Olsbye, Stian Svelle, Morten Bjørgen et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Open access 18 Apr 2012 1,807
4 A review of catalytic upgrading of bio-oil to engine fuels Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Jan‐Dierk Grunwaldt, Peter Arendt Jensen et al. · Applied Catalysis A General 9 Sep 2011 1,768
5 The Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi relation and the volcano curve in heterogeneous catalysis Thomas Bligaard, Jens K. Nørskov, Søren Dahl et al. · Journal of Catalysis 13 Apr 2004 1,722
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Materials, Nanoparticles, Electrolytes, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Selective Oxidation, Renewable Fuels and Ceria.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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. Catalysis12▲ 30×9 topics
  2. Materials6▲ 39×6 topics
  3. Nanoparticles5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  4. Electrolytes5▲ 303×1 topic
  5. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells5▲ 274×1 topic
  6. Renewable Energy5▲ 5.1×11 topics
  7. Renewable Fuels4▲ 52×3 topics
  8. Selective Oxidation4▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Ceria4▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Oxidation4▲ 42×1 topic
  11. Heterogeneous Catalysis4▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Biomass4▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Catalytic4▲ 48×4 topics
  14. Energy Storage3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  15. Vanadium Oxide3▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Metal Oxides3▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Dehydrogenation3▲ 75×1 topic
  18. Ionic Liquids3▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Oxidative3▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Heterogeneous Catalysts3▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Lignocellulosic Biomass3▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Gasification2▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Mesoporous Materials2▲ 95×2 topics
  26. Hydrogenation2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  28. Bio-oil2▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Cathode Materials2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  30. Pyrolysis2▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Renewable Resources2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Catalysts2▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Hierarchical Zeolites2▲ 146×1 topic
  34. Zeolites2▲ 82×1 topic
  35. CO2 Capture2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Hydrogen Storage2▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Rechargeable Batteries2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Superconductivity2▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Electrocatalysis2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Rheology2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: 5 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 4 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 3 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 2 fractional worksZeolite Catalysis and Synthesis: 2 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 2 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 2 fractional worksAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction: 2 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 1 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryCatalysisBiomedical EngineeringInorganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Materials Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 3 works
  4. 4 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis Inorganic Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 2 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction Catalysis 2 works
  9. 9 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

20%40%Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)15.0% in 2023all institutions10.0% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.8% in 2005.

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