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Institute of Chemistry

In research, Institute of Chemistry stands highest in Physical Sciences (#523 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#559 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#287 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry — Polymers and Plastics is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#807
of 28,054 · #636 all time
Rank in China
#265
of 3,058
Research works
8.1k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
341k
42.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Institute of Chemistry known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #523 of 12,888 30.3%744 #447
EngineeringField #559 of 6,636 37.2%239 #437
Materials ScienceField #287 of 2,468 28.8%248 #231
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #289 of 2,318 40.8%144 #185
Materials ChemistrySubfield #279 of 1,556 29.5%124 #245
ChemistryField #282 of 1,330 23.7%134 #224
Organic ChemistrySubfield #179 of 615 25.6%85 #169
Life SciencesDomain #2,361 of 7,800 34.8%71 #3294
Polymers and PlasticsSubfield #85 of 250 30.9%66 #23

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Chemistry 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#447 #523
  2. Engineering#437 #559
  3. Materials Science#231 #287
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#185 #289
  5. Materials Chemistry#245 #279
  6. Chemistry#224 #282
  7. Organic Chemistry#169 #179
  8. Life Sciences#3,294 #2,361
  9. Polymers and Plastics#23 #85
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute of Chemistry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 65.6 works19×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 84.7 works13×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 23.5 works11×
  4. ChemistryField · 133.9 works10×
  5. Chemical EngineeringField · 29.6 works10.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 9.96× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 10.04× its world share, 134 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.77× its world share, 45 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.87× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.37× its world share, 248 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Chemistry?

Ranked on the composite score, Mingyuan Gao, Albertas Malinauskas and Jiasong He lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Chemistry.

  1. 1 Mingyuan Gao · #65,607 worldwide 604 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Albertas Malinauskas · #145,410 worldwide 308 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Jiasong He · #198,187 worldwide 247 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Mei‐Xiang Wang · #284,688 worldwide 307 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Meixiang Wan · #306,817 worldwide 379 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Zhi‐Tang Huang · #348,653 worldwide 226 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Meiyu Huang · #415,804 worldwide 227 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Eimutis Juzeliūnas · #833,994 worldwide 89 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Ying‐Yan Jiang · #912,224 worldwide 164 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Tongling Liang · #934,043 worldwide 104 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Chemistry

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Chemistry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Biomedical Applications, Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Tissue Engineering, Nanofibers, Organic Electronics and Nanomaterials.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Nanocomposites88▲ 13×20 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications86▲ 8.6×29 topics
  3. Catalysis83▲ 15×28 topics
  4. Nanoparticles70▲ 6.5×34 topics
  5. Tissue Engineering52▲ 10×10 topics
  6. Nanomaterials52▲ 5.8×16 topics
  7. Nanofibers49▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Organic Electronics46▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Conducting Polymers45▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Bioimaging42▲ 22×6 topics
  11. Photodynamic Therapy42▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Efficiency42▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Graphene42▲ 7.2×11 topics
  14. Polymer Blends41▲ 88×2 topics
  15. Crystal Growth40▲ 17×10 topics
  16. Self-Assembly40▲ 14×12 topics
  17. PEDOT:PSS40▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Polyaniline40▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Semiconductors39▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Field-Effect Transistors39▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Metal-Organic Frameworks38▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Stability38▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Chemical Sensors37▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Bulk Heterojunction35▲ 118×1 topic
  25. Conjugated Polymers35▲ 118×1 topic
  26. Light-Emitting Diodes35▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Organometal Halide Perovskites34▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Perovskite Solar Cells34▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Water Splitting33▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Electrocatalysis32▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Hydrogenation30▲ 20×5 topics
  32. Energy Storage29▲ 5.3×8 topics
  33. CO2 Reduction27▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Reactive Oxygen Species26▲ 7.7×10 topics
  35. Semiconductor26▲ 9.0×6 topics
  36. Transition Metal Complexes25▲ 34×4 topics
  37. Nanostructures25▲ 7.2×16 topics
  38. Aggregation-Induced Emission24▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Fluorescent Materials24▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Catalysts23▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Chemistry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conducting polymers and applications, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Conducting polymers and applications: 40 fractional worksOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 35 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 34 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 18 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…14Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 14 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 13 fractional worksSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds: 12 fractional worksOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes Research: 11 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymers and Plastics 40 works
  2. 2 Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  4. 4 Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Chemistry 24 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 18 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsBiomedical Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 14 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 13 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsOrganic Chemistry 12 works
  10. 10 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchElectrical and Electronic Engineering 11 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Chemistry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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