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Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts

In research, Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,171 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,181 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 34.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,028
of 28,054 · #9,791 all time
Rank in Latvia
#4
of 33
Research works
1.5k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts 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 #6,171 of 12,888 11.1%83 #6728
Life SciencesDomain #5,181 of 7,800 15.7%61 #7333

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts 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).

What does Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 34.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 43.8 works34×
  2. ChemistryField · 57.2 works21×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.29× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10.85× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 21.37× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.02× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 21.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts?

Ranked on the composite score, Edgars Liepinsh, E. Lukevics and Solveiga Grı̄nberga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts.

  1. 1 Edgars Liepinsh Latvia · #585,365 worldwide 79 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 E. Lukevics Latvia · #904,453 worldwide 132 citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Solveiga Grı̄nberga Latvia · #949,295 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Sergey Belyakov Latvia · #981,448 worldwide 110 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Maija Dambrova Latvia · #995,491 worldwide 59 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Kristaps Jaudzems Latvia · #1,052,630 worldwide 58 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Olga Pudova Latvia · #1,097,240 worldwide 63 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 С. А. Гиллер Latvia · #1,174,323 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Л. Баумане Latvia · #1,195,034 worldwide 29 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Л. Игнатович Latvia · #1,218,518 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts

Which keywords describe research at Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Organic Synthesis, Anticancer Agents, Transition Metal Catalysis, Heterocycles and Catalysis.

▲ 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. Medicinal Chemistry17▲ 35×11 topics
  2. Synthesis16▲ 26×16 topics
  3. Drug Discovery14▲ 37×9 topics
  4. Organic Synthesis11▲ 57×9 topics
  5. Anticancer Agents9▲ 34×9 topics
  6. Transition Metal Catalysis8▲ 59×4 topics
  7. Heterocycles8▲ 53×6 topics
  8. Catalysis8▲ 6.9×15 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.8×27 topics
  10. Transition Metal Complexes7▲ 47×4 topics
  11. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions7▲ 66×3 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy6▲ 6.5×13 topics
  13. Catalytic6▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Anticancer6▲ 23×6 topics
  15. Cancer6▲ 2.7×20 topics
  16. Enantioselective Synthesis6▲ 56×7 topics
  17. Pharmacology6▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Drug Design5▲ 47×4 topics
  19. Asymmetric Synthesis5▲ 55×5 topics
  20. Green Chemistry5▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Antimicrobial5▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Biological Evaluation5▲ 49×6 topics
  23. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation5▲ 65×1 topic
  24. C–H Activation5▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Enantioselective5▲ 105×2 topics
  26. Neurodegenerative Diseases5▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Amination5▲ 164×1 topic
  28. C-H Bonds5▲ 164×1 topic
  29. Macrocycles4▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  31. Aryl Halides4▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Biological Activities4▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Protein-Protein Interactions4▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Foldamers4▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Hydrogen Bonding4▲ 27×4 topics
  36. Peptide Synthesis4▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 8.3×8 topics
  38. Heterocyclic Compounds4▲ 26×4 topics
  39. Inhibitors4▲ 55×3 topics
  40. Bioimaging4▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 5 fractional worksSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 5 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…4Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 4 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluores…3Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 3 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 3 fractional worksFluorine in Organic Chemistry: 2 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Re…2Radical Photochemical Reactions: 2 fractional worksEnzyme function and inhibition: 2 fractional worksOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes Research: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…2RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyMaterials ChemistryPharmaceutical Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 5 works
  3. 3 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 3 works
  5. 5 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Fluorine in Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science 2 works
  7. 7 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Enzyme function and inhibition Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Latvijas Organiskās Sintēzes Institūts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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