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Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

In research, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis stands highest in Physical Sciences (#651 of 12,888 worldwide), Chemistry (#135 of 1,330 worldwide) and Organic Chemistry (#159 of 615 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry — Process Chemistry and Technology is 129.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,139
of 28,054 · #814 all time
Rank in Germany
#57
of 1,178
Research works
2.6k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
124k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for Catalysis 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 #651 of 12,888 18.4%440 #553
ChemistryField #135 of 1,330 18.0%212 #94
Organic ChemistrySubfield #159 of 615 18.5%143 #112
Chemical EngineeringField #78 of 205 17.1%69 #47
Materials ScienceField #1,882 of 2,468 16.7%60 #1976

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for Catalysis 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#553 #651
  2. Chemistry#94 #135
  3. Organic Chemistry#112 #159
  4. Chemical Engineering#47 #78
  5. Materials Science#1,976 #1,882
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 Leibniz Institute for Catalysis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Process Chemistry and Technology takes 129.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 25.4 works130×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 40.9 works58×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 56.9 works48×
  4. Chemical EngineeringField · 68.7 works41×
  5. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 143.5 works40×
  6. ChemistryField · 212.5 works28×
  7. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 27.2 works7.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.18× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 41.11× its world share, 69 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 28.33× its world share, 212 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.63× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.62× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× 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, 41.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for Catalysis?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthias Beller, Helfried Neumann and Angelika Brückner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for Catalysis.

  1. 1 Matthias Beller Germany · #148,649 worldwide 2.4k citations · 288 works
  2. 2 Helfried Neumann Germany · #155,199 worldwide 349 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Angelika Brückner Germany · #187,329 worldwide 567 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Haijun Jiao Germany · #209,186 worldwide 722 citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Man Kin Tse Germany · #235,651 worldwide 275 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Kathrin Junge Germany · #281,197 worldwide 427 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Evgenii V. Kondratenko Germany · #293,453 worldwide 414 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Ralf Jackstell Germany · #354,112 worldwide 434 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Lipeng Wu Germany · #383,116 worldwide 211 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Ursula Bentrup Germany · #458,451 worldwide 285 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for Catalysis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Dehydrogenation, Transition Metal Complexes, Carbon Dioxide, Transition Metal Catalysis, Enantioselective Reactions and Asymmetric 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. Catalysis135▲ 43×26 topics
  2. Hydrogenation98▲ 119×5 topics
  3. Dehydrogenation51▲ 161×2 topics
  4. Transition Metal Complexes51▲ 119×4 topics
  5. Carbon Dioxide49▲ 67×3 topics
  6. Transition Metal Catalysis44▲ 111×4 topics
  7. Enantioselective Reactions39▲ 207×2 topics
  8. Asymmetric Catalysis38▲ 212×4 topics
  9. Chiral Ligands36▲ 235×2 topics
  10. Catalytic35▲ 63×5 topics
  11. Oxidation35▲ 45×3 topics
  12. Alcohol Activation35▲ 278×1 topic
  13. Amine Synthesis35▲ 278×1 topic
  14. Nanoparticles34▲ 5.7×18 topics
  15. Selective Oxidation34▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Green Chemistry34▲ 40×9 topics
  17. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions33▲ 116×3 topics
  18. Organic Synthesis33▲ 60×11 topics
  19. Homogeneous Catalysts33▲ 137×2 topics
  20. Medicinal Chemistry32▲ 24×12 topics
  21. Heterocycles31▲ 69×9 topics
  22. Ionic Liquids30▲ 22×8 topics
  23. Heterogeneous Catalysts27▲ 62×3 topics
  24. Chemical Synthesis27▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Ceria27▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Gold27▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Nanomaterials26▲ 5.2×14 topics
  28. Oxidative Coupling26▲ 111×2 topics
  29. Electrocatalysis26▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation26▲ 122×1 topic
  31. C–H Activation26▲ 122×1 topic
  32. Cyclic Carbonates25▲ 161×1 topic
  33. Formic Acid25▲ 161×1 topic
  34. Renewable Fuels24▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Heterogeneous Catalysis23▲ 26×5 topics
  36. Enantioselective Synthesis22▲ 74×7 topics
  37. Aryl Halides21▲ 105×2 topics
  38. Organometallic Chemistry20▲ 93×5 topics
  39. Chemoselective19▲ 43×4 topics
  40. CO2 Reduction19▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for Catalysis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis: 35 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 27 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…26Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 26 fractional worksCarbon dioxide utilizati…25Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis: 25 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 16 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 14 fractional worksCatalytic Cross-Coupling…12Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions: 12 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 12 fractional worksCatalysis for Biomass Conversion: 12 fractional worksOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis: 11 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryOrganic ChemistryProcess Chemistry and Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry 35 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 27 works
  3. 3 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 26 works
  4. 4 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 25 works
  5. 5 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 16 works
  6. 6 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 14 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions Organic Chemistry 12 works
  8. 8 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 12 works
  9. 9 Catalysis for Biomass Conversion Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for Catalysis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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