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Top Catalysis Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 60 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 24.9% 407 9.1k#1
2 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 83.1 29.2% 194 4.8k#3
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 73.2 22.4% 256 5.2k#7
4 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 66.1 19.8% 248 5.2k#4
5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 60.7 24.6% 166 4k#11
6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 56.2 22.1% 208 3.6k#39
7 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina · Beijing 52.5 18.8% 171 3.4k#22
8 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai 49.2 15.7% 204 3.1k#36
9 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 46.3 20.5% 160 2.9k#15
10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 43.8 22.8% 129 2.4k#69
11 Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChina · Dalian 41.4 24.4% 103 2.3k#14
12 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 39.3 19.0% 160 2.8k#63
13 Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 37.4 21.3% 128 2.4k#57
14 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 35.5 26.2% 109 2k—
15 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 33.9 27.5% 81 2k#19
16 Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 32.3 24.3% 86 1.7k#96
17 Fuzhou UniversityChina · Fuzhou 30.8 18.2% 128 2.3k#80
18 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 29.4 18.9% 133 2.3k#54
19 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina · Hangzhou 28.1 17.9% 114 2k—
20 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 26.8 22.6% 109 2k—
21 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 25.6 26.4% 92 1.9k#82
22 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 24.5 21.0% 96 1.6k—
23 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina · Kunming 23.4 19.1% 113 1.8k—
24 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina · Taiyuan 22.4 15.2% 174 2.1k—
25 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 21.4 23.6% 86 1.8k—
26 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 20.4 21.3% 87 2k#53
27 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina · Beijing 19.5 21.0% 81 1.5k—
28 Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 18.6 28.9% 67 1.6k—
29 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 17.8 20.2% 117 2.1k#99
30 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark · Kongens Lyngby 16.9 18.3% 90 1.7k#10
31 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 16.1 27.7% 69 1.6k#61
32 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 15.4 20.0% 107 1.8k#84
33 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 14.6 19.3% 114 1.9k#40
34 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina · Nanjing 13.9 17.9% 120 1.7k—
35 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia · Dhahran 13.2 22.4% 73 1.3k—
36 State Key Laboratory of Chemical EngineeringChina · Hangzhou 12.5 16.8% 104 1.6k#87
37 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 11.8 15.4% 131 1.8k—
38 Beijing University of TechnologyChina · Beijing 11.2 18.0% 107 2k—
39 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 10.5 15.4% 99 1.5k—
40 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 9.9 23.6% 77 1.4k—
41 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina · Beijing 9.3 15.6% 103 1.6k—
42 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 8.7 26.7% 65 1.4k—
43 North China Electric Power UniversityChina · Beijing 8.1 17.7% 88 1k—
44 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 7.6 18.7% 65 1.2k—
45 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina · Qingdao 7.0 13.1% 110 1.3k—
46 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 6.5 10.7% 107 1.3k#2
47 Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning 6.0 22.1% 60 988—
48 Institute of Process EngineeringChina · Beijing 5.5 14.4% 78 973#74
49 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina · Wuhan 4.9 16.8% 69 929—
50 Institute of Coal ChemistryChina · Taiyuan 4.5 16.7% 67 1.1k—
51 Sinopec (China)China · Beijing 4.0 13.4% 82 997—
52 Dalian UniversityChina · Dalian 3.5 12.9% 78 1k—
53 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany · Karlsruhe 3.0 12.9% 83 976#62
54 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 2.6 13.3% 73 1.1k—
55 Shiraz UniversityIran · Shiraz 2.1 13.5% 67 582—
56 Changzhou UniversityChina · Changzhou 1.7 13.5% 71 926—
57 Ningxia UniversityChina · Yinchuan 125.3 11.8% 74 1k—
58 Hebei University of TechnologyChina · Tianjin 82.8 12.6% 70 891—
59 Boreskov Institute of CatalysisRussia · Novosibirsk 41.0 2.2% 146 634#93
60 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 0.0 1.3% 64 328—

institutions ranked worldwide in Catalysis (60). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 407 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 256 works
  3. 3 Tianjin UniversityChina 247 works
  4. 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 208 works
  5. 5 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 204 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 194 works
  7. 7 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 174 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 171 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 166 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 160 works
  11. 11 Sichuan UniversityChina 160 works
  12. 12 Boreskov Institute of CatalysisRussia 146 works
  13. 13 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 133 works
  14. 14 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 131 works
  15. 15 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 129 works

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