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Electrochemistry research

Electrochemistry is a subfield of Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 113k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: branch of chemistry.

Research works
113k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
23k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Electrochemistry research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Electrochemistry. By volume, China and India publish the most (5.2k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 22.4% top 10% · 5.2k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 15.2% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3 India · #7 all time 15.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  4. 4 Germany · #4 all time 14.1% top 10% · 486 works
  5. 5 Iran · #5 all time 19.7% top 10% · 468 works
  6. 6 South Korea · #12 all time 18.2% top 10% · 413 works
  7. 7 Türkiye · #16 all time 15.2% top 10% · 396 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia · #24 all time 21.0% top 10% · 256 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom · #3 all time 18.0% top 10% · 268 works
  10. 10 Brazil · #20 all time 13.9% top 10% · 339 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 18 countries ranked in Electrochemistry. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Electrochemistry

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.2k works
  2. 2 India 1.5k works
  3. 3 United States 1.4k works
  4. 4 Germany 486 works
  5. 5 Iran 468 works
  6. 6 Japan 415 works
  7. 7 South Korea 413 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 396 works
  9. 9 France 376 works
  10. 10 Brazil 339 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 47.6%India: 13.6%United States: 12.4%Germany: 4.4%6 others listed: 22.0%48%largest
China5,211 · 47.6%India1,492 · 13.6%United States1,358 · 12.4%Germany486 · 4.4%6 others listed2,408 · 22.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Electrochemistry research?

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Electrochemistry on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by National Taipei University of Technology and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #1 all time 25.7% top 10% · 100 works
  2. 2 National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan · Taipei · #31 all time 32.3% top 10% · 62 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris · #5 all time 13.5% top 10% · 69 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 3 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Electrochemistry.

Top 100 Electrochemistry institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 100 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 69 works
  3. 3 National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan 62 works
  4. 4 Jiangsu University China 58 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University China 55 works
  6. 6 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 55 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of Technology China 52 works
  8. 8 Qingdao University of Science and Technology China 51 works
  9. 9 Central South University China 51 works
  10. 10 Tianjin University China 50 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrochemistry?

Among the most productive authors in Electrochemistry, Donald G. Truhlar, Thomas F. Jaramillo and Benoı̂t Roux rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Donald G. Truhlar United States · #255 worldwide 8.4k citations · 315 works
  2. 2 Thomas F. Jaramillo United States · #1,020 worldwide 5.5k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Benoı̂t Roux United States · #1,228 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Anders Hagfeldt Sweden · #1,363 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Christopher J. Cramer United States · #1,385 worldwide 3.3k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  7. 7 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
  8. 8 Ib Chorkendorff Denmark · #1,950 worldwide 3.7k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Emad Tajkhorshid United States · #2,303 worldwide 2.3k citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Roger Parsons United Kingdom · #2,404 worldwide 1.1k citations · 112 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,913 highest-output authors in Electrochemistry. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Electrochemistry researchers

Where is Electrochemistry research done?

The largest centres of Electrochemistry research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karaikudi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 633 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 292 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 264 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 206 works
  5. 5 Tianjin China 179 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 174 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 170 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 165 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 160 works
  10. 10 Qingdao China 157 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KaraikudiIN · 31.0 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrochemistry than the world average.

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Electrochemistry research by country

The best places for Electrochemistry research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Electrochemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, National Taipei University of Technology, Hunan University of Technology and University of Jinan score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 31.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Taipei University of Technology: 62, 32.3%Hunan University of Technology: 13, 47.0%University of Jinan: 39, 26.5%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 51, 25.5%Kerman University of Medical Sciences: 11, 43.8%Najran University: 13, 37.0%Ilam University: 9, 32.2%Graduate University of Advanced Technology: 15, 22.7%KLE Technological University: 12, 35.9%Yeungnam University: 30, 14.2%Hunan University of …National Taipei Univ…University of JinanQingdao University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan 68.232.3%26.4×62 +108.0%
2Hunan University of Technology China 55.347.0%8.1×13 +101.0%
3University of Jinan China 52.926.5%8.9×39 +40.4%
4Qingdao University of Science and Technology China 51.425.5%9.2×51 -25.3%
5Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran 51.243.8%6.2×11 +159.0%
6Najran University Saudi Arabia 50.337.0%8.8×13 -13.6%
7Ilam University Iran 49.832.2%11.8×9 +87.4%
8Graduate University of Advanced Technology Iran 49.122.7%31.9×15 +72.3%
9KLE Technological University India 49.035.9%9.0×12 —
10Yeungnam University South Korea 48.014.2%9.2×30 +15.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Electrochemistry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Electrochemical Analysis and Applications.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Electrochemistry include?