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Process Chemistry and Technology research

Process Chemistry and Technology is a subfield of Chemical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: arm of pharmaceutical chemistry concerned with the development and optimization of a synthetic scheme and pilot plant procedure to manufacture compounds for the drug development phase.

Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Process Chemistry and Technology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Process Chemistry and Technology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.6k and 710 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 19.0% top 10% · 3.6k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 16.3% top 10% · 710 works
  3. 3 India · #11 all time 14.0% top 10% · 499 works
  4. 4 Germany · #3 all time 12.4% top 10% · 339 works
  5. 5 France · #6 all time 11.4% top 10% · 307 works
  6. 6 Japan · #4 all time 8.0% top 10% · 333 works
  7. 7 South Korea · #12 all time 12.5% top 10% · 246 works
  8. 8 Spain · #8 all time 12.9% top 10% · 256 works
  9. 9 Italy · #9 all time 13.0% top 10% · 211 works
  10. 10 Russia · #16 all time 3.3% top 10% · 220 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 10 countries ranked in Process Chemistry and Technology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Process Chemistry and Technology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.6k works
  2. 2 United States 710 works
  3. 3 India 499 works
  4. 4 Germany 339 works
  5. 5 Japan 333 works
  6. 6 France 307 works
  7. 7 Spain 256 works
  8. 8 South Korea 246 works
  9. 9 Russia 219 works
  10. 10 Italy 211 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: 53.2%United States: 10.6%India: 7.5%Germany: 5.1%6 others listed: 23.6%53%largest
China3,550 · 53.2%United States710 · 10.6%India499 · 7.5%Germany339 · 5.1%6 others listed1,572 · 23.6%

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

Which institutions lead Process Chemistry and Technology research?

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Process Chemistry and Technology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qingdao University of Science and Technology.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #1 all time 21.6% top 10% · 128 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #5 all time 22.1% top 10% · 74 works
  3. 3 Qingdao University of Science and Technology China · Qingdao · #25 all time 17.9% top 10% · 61 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 Process Chemistry and Technology.

Top 100 Process Chemistry and Technology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 128 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74 works
  3. 3 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 61 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 57 works
  5. 5 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 56 works
  6. 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 56 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 55 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 51 works
  9. 9 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 50 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 46 works

Who are the leading researchers in Process Chemistry and Technology?

Among the most productive authors in Process Chemistry and Technology, Donald G. Truhlar, Thomas F. Jaramillo and James N. Galloway 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 James N. Galloway United States · #1,677 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Christopher N. Bowman United States · #2,300 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom · #2,575 worldwide 5.5k citations · 294 works
  6. 6 Omar K. Farha United States · #2,847 worldwide 3.2k citations · 125 works
  7. 7 John D. Spengler United States · #2,876 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  8. 8 Marc Aubinet Belgium · #3,295 worldwide 1.9k citations · 113 works
  9. 9 Andreas Züttel Switzerland · #4,034 worldwide 2.6k citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands · #4,932 worldwide 1.9k citations · 125 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,089 highest-output authors in Process Chemistry and Technology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Process Chemistry and Technology researchers

Where is Process Chemistry and Technology research done?

The largest centres of Process Chemistry and Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rostock and Changzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 653 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 239 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 188 works
  4. 4 Tianjin China 180 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 161 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 135 works
  7. 7 Dalian China 117 works
  8. 8 Qingdao China 116 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 111 works
  10. 10 Hefei China 101 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RostockDE · 28.7 works14×
  2. ChangzhouCN · 31.3 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Process Chemistry and Technology than the world average.

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Process Chemistry and Technology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Process Chemistry and Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and Nankai University 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 19.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 22, 15.6%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 61, 17.9%Nankai University: 46, 29.9%East China University of Science and Technology: 56, 16.0%Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology: 11, 27.7%Beijing University of Chemical Technology: 51, 16.7%Nanjing Tech University: 50, 13.0%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 74, 22.1%University of Science and Technology of China: 44, 24.6%Dalian University: 33, 13.0%Nankai UniversityQingdao University o…East China Universit…King Abdullah Univer…
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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
1 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 62.115.6%9.6×22 +192.5%
2 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.317.9%19.7×61 +135.6%
3 Nankai UniversityChina 56.129.9%8.2×46 +30.1%
4 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.816.0%13.5×56 +32.9%
5 Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and TechnologyThailand 52.527.7%52.4×11 —
6 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 51.816.7%14.0×51 +3.4%
7 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 51.713.0%11.9×50 +39.0%
8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51.022.1%5.3×74 +83.7%
9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 50.824.6%4.4×44 +166.4%
10 Dalian UniversityChina 50.313.0%16.5×33 +65.5%

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 Process Chemistry and Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis and Odor and Emission Control Technologies.

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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 Process Chemistry and Technology include?