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Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1954. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the emerging field of nanozymes, which are nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics. These nanozymes exhibit peroxidase-like and oxidase-like activities, possess antioxidant properties, and have diverse biomedical applications. The cluster covers topics such as catalytic mechanisms, metal-organic frameworks, single-atom catalysts, glucose detection, and neuroprotective effects.

  • Nanozymes
  • Peroxidase-Like Activity
  • Catalytic Mechanisms
  • Antioxidant Properties
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Single-Atom Catalysts
  • Glucose Detection
  • Oxidase-Like Activity
  • Neuroprotective Effects
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+71%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Which countries lead Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (10k and 2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 10k works
  2. 2 India 2k works
  3. 3 United States 601 works
  4. 4 Iran 537 works
  5. 5 South Korea 420 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 370 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 243 works
  8. 8 Egypt 240 works
  9. 9 ?? 223 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 216 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: 67.4%India: 13.6%United States: 4.0%Iran: 3.6%6 others listed: 11.4%67%largest
China10k · 67.4%India2,046 · 13.6%United States601 · 4.0%Iran537 · 3.6%6 others listed1,712 · 11.4%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research, followed by Jilin University and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 466 works
  2. 2 Jilin UniversityChina 175 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 129 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 110 works
  5. 5 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 96 works
  6. 6 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 95 works
  7. 7 Qingdao UniversityChina 92 works
  8. 8 Jiangsu UniversityChina 92 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 85 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 82 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Yury G. Gogotsi.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  4. 4 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  8. 8 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  9. 9 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  10. 10 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis?

The most cited paper in Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis is "Titanium dioxide photocatalysis" (Akira Fujishima, Tata Narasinga Rao, Donald A. Tryk, 2000), with 7,924 citations. Next come "Intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of ferromagnetic nanoparticles" (7,484) and "Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles" (4,949).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Titanium dioxide photocatalysis Akira Fujishima, Tata Narasinga Rao, Donald A. Tryk · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews Jun 2000 7,924
2 Intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of ferromagnetic nanoparticles Lizeng Gao, Jie Zhuang, Leng Nie et al. · Nature Nanotechnology 26 Aug 2007 7,484
3 Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles Jun Sung Kim, Eunye Kuk, Kyeong Nam Yu et al. · Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine Mar 2007 4,949
4 Review on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Antibacterial Activity and Toxicity Mechanism Amna Hassan Sirelkhatim, Shahrom Mahmud, Azman Seeni et al. · Nano-Micro Letters Open access 18 Apr 2015 4,606
5 Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes Hui Wei, Erkang Wang · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2013 4,375
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Where is Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changchun, Qiqihar and Qufu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1k works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 565 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 467 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 381 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 361 works
  6. 6 QingdaoChina 307 works
  7. 7 ChangchunChina 306 works
  8. 8 ChongqingChina 292 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 285 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 283 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Changchun23.8 works15×
  2. QiqiharCN · 22.6 works11×
  3. QufuCN · 34.1 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Jilin University, Fuzhou University and Jiangsu University score highest, combining citation 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 16.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityFuzhou UniversityJilin UniversityKing Saud University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Jilin UniversityChina 63.112.1%9.8×175 +67.1%
2Fuzhou UniversityChina 62.716.5%9.5×82 +51.0%
3Jiangsu UniversityChina 62.517.4%7.4×92 +39.4%
4King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 61.811.2%6.2×95 +171.2%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 60.216.0%2.5×110 +84.2%
6Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina 59.236.5%3.9×10 +230.3%
7Sichuan UniversityChina 58.712.8%3.7×129 +159.5%
8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58.516.9%3.6×67 +55.0%
9Nanjing UniversityChina 58.015.0%5.2×75 +22.2%
10Qingdao UniversityChina 57.712.2%8.8×92 +133.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, country by country

Is Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.084% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis0.082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis9.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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