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Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography is a research topic within Spectroscopy. Science Explorer counts 136k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the separation of enantiomers using various chromatographic techniques such as liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC). It covers topics such as chiral stationary phases, enantioselective analysis, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC), and the application of two-dimensional chromatography for chiral separation.

  • Chiral Separation
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Enantiomers
  • Chiral Stationary Phases
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  • Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography (HILIC)
  • Two-Dimensional Chromatography
  • Enantioselective Analysis
  • Chirality
Research works
136k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
13k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

Which countries lead Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 United States 1.2k works
  4. 4 Russia 506 works
  5. 5 Germany 411 works
  6. 6 Japan 377 works
  7. 7 Egypt 262 works
  8. 8 France 258 works
  9. 9 Italy 241 works
  10. 10 Brazil 238 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: 30.5%India: 17.9%United States: 17.3%Russia: 7.6%6 others listed: 26.7%30%largest
China2,039 · 30.5%India1,201 · 17.9%United States1,158 · 17.3%Russia506 · 7.6%6 others listed1,787 · 26.7%

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

Which institutions lead Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 165 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 100 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 98 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 48 works
  5. 5 GITAM UniversityIndia 43 works
  6. 6 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 37 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 35 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 35 works
  9. 9 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 34 works
  10. 10 Hindu College of PharmacyIndia 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography include Christopher J L Murray, Rob Knight and Michaël Grätzel.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  4. 4 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  5. 5 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  6. 6 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  7. 7 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  8. 8 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 281k citations
  9. 9 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  10. 10 Wei Huang China 267k 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 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography?

The most cited paper in Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography is "Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents" (Vernon L. Singleton, Joseph A. Rossi, 1965), with 24,756 citations. Next come "Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease" (22,217) and "SwissADME: a free web tool to evaluate pharmacokinetics, drug-likeness and medicinal chemistry friendliness of small molecules" (18,169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents Vernon L. Singleton, Joseph A. Rossi · American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 1965 24,756
2 Isolation of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease John M. Chirgwin, Alan Przybyla, Raymond J. MacDonald et al. · Biochemistry Nov 1979 22,217
3 SwissADME: a free web tool to evaluate pharmacokinetics, drug-likeness and medicinal chemistry friendliness of small molecules Antoine Daina, Olivier Alain Michielin, Vincent Zoete · Scientific Reports Open access 3 Mar 2017 18,169
4 Experimental and computational approaches to estimate solubility and permeability in drug discovery and development settings 1PII of original article: S0169-409X(96)00423-1. The article was originally published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 23 (1997) 3–25. 1 Christopher A. Lipinski, Franco Lombardo, Beryl W. Dominy et al. · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review Mar 2001 18,154
5 Experimental and computational approaches to estimate solubility and permeability in drug discovery and development settings Christopher A. Lipinski, Franco Lombardo, Beryl W. Dominy et al. · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review 1997 11,492
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Where is Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research done?

The largest centres of Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Milford, Ivanovo and Rahway.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 326 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 168 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 136 works
  4. 4 HangzhouChina 123 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 102 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 94 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 76 works
  8. 8 TianjinChina 76 works
  9. 9 CairoEgypt 75 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MilfordUS · 22.8 works210×
  2. IvanovoRU · 35.2 works40×
  3. RahwayUS · 22.7 works27×
  4. VisakhapatnamIN · 69.4 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Cairo University and GITAM 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 18.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityCairo UniversityKing Saud UniversityGITAM 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.

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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.014.7%4.2×35 +45.5%
2Cairo UniversityEgypt 59.419.8%5.2×35 -1.5%
3GITAM UniversityIndia 58.97.4%23.4×43 +91.5%
4Jiangsu UniversityChina 58.345.9%1.9×13 -6.4%
5University of MessinaItaly 55.610.6%9.6×20 +25.5%
6China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 55.423.6%14.7×28 -9.6%
7Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 55.416.9%5.4×23 +7.3%
8St Petersburg UniversityRussia 55.07.9%8.3×34 +26.9%
9Wayne State UniversityUnited States 53.918.6%5.0×15 +34.6%
10Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 53.219.5%2.9×24 -26.5%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, country by country

Is Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.047% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography 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.

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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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