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Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 22.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in homogeneous catalysis with transition metals, focusing on topics such as asymmetric catalysis, hydrogenation, chiral ligands, alcohol activation, dehydrogenation, amine synthesis, borrowing hydrogen, enantioselective reactions, and metal-ligand cooperation.

  • Asymmetric Catalysis
  • Hydrogenation
  • Transition Metal Complexes
  • Chiral Ligands
  • Alcohol Activation
  • Dehydrogenation
  • Amine Synthesis
  • Borrowing Hydrogen
  • Enantioselective Reactions
  • Metal-Ligand Cooperation
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.3k and 597 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 India 597 works
  3. 3 United States 534 works
  4. 4 Germany 299 works
  5. 5 Japan 282 works
  6. 6 France 207 works
  7. 7 Spain 155 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 152 works
  9. 9 Russia 149 works
  10. 10 Italy 97 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: 48.0%India: 12.6%United States: 11.2%Germany: 6.3%6 others listed: 21.9%48%largest
China2,279 · 48.0%India597 · 12.6%United States534 · 11.2%Germany299 · 6.3%6 others listed1,042 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research, followed by Nankai University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis include Judith A. K. Howard, George M. Whitesides and Avelino Corma.

  1. 1 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  3. 3 Avelino Corma Spain 4.4k citations
  4. 4 A. Ruiz-Jimeno Spain 4.2k citations
  5. 5 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  6. 6 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
  7. 7 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  8. 8 F. Albert Cotton United States 3.5k citations
  9. 9 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 3.5k citations

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

Where is Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research done?

The largest centres of Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tianjin (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mülheim, Rostock and Xinxiang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 348 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 233 works
  3. 3 Tianjin China 128 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 114 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 110 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 89 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 76 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 72 works
  9. 9 Paris France 71 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MülheimDE · 21.3 works75×
  2. RostockDE · 37.6 works28×
  3. XinxiangCN · 27.1 works17×
  4. GhaziabadIN · 26.4 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Nankai University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 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 26.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southern University of Science and Technology: 37, 25.8%Nankai University: 60, 31.2%Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati: 19, 22.6%Henan Normal University: 26, 29.6%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 57, 25.2%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 26, 7.3%Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata: 10, 21.5%Westlake University: 10, 30.0%University of Göttingen: 11, 41.6%Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal: 12, 30.8%Nankai UniversityHenan Normal Univers…Southern University …Indian Institute of …
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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 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.125.8%12.8×37
2 Nankai UniversityChina 59.231.2%16.8×60 -15.2%
3 Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia 57.622.6%10.5×19 +235.8%
4 Henan Normal UniversityChina 56.929.6%24.2×26 +92.4%
5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56.625.2%6.4×57 +149.0%
6 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 53.97.3%15.5×26 +379.1%
7 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataIndia 53.221.5%26.8×10 +446.9%
8 Westlake UniversityChina 51.130.0%15.3×10
9 University of GöttingenGermany 49.841.6%7.6×11 +36.1%
10 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalIndia 49.330.8%27.8×12 +60.0%

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 Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Asymmetric Hydrogenation and 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.

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.