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Boron Compounds in Chemistry

Boron Compounds in Chemistry is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in boron neutron capture therapy, with a particular emphasis on the use of carboranes and boron clusters in medicinal chemistry, drug design, and cancer treatment. The papers cover topics such as the synthesis and properties of carborane-based compounds, their application in luminescent materials, and their potential as drug delivery agents for cancer therapy.

  • Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
  • Carboranes
  • Boron Clusters
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Cancer Treatment
  • Drug Design
  • Luminescent Materials
  • Metallacarboranes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Biological Applications
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Boron Compounds in Chemistry

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Boron Compounds in Chemistry research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (469 and 262 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 469 works
  2. 2 United States 262 works
  3. 3 Japan 189 works
  4. 4 Russia 153 works
  5. 5 Germany 116 works
  6. 6 India 100 works
  7. 7 Italy 66 works
  8. 8 France 54 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 50 works
  10. 10 Iran 46 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: 31.1%United States: 17.4%Japan: 12.6%Russia: 10.2%6 others listed: 28.8%31%largest
China469 · 31.1%United States262 · 17.4%Japan189 · 12.6%Russia153 · 10.2%6 others listed433 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Boron Compounds in Chemistry research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Boron Compounds in Chemistry research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Kyoto University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 88 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
  3. 3 Kyoto UniversityJapan 32 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  5. 5 Osaka University of Pharmaceutical SciencesJapan 17 works
  6. 6 University of WürzburgGermany 15 works
  7. 7 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 13 works
  8. 8 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 12 works
  9. 9 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 12 works
  10. 10 Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Boron Compounds in Chemistry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Boron Compounds in Chemistry include Wei Huang, Ben Zhong Tang and Donald G. Truhlar.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  3. 3 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  4. 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  5. 5 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  6. 6 Michael Snyder United States 224k citations
  7. 7 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  8. 8 M. Costa France 207k citations
  9. 9 John Anthony Pople United States 202k 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 Boron Compounds in Chemistry?

The most cited paper in Boron Compounds in Chemistry is "Fully optimized contracted Gaussian basis sets of triple zeta valence quality for atoms Li to Kr" (Ansgar Schäfer, Christian Huber, Reinhart Ahlrichs, 1994), with 9,253 citations. Next come "Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs" (2,768) and "Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets" (1,916).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fully optimized contracted Gaussian basis sets of triple zeta valence quality for atoms Li to Kr Ansgar Schäfer, Christian Huber, Reinhart Ahlrichs · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Apr 1994 9,253
2 Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs Andrew J. Mannix, Xiang‐Feng Zhou, Brian Kiraly et al. · Science Open access 17 Dec 2015 2,768
3 Experimental realization of two-dimensional boron sheets Baojie Feng, Jin Zhang, Qing Zhong et al. · Nature Chemistry Open access 28 Mar 2016 1,916
4 Cucurbituril Homologues and Derivatives: New Opportunities in Supramolecular Chemistry Jae Wook Lee, S. Samal, Narayanan Selvapalam et al. · Accounts of Chemical Research 23 May 2003 1,817
5 Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives Douglas W. Stephan, Gerhard Erker · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 14 May 2015 1,781
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Where is Boron Compounds in Chemistry research done?

The largest centres of Boron Compounds in Chemistry research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Kyoto (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kyoto.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 96 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 71 works
  3. 3 KyotoJapan 38 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 33 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 28 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 28 works
  7. 7 OsakaJapan 20 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 19 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 18 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KyotoJP · 38.2 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Boron Compounds in Chemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, Kyoto University, Nanjing University and Zhengzhou 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 16.72%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing UniversityZhengzhou UniversityUniversity of WürzburgKyoto 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
1Kyoto UniversityJapan 63.49.7%23.2×32 +38.8%
2Nanjing UniversityChina 57.938.7%5.7×9 +1.5%
3Zhengzhou UniversityChina 52.829.9%5.7×12 +136.8%
4University of WürzburgGermany 52.511.1%27.6×15 +42.8%
5Osaka University of Pharmaceutical SciencesJapan 44.611.1%163.7×17 +547.4%
6Heidelberg UniversityGermany 43.04.8%9.4×13 +38.9%
7Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia 41.49.0%15.2×12 +46.3%
8University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38.919.9%3.4×10 +109.2%
9University of PaviaItaly 38.38.1%20.7×10 +39.1%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 36.124.9%1.7×8 +19.1%

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 Boron Compounds in Chemistry, country by country

Is Boron Compounds in Chemistry research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009. The fastest-growing topics are Boron Compounds in Chemistry.

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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 Boron Compounds in Chemistry as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0080% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Boron Compounds in Chemistry 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%Boron Compounds in Chemistry10.1% in 2025200020102020

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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