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Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis is a research topic within Process Chemistry and Technology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the utilization of carbon dioxide as a feedstock for chemical synthesis, including catalytic conversion to cyclic carbonates, hydrogenation to formic acid, and its use in organic transformation and polyurethane production. The research emphasizes the development of sustainable processes and homogeneous catalysts for CO2 utilization in various chemical reactions.

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Hydrogenation
  • Cyclic Carbonates
  • Formic Acid
  • Organic Transformation
  • Polyurethanes
  • Homogeneous Catalysts
  • Renewable Feedstock
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+27%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Which countries lead Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.7k and 591 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.7k works
  2. 2 United States 591 works
  3. 3 India 539 works
  4. 4 Germany 333 works
  5. 5 Japan 332 works
  6. 6 France 277 works
  7. 7 Spain 225 works
  8. 8 Russia 212 works
  9. 9 South Korea 197 works
  10. 10 Italy 175 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: 56.4%United States: 8.9%India: 8.2%Germany: 5.0%6 others listed: 21.5%56%largest
China3,726 · 56.4%United States591 · 8.9%India539 · 8.2%Germany333 · 5.0%6 others listed1,419 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 379 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 149 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 117 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 80 works
  5. 5 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 69 works
  6. 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 64 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 62 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 60 works
  9. 9 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 59 works
  10. 10 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 59 works

Who are the leading researchers in Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis include Michaël Grätzel, Róbert Langer and Richard A. Gibbs.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  3. 3 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  8. 8 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  9. 9 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  10. 10 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k 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 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis?

The most cited paper in Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis is "Transformation of Carbon Dioxide" (Toshiyasu Sakakura, Jun‐Chul Choi, Hiroyuki Y. Yasuda, 2007), with 3,854 citations. Next come "A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid)" (3,686) and "Physical and mechanical properties of PLA, and their functions in widespread applications — A comprehensive review" (3,409).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transformation of Carbon Dioxide Toshiyasu Sakakura, Jun‐Chul Choi, Hiroyuki Y. Yasuda · Chemical Reviews Review Jun 2007 3,854
2 A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid) Donald Garlotta · Journal of Polymers and the Environment Apr 2001 3,686
3 Physical and mechanical properties of PLA, and their functions in widespread applications — A comprehensive review Shady Farah, Daniel G. Anderson, Róbert Langer · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ReviewOpen access 26 Jun 2016 3,409
4 Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide Wei Wang, Shengping Wang, Xinbin Ma et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2011 3,312
5 Late-Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Homo- and Copolymerization Steven D. Ittel, Lynda K. Johnson, Maurice Brookhart · Chemical Reviews Review 25 Mar 2000 3,145
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Where is Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research done?

The largest centres of Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 623 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 246 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 195 works
  4. 4 TianjinChina 183 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 166 works
  6. 6 DalianChina 133 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 129 works
  8. 8 QingdaoChina 125 works
  9. 9 HefeiChina 116 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 109 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RostockDE · 30.6 works16×
  2. ChangzhouCN · 35.9 works9.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China and Northwestern 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 18.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northwestern Univers…Nankai UniversityUniversity of Scienc…University of Chines…
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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
1University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66.815.2%6.9×80 +12.8%
2University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 66.017.1%6.1×52 +34.2%
3Northwestern UniversityUnited States 65.133.6%2.3×14 +41.9%
4Nankai UniversityChina 64.217.5%10.1×49 +31.9%
5National University of SingaporeSingapore 62.723.8%2.7×23 +29.0%
6Sichuan UniversityChina 61.716.7%3.9×62 +44.8%
7Tianjin UniversityChina 60.811.9%7.4×64 +12.9%
8Tsinghua UniversityChina 60.720.5%2.5×41 +87.1%
9Fuzhou UniversityChina 59.117.2%7.5×30 +235.2%
10Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 58.511.0%19.5×60 +100.1%

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 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, country by country

Is Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Carbon dioxide utilization 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 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis0.034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Carbon dioxide utilization 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%Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis9.8% 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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