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Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions is a research topic within Catalysis. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the catalytic dehydrogenation of light alkanes, particularly ethane and propane, using metal and metal oxide catalysts. It explores oxidative dehydrogenation reactions, the role of vanadium oxide catalysts, nanocarbon catalysis, and methane conversion to fuels and chemicals.

  • Catalysis
  • Dehydrogenation
  • Oxidative
  • Metal Oxides
  • Ethane
  • Propane
  • Vanadium Oxide
  • Nanocarbons
  • Methane Conversion
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
Research works
64k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.7k and 854 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.7k works
  2. 2 United States 854 works
  3. 3 Russia 537 works
  4. 4 Germany 336 works
  5. 5 Japan 305 works
  6. 6 India 295 works
  7. 7 France 245 works
  8. 8 South Korea 230 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 171 works
  10. 10 Spain 157 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: 54.2%United States: 12.5%Russia: 7.9%Germany: 4.9%6 others listed: 20.5%54%largest
China3,703 · 54.2%United States854 · 12.5%Russia537 · 7.9%Germany336 · 4.9%6 others listed1,403 · 20.5%

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

Which institutions lead Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research, followed by Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions include Georg Kresse, John P. Perdew and Jens K. Nørskov.

  1. 1 Georg Kresse Austria 24k citations
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States 9.9k citations
  3. 3 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
  5. 5 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations

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

Where is Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research done?

The largest centres of Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novosibirsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 741 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 271 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 171 works
  4. 4 Tianjin China 170 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 153 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 148 works
  7. 7 Dalian China 148 works
  8. 8 Novosibirsk Russia 135 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 131 works
  10. 10 Xi'an China 120 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 134.6 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions?

Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Heilongjiang University and East China University of Science and Technology 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 18.44%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 21, 18.3%Heilongjiang University: 12, 33.4%East China University of Science and Technology: 76, 16.5%Ningxia University: 18, 12.2%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 86, 21.3%ShanghaiTech University: 15, 20.8%China University of Petroleum, Beijing: 54, 14.0%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 21, 22.2%Taiyuan University of Technology: 57, 14.3%China University of Petroleum, East China: 41, 11.4%Heilongjiang Univers…King Abdullah Univer…East China Universit…Ningxia University
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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 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 61.718.3%9.2×21 +105.1%
2 Heilongjiang UniversityChina 60.233.4%8.6×12 +64.8%
3 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 59.416.5%18.4×76 +2.4%
4 Ningxia UniversityChina 57.112.2%10.9×18 +370.4%
5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56.821.3%6.2×86 +28.2%
6 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina 55.820.8%9.9×15
7 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 55.514.0%16.6×54 +10.4%
8 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 54.922.2%7.3×21 +47.2%
9 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 54.814.3%16.4×57 -5.8%
10 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 52.711.4%10.4×41 +35.6%

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 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

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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.