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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. 9.9% 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%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Which countries lead Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4k and 925 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4k works
  2. 2 United States 925 works
  3. 3 Russia 563 works
  4. 4 Germany 372 works
  5. 5 Japan 332 works
  6. 6 India 323 works
  7. 7 France 255 works
  8. 8 South Korea 246 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 188 works
  10. 10 Spain 169 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: 54.3%United States: 12.5%Russia: 7.6%Germany: 5.0%6 others listed: 20.5%54%largest
China4,002 · 54.3%United States925 · 12.5%Russia563 · 7.6%Germany372 · 5.0%6 others listed1,514 · 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-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 415 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 310 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 145 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 93 works
  5. 5 Tianjin UniversityChina 91 works
  6. 6 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 83 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 73 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 71 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 63 works
  10. 10 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 63 works

Who are the leading researchers in Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  4. 4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  7. 7 Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 276k citations
  8. 8 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  9. 9 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  10. 10 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k 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 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions?

The most cited paper in Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions is "Density-functional thermochemistry. III. The role of exact exchange" (Axel D. Becke, 1993), with 104,174 citations. Next come "VESTA 3 for three-dimensional visualization of crystal, volumetric and morphology data" (26,132) and "Toward reliable density functional methods without adjustable parameters: The PBE0 model" (19,412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Density-functional thermochemistry. III. The role of exact exchange Axel D. Becke · The Journal of Chemical Physics Apr 1993 104,174
2 VESTA 3 for three-dimensional visualization of crystal, volumetric and morphology data Koichi Momma, Fujio Izumi · Journal of Applied Crystallography 28 Oct 2011 26,132
3 Toward reliable density functional methods without adjustable parameters: The PBE0 model Carlo Adamo, Vincenzo Barone · The Journal of Chemical Physics Apr 1999 19,412
4 Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx Botao Qiao, Aiqin Wang, Xiaofeng Yang et al. · Nature Chemistry 21 Jul 2011 7,507
5 Density Functionals with Broad Applicability in Chemistry Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar · Accounts of Chemical Research 11 Jan 2008 7,161
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 795 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 292 works
  3. 3 TianjinChina 181 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 180 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 161 works
  6. 6 DalianChina 158 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 158 works
  8. 8 NovosibirskRussia 140 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 136 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 129 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 140.5 works14×
  2. RostockDE · 21.1 works9.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University and East China University of Science and Technology score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.2%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of Chines…East China Universit…Tianjin 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.

Citation 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 76.018.9%7.1×93 +33.0%
2Tsinghua UniversityChina 73.521.1%3.9×71 +25.0%
3East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 71.915.1%21.0×83 +47.0%
4Tianjin UniversityChina 71.714.7%9.4×91 +23.8%
5National University of SingaporeSingapore 68.725.2%2.7×26 +62.0%
6University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 67.115.6%6.7×63 +112.5%
7Beijing University of TechnologyChina 66.319.2%7.1×39 +38.8%
8China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 65.613.7%20.3×63 +84.0%
9Shanghai UniversityChina 62.821.9%4.2×24 +113.2%
10Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.516.6%9.6×43 +103.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, country by country

Is Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

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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 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.044% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions0.040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 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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