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Catalysts for Methane Reforming

Catalysts for Methane Reforming is a research topic within Catalysis. Science Explorer counts 30k 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 conversion of carbon dioxide into renewable fuels and chemicals, including hydrogenation processes, methanol synthesis, and Fischer-Tropsch catalyst development. It also covers topics such as dry reforming, syngas production, and the utilization of CO2 for sustainable fuel and chemical production.

  • Catalytic
  • Hydrogenation
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Renewable Fuels
  • Methanol Synthesis
  • Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
  • CO2 Conversion
  • Renewable Hydrogen
  • Dry Reforming
  • Syngas Production
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+46%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Catalysts for Methane Reforming

Which countries lead Catalysts for Methane Reforming research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.3k and 590 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.3k works
  2. 2 United States 590 works
  3. 3 India 369 works
  4. 4 Germany 344 works
  5. 5 Russia 313 works
  6. 6 South Korea 285 works
  7. 7 Japan 245 works
  8. 8 Spain 241 works
  9. 9 Iran 220 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 208 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: 9.6%India: 6.0%Germany: 5.6%6 others listed: 24.6%54%largest
China3,346 · 54.3%United States590 · 9.6%India369 · 6.0%Germany344 · 5.6%6 others listed1,513 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Catalysts for Methane Reforming research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalysts for Methane Reforming research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 324 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 172 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 102 works
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 92 works
  5. 5 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 86 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 74 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 74 works
  9. 9 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 69 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 57 works

Who are the leading researchers in Catalysts for Methane Reforming?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalysts for Methane Reforming include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Kostya S. Novoselov.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  6. 6 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
  10. 10 Guangming Zeng China 204k 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 Catalysts for Methane Reforming?

The most cited paper in Catalysts for Methane Reforming is "The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system" (Iain Staffell, Daniel Scamman, Anthony Velazquez Abad et al., 2018), with 4,102 citations. Next come "An overview of hydrogen production technologies" (3,440) and "Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide" (3,312).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system Iain Staffell, Daniel Scamman, Anthony Velazquez Abad et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 10 Dec 2018 4,102
2 An overview of hydrogen production technologies Jamelyn Holladay, Jianli Hu, D.L. King et al. · Catalysis Today 22 Oct 2008 3,440
3 Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide Wei Wang, Shengping Wang, Xinbin Ma et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2011 3,312
4 A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes Pavlos Nikolaidis, Andreas Poullikkas · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 Sep 2016 3,220
5 Overview of Applications of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Oil Stefan Czernik, A.V. Bridgwater · Energy & Fuels 26 Feb 2004 2,880
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Catalysts for Methane Reforming research done?

The largest centres of Catalysts for Methane Reforming 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 Dhahran.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 590 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 239 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 176 works
  4. 4 TianjinChina 159 works
  5. 5 TaiyuanChina 155 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 143 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 137 works
  8. 8 DalianChina 133 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 126 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 120 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DhahranSA · 44.7 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Catalysts for Methane Reforming than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Catalysts for Methane Reforming?

Among universities, judged by research, National University of Singapore, Tianjin University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%10%20%mean 16.28%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National University …University of Chines…Tianjin UniversityXi'an Jiaotong Unive…
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1National University of SingaporeSingapore 81.223.5%3.9×34 +55.4%
2Tianjin UniversityChina 70.413.7%10.2×92 +10.0%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 70.016.2%6.1×74 +30.1%
4Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 67.313.4%5.7×74 +133.6%
5King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 65.615.7%13.6×35 +173.0%
6Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 65.016.9%9.5×25 +21.0%
7Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom 62.821.9%5.7×14 +81.2%
8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62.117.2%3.9×34 +139.2%
9East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.010.3%18.8×69 +86.5%
10Tsinghua UniversityChina 62.014.0%3.4×57 +94.5%

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 Catalysts for Methane Reforming, country by country

Is Catalysts for Methane Reforming research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

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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 Catalysts for Methane Reforming as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.034% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Catalysts for Methane Reforming0.040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Catalysts for Methane Reforming 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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