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Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Catalytic Alkyne Reactions is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1960. 23.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of gold as a catalyst in organic synthesis, particularly in the context of homogeneous catalysis and transition metal-catalyzed reactions. The topics covered include gold-catalyzed reactions, cycloisomerization of alkynes, synthesis of heterocycles, enantioselective synthesis, carbene complexes, hydroamination, and C-C bond formation.

  • Gold-Catalyzed Reactions
  • Homogeneous Catalysis
  • Transition Metal Catalysis
  • Cycloisomerization
  • Alkynes
  • Heterocycles
  • Enantioselective Synthesis
  • Carbene Complexes
  • Hydroamination
  • C-C Bond Formation
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1960
In the world top 10%
4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-36%
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Which countries lead Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (699 and 221 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 699 works
  2. 2 India 221 works
  3. 3 United States 129 works
  4. 4 Japan 92 works
  5. 5 France 72 works
  6. 6 Spain 72 works
  7. 7 Germany 64 works
  8. 8 Russia 49 works
  9. 9 South Korea 27 works
  10. 10 Italy 26 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: 48.1%India: 15.2%United States: 8.9%Japan: 6.3%6 others listed: 21.4%48%largest
China699 · 48.1%India221 · 15.2%United States129 · 8.9%Japan92 · 6.3%6 others listed311 · 21.4%

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

Which institutions lead Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research, followed by Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

Who are the leading researchers in Catalytic Alkyne Reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalytic Alkyne Reactions include Judith A. K. Howard, Barry M. Trost and Peter G. Jones.

  1. 1 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  3. 3 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  4. 4 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 3.5k citations
  5. 5 K. N. Houk United States 2.8k citations
  6. 6 Matthias Beller Germany 2.4k citations
  7. 7 Arnold L. Rheingold United States 2.4k citations

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

Where is Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research done?

The largest centres of Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ghaziabad and Hyderabad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 97 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 70 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 37 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 33 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 30 works
  6. 6 Hyderabad India 29 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 28 works
  8. 8 Paris France 27 works
  9. 9 Zhengzhou China 23 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GhaziabadIN · 20.0 works26×
  2. HyderabadIN · 29.4 works9.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Catalytic Alkyne Reactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Catalytic Alkyne Reactions?

Among universities, judged by research, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research 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%60%mean 23.15%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal: 14, 50.2%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 20, 5.4%Zhengzhou University: 16, 16.1%Henan Normal University: 11, 30.1%Indian Institute of Technology Madras: 12, 9.6%Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: 10, 26.3%Nankai University: 9, 34.0%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 14, 20.1%Xiamen University: 10, 32.6%University of Hyderabad: 14, 7.1%Indian Institute of …Henan Normal Univers…Zhengzhou UniversityAcademy of Scientifi…
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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 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalIndia 82.050.2%113.2×14 +387.8%
2 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 59.55.4%39.5×20 +928.9%
3 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 59.416.1%11.8×16 +146.4%
4 Henan Normal UniversityChina 53.330.1%34.2×11 +34.2%
5 Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia 52.19.6%16.8×12 +182.7%
6 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 51.926.3%14.0×10 +76.9%
7 Nankai UniversityChina 46.734.0%8.5×9 +25.5%
8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46.120.1%5.3×14 +417.1%
9 Xiamen UniversityChina 44.932.6%8.1×10 +6.3%
10 University of HyderabadIndia 42.87.1%59.7×14 +21.9%

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 Catalytic Alkyne Reactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Catalytic Alkyne 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.

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.