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Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1952. 24.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, particularly palladium-catalyzed processes, for organic synthesis. It covers topics such as C-C bond formation, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, aryl halides, Suzuki-Miyaura and Heck reactions, and the use of nickel as a catalyst.

  • Palladium-Catalyzed
  • Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Transition Metal Catalysis
  • Organic Synthesis
  • C-C Bond Formation
  • Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Aryl Halides
  • Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction
  • Heck Reaction
  • Nickel-Catalyzed
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
8.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-26%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.5k and 503 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 503 works
  3. 3 United States 401 works
  4. 4 Germany 244 works
  5. 5 Japan 241 works
  6. 6 France 146 works
  7. 7 Russia 113 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 99 works
  9. 9 Iran 97 works
  10. 10 Spain 97 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: 43.0%India: 14.8%United States: 11.8%Germany: 7.2%6 others listed: 23.3%43%largest
China1,461 · 43.0%India503 · 14.8%United States401 · 11.8%Germany244 · 7.2%6 others listed792 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions research, followed by Nankai University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions include Ben Zhong Tang, Wei Huang and Barry M. Trost.

  1. 1 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  3. 3 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  4. 4 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
  5. 5 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  6. 6 F. Albert Cotton United States 3.5k citations
  7. 7 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 3.5k citations
  8. 8 William A. Goddard United States 3.2k citations
  9. 9 Herbert C. Brown United States 3k citations

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

Where is Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 183 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 136 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 77 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 69 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 67 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 65 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 61 works
  8. 8 Paris France 54 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 52 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XinxiangCN · 21.7 works19×
  2. GhaziabadIN · 24.4 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions?

Among universities, judged by research, Nankai University, Southern University of Science and Technology 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%20%40%mean 25.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nankai University: 34, 36.2%Southern University of Science and Technology: 23, 35.0%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 34, 28.2%Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: 18, 24.1%Lanzhou University: 20, 38.2%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 24, 5.4%Ruhr University Bochum: 12, 21.8%Henan Normal University: 21, 25.9%Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal: 10, 20.8%Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata: 9, 23.2%Nankai UniversitySouthern University …University of Chines…Indian Institute of …
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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 Nankai UniversityChina 71.036.2%12.9×34 +23.7%
2 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 70.135.0%10.8×23
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 63.128.2%5.2×34 +427.0%
4 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 61.124.1%10.6×18 +115.1%
5 Lanzhou UniversityChina 58.738.2%9.0×20 -43.4%
6 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 57.05.4%19.6×24 +505.8%
7 Ruhr University BochumGermany 56.821.8%8.2×12 +265.5%
8 Henan Normal UniversityChina 56.225.9%26.6×21 -0.8%
9 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalIndia 56.120.8%31.6×10 +208.3%
10 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataIndia 56.023.2%33.4×9 +169.1%

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 Cross-Coupling Reactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Catalytic Cross-Coupling 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.