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Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Catalytic Processes in Materials Science is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 131k 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 covers advances in the research of catalytic nanomaterials, particularly focusing on the catalytic properties of nanoparticles, metal-support interactions, low-temperature oxidation reactions, selective oxidation processes, NOx reduction, and methane activation. The studies explore the use of various materials such as ceria and gold in catalysis, with a strong emphasis on understanding the mechanisms and optimizing the performance of these nanomaterials.

  • Catalysis
  • Nanoparticles
  • Oxidation
  • Ceria
  • Gold
  • Metal-Support Interactions
  • Low-Temperature
  • Selective Oxidation
  • NOx Reduction
  • Methane Activation
Research works
131k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
13k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Which countries lead Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (14k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 14k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 1.4k works
  4. 4 Japan 841 works
  5. 5 South Korea 820 works
  6. 6 Germany 767 works
  7. 7 Russia 747 works
  8. 8 France 581 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 472 works
  10. 10 Iran 461 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: 63.9%United States: 8.4%India: 6.3%Japan: 3.8%6 others listed: 17.5%64%largest
China14k · 63.9%United States1,845 · 8.4%India1,392 · 6.3%Japan841 · 3.8%6 others listed3,848 · 17.5%

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

Which institutions lead Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 1.1k works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 399 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 318 works
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 282 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 230 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 223 works
  7. 7 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 197 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 193 works
  9. 9 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 190 works
  10. 10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 188 works

Who are the leading researchers in Catalytic Processes in Materials Science?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 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 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  6. 6 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  7. 7 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  8. 8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  9. 9 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k 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 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science?

The most cited paper in Catalytic Processes in Materials Science is "Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxides" (Ryoji Asahi, Takeshi Morikawa, Takeshi Ohwaki et al., 2001), with 12,250 citations. Next come "Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni" (11,490) and "Selective gas adsorption and separation in metal–organic frameworks" (8,940).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Oxides Ryoji Asahi, Takeshi Morikawa, Takeshi Ohwaki et al. · Science 13 Jul 2001 12,250
2 Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni Mark C. Biesinger, Brad P. Payne, Andrew P. Grosvenor et al. · Applied Surface Science 21 Oct 2010 11,490
3 Selective gas adsorption and separation in metal–organic frameworks Jian‐Rong Li, Ryan J. Kuppler, Hong-Cai “Joe” Zhou · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2009 8,940
4 Improved adsorption energetics within density-functional theory using revised Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof functionals Bjørk Hammer, L. B. Hansen, Jens K. Nørskov · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Open access 15 Mar 1999 8,382
5 The surface science of titanium dioxide Ulrike Diebold · Surface Science Reports 2003 7,918
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Where is Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research done?

The largest centres of Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 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 Mülheim, Villigen and Upton.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 2.4k works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 916 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 643 works
  4. 4 TianjinChina 627 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 531 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 524 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 506 works
  8. 8 DalianChina 428 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 380 works
  10. 10 TaiyuanChina 377 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MülheimDE · 20.0 works14×
  2. VilligenCH · 29.8 works13×
  3. UptonUS · 31.4 works12×
  4. Changchun28.4 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Catalytic Processes in Materials Science than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Catalytic Processes in Materials Science?

Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tianjin University 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 18.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National University …Tsinghua UniversityUniversity of Chines…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
1Tsinghua UniversityChina 72.420.2%4.1×223 +40.5%
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 71.617.5%5.9×230 +39.3%
3Tianjin UniversityChina 71.414.9%9.8×282 +20.2%
4National University of SingaporeSingapore 70.722.9%2.6×72 +51.6%
5University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 69.118.6%5.9×164 +80.7%
6Fuzhou UniversityChina 64.014.3%9.8×128 +92.9%
7East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.710.8%16.9×197 +59.3%
8The University of AdelaideAustralia 63.327.7%2.6×26 +159.0%
9Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 63.115.1%4.5×188 +90.4%
10City University of Hong KongChina 63.021.8%2.7×36 +257.6%

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 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, country by country

Is Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

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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 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 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.

still counting5%10%15%Catalytic Processes in Materials Science9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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