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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. 18.6% 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%
24k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
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Which countries lead Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (13k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 13k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 1.3k works
  4. 4 Japan 805 works
  5. 5 South Korea 782 works
  6. 6 Germany 732 works
  7. 7 Russia 723 works
  8. 8 France 564 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 448 works
  10. 10 Iran 447 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: 63.3%United States: 8.6%India: 6.3%Japan: 3.9%6 others listed: 17.9%63%largest
China13k · 63.3%United States1,767 · 8.6%India1,293 · 6.3%Japan805 · 3.9%6 others listed3,697 · 17.9%

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

Which institutions lead Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research, followed by Tianjin University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 362 works
  2. 2 Tianjin UniversityChina 240 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 216 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 193 works
  5. 5 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 184 works
  6. 6 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 175 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 173 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 158 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 156 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 156 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science include Georg Kresse, Michaël Grätzel and Zhong Lin Wang.

  1. 1 Georg Kresse Austria 24k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  3. 3 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  4. 4 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
  5. 5 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations

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

Where is Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research done?

The largest centres of Catalytic Processes in Materials Science research in 2022–2025 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 Villigen, Upton and Changchun.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.2k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 866 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 602 works
  4. 4 Tianjin China 588 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 502 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 492 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 476 works
  8. 8 Dalian China 403 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 359 works
  10. 10 Taiyuan China 351 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VilligenCH · 28.6 works13×
  2. UptonUS · 29.6 works12×
  3. Changchun27.4 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, Ningxia University, Tianjin University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 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 22.21%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ningxia University: 65, 14.9%Tianjin University: 240, 22.5%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 56, 24.7%East China University of Science and Technology: 184, 17.1%Beijing University of Chemical Technology: 143, 18.8%Kunming University of Science and Technology: 147, 19.3%China University of Petroleum, Beijing: 108, 19.1%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 216, 25.2%Taiyuan University of Technology: 175, 14.3%University of Antwerp: 23, 46.2%King Abdullah Univer…Tianjin UniversityEast China Universit…Ningxia University
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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 Ningxia UniversityChina 59.514.9%13.1×65 +210.4%
2 Tianjin UniversityChina 56.622.5%8.0×240 +9.5%
3 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 56.524.7%8.0×56 +63.3%
4 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 55.917.1%14.7×184 +7.6%
5 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 55.418.8%13.1×143 +4.0%
6 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.819.3%10.2×147 -6.1%
7 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 53.919.1%10.9×108 +3.6%
8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53.725.2%5.2×216 +62.2%
9 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 53.514.3%16.7×175 +5.4%
10 University of AntwerpBelgium 52.846.2%3.2×23 +85.2%

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 Processes in Materials Science research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

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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.