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Chemical Reaction Mechanisms

Chemical Reaction Mechanisms is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores nucleophilic reactivity in organic chemistry, covering topics such as nucleophilicity scales, acidity scales, phosphate hydrolysis mechanisms, enzymatic mechanisms, superbases for organic synthesis, electrophilicity parameters, aminolysis reactions, transition state analysis, hydride transfer reactions, and their applications in organic synthesis.

  • Nucleophilicity
  • Acidity Scales
  • Phosphate Hydrolysis
  • Enzymatic Mechanisms
  • Superbases
  • Electrophilicity
  • Aminolysis
  • Transition State Analysis
  • Hydride Transfer
  • Organic Synthesis
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-33%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (146 and 138 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 146 works
  2. 2 Russia 138 works
  3. 3 United States 115 works
  4. 4 India 105 works
  5. 5 Germany 43 works
  6. 6 Poland 38 works
  7. 7 Japan 36 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 30 works
  9. 9 France 27 works
  10. 10 Spain 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: 20.8%Russia: 19.6%United States: 16.4%India: 14.9%6 others listed: 28.3%21%largest
China146 · 20.8%Russia138 · 19.6%United States115 · 16.4%India105 · 14.9%6 others listed199 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research?

By volume in 2022–2025, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry publishes the most Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research, followed by Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryRussia 16 works
  2. 2 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 7 works
  3. 3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 7 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 6 works
  5. 5 A.E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of ChemistryRussia 6 works
  6. 6 Middle East Technical UniversityTürkiye 5 works
  7. 7 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 5 works
  8. 8 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 5 works
  9. 9 Ufa Institute of ChemistryRussia 5 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chemical Reaction Mechanisms?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms include William L. Jorgensen, Michael J. S. Dewar and Vincenzo Barone.

  1. 1 William L. Jorgensen United States 4.5k citations
  2. 2 Michael J. S. Dewar United States 4.3k citations
  3. 3 Vincenzo Barone Italy 3.9k citations
  4. 4 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  5. 5 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
  6. 6 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  7. 7 Carlo Adamo France 3.3k citations

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

Where is Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research done?

The largest centres of Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Yekaterinburg (Russia) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 40 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 29 works
  3. 3 Yekaterinburg Russia 14 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 14 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 13 works
  6. 6 Kyiv Ukraine 12 works
  7. 7 Warsaw Poland 11 works
  8. 8 Novosibirsk Russia 10 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 10 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MoscowRU · 39.8 works3.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chemical Reaction Mechanisms than the world average.

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Is Chemical Reaction Mechanisms research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 1987.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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