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Chemical Safety and Risk Management

Chemical Safety and Risk Management is a research topic within Chemical Health and Safety. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on laboratory safety, chemical management practices, and the promotion of a safety culture in academic and industrial settings. It covers topics such as the Globally Harmonized System, risk assessment, safety education, accident prevention, and occupational health in university laboratories.

  • Laboratory Safety
  • Chemical Management
  • Hazardous Chemicals
  • Safety Culture
  • Globally Harmonized System
  • Risk Assessment
  • Safety Education
  • Accident Prevention
  • Occupational Health
  • University Laboratories
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chemical Safety and Risk Management

Which countries lead Chemical Safety and Risk Management research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (360 and 171 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 360 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 171 works
  3. 3 China 145 works
  4. 4 India 84 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 60 works
  6. 6 Brazil 59 works
  7. 7 Japan 58 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 46 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 46 works
  10. 10 Germany 43 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.

United States: 33.6%Indonesia: 15.9%China: 13.5%India: 7.8%6 others listed: 29.2%34%largest
United States360 · 33.6%Indonesia171 · 15.9%China145 · 13.5%India84 · 7.8%6 others listed314 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Chemical Safety and Risk Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Chemical Safety and Risk Management research, followed by Ain Shams University and University of Indonesia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 10 works
  2. 2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 9 works
  3. 3 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 8 works
  4. 4 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 University of KarachiPakistan 6 works
  6. 6 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland 6 works
  7. 7 University of IcelandIceland 5 works
  8. 8 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 5 works
  9. 9 Tianjin University of TechnologyChina 5 works
  10. 10 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chemical Safety and Risk Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemical Safety and Risk Management include Michael D Brauer and Francesco Saverio Violante.

  1. 1 Michael D Brauer Canada 187k citations
  2. 2 Francesco Saverio Violante Italy 181k 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 Chemical Safety and Risk Management?

The most cited paper in Chemical Safety and Risk Management is "Transportation Research Record" (Anne Vingaard Olesen, Erik Kjems, Kristian Hegner Reinau et al., 2016), with 11,437 citations. Next come "Purification of Laboratory Chemicals" (4,354) and "Exposure based waiving: The application of the toxicological threshold of concern (TTC) to inhalation exposure for aerosol ingredients in consumer products" (1,942).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transportation Research Record Anne Vingaard Olesen, Erik Kjems, Kristian Hegner Reinau et al. 23 Jul 2016 11,437
2 Purification of Laboratory Chemicals Colin Eaborn · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1989 4,354
3 Exposure based waiving: The application of the toxicological threshold of concern (TTC) to inhalation exposure for aerosol ingredients in consumer products Philip Carthew, Catherine J. Clapp, Steve Gutsell · Food and Chemical Toxicology 10 Mar 2009 1,942
4 THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: HIGH-RELIABILITY ORGANIZING FOR COMPLEX AND VOLATILE TASK ENVIRONMENTS. Gregory A. Bigley, Karlene H. Roberts · Academy of Management Journal Dec 2001 943
5 Reference dose (RfD): Description and use in health risk assessments Donald Grove Barnes et al. · Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Dec 1988 820
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Where is Chemical Safety and Risk Management research done?

The largest centres of Chemical Safety and Risk Management research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Jakarta (Indonesia) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 31 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 22 works
  3. 3 JakartaIndonesia 19 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 19 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 18 works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 16 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 13 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 13 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 13 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Chemical Safety and Risk Management?

Among universities, judged by research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ain Shams 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.

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
1University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 70.08.3%3.6×10 -37.3%
2Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 25.01.6%8.1×9 -

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 Chemical Safety and Risk Management, country by country

Is Chemical Safety and Risk Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Chemical Safety and Risk Management.

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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 Chemical Safety and Risk Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0062% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Chemical Safety and Risk Management 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%Chemical Safety and Risk Management10.7% 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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