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Chemical Synthesis and Characterization

Chemical Synthesis and Characterization is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on novel methods and materials for the removal of radioactive cesium from wastewater, including ion exchange and adsorption processes using metal phosphonates, nanomaterials, and hybrid organic-inorganic compounds. The research also explores selective sorption techniques and the use of zeolite nanoplatelets for environmental remediation of radioactive waste.

  • Cesium Removal
  • Ion Exchange
  • Adsorption
  • Nanomaterials
  • Radioactive Waste
  • Metal Phosphonates
  • Selective Sorption
  • Hybrid Materials
  • Zeolite Nanoplatelets
  • Environmental Remediation
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chemical Synthesis and Characterization

Which countries lead Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2k and 399 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 Russia 399 works
  3. 3 United States 349 works
  4. 4 India 280 works
  5. 5 Japan 244 works
  6. 6 Germany 141 works
  7. 7 South Korea 138 works
  8. 8 Egypt 130 works
  9. 9 France 119 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 83 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: 51.0%Russia: 10.4%United States: 9.1%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 22.2%51%largest
China1,961 · 51.0%Russia399 · 10.4%United States349 · 9.1%India280 · 7.3%6 others listed854 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 189 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 154 works
  3. 3 Egyptian Atomic Energy AuthorityEgypt 59 works
  4. 4 University of South ChinaChina 57 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 54 works
  6. 6 East China University of TechnologyChina 51 works
  7. 7 Department of Atomic EnergyIndia 50 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 38 works
  9. 9 Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina 35 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chemical Synthesis and Characterization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemical Synthesis and Characterization include Andre K. Geim, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  5. 5 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  8. 8 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  9. 9 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  10. 10 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k 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 Synthesis and Characterization?

The most cited paper in Chemical Synthesis and Characterization is "A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters" (Jennifer E. Murphy, J.P. Riley, 1962), with 21,307 citations. Next come "Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: A review" (8,678) and "Geopolymers" (4,247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters Jennifer E. Murphy, J.P. Riley · Analytica Chimica Acta 1962 21,307
2 Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: A review Fenglian Fu, Qi Wang · Journal of Environmental Management 8 Dec 2010 8,678
3 Geopolymers Joseph Davidovits · Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Aug 1991 4,247
4 Culture Medium for Enterobacteria Frederick C. Neidhardt, Philip L. Bloch, David F. Smith · Journal of Bacteriology Open access Sep 1974 3,062
5 Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in Divalent Metal Carbonates James R. O’Neil, Robert Norman Clayton, T. K. Mayeda · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Dec 1969 2,565
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Where is Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research done?

The largest centres of Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Cairo (Egypt) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hengyang, Mianyang and Vladivostok.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 351 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 168 works
  3. 3 CairoEgypt 95 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 92 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 74 works
  6. 6 NanchangChina 74 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 69 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 65 works
  9. 9 MumbaiIndia 65 works
  10. 10 MianyangChina 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HengyangCN · 59.3 works34×
  2. MianyangCN · 61.5 works23×
  3. VladivostokRU · 21.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chemical Synthesis and Characterization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chemical Synthesis and Characterization?

Among universities, judged by research, Hainan University, East China University of Technology and University of South China 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 20.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hainan UniversityUniversity of Chines…East China Universit…University of South …
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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.

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
1Hainan UniversityChina 69.742.7%7.8×15 +77.5%
2East China University of TechnologyChina 63.317.5%132.0×51 +106.7%
3University of South ChinaChina 62.616.1%49.2×57 +196.3%
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58.421.0%4.9×34 +48.5%
5Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.118.4%35.6×35 +62.5%
6Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 55.317.2%9.9×22 +83.5%
7Sichuan UniversityChina 53.216.4%3.9×38 +64.3%
8Tsinghua UniversityChina 51.917.3%3.2×32 +49.2%
9Central South UniversityChina 49.113.8%3.7×31 +84.1%
10Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 49.123.2%9.5×18 +136.2%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Synthesis and Characterization, country by country

Is Chemical Synthesis and Characterization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Chemical Synthesis and Characterization.

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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 Synthesis and Characterization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Chemical Synthesis and Characterization 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 Synthesis and Characterization9.9% 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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