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Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics

Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in organometallic chemistry, focusing on metalation reactions, functionalized reagents, deprotonation reactions, alkali-metal-mediated chemistry, ate compounds, regioselective generation of functionalized compounds, directed metallation, mixed aggregates, and stereoselective synthesis.

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Metalation
  • Functionalized Reagents
  • Deprotonation Reactions
  • Alkali-Metal-Mediated Chemistry
  • Ate Compounds
  • Regioselective Generation
  • Directed Metallation
  • Mixed Aggregates
  • Stereoselective Synthesis
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-34%
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Which countries lead Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research?

By volume, Germany and China publish the most (152 and 145 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 152 works
  2. 2 China 145 works
  3. 3 United States 138 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 77 works
  5. 5 Russia 62 works
  6. 6 Japan 62 works
  7. 7 India 53 works
  8. 8 France 43 works
  9. 9 Canada 27 works
  10. 10 Spain 27 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.

Germany: 19.4%China: 18.4%United States: 17.6%United Kingdom: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.8%19%largest
Germany152 · 19.4%China145 · 18.4%United States138 · 17.6%United Kingdom77 · 9.8%6 others listed274 · 34.8%

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

Which institutions lead Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Bath publishes the most Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research, followed by University of Bern and Philipps University of Marburg.

Who are the leading researchers in Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics include Judith A. K. Howard, George M. Whitesides and Michael J. S. Dewar.

  1. 1 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  3. 3 Michael J. S. Dewar United States 4.3k citations
  4. 4 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
  5. 5 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  6. 6 F. Albert Cotton United States 3.5k citations
  7. 7 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 3.5k citations
  8. 8 Kläus Müllen Germany 3k citations
  9. 9 Herbert C. Brown United States 3k citations
  10. 10 Robert West United States 3k citations

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

Where is Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research done?

The largest centres of Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Munich (Germany).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 24 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 20 works
  3. 3 Paris France 15 works
  4. 4 Munich Germany 14 works
  5. 5 Bath United Kingdom 14 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 13 works
  7. 7 Bern Switzerland 12 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 12 works
  9. 9 Marburg Germany 10 works
  10. 10 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University of Bath 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 19.775%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Bern: 12, 26.7%Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 9, 35.4%University of Bath: 14, 7.4%Philipps University of Marburg: 10, 9.6%Friedrich-Alexander-…University of BernPhilipps University …University of Bath
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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 University of BernSwitzerland 77.226.7%31.0×12
2 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 75.435.4%20.6×9 +112.8%
3 University of BathUnited Kingdom 59.67.4%60.7×14 -39.7%
4 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 45.39.6%45.4×10 -29.7%

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 Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.

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.