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Crystal structures of chemical compounds

Crystal structures of chemical compounds is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents advances in chemical crystallography, focusing on topics such as crystal structure refinement, Hirshfeld surface analysis, supramolecular crystallography, crystal structure validation, and molecular packing analysis. It also covers the development of crystal database software, X-ray crystallography techniques, coordination chemistry, and crystal growth.

  • Crystal Structure Refinement
  • Hirshfeld Surface Analysis
  • Supramolecular Crystallography
  • Crystal Structure Validation
  • Molecular Packing Analysis
  • Hydrogen Bonding Interactions
  • Crystal Database Software
  • X-Ray Crystallography
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Crystal Growth
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Crystal structures of chemical compounds

Which countries lead Crystal structures of chemical compounds research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (461 and 398 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 461 works
  2. 2 India 398 works
  3. 3 Russia 166 works
  4. 4 United States 144 works
  5. 5 Germany 89 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 67 works
  7. 7 Poland 46 works
  8. 8 South Africa 44 works
  9. 9 France 41 works
  10. 10 Japan 39 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: 30.8%India: 26.6%Russia: 11.1%United States: 9.6%6 others listed: 21.8%31%largest
China461 · 30.8%India398 · 26.6%Russia166 · 11.1%United States144 · 9.6%6 others listed326 · 21.8%

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

Which institutions lead Crystal structures of chemical compounds research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Crystal structures of chemical compounds research, followed by Central University of Rajasthan and University of Rajasthan.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 87 works
  2. 2 Central University of RajasthanIndia 44 works
  3. 3 University of RajasthanIndia 44 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  6. 6 Shaanxi Institute of International Trade & CommerceChina 15 works
  7. 7 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany 14 works
  8. 8 Luoyang Normal UniversityChina 13 works
  9. 9 Hengyang Normal UniversityChina 13 works
  10. 10 Annamalai UniversityIndia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Crystal structures of chemical compounds?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Crystal structures of chemical compounds include George Davey Smith, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  7. 7 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 196k citations
  8. 8 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  9. 9 Kläus Müllen Germany 182k citations
  10. 10 Κ. Peters France 169k 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 Crystal structures of chemical compounds?

The most cited paper in Crystal structures of chemical compounds is "Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry" (Colin Eaborn, 1988), with 7,175 citations. Next come "Relationships between the carbon-oxygen stretching frequencies of carboxylato complexes and the type of carboxylate coordination" (5,123) and "Supramolecular Synthons in Crystal Engineering—A New Organic Synthesis" (4,858).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry Colin Eaborn · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry Nov 1988 7,175
2 Relationships between the carbon-oxygen stretching frequencies of carboxylato complexes and the type of carboxylate coordination Glen B. Deacon · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Oct 1980 5,123
3 Supramolecular Synthons in Crystal Engineering—A New Organic Synthesis Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 17 Nov 1995 4,858
4 The C−H···O Hydrogen Bond: Structural Implications and Supramolecular Design Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju · Accounts of Chemical Research 11 Sep 1996 1,872
5 The theory of transition-metal ions F.J. Donahoe · Journal of the Franklin Institute Oct 1961 1,830
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Where is Crystal structures of chemical compounds research done?

The largest centres of Crystal structures of chemical compounds research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Jaipur (India), Ajmer (India) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ajmer and Jaipur.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 62 works
  2. 2 JaipurIndia 44 works
  3. 3 AjmerIndia 44 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 40 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 38 works
  6. 6 NovosibirskRussia 24 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 21 works
  8. 8 TashkentUzbekistan 20 works
  9. 9 GuiyangChina 18 works
  10. 10 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AjmerIN · 43.9 works86×
  2. JaipurIN · 44.4 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Crystal structures of chemical compounds than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Crystal structures of chemical compounds?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Annamalai University and Vellore Institute of Technology 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.

0%10%20%mean 8.86%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Vellore Institute of…King Saud UniversityAnnamalai UniversityUniversitat de les I…
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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.

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
1Universitat de les Illes BalearsSpain 69.813.8%50.8×12 +18.3%
2Annamalai UniversityIndia 52.315.5%34.5×12 +74.7%
3Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 50.422.8%6.3×11 +35.4%
4King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 47.720.4%6.3×11 +24.7%
5University of RajasthanIndia 46.90.0%179.1×44 +2.7%
6Central University of RajasthanIndia 46.40.5%229.6×44 +5.1%
7Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 42.44.7%35.5×11 +35.4%
8University of SfaxTunisia 38.610.9%18.9×8 -36.5%
9Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany 38.40.0%25.1×14 +59.0%
10TU Bergakademie FreibergGermany 34.90.0%87.8×12 +101.9%

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 Crystal structures of chemical compounds, country by country

Is Crystal structures of chemical compounds research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Crystal structures of chemical compounds as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0087% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Crystal structures of chemical compounds0.0069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Crystal structures of chemical compounds 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%Crystal structures of chemical compounds9.8% 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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