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Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications

Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 13k 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 the bioorganometallic chemistry of ferrocene and its derivatives, particularly in the context of cancer research and medicinal chemistry. It explores the synthesis, biochemical properties, molecular modeling, and antiproliferative effects of ferrocene-based compounds, as well as their potential applications as anticancer drugs. The cluster also delves into the chirality organization of ferrocenes and their biological activity.

  • Ferrocene
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Cancer Research
  • Anticancer Drugs
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Estrogen Receptor Modulators
  • Molecular Modeling
  • Antiproliferative Effect
  • Chirality Organization
  • Biological Activity
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications

Which countries lead Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (191 and 155 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 191 works
  2. 2 India 155 works
  3. 3 United States 73 works
  4. 4 Germany 50 works
  5. 5 Italy 42 works
  6. 6 Russia 41 works
  7. 7 France 35 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 34 works
  9. 9 Iran 25 works
  10. 10 Egypt 23 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: 28.6%India: 23.2%United States: 11.0%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.8%29%largest
China191 · 28.6%India155 · 23.2%United States73 · 11.0%Germany50 · 7.5%6 others listed199 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 23 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 8 works
  4. 4 Charles UniversityCzechia 8 works
  5. 5 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 7 works
  6. 6 University of RajasthanIndia 6 works
  7. 7 Shaanxi Institute of International Trade & CommerceChina 6 works
  8. 8 University of KragujevacSerbia 5 works
  9. 9 University of BelgradeSerbia 5 works
  10. 10 University of PisaItaly 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications include Michaël Grätzel, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  5. 5 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  6. 6 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 196k 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 Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications?

The most cited paper in Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications is "Platinum Compounds: a New Class of Potent Antitumour Agents" (Barnett Rosenberg, Loretta Vancamp, James Edward Trosko et al., 1969), with 3,961 citations. Next come "ACETYLATION AND METHYLATION OF HISTONES AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF RNA SYNTHESIS" (2,629) and "6‐31G* basis set for third‐row atoms" (2,272).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Platinum Compounds: a New Class of Potent Antitumour Agents Barnett Rosenberg, Loretta Vancamp, James Edward Trosko et al. · Nature Apr 1969 3,961
2 ACETYLATION AND METHYLATION OF HISTONES AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF RNA SYNTHESIS V. G. Allfrey, Robert D. Faulkner, A. E. Mirsky · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access May 1964 2,629
3 6‐31G* basis set for third‐row atoms Vitaly A. Rassolov, Mark A. Ratner, John Anthony Pople et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry 23 Apr 2001 2,272
4 Cisplatin as an Anti-Tumor Drug: Cellular Mechanisms of Activity, Drug Resistance and Induced Side Effects Ana-Maria Florea, Dietrich Büsselberg · Cancers Open access 15 Mar 2011 1,785
5 Cisplatin: The first metal based anticancer drug Sumit Ghosh · Bioorganic Chemistry 11 Apr 2019 1,768
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Where is Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), Beijing (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 20 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 18 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 13 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 11 works
  5. 5 PragueCzechia 11 works
  6. 6 JaipurIndia 10 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 10 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 9 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 9 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 9 works
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Is Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2007.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications 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%Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications10.2% 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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