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History and advancements in chemistry

History and advancements in chemistry is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 8.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of partially ordered sets in chemistry research, particularly in the context of ranking chemical substances, multi-criteria analysis, and sustainable development goals. It explores topics such as the periodic table, quantitative superstructure/activity relationships, environmental health, and decision support systems.

  • Partially Ordered Sets
  • Periodic Table
  • Chemical Substances
  • Multi-Criteria Analysis
  • Environmental Health
  • Quantitative Superstructure/Activity Relationships
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decision Support
  • Lanthanides
  • QSAR
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+4%
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Which countries lead History and advancements in chemistry research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (456 and 176 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 456 works
  2. 2 Germany 176 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 126 works
  4. 4 France 122 works
  5. 5 China 120 works
  6. 6 India 107 works
  7. 7 Russia 88 works
  8. 8 Italy 78 works
  9. 9 Spain 63 works
  10. 10 Canada 57 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: 32.7%Germany: 12.6%United Kingdom: 9.1%France: 8.8%6 others listed: 36.8%33%largest
United States456 · 32.7%Germany176 · 12.6%United Kingdom126 · 9.1%France122 · 8.8%6 others listed512 · 36.8%

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

Which institutions lead History and advancements in chemistry research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Uppsala University publishes the most History and advancements in chemistry research, followed by University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Who are the leading researchers in History and advancements in chemistry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on History and advancements in chemistry include John A. Pople and Donald G. Truhlar.

  1. 1 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
  2. 2 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations

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

Where is History and advancements in chemistry research done?

The largest centres of History and advancements in chemistry research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Budapest and Prague.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 47 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 46 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 38 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 31 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 24 works
  6. 6 Budapest Hungary 24 works
  7. 7 Prague Czechia 22 works
  8. 8 Uppsala Sweden 19 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 18 works
  10. 10 Knoxville United States 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BudapestHU · 23.8 works5.9×
  2. PragueCZ · 21.6 works5.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History and advancements in chemistry than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study History and advancements in chemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, Uppsala University, University of Richmond and University of Tennessee at Knoxville 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%10%20%mean 4.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Uppsala University: 19, 5.3%University of Richmond: 9, 23.4%University of Tennessee at Knoxville: 18, 2.8%University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague: 13, 0.2%Aga Khan University: 10, 0.0%Budapest University of Technology and Economics: 13, 0.5%Chennai Mathematical Institute: 12, 0.0%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 18, 5.3%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 9, 8.7%University of Copenhagen: 10, 3.4%University of RichmondUppsala UniversityUniversity of Tennes…University of Chemis…
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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 Uppsala UniversitySweden 71.35.3%18.2×19 +134.0%
2 University of RichmondUnited States 65.623.4%54.8×9 +95.1%
3 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 51.92.8%22.4×18 -10.2%
4 University of Chemistry and Technology, PragueCzechia 46.90.2%70.5×13
5 Aga Khan UniversityPakistan 44.80.0%64.1×10
6 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 43.50.5%29.1×13 +14.4%
7 Chennai Mathematical InstituteIndia 43.50.0%102.9×12
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 37.05.3%4.0×18
9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 35.68.7%4.5×9 +292.3%
10 University of CopenhagenDenmark 33.33.4%7.3×10 -35.4%

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 History and advancements in chemistry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are History and advancements in chemistry.

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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.