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Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 8.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in organic chemistry, including advances in catalysis, organic synthesis, functional group transformations, metal complexes, spectroscopy, asymmetric synthesis, green chemistry, heterocyclic compounds, oxidation reactions, and NMR spectroscopy.

  • Catalysis
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Functional Group Transformations
  • Metal Complexes
  • Spectroscopy
  • Asymmetric Synthesis
  • Green Chemistry
  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Oxidation Reactions
  • NMR Spectroscopy
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (429 and 155 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 429 works
  2. 2 China 155 works
  3. 3 Iraq 149 works
  4. 4 Russia 148 works
  5. 5 United States 123 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 72 works
  7. 7 Egypt 70 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 62 works
  9. 9 Japan 51 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 51 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.

India: 32.7%China: 11.9%Iraq: 11.3%Russia: 11.3%6 others listed: 32.7%33%largest
India429 · 32.7%China155 · 11.9%Iraq149 · 11.3%Russia148 · 11.3%6 others listed429 · 32.7%

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

Which institutions lead Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Baghdad publishes the most Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research, followed by University of Rajasthan and Central University of Rajasthan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of BaghdadIraq 38 works
  2. 2 University of RajasthanIndia 37 works
  3. 3 Central University of RajasthanIndia 29 works
  4. 4 University of MosulIraq 17 works
  5. 5 University of KufaIraq 12 works
  6. 6 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 9 works
  7. 7 University of DelhiIndia 9 works
  8. 8 Mustansiriyah UniversityIraq 8 works
  9. 9 University of AnbarIraq 7 works
  10. 10 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry include Jeremy Grimshaw, Michaël Grätzel and John A. Pople.

  1. 1 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 14k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  3. 3 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
  4. 4 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  5. 5 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  6. 6 William L. Jorgensen United States 4.5k citations
  7. 7 Avelino Corma Spain 4.4k citations

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

Where is Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research done?

The largest centres of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research in 2022–2025 are Baghdad (Iraq), Jaipur (India), Moscow (Russia) and Ajmer (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ajmer, Jaipur and Baghdad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Baghdad Iraq 58 works
  2. 2 Jaipur India 42 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 40 works
  4. 4 Ajmer India 30 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 29 works
  6. 6 Baku Azerbaijan 20 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 18 works
  8. 8 Mosul Iraq 18 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 18 works
  10. 10 Novosibirsk Russia 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AjmerIN · 30.4 works61×
  2. JaipurIN · 41.6 works24×
  3. BaghdadIQ · 57.9 works15×
  4. BakuAZ · 20.3 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Baghdad, University of Kufa and University of Rajasthan 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 2.94286%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Baghdad: 38, 0.9%University of Kufa: 12, 1.4%University of Rajasthan: 37, 1.6%Central University of Rajasthan: 29, 0.0%G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College: 9, 0.9%University of Delhi: 9, 15.8%University of Mosul: 17, 0.0%University of Rajast…University of KufaUniversity of BaghdadCentral University o…
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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 BaghdadIraq 68.00.9%27.6×38 +55.6%
2 University of KufaIraq 56.21.4%30.2×12 +57.0%
3 University of RajasthanIndia 49.41.6%141.5×37 -26.9%
4 Central University of RajasthanIndia 48.00.0%143.9×29 —
5 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 44.40.9%28.3×9 +13.1%
6 University of DelhiIndia 40.515.8%9.4×9 -27.1%
7 University of MosulIraq 37.60.0%24.7×17 -37.8%

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 Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2007.

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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.