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Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Inorganic Chemistry and Materials is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 29k 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 synthesis, characterization, and properties of inorganic cluster compounds, including oxynitride perovskites, metallic cluster complexes, and nitride materials. The research covers topics such as solid-state synthesis, photophysical and electronic properties, crystal structure determination, and the development of luminescent materials.

  • Inorganic Clusters
  • Oxynitride Perovskites
  • Metallic Cluster Complexes
  • Solid-State Synthesis
  • Photophysical Properties
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electronic Properties
  • Luminescent Materials
  • Transition-Metal Clusters
  • Nitride Materials
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Which countries lead Inorganic Chemistry and Materials research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 408 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 408 works
  3. 3 Germany 324 works
  4. 4 Russia 197 works
  5. 5 India 186 works
  6. 6 Japan 179 works
  7. 7 France 110 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 91 works
  9. 9 South Korea 80 works
  10. 10 Spain 50 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: 43.7%United States: 14.1%Germany: 11.2%Russia: 6.8%6 others listed: 24.1%44%largest
China1,260 · 43.7%United States408 · 14.1%Germany324 · 11.2%Russia197 · 6.8%6 others listed697 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Inorganic Chemistry and Materials research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 134 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 111 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 59 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 39 works
  5. 5 Jilin UniversityChina 33 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 26 works
  7. 7 Max Planck SocietyGermany 23 works
  8. 8 University of MünsterGermany 20 works
  9. 9 University of StuttgartGermany 17 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Inorganic Chemistry and Materials include Michaël Grätzel, John P. Perdew and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  9. 9 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  10. 10 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k 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 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials?

The most cited paper in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials is "Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization-type basis set for second-row elements" (Michelle Miller Francl, William J. Pietro, Warren J. Hehre et al., 1982), with 8,274 citations. Next come "Ab‐initio simulations of materials using VASP: Density‐functional theory and beyond" (5,198) and "The transition metal dichalcogenides discussion and interpretation of the observed optical, electrical and structural properties" (4,105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization-type basis set for second-row elements Michelle Miller Francl, William J. Pietro, Warren J. Hehre et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access Oct 1982 8,274
2 Ab‐initio simulations of materials using VASP: Density‐functional theory and beyond Jürgen Häfner · Journal of Computational Chemistry 11 Jul 2008 5,198
3 The transition metal dichalcogenides discussion and interpretation of the observed optical, electrical and structural properties John A. Wilson, Abraham D. Yoffe · Advances In Physics May 1969 4,105
4 Recent developments in magnetocaloric materials K A GschneidnerJr, V. K. Pecharsky, Alexandra O. Tsokol · Reports on Progress in Physics 20 May 2005 3,542
5 Mixed Valence Chemistry-A Survey and Classification Melvin B. Robin, Peter A. Day · Advances in inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry Book chapter 1968 2,723
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Where is Inorganic Chemistry and Materials research done?

The largest centres of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Münster, Novosibirsk and Stuttgart.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 213 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 67 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 65 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 58 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 46 works
  6. 6 HefeiChina 44 works
  7. 7 NovosibirskRussia 43 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 40 works
  9. 9 ChangchunChina 40 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MünsterDE · 25.7 works13×
  2. NovosibirskRU · 43.2 works11×
  3. StuttgartDE · 23.1 works7.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin University and Tsinghua University 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%30%mean 19.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityZhengzhou UniversityUniversity of Chines…Jilin University
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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.

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
1University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 73.119.3%5.3×26 +84.2%
2Jilin UniversityChina 70.012.6%9.3×32 +71.1%
3Tsinghua UniversityChina 65.725.1%2.4×17 +70.2%
4Zhengzhou UniversityChina 63.222.9%3.2×12 +102.5%
5University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 60.822.2%5.8×14 +96.7%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.524.3%1.3×12 +147.0%
7Nankai UniversityChina 57.116.5%7.0×15 +85.5%
8University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 56.213.2%3.0×13 +23.2%
9Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 55.214.1%6.8×11 +218.4%
10Xiamen UniversityChina 54.822.2%3.5×9 +79.3%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, country by country

Is Inorganic Chemistry and Materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Inorganic Chemistry and Materials.

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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 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Inorganic Chemistry and Materials0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Inorganic Chemistry and Materials 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%Inorganic Chemistry and Materials9.9% 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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