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Magnetism in coordination complexes

Magnetism in coordination complexes is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 59k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in molecular magnetism, with a focus on single-molecule magnets, lanthanide complexes, magnetic anisotropy, quantum tunneling of magnetization, spin crossover phenomena, high-spin transition metal complexes, magnetic relaxation dynamics, quantum computing applications, electron transport through molecular magnets, and nuclear spin resonance. The research explores the design, synthesis, and characterization of molecular materials with potential applications in spintronics and quantum information technologies.

  • Single-Molecule Magnets
  • Lanthanide Complexes
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization
  • Spin Crossover
  • High-Spin Transition Metal Complexes
  • Magnetic Relaxation
  • Quantum Computing
  • Electron Transport
  • Nuclear Spin Resonance
Research works
59k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Magnetism in coordination complexes

Which countries lead Magnetism in coordination complexes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 868 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 868 works
  3. 3 United States 515 works
  4. 4 Russia 443 works
  5. 5 Japan 322 works
  6. 6 Germany 314 works
  7. 7 France 295 works
  8. 8 Spain 164 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 150 works
  10. 10 Poland 103 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: 28.8%India: 19.5%United States: 11.6%Russia: 9.9%6 others listed: 30.2%29%largest
China1,286 · 28.8%India868 · 19.5%United States515 · 11.6%Russia443 · 9.9%6 others listed1,347 · 30.2%

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

Which institutions lead Magnetism in coordination complexes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Magnetism in coordination complexes research, followed by University of Rajasthan and Central University of Rajasthan.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 287 works
  2. 2 University of RajasthanIndia 235 works
  3. 3 Central University of RajasthanIndia 235 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 174 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 113 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 39 works
  7. 7 Nankai UniversityChina 29 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 27 works
  9. 9 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 24 works
  10. 10 Nanjing UniversityChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Magnetism in coordination complexes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magnetism in coordination complexes include Michaël Grätzel, John P. Perdew and George Davey Smith.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  3. 3 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  4. 4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  5. 5 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  6. 6 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  7. 7 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  8. 8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  9. 9 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  10. 10 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k 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 Magnetism in coordination complexes?

The most cited paper in Magnetism in coordination complexes is "Functional Porous Coordination Polymers" (Susumu Kitagawa, Ryo Kitaura, Shin‐ichiro Noro, 2004), with 11,069 citations. Next come "Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework" (8,545) and "Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts" (7,972).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional Porous Coordination Polymers Susumu Kitagawa, Ryo Kitaura, Shin‐ichiro Noro · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 22 Apr 2004 11,069
2 Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework Hailian Li, Mohamed Eddaoudi, M. O’Keeffe et al. · Nature Open access Nov 1999 8,545
3 Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts Jeong‐Yong Lee, Omar K. Farha, John Michael Roberts et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2009 7,972
4 Exceptional chemical and thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks Kyo Sung Park, Zheng Ni, Adrien P. Côté et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 23 Jun 2006 7,585
5 Metal–Organic Frameworks for Separations Jian‐Rong Li, Julian P. Sculley, Hong-Cai “Joe” Zhou · Chemical Reviews Review 6 Oct 2011 6,331
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Where is Magnetism in coordination complexes research done?

The largest centres of Magnetism in coordination complexes research in 2022-now are Jaipur (India), Ajmer (India), Beijing (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ajmer, Jaipur and Chernogolovka.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JaipurIndia 238 works
  2. 2 AjmerIndia 235 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 168 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 160 works
  5. 5 NovosibirskRussia 109 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 88 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 81 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 81 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 59 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AjmerIN · 234.6 works175×
  2. JaipurIN · 237.8 works48×
  3. ChernogolovkaRU · 25.3 works47×
  4. NovosibirskRU · 108.6 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Magnetism in coordination complexes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Magnetism in coordination complexes?

Among universities, judged by research, Maharshi Dayanand University, Lanzhou Jiaotong University and Southern University of Science and Technology 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%25%50%mean 23.82%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Lanzhou Jiaotong Uni…Maharshi Dayanand Un…Indian Institute of …Southern 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
1Maharshi Dayanand UniversityIndia 62.543.4%35.9×20 +224.4%
2Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 59.959.3%21.9×24 -35.4%
3Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 50.219.4%8.0×20 +101.6%
4Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalIndia 47.922.5%33.9×12 +33.8%
5University of RajasthanIndia 47.30.1%364.6×235 +7.5%
6Central University of RajasthanIndia 47.10.0%466.0×235 +6.6%
7University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 46.721.2%5.4×22 -5.1%
8Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 46.525.7%2.7×27 -1.3%
9Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadIndia 43.723.4%10.2×12 +720.9%
10Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 43.523.2%2.0×17 +89.7%

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 Magnetism in coordination complexes, country by country

Is Magnetism in coordination complexes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

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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 Magnetism in coordination complexes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Magnetism in coordination complexes0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Magnetism in coordination complexes 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%Magnetism in coordination complexes9.9% 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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