Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 24.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the chemistry, applications, and properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). It covers topics such as gas adsorption, catalysis, methane storage, crystal engineering, chemical sensors, drug delivery, CO2 capture, and heterogeneous catalysis. The research explores the synthesis, structure, and potential industrial and biomedical applications of MOFs.
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Porous Materials
- Gas Adsorption
- Catalysis
- Methane Storage
- Crystal Engineering
- Chemical Sensors
- Drug Delivery
- CO2 Capture
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Research works
- 64k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 15k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +46% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (8.6k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 8.6k works
- 2 India 1.3k works
- 3 United States 969 works
- 4 Iran 555 works
- 5 Japan 416 works
- 6 South Korea 380 works
- 7 Germany 368 works
- 8 France 328 works
- 9 Russia 302 works
- 10 Spain 291 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.
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Which institutions lead Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Nankai University and Jilin University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 197 works
- 2 Nankai UniversityChina 115 works
- 3 Jilin UniversityChina 100 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 98 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
- 6 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 95 works
- 7 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 93 works
- 8 Fuzhou UniversityChina 93 works
- 9 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 89 works
- 10 Sichuan UniversityChina 81 works
Who are the leading researchers in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications include Donald G. Truhlar, Ben Zhong Tang and Hua Zhang.
- 1 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
- 2 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
- 3 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 4 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
- 5 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
- 6 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 7 Omar M. Yaghi United States 5.5k citations
- 8 Chad A. Mirkin United States 4.6k citations
- 9 Horst Puschmann United Kingdom 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changchun, Siping and Shanxi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Changchun44.8 works30×
- SipingCN · 21.6 works24×
- ShanxiCN · 22.1 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Iran University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Fuzhou 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran | 68.6 | 31.1% | 10.2× | 44 | +405.5% |
| 2 | Beijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureChina | 67.7 | 57.2% | 7.4× | 16 | +218.6% |
| 3 | Fuzhou UniversityChina | 65.8 | 28.3% | 10.5× | 93 | +102.8% |
| 4 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 63.2 | 38.1% | 6.8× | 30 | +144.9% |
| 5 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 63.0 | 39.1% | 6.0× | 53 | +255.1% |
| 6 | Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina | 63.0 | 40.7% | 9.9× | 37 | +76.9% |
| 7 | Nankai UniversityChina | 62.8 | 32.8% | 10.9× | 115 | -12.7% |
| 8 | Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina | 61.8 | 28.7% | 10.4× | 72 | +67.1% |
| 9 | Tiangong UniversityChina | 61.6 | 30.7% | 14.3× | 55 | +80.8% |
| 10 | East China University of TechnologyChina | 61.2 | 37.7% | 18.6× | 27 | +90.8% |
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 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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