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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 13k 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 application of microwave-assisted chemistry in organic synthesis, including the investigation of nonthermal effects, nanomaterials synthesis, and material processing. It explores the use of microwave dielectric heating for green and efficient organic synthesis, drug discovery, and heterogeneous catalysis, with an emphasis on energy efficiency.

  • Microwave Chemistry
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Nonthermal Effects
  • Nanomaterials Synthesis
  • Material Processing
  • Dielectric Heating
  • Green Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Energy Efficiency
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications

Which countries lead Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (430 and 342 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 430 works
  2. 2 India 342 works
  3. 3 United States 125 works
  4. 4 Iran 111 works
  5. 5 Russia 94 works
  6. 6 Japan 58 works
  7. 7 France 44 works
  8. 8 Germany 33 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 26 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 25 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: 33.4%India: 26.5%United States: 9.7%Iran: 8.7%6 others listed: 21.7%33%largest
China430 · 33.4%India342 · 26.5%United States125 · 9.7%Iran111 · 8.7%6 others listed279 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Kunming University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 36 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  3. 3 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 19 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 16 works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 14 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 14 works
  7. 7 University of KashanIran 13 works
  8. 8 Central South UniversityChina 11 works
  9. 9 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 10 works
  10. 10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications include Wei Huang, Kai You Wang and Markus Antonietti.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations
  4. 4 Avelino Corma Spain 176k citations
  5. 5 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 165k citations
  6. 6 J. B. Singh India 144k citations
  7. 7 Erik De Clercq Belgium 141k 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 Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications?

The most cited paper in Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications is "Controlled Microwave Heating in Modern Organic Synthesis" (Christian Oliver Kappe, 2004), with 3,606 citations. Next come "Microwave assisted organic synthesis—a review" (2,674) and "Microwaves in organic synthesis. Thermal and non-thermal microwave effects" (1,866).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Controlled Microwave Heating in Modern Organic Synthesis Christian Oliver Kappe · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 23 Nov 2004 3,606
2 Microwave assisted organic synthesis—a review Pelle Lidström, Jason P. Tierney, Bernard Wathey et al. · Tetrahedron Nov 2001 2,674
3 Microwaves in organic synthesis. Thermal and non-thermal microwave effects Antonio de la Hoz, Ángel Díaz‐Ortiz, Andrés Moreno · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2005 1,866
4 The use of microwave ovens for rapid organic synthesis Richard Neville Gedye, Frank E. Smith, Kenneth Charles Westaway et al. · Tetrahedron Letters 1986 1,685
5 Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications Erik T. Thostenson, Tsu-Wei Chou · Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing Sep 1999 1,538
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Where is Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Kunming (China) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 45 works
  2. 2 ChengduChina 39 works
  3. 3 KunmingChina 32 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 27 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 25 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 25 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 21 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 20 works
  9. 9 MumbaiIndia 18 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Harbin Institute of Technology and Kunming 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%10%20%mean 11.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Dr. B. R. Ambedkar N…Harbin Institute of …Kunming University o…University of Kashan
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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
1Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharIndia 61.523.6%42.3×8 +167.9%
2Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 53.822.9%3.8×9 +148.1%
3Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 52.37.6%22.8×19 +18.9%
4University of KashanIran 46.54.6%133.8×13 -2.0%
5Sichuan UniversityChina 43.110.0%4.3×14 +27.8%
6Central South UniversityChina 42.216.9%3.8×11 +121.0%
7Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 33.25.3%5.6×14 -48.5%
8University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 32.06.3%6.4×10 +98.0%
9China West Normal UniversityChina 24.17.2%51.4×9 +181.7%

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 Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications, country by country

Is Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications.

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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 Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0066% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications 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%Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications10.4% 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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