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Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the catalytic reduction and hydrogenation of nitro compounds using metal nanoparticles, supported catalysts, and green synthesis methods. It explores chemoselective reactions, selective hydrogenation processes, and the environmental applications of these catalytic systems.

  • Catalytic Reduction
  • Nitro Compounds
  • Metal Nanoparticles
  • Hydrogenation
  • Chemoselective
  • Supported Catalysts
  • Green Synthesis
  • Selective Hydrogenation
  • Nanocomposites
  • Environmental Catalysis
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Which countries lead Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (5.5k and 2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5.5k works
  2. 2 India 2k works
  3. 3 Iran 717 works
  4. 4 United States 489 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia 438 works
  6. 6 Egypt 334 works
  7. 7 South Korea 308 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 305 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 283 works
  10. 10 Japan 253 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: 51.6%India: 19.1%Iran: 6.7%United States: 4.6%6 others listed: 18.0%52%largest
China5,500 · 51.6%India2,040 · 19.1%Iran717 · 6.7%United States489 · 4.6%6 others listed1,922 · 18.0%

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

Which institutions lead Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 344 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 105 works
  3. 3 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 94 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 91 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 80 works
  6. 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 64 works
  7. 7 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 62 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 62 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina 61 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Yury G. Gogotsi.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  7. 7 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  8. 8 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  9. 9 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  10. 10 Kai You Wang China 224k 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 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions?

The most cited paper in Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions is "Pseudo-second order model for sorption processes" (Yuh‐Shan Ho, Gordon McKay, 1999), with 17,540 citations. Next come "Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology" (12,420) and "Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Protection, Functionalization, and Application" (6,770).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pseudo-second order model for sorption processes Yuh‐Shan Ho, Gordon McKay · Process Biochemistry Jul 1999 17,540
2 Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology Marie‐Christine Daniel, Didier Astruc · Chemical Reviews Review 20 Dec 2003 12,420
3 Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Protection, Functionalization, and Application An‐Hui Lu, Elena Lorena Salabaş, Ferdi Schüth · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 5 Feb 2007 6,770
4 Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Yugang Sun, Younan Xia · Science 12 Dec 2002 6,504
5 Preparation and Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanorods (NRs) Using Seed-Mediated Growth Method Babak Nikoobakht, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed · Chemistry of Materials 17 Apr 2003 5,075
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Where is Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research done?

The largest centres of Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yasuj.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 728 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 294 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 277 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 228 works
  5. 5 TianjinChina 219 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 212 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 202 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 167 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 159 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 156 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YasujIR · 21.6 works26×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and Yeungnam 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%20%40%mean 19.79%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King Fahd University…Yeungnam UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Saud University
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 70.712.6%6.6×80 +126.8%
2King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 68.123.9%7.3×31 +21.8%
3Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 64.819.9%11.2×31 +297.0%
4King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.716.5%7.5×34 +184.7%
5Tsinghua UniversityChina 62.018.2%2.1×60 +20.2%
6Saveetha UniversityIndia 61.519.8%3.3×39 +1389.6%
7Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversitySaudi Arabia 61.516.8%12.2×28 +1190.2%
8Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 60.917.5%13.2×44 +46.9%
9Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 59.234.3%3.0×10 +95.4%
10University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 59.118.4%3.1×45 +44.3%

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 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, country by country

Is Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

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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 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.072% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions0.062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions 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%Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions9.9% 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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