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Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods

Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 5.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on recent developments in organic synthesis, particularly in the areas of cyclization reactions, enol ethers, furanones, butenolides, and total synthesis. The research also covers the synthesis of antibacterial agents, domino reactions, Lewis acid catalyzed reactions, regioselective synthesis, and the synthesis of various heterocyclic compounds.

  • Cyclization Reactions
  • Enol Ethers
  • Furanones
  • Butenolides
  • Total Synthesis
  • Antibacterial Agents
  • Domino Reactions
  • Lewis Acid Catalyzed Reactions
  • Regioselective Synthesis
  • Heterocyclic Compounds
Research works
5.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
592
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
18% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods

Which countries lead Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (74 and 71 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 74 works
  2. 2 Brazil 71 works
  3. 3 Italy 54 works
  4. 4 Spain 47 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 38 works
  6. 6 Russia 32 works
  7. 7 France 29 works
  8. 8 Argentina 27 works
  9. 9 Germany 19 works
  10. 10 India 15 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.

United States: 18.2%Brazil: 17.5%Italy: 13.4%Spain: 11.7%6 others listed: 39.3%18%largest
United States74 · 18.2%Brazil71 · 17.5%Italy54 · 13.4%Spain47 · 11.7%6 others listed160 · 39.3%

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

Which institutions lead Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ca' Foscari University of Venice publishes the most Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 29 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 8 works
  6. 6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 7 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 6 works
  10. 10 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods include A. Amorim, Robert West and Elias James Corey.

  1. 1 A. Amorim Portugal 109k citations
  2. 2 Robert West United Kingdom 102k citations
  3. 3 Elias James Corey United States 97k citations
  4. 4 Ben L. Feringa Netherlands 94k 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 Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods?

The most cited paper in Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods is "Oxidation of α,β-un saturated aldehydes" (Balkrishna S. Bal, Wayne E. Childers, Harold W. Pinnick, 1981), with 1,142 citations. Next come "Synthesis and Biological Activity of α‐Methylene‐γ‐butyrolactones" (653) and "An efficient method for the alkynylation of oxiranes using alkynyl boranes" (429).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxidation of α,β-un saturated aldehydes Balkrishna S. Bal, Wayne E. Childers, Harold W. Pinnick · Tetrahedron 1981 1,142
2 Synthesis and Biological Activity of α‐Methylene‐γ‐butyrolactones H. M. R. Hoffmann, Jürgen P. Rabe · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English Feb 1985 653
3 An efficient method for the alkynylation of oxiranes using alkynyl boranes Masahiko Yamaguchi, Ichiro Hirao · Tetrahedron Letters 1983 429
4 Toxicity of cycads Marjorie Grant Whiting · Economic Botany Oct 1963 278
5 Cicero for and against Divination Malcolm B. Schofield · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1986 267
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Where is Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research done?

The largest centres of Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research in 2022-now are Venice (Italy), São Paulo (Brazil), Madrid (Spain) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 VeniceItaly 29 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 19 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 15 works
  4. 4 Buenos AiresArgentina 14 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 9 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 9 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 9 works
  9. 9 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 8 works
  10. 10 OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 29.3 works159×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidad de Buenos Aires 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.

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
1Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 80.08.7%244.6×29 +1660.0%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 19.10.5%11.9×12 -49.9%
3Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 6.80.0%40.7×8 -36.4%

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 Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods, country by country

Is Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods 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 counting10%20%30%Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods9.7% 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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