Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 56k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of advances in transition metal catalysis, including polymerization, organometallic chemistry, bond activation, olefin reactions, hydrogenation, NMR chemical shifts, pincer complexes, and dinitrogen reduction.
- Catalysis
- Transition Metal
- Polymerization
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Bond Activation
- Olefin
- Hydrogenation
- NMR Chemical Shifts
- Pincer Complexes
- Dinitrogen Reduction
- Research works
- 56k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 10k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research?
By volume, China and Germany publish the most (666 and 433 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 666 works
- 2 Germany 433 works
- 3 United States 426 works
- 4 Russia 232 works
- 5 India 169 works
- 6 Japan 159 works
- 7 France 145 works
- 8 United Kingdom 125 works
- 9 Spain 104 works
- 10 Italy 73 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 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 32 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 29 works
- 3 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 27 works
- 4 Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Russia 24 works
- 5 Technical University of Munich Germany 23 works
- 6 Qingdao University of Science and Technology China 22 works
- 7 University of Regensburg Germany 22 works
- 8 University of Tübingen Germany 21 works
- 9 University of Science and Technology of China China 20 works
- 10 G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry Russia 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis include Donald G. Truhlar, Judith A. K. Howard and Wei Huang.
- 1 Donald G. Truhlar 8.4k citations
- 2 Judith A. K. Howard 5.5k citations
- 3 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
- 4 George M. Whitesides 4.8k citations
- 5 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 4.4k citations
- 6 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis 4.3k citations
- 7 A. Ruiz-Jimeno 4.2k citations
- 8 Richard H. Friend 4k citations
- 9 Barry M. Trost 3.8k citations
- 10 Peter G. Jones 3.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research done?
The largest centres of Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Regensburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RegensburgDE · 22.3 works21×
- Nizhny NovgorodRU · 21.4 works15×
- NovosibirskRU · 52.2 works15×
- TübingenDE · 21.2 works13×
- KarlsruheDE · 28.8 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Anhui University, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University of Houston 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 | Anhui University China | 77.5 | 26.0% | 12.4× | 17 | +119.6% |
| 2 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany | 65.9 | 20.3% | 10.3× | 14 | +28.4% |
| 3 | University of Houston United States | 63.7 | 18.6% | 8.9× | 9 | +193.2% |
| 4 | Southern University of Science and Technology China | 62.7 | 21.4% | 8.2× | 13 | — |
| 5 | Philipps University of Marburg Germany | 60.8 | 17.6% | 24.0× | 17 | -25.0% |
| 6 | Saarland University Germany | 59.3 | 18.5% | 15.0× | 10 | +50.0% |
| 7 | University of Science and Technology of China China | 58.7 | 18.6% | 5.6× | 20 | +115.7% |
| 8 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 58.2 | 9.9% | 9.6× | 23 | -18.1% |
| 9 | University of Regensburg Germany | 56.4 | 6.2% | 44.0× | 22 | +39.7% |
| 10 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany | 54.8 | 4.7% | 17.2× | 27 | -19.7% |
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 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.
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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.