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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%
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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. 1 China 666 works
  2. 2 Germany 433 works
  3. 3 United States 426 works
  4. 4 Russia 232 works
  5. 5 India 169 works
  6. 6 Japan 159 works
  7. 7 France 145 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 125 works
  9. 9 Spain 104 works
  10. 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.

China: 26.3%Germany: 17.1%United States: 16.8%Russia: 9.2%6 others listed: 30.6%26%largest
China666 · 26.3%Germany433 · 17.1%United States426 · 16.8%Russia232 · 9.2%6 others listed774 · 30.6%

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

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. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works
  3. 3 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 27 works
  4. 4 Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic ChemistryRussia 24 works
  5. 5 Technical University of MunichGermany 23 works
  6. 6 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 22 works
  7. 7 University of RegensburgGermany 22 works
  8. 8 University of TübingenGermany 21 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 20 works
  10. 10 G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic ChemistryRussia 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. 1 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
  2. 2 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom 5.5k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  5. 5 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 4.4k citations
  6. 6 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 4.3k citations
  7. 7 A. Ruiz-Jimeno Spain 4.2k citations
  8. 8 Richard H. Friend United Kingdom 4k citations
  9. 9 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  10. 10 Peter G. Jones Germany 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 136 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 90 works
  3. 3 Novosibirsk Russia 52 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 48 works
  5. 5 Paris France 48 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 47 works
  7. 7 Hefei China 45 works
  8. 8 Tianjin China 36 works
  9. 9 Munich Germany 33 works
  10. 10 Karlsruhe Germany 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RegensburgDE · 22.3 works21×
  2. Nizhny NovgorodRU · 21.4 works15×
  3. NovosibirskRU · 52.2 works15×
  4. TübingenDE · 21.2 works13×
  5. KarlsruheDE · 28.8 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Anhui University: 17, 26.0%Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 14, 20.3%University of Houston: 9, 18.6%Southern University of Science and Technology: 13, 21.4%Philipps University of Marburg: 17, 17.6%Saarland University: 10, 18.5%University of Science and Technology of China: 20, 18.6%Technical University of Munich: 23, 9.9%University of Regensburg: 22, 6.2%Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: 27, 4.7%Anhui UniversitySouthern University …Friedrich-Alexander-…University of Houston
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Anhui UniversityChina 77.526.0%12.4×17 +119.6%
2 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 65.920.3%10.3×14 +28.4%
3 University of HoustonUnited States 63.718.6%8.9×9 +193.2%
4 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.721.4%8.2×13 —
5 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 60.817.6%24.0×17 -25.0%
6 Saarland UniversityGermany 59.318.5%15.0×10 +50.0%
7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58.718.6%5.6×20 +115.7%
8 Technical University of MunichGermany 58.29.9%9.6×23 -18.1%
9 University of RegensburgGermany 56.46.2%44.0×22 +39.7%
10 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 54.84.7%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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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.