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Organophosphorus compounds synthesis

Organophosphorus compounds synthesis is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 7.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers the chemistry, synthesis, and applications of phosphonates, with a focus on organophosphorus synthesis, enantioselective synthesis, biological activity, catalytic reactions, medicinal chemistry, asymmetric hydrophosphonylation, metal-catalyzed reactions, oxidative stress mechanisms, and aminophosphonic acids.

  • Phosphonate Chemistry
  • Organophosphorus Synthesis
  • Enantioselective Synthesis
  • Biological Activity
  • Catalytic Reactions
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrophosphonylation
  • Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
  • Oxidative Stress Mechanisms
  • Aminophosphonic Acids
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-80%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (134 and 86 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 134 works
  2. 2 Russia 86 works
  3. 3 Germany 46 works
  4. 4 India 46 works
  5. 5 United States 40 works
  6. 6 Japan 35 works
  7. 7 Poland 24 works
  8. 8 France 20 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 20 works
  10. 10 Hungary 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.

China: 28.7%Russia: 18.5%Germany: 9.8%India: 9.8%6 others listed: 33.1%29%largest
China134 · 28.7%Russia86 · 18.5%Germany46 · 9.8%India46 · 9.8%6 others listed154 · 33.1%

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

Which institutions lead Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry publishes the most Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research, followed by Kazan Federal University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical ChemistryRussia 14 works
  2. 2 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 10 works
  3. 3 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 9 works
  4. 4 A.E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of ChemistryRussia 6 works
  5. 5 A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement CompoundsRussia 6 works
  6. 6 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 5 works
  7. 7 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 5 works
  8. 8 University of RegensburgGermany 5 works
  9. 9 N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryRussia 5 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organophosphorus compounds synthesis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organophosphorus compounds synthesis include George M. Whitesides, E. J. Corey and Peter G. Jones.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 4.8k citations
  2. 2 E. J. Corey United States 3.6k citations
  3. 3 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  4. 4 Alan R. Katritzky United States 2.3k citations
  5. 5 Ben L. Feringa Netherlands 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research done?

The largest centres of Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research in 2022–2025 are Kazan’ (Russia), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Budapest (Hungary). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kazan’ and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kazan’ Russia 31 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 22 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 17 works
  4. 4 Budapest Hungary 15 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 10 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 9 works
  7. 7 Kyiv Ukraine 9 works
  8. 8 Tunis Tunisia 7 works
  9. 9 Irkutsk Russia 7 works
  10. 10 Zhengzhou China 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kazan’RU · 31.5 works74×
  2. MoscowRU · 22.3 works3.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organophosphorus compounds synthesis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Organophosphorus compounds synthesis?

Among universities, judged by research, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Kazan Federal 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 40.011.3%64.1×9 -5.4%
2 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 16.40.0%57.5×10 +6.0%

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 Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 80% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013.

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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.