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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. 10.1% 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%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Organophosphorus compounds synthesis

Which countries lead Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (169 and 100 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 169 works
  2. 2 Russia 100 works
  3. 3 India 58 works
  4. 4 Germany 51 works
  5. 5 United States 49 works
  6. 6 Japan 41 works
  7. 7 Poland 26 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 25 works
  9. 9 France 24 works
  10. 10 Hungary 18 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: 30.2%Russia: 17.8%India: 10.3%Germany: 9.2%6 others listed: 32.5%30%largest
China169 · 30.2%Russia100 · 17.8%India58 · 10.3%Germany51 · 9.2%6 others listed182 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Kazan Federal University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 55 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  3. 3 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 11 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  5. 5 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 10 works
  6. 6 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 8 works
  7. 7 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 6 works
  9. 9 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 6 works
  10. 10 University of RegensburgGermany 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organophosphorus compounds synthesis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organophosphorus compounds synthesis include George M. Whitesides, Wei Huang and Stefan Grimme.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  4. 4 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  5. 5 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  6. 6 Avelino Corma Spain 176k citations
  7. 7 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 165k 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 Organophosphorus compounds synthesis?

The most cited paper in Organophosphorus compounds synthesis is "Transesterification of vegetable oils: a review" (Ulf Friedrich Schuchardt, Ricardo Sercheli, Rogério Matheus Vargas, 1998), with 1,333 citations. Next come "Phosphine Organocatalysis" (1,139) and "Direct synthesis of Z-unsaturated esters. A useful modification of the horner-emmons olefination." (1,053).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transesterification of vegetable oils: a review Ulf Friedrich Schuchardt, Ricardo Sercheli, Rogério Matheus Vargas · Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society Open access May 1998 1,333
2 Phosphine Organocatalysis Hongchao Guo, Yi Fan, Zhanhu Sun et al. · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 27 Sep 2018 1,139
3 Direct synthesis of Z-unsaturated esters. A useful modification of the horner-emmons olefination. W. Clark Still, Cesare Gennari · Tetrahedron Letters 1983 1,053
4 BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF AMINOPHOSPHONIC ACIDS Pawel K. Kafarski, Barbara Lejczak · Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements Nov 1991 980
5 Tertiary Phosphane/Tetrachloromethane, a Versatile Reagent for Chlorination, Dehydration, and PN Linkage Rolf Appel · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English Dec 1975 941
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Where is Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research done?

The largest centres of Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 Kazan’Russia 37 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 25 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 21 works
  4. 4 BudapestHungary 17 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 14 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 10 works
  7. 7 KyivUkraine 10 works
  8. 8 ZhengzhouChina 9 works
  9. 9 LanzhouChina 8 works
  10. 10 IrkutskRussia 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kazan’RU · 36.8 works75×
  2. MoscowRU · 25.3 works3.4×
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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.

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
1Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary 50.03.0%70.5×10 -60.7%
2Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 30.00.2%64.3×11 -25.6%

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 Organophosphorus compounds synthesis, country by country

Is Organophosphorus compounds synthesis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2013.

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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 Organophosphorus compounds synthesis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Organophosphorus compounds synthesis 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.

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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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