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Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 53k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanisms, dynamics, and applications of excited-state proton transfer, intramolecular charge transfer, solvation dynamics, and hydrogen bonding. It also explores the use of these phenomena in luminescent solar concentrators and organic optoelectronic materials.

  • Excited-State Proton Transfer
  • Intramolecular Charge Transfer
  • Solvation Dynamics
  • Luminescent Solar Concentrators
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Fluorescence Quantum Yields
  • Organic Optoelectronic Materials
  • Electron Transfer
  • Photoinduced Proton Transfer
  • Solvatochromism
Research works
53k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (572 and 423 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 572 works
  2. 2 United States 423 works
  3. 3 India 413 works
  4. 4 Russia 195 works
  5. 5 Japan 187 works
  6. 6 Germany 164 works
  7. 7 France 121 works
  8. 8 Italy 92 works
  9. 9 Poland 89 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 72 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: 24.6%United States: 18.2%India: 17.7%Russia: 8.4%6 others listed: 31.2%25%largest
China572 · 24.6%United States423 · 18.2%India413 · 17.7%Russia195 · 8.4%6 others listed726 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research, followed by Jilin University and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Who are the leading researchers in Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies include Michaël Grätzel, John A. Pople and Donald G. Truhlar.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
  3. 3 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
  4. 4 Martin Karplus United States 4.7k citations
  5. 5 Michael J. S. Dewar United States 4.3k citations
  6. 6 C. N. R. Rao India 3.9k citations
  7. 7 Vincenzo Barone Italy 3.9k citations
  8. 8 Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria 3.8k citations

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

Where is Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research done?

The largest centres of Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novosibirsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 77 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 67 works
  3. 3 Paris France 45 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 40 works
  5. 5 Mumbai India 36 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 33 works
  7. 7 Changchun China 32 works
  8. 8 Warsaw Poland 30 works
  9. 9 Kolkata India 30 works
  10. 10 Shenyang China 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 24.0 works6.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Liaoning University, Northeast Forestry University and Shenyang Normal 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.

0%25%50%mean 27.07%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Liaoning University: 11, 57.4%Northeast Forestry University: 11, 50.0%Shenyang Normal University: 11, 46.8%Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram: 14, 17.5%Jilin University: 18, 31.3%University of Würzburg: 8, 20.1%Nanjing Forestry University: 12, 22.2%Sevastopol National Technical University: 8, 16.7%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 15, 7.5%Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology: 10, 1.2%Liaoning UniversityNortheast Forestry U…Shenyang Normal Univ…Indian Institute of …
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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 Liaoning UniversityChina 74.857.4%26.8×11 +81.6%
2 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 72.450.0%12.0×11 +94.3%
3 Shenyang Normal UniversityChina 63.346.8%79.3×11
4 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramIndia 59.817.5%102.4×14 +81.3%
5 Jilin UniversityChina 51.831.3%6.0×18 +11.5%
6 University of WürzburgGermany 47.420.1%12.3×8 +8.7%
7 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 45.322.2%8.1×12
8 Sevastopol National Technical UniversityUkraine 44.216.7%108.4×8
9 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 38.87.5%5.8×15 -10.4%
10 Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and TechnologyRussia 37.71.2%134.5×10 +42.7%

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 Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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.