Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Materials Chemistry

Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications

Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, properties, and applications of polyoxometalate clusters and materials. It covers topics such as self-assembly, nanomaterials, catalysis, functionalization, hybrid materials, electrocatalysis, magnetic properties, nanocomposites, photochemical properties, and heterogeneous catalysis.

  • Self-assembly
  • Nanomaterials
  • Catalysis
  • Functionalization
  • Hybrid materials
  • Electrocatalysis
  • Magnetic properties
  • Nanocomposites
  • Photochemical properties
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
58% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications

Which countries lead Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.8k and 270 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 India 270 works
  3. 3 United States 222 works
  4. 4 Japan 162 works
  5. 5 Germany 154 works
  6. 6 Russia 140 works
  7. 7 France 131 works
  8. 8 Iran 111 works
  9. 9 Spain 75 works
  10. 10 South Korea 66 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: 58.1%India: 8.5%United States: 7.0%Japan: 5.1%6 others listed: 21.3%58%largest
China1,844 · 58.1%India270 · 8.5%United States222 · 7.0%Japan162 · 5.1%6 others listed677 · 21.3%

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

Which institutions lead Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 128 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 79 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 74 works
  4. 4 Henan UniversityChina 66 works
  5. 5 Jilin UniversityChina 45 works
  6. 6 Bohai UniversityChina 43 works
  7. 7 Northeast Normal UniversityChina 41 works
  8. 8 Fuzhou UniversityChina 38 works
  9. 9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 34 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and George M. Whitesides.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  6. 6 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  7. 7 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  8. 8 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  9. 9 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  10. 10 Kai You Wang China 224k 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 Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications?

The most cited paper in Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications is "Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism" (Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al., 1992), with 16,257 citations. Next come "Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores" (11,736) and "Functional Porous Coordination Polymers" (11,069).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al. · Nature Oct 1992 16,257
2 Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores Dongyuan Zhao, Jianglin Feng, Qisheng Huo et al. · Science 23 Jan 1998 11,736
3 Functional Porous Coordination Polymers Susumu Kitagawa, Ryo Kitaura, Shin‐ichiro Noro · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 22 Apr 2004 11,069
4 Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials Omar M. Yaghi, Michael O'Keeffe, Nathan W. Ockwig et al. · Nature Jun 2003 9,123
5 Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework Hailian Li, Mohamed Eddaoudi, M. O’Keeffe et al. · Nature Open access Nov 1999 8,545
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Changchun (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jinzhou and Kaifeng.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 250 works
  2. 2 ChangchunChina 100 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 82 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 74 works
  5. 5 KaifengChina 68 works
  6. 6 FuzhouChina 67 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 60 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 53 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 53 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JinzhouCN · 46.1 works48×
  2. KaifengCN · 67.6 works38×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications than the world average.

See Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications on the map

Where is the best place to study Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University, Henan University and Nankai 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%20%40%mean 19.77%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityNankai UniversityYangzhou UniversityHenan University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1Tsinghua UniversityChina 74.132.4%3.2×24 +26.1%
2Henan UniversityChina 67.415.8%58.2×66 +14.9%
3Nankai UniversityChina 66.827.1%8.9×21 +61.9%
4Yangzhou UniversityChina 64.522.9%8.1×15 +39.5%
5Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 64.322.7%16.1×23 +24.9%
6Jilin UniversityChina 64.216.6%11.6×45 +15.7%
7Fuzhou UniversityChina 64.113.5%20.2×38 +21.2%
8Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 61.915.6%8.5×34 +31.8%
9Bohai UniversityChina 60.513.2%125.3×43 +89.7%
10University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59.417.9%4.1×23 +28.4%

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 Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications, country by country

Is Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications 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.

still counting5%10%15%Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications9.8% in 2025200020102020

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.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications. Posts are plain text and can be reported.