Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Organic Chemistry

Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on transition-metal-catalyzed sulfur chemistry, including sulfur bond formation, catalytic coupling reactions, and the synthesis of sulfur-containing compounds. It explores applications in drug design, organic synthesis, thiolation, sulfonylation, and medicinal chemistry.

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed
  • Sulfur Bond Formation
  • Catalytic Coupling Reactions
  • Sulfur-Containing Compounds
  • Drug Design
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Thiolation
  • Sulfonylation
  • Aryl Halides
  • Medicinal Chemistry
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Which countries lead Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.6k and 727 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 India 727 works
  3. 3 United States 340 works
  4. 4 Japan 220 works
  5. 5 Germany 182 works
  6. 6 France 140 works
  7. 7 Russia 122 works
  8. 8 Iran 108 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 94 works
  10. 10 South Korea 84 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: 55.9%India: 15.9%United States: 7.4%Japan: 4.8%6 others listed: 16.0%56%largest
China2,558 · 55.9%India727 · 15.9%United States340 · 7.4%Japan220 · 4.8%6 others listed730 · 16.0%

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

Which institutions lead Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 159 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 74 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 68 works
  4. 4 Henan Normal UniversityChina 53 works
  5. 5 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 47 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 41 works
  7. 7 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 37 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina 36 works
  9. 9 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 36 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques include Jeremy Grimshaw, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 281k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  5. 5 Stefan Grimme Germany 224k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 Axel D. Becke Canada 222k citations
  8. 8 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  9. 9 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  10. 10 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k 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 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques?

The most cited paper in Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques is "Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis" (Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic, David W. C. MacMillan, 2013), with 9,625 citations. Next come "Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis" (4,174) and "Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance" (3,895).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic, David W. C. MacMillan · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 19 Mar 2013 9,625
2 Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis Jagan M. R. Narayanam, Corey R. J. Stephenson · Chemical Society Reviews Review 8 Jun 2010 4,174
3 Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance Ming Yan, Yu Kawamata, Phil S. Baran · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 9 Oct 2017 3,895
4 The Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions of Organotin Reagents with Organic Electrophiles [New Synthetic Methods (58)] JOHN K. STILLE · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English Jun 1986 3,392
5 Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Megan H. Shaw, Jack Twilton, David W. C. MacMillan · The Journal of Organic Chemistry Open access Aug 2016 3,239
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xinxiang and Taizhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 224 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 178 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 151 works
  4. 4 HangzhouChina 116 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 100 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 95 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 77 works
  8. 8 ZhengzhouChina 74 works
  9. 9 NanchangChina 68 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XinxiangCN · 57.8 works39×
  2. TaizhouCN · 20.6 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques than the world average.

See Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques on the map

Where is the best place to study Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Henan Normal University, University of South China and Zhengzhou 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%60%mean 26.97%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of South …Henan Normal Univers…Nanjing Forestry Uni…Zhengzhou 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
1Henan Normal UniversityChina 64.620.2%58.9×53 +229.4%
2University of South ChinaChina 63.538.7%12.9×16 +359.9%
3Zhengzhou UniversityChina 59.214.9%8.7×47 +29.2%
4Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 57.016.7%16.1×33 +238.2%
5Sichuan UniversityChina 55.917.1%4.0×41 +55.7%
6University of MünsterGermany 55.736.1%8.9×17 -29.7%
7Princeton UniversityUnited States 55.152.8%4.3×9 -7.6%
8Central China Normal UniversityChina 53.725.8%14.9×17 +8.9%
9University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53.614.1%4.8×36 +19.0%
10ShanghaiTech UniversityChina 53.433.3%12.1×10 +96.7%

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 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, country by country

Is Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques.

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 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques 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%Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques9.6% 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 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques. Posts are plain text and can be reported.