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Surface Chemistry and Catalysis

Surface Chemistry and Catalysis is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the engineering and manipulation of surface nanostructures, including self-assembly, supramolecular interactions, chirality, catalysis, and the formation of two-dimensional molecular networks. Techniques such as scanning tunneling microscopy are employed to study and control these processes at the atomic and molecular levels.

  • Surface
  • Nanostructures
  • Self-Assembly
  • Supramolecular
  • Chirality
  • Catalysis
  • Molecular Networks
  • Two-Dimensional
  • Covalent Assembly
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (376 and 148 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 376 works
  2. 2 United States 148 works
  3. 3 Germany 115 works
  4. 4 Japan 97 works
  5. 5 France 71 works
  6. 6 Spain 57 works
  7. 7 India 51 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 45 works
  9. 9 Italy 43 works
  10. 10 Russia 27 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: 36.5%United States: 14.4%Germany: 11.2%Japan: 9.4%6 others listed: 28.6%36%largest
China376 · 36.5%United States148 · 14.4%Germany115 · 11.2%Japan97 · 9.4%6 others listed294 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 14 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 14 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 13 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 13 works
  5. 5 Tongji University China 9 works
  6. 6 Soochow University China 8 works
  7. 7 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences China 8 works
  8. 8 Nankai University China 8 works
  9. 9 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany 7 works
  10. 10 Southern University of Science and Technology China 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Surface Chemistry and Catalysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Surface Chemistry and Catalysis include Wei Huang, Avelino Corma and F. Albert Cotton.

  1. 1 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Avelino Corma 4.4k citations
  3. 3 F. Albert Cotton 3.5k citations

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

Where is Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research done?

The largest centres of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 80 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 59 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 25 works
  4. 4 Paris France 25 works
  5. 5 Madrid Spain 21 works
  6. 6 Shenzhen China 18 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 16 works
  8. 8 Hefei China 14 works
  9. 9 Prague Czechia 14 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Surface Chemistry and Catalysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Soochow 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%10%20%mean 15.55%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 13, 16.2%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 14, 19.4%Soochow University: 8, 9.8%Tongji University: 9, 16.8%Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Tongji UniversityUniversity of Chines…Soochow University
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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
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 56.616.2%6.5×13 +178.8%
2Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 51.519.4%5.4×14 +38.7%
3Soochow University China 38.69.8%8.6×8 +293.1%
4Tongji University China 37.516.8%5.6×9 +137.2%

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 Surface Chemistry and Catalysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2008.

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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.