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Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 19.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the catalytic C-H amination reactions, including nitrene transfer methods, enantioselective synthesis of aziridines, and the use of sulfoximines in medicinal chemistry. The research covers various metal-catalyzed approaches and their applications in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds.

  • Catalytic
  • Amination
  • C-H Bonds
  • Nitrene Transfer
  • Aziridines
  • Metal-Catalyzed
  • Enantioselective
  • Synthesis
  • Sulfoximines
  • Medicinal Chemistry
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 470 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 470 works
  3. 3 United States 372 works
  4. 4 Japan 165 works
  5. 5 Germany 143 works
  6. 6 Russia 121 works
  7. 7 Italy 90 works
  8. 8 France 88 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 75 works
  10. 10 South Korea 69 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: 45.3%India: 16.1%United States: 12.8%Japan: 5.7%6 others listed: 20.1%45%largest
China1,317 · 45.3%India470 · 16.1%United States372 · 12.8%Japan165 · 5.7%6 others listed586 · 20.1%

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

Which institutions lead Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Henan Normal University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 36 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
  3. 3 Henan Normal UniversityChina 33 works
  4. 4 University of FlorenceItaly 31 works
  5. 5 Nankai UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 25 works
  7. 7 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 24 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 23 works
  9. 9 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 22 works
  10. 10 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions include Barry M. Trost, Peter G. Jones and Stephen L. Buchwald.

  1. 1 Barry M. Trost United States 3.8k citations
  2. 2 Peter G. Jones Germany 3.6k citations
  3. 3 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 3.5k citations
  4. 4 David W. C. MacMillan United States 3.5k citations
  5. 5 K. Barry Sharpless United States 3.3k citations
  6. 6 K. N. Houk United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research done?

The largest centres of Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xinxiang, Ghaziabad and Changzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 142 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 102 works
  3. 3 Chengdu China 71 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 71 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 65 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 60 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 53 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 43 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 42 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XinxiangCN · 36.1 works38×
  2. GhaziabadIN · 25.0 works15×
  3. ChangzhouCN · 22.0 works14×
  4. PhagwāraIN · 20.8 works13×
  5. FlorenceIT · 31.3 works11×
  6. GuwahatiIN · 23.9 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions?

Among universities, judged by research, Henan Normal University, University of Göttingen and University of Florence 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 32.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Henan Normal University: 33, 38.3%University of Göttingen: 9, 55.7%University of Florence: 31, 25.5%Nankai University: 28, 32.1%RWTH Aachen University: 24, 34.5%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 25, 9.1%Changzhou University: 17, 19.2%Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: 15, 32.6%Jiangxi Normal University: 13, 32.8%University of Münster: 10, 46.1%University of Göttin…Henan Normal Univers…Nankai UniversityUniversity of Florence
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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 Henan Normal UniversityChina 78.138.3%48.6×33 +440.4%
2 University of GöttingenGermany 67.855.7%10.2×9 +80.1%
3 University of FlorenceItaly 64.825.5%18.0×31 +50.9%
4 Nankai UniversityChina 62.632.1%12.8×28 +8.4%
5 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 62.234.5%10.0×24 +0.7%
6 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 59.69.1%23.8×25 +430.4%
7 Changzhou UniversityChina 59.519.2%20.0×17 +249.1%
8 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 59.332.6%10.4×15 +94.2%
9 Jiangxi Normal UniversityChina 57.432.8%25.6×13 +115.5%
10 University of MünsterGermany 54.346.1%9.1×10 -6.3%

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 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions.

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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.