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Synthesis of Indole Derivatives

Synthesis of Indole Derivatives is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 7k 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 explores the chemistry of quinone methides, focusing on their use as reactive intermediates in organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, and natural product synthesis. The research covers a wide range of catalytic reactions, including enantioselective synthesis, aromatic alkylation, and spiroketal synthesis.

  • Quinone Methides
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Asymmetric Catalysis
  • Indolylmethanes
  • Natural Product Synthesis
  • Enantioselective Synthesis
  • Catalytic Reactions
  • Bifunctional Catalysts
  • Aromatic Alkylation
  • Spiroketal Synthesis
Research works
7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
695
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Synthesis of Indole Derivatives

Which countries lead Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (369 and 235 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 369 works
  2. 2 India 235 works
  3. 3 United States 50 works
  4. 4 Japan 39 works
  5. 5 Russia 34 works
  6. 6 Iran 33 works
  7. 7 South Korea 20 works
  8. 8 Germany 19 works
  9. 9 France 17 works
  10. 10 Italy 13 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: 44.5%India: 28.3%United States: 6.1%Japan: 4.7%6 others listed: 16.4%44%largest
China369 · 44.5%India235 · 28.3%United States50 · 6.1%Japan39 · 4.7%6 others listed136 · 16.4%

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

Which institutions lead Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research?

By volume in 2022-now, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research publishes the most Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 21 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
  3. 3 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 16 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 7 works
  7. 7 Jiangsu Normal UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou UniversityChina 6 works
  9. 9 Changzhou UniversityChina 6 works
  10. 10 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Synthesis of Indole Derivatives?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Synthesis of Indole Derivatives include Ben Zhong Tang, Kai You Wang and Avelino Corma.

  1. 1 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Avelino Corma Spain 176k citations
  4. 4 Erik De Clercq Belgium 141k citations
  5. 5 Xinliang Feng Germany 141k citations
  6. 6 Abdullah Mohamed Asiri Saudi Arabia 140k citations
  7. 7 Stuart L. Schreiber United States 136k 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 Synthesis of Indole Derivatives?

The most cited paper in Synthesis of Indole Derivatives is "Practical Methodologies for the Synthesis of Indoles" (Guy R. Humphrey, Jeffrey T. Kuethe, 2006), with 2,142 citations. Next come "Marine Indole Alkaloids: Potential New Drug Leads for the Control of Depression and Anxiety" (2,041) and "Recent progresses on diarylethene based photochromic switches" (1,573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Practical Methodologies for the Synthesis of Indoles Guy R. Humphrey, Jeffrey T. Kuethe · Chemical Reviews Review 7 Jun 2006 2,142
2 Marine Indole Alkaloids: Potential New Drug Leads for the Control of Depression and Anxiety Anna J. Kochanowska-Karamyan, Mark T. Hamann · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 9 Apr 2010 2,041
3 Recent progresses on diarylethene based photochromic switches He Tian, Songjie Yang · Chemical Society Reviews 2004 1,573
4 Catalytic Functionalization of Indoles in a New Dimension Marco Bandini, Astrid Eichholzer · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 27 Nov 2009 1,432
5 Biomedical Importance of Indoles Nagendra Kumar Kaushik, Neha Kaushik, Pankaj Attri et al. · Molecules Open access 6 Jun 2013 1,245
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Where is Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research done?

The largest centres of Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and Ghaziabad (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 34 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 24 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 17 works
  4. 4 GhaziabadIndia 16 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 15 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 14 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 14 works
  8. 8 HyderabadIndia 14 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 13 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Synthesis of Indole Derivatives?

Among universities, judged by research, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation 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
1Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 10.07.0%61.9×16 +82.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Synthesis of Indole Derivatives, country by country

Is Synthesis of Indole Derivatives research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2015.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Synthesis of Indole Derivatives as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Synthesis of Indole Derivatives 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.

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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.

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