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Synthesis of Organic Compounds

Synthesis of Organic Compounds is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 24k 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 diverse aspects of chromones and flavonoids, including their synthesis, biological activities, medicinal potential, and applications in drug discovery. The research covers topics such as the development of chromone derivatives as anticancer agents, their antioxidant properties, microwave-assisted synthesis methods, and the natural occurrence of these compounds.

  • Chromones
  • Flavonoids
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Synthesis
  • Biological Activity
  • Anticancer Agents
  • Antioxidants
  • Microwave-Assisted Synthesis
  • Natural Occurrence
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Synthesis of Organic Compounds

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Synthesis of Organic Compounds research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (458 and 338 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 458 works
  2. 2 India 338 works
  3. 3 Russia 134 works
  4. 4 Iran 109 works
  5. 5 United States 83 works
  6. 6 Egypt 68 works
  7. 7 Japan 60 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 51 works
  9. 9 Brazil 43 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 41 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: 33.1%India: 24.4%Russia: 9.6%Iran: 7.9%6 others listed: 25.0%33%largest
China458 · 33.1%India338 · 24.4%Russia134 · 9.6%Iran109 · 7.9%6 others listed347 · 25.0%

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

Which institutions lead Synthesis of Organic Compounds research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Synthesis of Organic Compounds research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  3. 3 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 17 works
  4. 4 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 14 works
  5. 5 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 13 works
  6. 6 National Research CentreEgypt 13 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  8. 8 University of MosulIraq 10 works
  9. 9 Guizhou UniversityChina 10 works
  10. 10 Southwest UniversityChina 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Synthesis of Organic Compounds?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Synthesis of Organic Compounds include Wei Huang, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k 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 Organic Compounds?

The most cited paper in Synthesis of Organic Compounds is "The specificities of protein kinase inhibitors: an update" (Jenny Bain, Hilary McLauchlan, Matthew Elliott et al., 2003), with 1,369 citations. Next come "Biologically active dihydropyrimidones of the Biginelli-type — a literature survey" (1,332) and "Selective toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles toward Gram-positive bacteria and cancer cells by apoptosis through lipid peroxidation" (1,108).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The specificities of protein kinase inhibitors: an update Jenny Bain, Hilary McLauchlan, Matthew Elliott et al. · Biochemical Journal Open access 26 Mar 2003 1,369
2 Biologically active dihydropyrimidones of the Biginelli-type — a literature survey Christian Oliver Kappe · European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Dec 2000 1,332
3 Selective toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles toward Gram-positive bacteria and cancer cells by apoptosis through lipid peroxidation Mariappan Premanathan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Kadarkaraithangam Jeyasubramanian et al. · Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine 28 Oct 2010 1,108
4 Simple Coumarins and Analogues in Medicinal Chemistry: Occurrence, Synthesis and Biological Activity Fernanda Borges, Fernanda M.F. Roleira, Nuno Milhazes et al. · Current Medicinal Chemistry 29 Mar 2005 998
5 Phosphorus-containing flame retardant epoxy thermosets: Recent advances and future perspectives Siqi Huo, Pingan Song, Bin Yu et al. · Progress in Polymer Science 21 Jan 2021 901
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Where is Synthesis of Organic Compounds research done?

The largest centres of Synthesis of Organic Compounds research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tehran (Iran) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Giza and Cairo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 47 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 34 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 34 works
  4. 4 CairoEgypt 27 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 25 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 21 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 20 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 19 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 19 works
  10. 10 HyderabadIndia 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GizaEG · 20.7 works7.8×
  2. CairoEG · 26.7 works6.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Synthesis of Organic Compounds than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Synthesis of Organic Compounds?

Among universities, judged by research, Southwest University, University of Mosul and Ain Shams 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 18.3333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southwest UniversityUniversity of MosulAin Shams UniversityGuizhou University
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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
1Southwest UniversityChina 64.448.5%9.4×8 +120.4%
2University of MosulIraq 56.030.3%17.6×10 +351.8%
3Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 47.814.4%11.4×13 -45.9%
4Guizhou UniversityChina 39.510.5%12.0×10 +33.6%
5Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 38.02.5%6.3×17 -57.7%
6Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndia 21.53.8%12.4×8 +293.0%

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 Synthesis of Organic Compounds, country by country

Is Synthesis of Organic Compounds research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

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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 Organic Compounds as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0087% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Synthesis of Organic Compounds0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Synthesis of Organic Compounds 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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