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Various Chemistry Research Topics

Various Chemistry Research Topics is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on innovations in chemistry education and laboratory techniques, including the use of virtual laboratories, primary literature, light-emitting diodes, smartphone applications, 3D printing, and green chemistry. It also explores student-created videos and the challenges and successes of distance learning in chemistry education.

  • Laboratory Techniques
  • Chemistry Education
  • Virtual Laboratories
  • Primary Literature
  • Light-Emitting Diodes
  • Smartphone Applications
  • 3D Printing
  • Green Chemistry
  • Student-Created Videos
  • Distance Learning
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Various Chemistry Research Topics

Which countries lead Various Chemistry Research Topics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (839 and 210 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 839 works
  2. 2 China 210 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 182 works
  4. 4 Germany 147 works
  5. 5 India 135 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 111 works
  7. 7 Japan 79 works
  8. 8 France 73 works
  9. 9 Brazil 73 works
  10. 10 Canada 70 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.

United States: 43.7%China: 10.9%Indonesia: 9.5%Germany: 7.7%6 others listed: 28.2%44%largest
United States839 · 43.7%China210 · 10.9%Indonesia182 · 9.5%Germany147 · 7.7%6 others listed542 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Various Chemistry Research Topics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Various Chemistry Research Topics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and University of Delhi.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 21 works
  3. 3 University of DelhiIndia 15 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 15 works
  5. 5 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 14 works
  6. 6 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 City University of New YorkUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 10 works
  9. 9 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 10 works
  10. 10 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Various Chemistry Research Topics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Various Chemistry Research Topics include Michaël Grätzel, George Davey Smith and Richard A. Gibbs.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  2. 2 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  3. 3 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  4. 4 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 281k citations
  5. 5 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  6. 6 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  9. 9 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  10. 10 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k 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 Various Chemistry Research Topics?

The most cited paper in Various Chemistry Research Topics is "Multiwfn: A multifunctional wavefunction analyzer" (Tian Lu, Feiwu Chen, 2011), with 45,639 citations. Next come "Development and testing of a general amber force field" (20,214) and "Self—Consistent Molecular Orbital Methods. XII. Further Extensions of Gaussian—Type Basis Sets for Use in Molecular Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules" (16,002).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multiwfn: A multifunctional wavefunction analyzer Tian Lu, Feiwu Chen · Journal of Computational Chemistry 8 Dec 2011 45,639
2 Development and testing of a general amber force field Junmei Wang, Romain M. Wolf, James W. Caldwell et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry 13 Apr 2004 20,214
3 Self—Consistent Molecular Orbital Methods. XII. Further Extensions of Gaussian—Type Basis Sets for Use in Molecular Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules Warren J. Hehre, ROBERT DITCHFIELD, John Anthony Pople · The Journal of Chemical Physics Mar 1972 16,002
4 Self-Consistent Molecular-Orbital Methods. IX. An Extended Gaussian-Type Basis for Molecular-Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules ROBERT DITCHFIELD, Warren J. Hehre, John Anthony Pople · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jan 1971 10,685
5 Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Ralph G. Pearson · Journal of the American Chemical Society Nov 1963 10,387
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Where is Various Chemistry Research Topics research done?

The largest centres of Various Chemistry Research Topics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Mexico City (Mexico) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 34 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 28 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 24 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 24 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 23 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 21 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 21 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 20 works
  9. 9 YogyakartaIndonesia 17 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 16 works
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Where is the best place to study Various Chemistry Research Topics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of South Florida, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and University of Wisconsin–Madison 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 16.58%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of South …University of Wiscon…ETH ZurichUniversidad Nacional…
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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
1University of South FloridaUnited States 62.548.1%7.7×8 +44.2%
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 62.412.8%6.0×15 +70.4%
3University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 54.421.1%5.2×12 +44.7%
4ETH ZurichSwitzerland 53.620.0%5.9×10 +30.3%
5University of DelhiIndia 49.62.6%8.9×15 -
6Iowa State UniversityUnited States 44.65.8%10.0×10 +28.7%
7Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 42.516.5%5.2×9 +25.1%
8City University of New YorkUnited States 42.014.8%7.5×10 +12.2%
9University of RichmondUnited States 41.124.1%40.4×8 +152.2%
10Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 40.10.0%5.9×14 -5.3%

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 Various Chemistry Research Topics, country by country

Is Various Chemistry Research Topics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2008. The fastest-growing topics are Various Chemistry Research Topics.

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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 Various Chemistry Research Topics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Various Chemistry Research Topics 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%Various Chemistry Research Topics10.6% 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.

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