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Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis is a research topic within Inorganic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of zeolites in catalysis, with a particular emphasis on mesoporous and hierarchical zeolite materials. It covers topics such as methanol-to-hydrocarbons conversion, shape selectivity, membrane technology, and the use of aluminophosphates in catalytic processes.

  • Zeolites
  • Catalysis
  • Mesoporous Materials
  • Hierarchical Zeolites
  • Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons
  • Microporous Crystals
  • Crystallization Mechanism
  • Shape Selectivity
  • Membrane Technology
  • Aluminophosphates
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Which countries lead Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2k and 413 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 United States 413 works
  3. 3 Russia 272 works
  4. 4 Japan 195 works
  5. 5 France 187 works
  6. 6 India 169 works
  7. 7 Germany 149 works
  8. 8 South Korea 127 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 118 works
  10. 10 Spain 114 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: 52.9%United States: 11.1%Russia: 7.3%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 23.3%53%largest
China1,961 · 52.9%United States413 · 11.1%Russia272 · 7.3%Japan195 · 5.3%6 others listed864 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 196 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 153 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 102 works
  4. 4 Sinopec (China)China 64 works
  5. 5 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 56 works
  6. 6 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 50 works
  7. 7 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 47 works
  8. 8 Tianjin UniversityChina 47 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46 works
  10. 10 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  7. 7 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  8. 8 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  9. 9 Omar M. Yaghi United States 254k citations
  10. 10 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k 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 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis?

The most cited paper in Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis is "Semiempirical GGA‐type density functional constructed with a long‐range dispersion correction" (Stefan Grimme, 2006), with 31,395 citations. Next come "Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report)" (20,886) and "The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks" (17,052).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Semiempirical GGA‐type density functional constructed with a long‐range dispersion correction Stefan Grimme · Journal of Computational Chemistry 5 Sep 2006 31,395
2 Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report) Matthias Thommes, Katsumi Kaneko, Alexander V. Neimark et al. · Pure and Applied Chemistry 2 Jul 2015 20,886
3 The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks Hiroyasu Furukawa, Kyle E. Cordova, Michael O'Keeffe et al. · Science 29 Aug 2013 17,052
4 Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al. · Nature Oct 1992 16,257
5 Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Gábor I. Csonka et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 4 Apr 2008 12,084
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Where is Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research done?

The largest centres of Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Dalian (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Caen, Ufa and Dhahran.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 393 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 147 works
  3. 3 DalianChina 108 works
  4. 4 TianjinChina 99 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 93 works
  6. 6 TaiyuanChina 88 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 84 works
  8. 8 QingdaoChina 74 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 73 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CaenFR · 30.1 works23×
  2. UfaRU · 26.9 works14×
  3. DhahranSA · 28.0 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis?

Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum, Beijing 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%30%mean 16.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King Abdullah Univer…Ghent UniversityUniversity of Chines…China University of …
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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
1King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 83.226.0%15.7×19 +45.3%
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 70.017.8%6.4×46 +21.6%
3China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 63.510.6%32.9×56 +54.3%
4Ghent UniversityBelgium 63.519.7%4.3×14 +48.1%
5Nankai UniversityChina 62.521.4%6.9×21 +35.6%
6Jilin UniversityChina 62.219.3%6.1×31 +28.9%
7Zhejiang UniversityChina 62.118.4%2.7×32 +30.2%
8Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 61.311.7%19.4×42 +98.8%
9China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 59.510.3%21.6×44 +28.8%
10Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 57.36.3%27.9×50 +56.5%

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 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, country by country

Is Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis.

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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 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis 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%Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis9.9% 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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