Research trend rank among all institutions, by papers, per year

Each point is this institution's position that year among all institutions, by papers, with credit split across co-authoring institutions. #1 is at the top. Hover a point for the figures. The hollow point is the year in progress.

Where it works most top research communities, by papers

• Sintered Rare-Earth Permanent Magnets and Grain Boundary Diffusion #4 of 3,924 institutions · 526 papers
• Soil Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, and Water Treatment #31 of 14,355 institutions · 335 papers
• Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Asymmetric Organic Synthesis #74 of 9,876 institutions · 258 papers
• Transition Metal Catalysis for Olefin Polymerization, Hydroformylation and Main-Group Bond Activation #80 of 5,396 institutions · 164 papers
• Research community (description in progress) #52 of 5,279 institutions · 139 papers

Check communities to show the trend above for them only. Positions are by fractional papers across all years. A community page ranks its institutions by citation-weighted credit, so its order can differ.

Covers the materials and chemistry research Elements Live tracks, not everything Iowa State University publishes. Institutions come from OpenAlex affiliations, rolled up to the parent organisation. Older papers often lack affiliations, so earlier years undercount.