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The Future of U.S. Chemistry Research: Benchmarks and Challenges
No. of Articles
U.S. (%)
W. Europe (%)
Japan (%)
Asia (other) (%)
All Other (%)
ORGANIC
52
31.7
45.0
11.7
1.7
10.0
Natural products
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
Organocatalysis
24
23.1
57.7
19.2
0.0
0.0
Physical organic
8
30.0
40.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
Synthetic organic
46
35.8
45.3
11.3
0.0
7.5
Medicinal chemistry & drug discovery
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
PHYSICAL
18
50.0
43.8
0.0
0.0
6.3
Frontier in high-resolution spectroscopy
3
42.9
57.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
Frontiers in biophysical chemistry
2
50.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Frontiers in ultrafast spectroscopy
1
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Heterogeneous catalysis
5
62.5
37.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
Reaction dynamics
2
50.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Single molecule imaging and electronics
1
50.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Surface and interfaces
4
37.5
37.5
0.0
0.0
25.0
THEORY/COMPUTATION
11
21.4
71.4
0.0
7.1
0.0
Computer-aided chemical discovery
5
33.3
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
Electronic structure calculations/basic theory
6
12.5
75.0
0.0
12.5
0.0
Molecular dynamics simulations
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
SOURCE: Thompson ISI Essential Science Indicators (accessed June 22, 2006).
