  A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of Chemical Engineering area has been
carried out through the analysis of the scientific production covered in Web of
Science during the period 2000-2011. Three complementary studies have been
carried out. Part 1 analyzes total scientific production in the area. An
important displacement of the scientific production to the Far East has
occurred, mainly by the increase in publications from China (the world most
productive country since 2008) but also from countries such as India and Iran.
Although the share of publications from Europe, and especially from North
America, have been decreased significantly, United States is still the country
with the highest number of articles among the 1,000 most cited (31.5%),
followed by Germany (8.4%) and China (7.5%). Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands,
Singapore and Spain outstands as the countries with the highest number of cites
per article and year and average impact factors of their publications. The
international collaboration in the area is considerably high, especially within
European countries (>40% publications are in international collaboration). The
scientific production of the area is concentrated in a few journals (top 10
journals publishing around 30% publications and top 25 journals, around 50%)
and publishers (Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis and the American
Chemical Society). The countries with the highest number of institutions among
the top 100 most productive are China and United States (12 each), followed by
France (9), Japan (7) and United Kingdom (7). The top five institutions were
from France, China, India, United States and Russia.
