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Adolf Butenandt

Adolf Butenandt publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods and History and advancements in chemistry.

World rank
#17,352
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,525
of 86,443
Works
61
Citations
460
Citations per work
7.5

What does Adolf Butenandt research?

Molecular Biology: 15.4%Organic Chemistry: 13.8%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7.7%Political Science and International Relations: 3.1%other fields: 60.0%15%top field
Molecular Biology15.4%Organic Chemistry13.8%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry7.7%Political Science and International Relations3.1%other fields60.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology15% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry14% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism3% of their works
  6. 6Genetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Adolf Butenandt's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microbial Transformation, Steroid Degradation, Olefin Metathesis, Partially Ordered Sets, Periodic Table, Ruthenium Catalysts, Chiral Separation and Dihydromyricetin.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Microbial Transformation51 topic
  2. Steroid Degradation51 topic
  3. Olefin Metathesis31 topic
  4. Partially Ordered Sets31 topic
  5. Periodic Table31 topic
  6. Ruthenium Catalysts31 topic
  7. Chiral Separation21 topic
  8. Dihydromyricetin21 topic
  9. Filaggrin21 topic
  10. Liquid Chromatography21 topic
  11. Organic Chemistry21 topic
  12. Reactivity21 topic
  13. Skin Microbiome21 topic
  14. Solvent Selection21 topic
  15. Stinging Nettle21 topic
  16. Sustainable Chemistry21 topic

Where does Adolf Butenandt work?

Adolf Butenandt's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Adolf Butenandt have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 460 citations for Adolf Butenandt, ranking #17,352 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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