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Akira Oku

Akira Oku publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms.

World rank
#854,304
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#42,470
of 114,622
Works
88
Citations
173
Citations per work
2.0

What does Akira Oku research?

Organic Chemistry: 67.2%Inorganic Chemistry: 5.0%Molecular Biology: 5.0%Materials Chemistry: 4.2%other fields: 18.6%67%top field
Organic Chemistry67.2%Inorganic Chemistry5.0%Molecular Biology5.0%Materials Chemistry4.2%other fields18.6%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry67% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry5% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology5% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Pharmaceutical Science3% of their works
  6. 6Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Akira Oku's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry, Transition Metal Catalysis, Metal-Catalyzed Reactions, Green Chemistry, Olefin Metathesis, Ruthenium Catalysts and Enantioselective Reactions.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Synthesis283 topics
  2. Organometallic Chemistry182 topics
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis162 topics
  4. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions142 topics
  5. Green Chemistry132 topics
  6. Olefin Metathesis131 topic
  7. Ruthenium Catalysts131 topic
  8. Enantioselective Reactions121 topic
  9. Organocatalysis121 topic
  10. Carbene Chemistry101 topic
  11. Cyclopropanation101 topic
  12. Catalysis81 topic
  13. Oxidation81 topic
  14. Alcohol Oxidation51 topic
  15. Catalytic51 topic
  16. Functionalized Reagents51 topic
  17. Metalation51 topic
  18. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation41 topic
  19. C–H Activation41 topic
  20. Drug Discovery31 topic
  21. Peptide Synthesis31 topic

Where does Akira Oku work?

Akira Oku's main affiliation in the publication record is Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Akira Oku have?

Science Explorer counts 88 works and 173 citations for Akira Oku, ranking #854,304 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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