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Researcher · Ruhr University Bochum · Germany

Alexander Birkner

Alexander Birkner publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis, on topics such as Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,494,443
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#73,683
of 364,343
Works
102
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
37.6
h-index
36
i10-index 67Top 8.6% in Materials Chemistry
Alexander Birkner

What does Alexander Birkner research?

Alexander Birkner's work is mostly in Materials Science (36%), Engineering (16%), Chemical Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 77 works · 75.8% of their workMaterials Science: 36 works · 35.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 36 works · 35.5% of their workEngineering: 16 works · 16.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 works · 10.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 5.8% of their workChemical Engineering: 10 works · 9.9% of their workCatalysis: 10 works · 9.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 works · 8.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 works · 8.9% of their workChemistry: 6 works · 5.5% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 6 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 25 works · 24.2% of their workTHEIR WORKAlexander Birkner102works
Physical Sciences76%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science3635.5%
    2. Engineering1616.0%
    3. Chemical Engineering109.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy98.9%
    5. Chemistry65.5%
  2. Everything else2524.2%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry36% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Catalysis10% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alexander Birkner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Oxidation, Nanowires, Semiconductors, Molecular Electronics, Self-Assembled Monolayers and Catalytic Reduction.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis644 topics
  2. Nanoparticles301 topic
  3. Oxidation301 topic
  4. Nanowires202 topics
  5. Semiconductors202 topics
  6. Molecular Electronics151 topic
  7. Self-Assembled Monolayers151 topic
  8. Catalytic Reduction141 topic
  9. Dehydrogenation141 topic
  10. Nitro Compounds141 topic
  11. Oxidative141 topic
  12. Mesoporous Materials111 topic
  13. Nanocomposite Materials111 topic
  14. Nanostructures111 topic
  15. Zinc Oxide111 topic
  16. Ammonia Synthesis91 topic
  17. Electrocatalysts91 topic
  18. III-Nitrides91 topic
  19. Light-Emitting Diodes91 topic

Where does Alexander Birkner work?

Alexander Birkner's main affiliation in the publication record is Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Alexander Birkner have?

OpenAlex counts 102 works and 3,836 citations for Alexander Birkner, an h-index of 36, ranking #1,494,443 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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