Byron K. Peters
Byron K. Peters publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods.
- World rank
- #605,173 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #2,307 of 29,826
- Works
- 54
- Citations
- 2.4k
- Citations per work
- 44.2
What does Byron K. Peters research?
Byron K. Peters's work is mostly in Chemistry (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (4%).
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
- Physical Sciences4278.4%
- Chemistry4175.7%
- Engineering12.7%
- Life Sciences59.9%
- Everything else59.0%
- Health Sciences12.7%
- Medicine12.7%
- 1Organic Chemistry57% of their works
- 2Inorganic Chemistry19% of their works
- 3Molecular Biology6% of their works
- 4Pharmaceutical Science4% of their works
- 5Pharmacology3% of their works
- 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Byron K. Peters's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Reactions, Transition Metal Complexes, Transition Metal Catalysis, Asymmetric Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Chiral Catalysts, Organocatalysis and Metal-Catalyzed Reactions.
- Peptide Synthesis
- Cyclopropanation
- Transition-Metal-Catalyzed
- Ruthenium Catalysts
- Enantioselective Synthesis
- Electrochemical Methods
- Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation
- Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
- Chiral Catalysts
- Asymmetric Catalysis
- Transition Metal Complexes
- Enantioselective Reactions
- Transition Metal Catalysis
- Hydrogenation
- Organocatalysis
- Organic Synthesis
- C–H Activation
- Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis
- Olefin Metathesis
- Sulfur Bond Formation
- Carbene Chemistry
- Drug Discovery
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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.
All 22 words, with their numbers
- Enantioselective Reactions342 topics
- Transition Metal Complexes282 topics
- Transition Metal Catalysis232 topics
- Asymmetric Catalysis201 topic
- Hydrogenation201 topic
- Chiral Catalysts141 topic
- Organocatalysis141 topic
- Metal-Catalyzed Reactions122 topics
- Organic Synthesis122 topics
- Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation91 topic
- C–H Activation91 topic
- Electrochemical Methods81 topic
- Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis81 topic
- Enantioselective Synthesis72 topics
- Olefin Metathesis41 topic
- Ruthenium Catalysts41 topic
- Sulfur Bond Formation41 topic
- Transition-Metal-Catalyzed41 topic
- Carbene Chemistry31 topic
- Cyclopropanation31 topic
- Drug Discovery31 topic
- Peptide Synthesis31 topic
Where does Byron K. Peters work?
Byron K. Peters's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does Byron K. Peters have?
OpenAlex counts 54 works and 2,386 citations for Byron K. Peters, an h-index of 16, ranking #605,173 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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