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Researcher · Carnegie Institution for Science · United States

Chris R. Somerville

Chris R. Somerville publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, on topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

ORCID 0000-0003-4647-0094 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,108
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,757
of 1,627,098
Works
271
Citations
41k
Citations per work
152.4
h-index
109
i10-index 193Top 0.1% in Plant Science
Chris R. Somerville

What does Chris R. Somerville research?

Chris R. Somerville's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Engineering (6%).

Life Sciences: 203 works · 75.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 105 works · 38.8% of their workPlant Science: 105 works · 38.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 98 works · 36.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 77 works · 28.3% of their workBiochemistry: 17 works · 6.3% of their workCell Biology: 4 works · 1.6% of their workEverything else: 43 works · 16.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 24 works · 9.0% of their workEngineering: 15 works · 5.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 15 works · 5.7% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 3.3% of their workBiomaterials: 9 works · 3.3% of their workTHEIR WORKChris R.Somerville271works
Life Sciences75%Physical Sciences9%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10538.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9836.2%
  2. Everything else4316.0%
    1. Engineering155.7%
    2. Materials Science93.3%
  1. 1Plant Science39% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology28% of their works
  3. 3Biochemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials3% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chris R. Somerville's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Development, Plant, Hemicelluloses, Pectin, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Light Harvesting and Photosystem II.

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. Development561 topic
  2. Plant561 topic
  3. Hemicelluloses541 topic
  4. Pectin541 topic
  5. Nitrogen481 topic
  6. Phosphorus481 topic
  7. Light Harvesting471 topic
  8. Photosystem II471 topic
  9. Lipid Droplets411 topic
  10. Triacylglycerol Synthesis411 topic
  11. Pollen Tube Growth351 topic
  12. Self-Incompatibility351 topic
  13. Enzymatic Hydrolysis331 topic
  14. Pretreatment331 topic
  15. Isoprenoid Pathway211 topic
  16. Terpenoid Biosynthesis211 topic

Where does Chris R. Somerville work?

Chris R. Somerville's main affiliation in the publication record is Carnegie Institution for Science, United States.

How many publications and citations does Chris R. Somerville have?

OpenAlex counts 271 works and 41,298 citations for Chris R. Somerville, an h-index of 109, ranking #5,108 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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