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Researcher · Ruhr University Bochum · Germany

Christian Merten

Christian Merten publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Molecular spectroscopy and chirality, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis.

ORCID 0000-0002-4106-1905 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,428,177
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#70,366
of 364,343
Works
276
Citations
4.5k
Citations per work
16.4
h-index
36
i10-index 112Top 5.6% in Organic Chemistry
Christian Merten

What does Christian Merten research?

Christian Merten's work is mostly in Chemistry (56%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Physical Sciences: 196 works · 71.0% of their workChemistry: 153 works · 55.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 76 works · 27.6% of their workSpectroscopy: 65 works · 23.7% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 works · 4.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 works · 12.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 works · 12.1% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 3.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 9 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 17.7% of their workLife Sciences: 31 works · 11.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 works · 11.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 31 works · 11.3% of their workTHEIR WORKChristian Merten276works
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences71%

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. Chemistry15355.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3312.1%
    3. Materials Science93.3%
  2. Everything else4917.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3111.3%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry28% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy24% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Physical and Theoretical Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christian Merten's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Natural Products, Absolute Configuration, Chiroptical Spectroscopy, Hydrogen Bonding, Molecular Dynamics, Photosynthesis, Quantum Coherence and Oxidative Coupling.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Natural Products1032 topics
  2. Absolute Configuration901 topic
  3. Chiroptical Spectroscopy901 topic
  4. Hydrogen Bonding712 topics
  5. Molecular Dynamics702 topics
  6. Photosynthesis531 topic
  7. Quantum Coherence531 topic
  8. Oxidative Coupling482 topics
  9. Atropisomerism321 topic
  10. Axial Chirality321 topic
  11. Chiral Separation241 topic
  12. Liquid Chromatography241 topic
  13. Molecular Crystals181 topic
  14. Noncovalent Interactions181 topic
  15. Protein171 topic
  16. Structure171 topic
  17. C–H Activation161 topic
  18. Transition Metal Catalysis161 topic
  19. Drug Discovery131 topic
  20. Secondary Metabolites131 topic

Where does Christian Merten work?

Christian Merten's main affiliation in the publication record is Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Christian Merten have?

OpenAlex counts 276 works and 4,518 citations for Christian Merten, an h-index of 36, ranking #1,428,177 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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