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Researcher · University of Manchester · United Kingdom

David A. Leigh

David A. Leigh publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

ORCID 0000-0002-1202-4507 OpenAlex
World rank
#24,000
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,746
of 367,258
Works
719
Citations
42k
Citations per work
59.0
h-index
108
i10-index 329Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
David A. Leigh

What does David A. Leigh research?

David A. Leigh's work is mostly in Chemistry (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Materials Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 421 works · 58.6% of their workChemistry: 283 works · 39.4% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 219 works · 30.4% of their workSpectroscopy: 65 works · 9.0% of their workMaterials Science: 64 works · 8.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 64 works · 8.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 works · 5.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 40 works · 5.6% of their workEngineering: 34 works · 4.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 196 works · 27.3% of their workLife Sciences: 101 works · 14.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 101 works · 14.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 101 works · 14.1% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid A. Leigh719works
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences59%

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. Chemistry28339.4%
    2. Materials Science648.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy405.6%
    4. Engineering344.7%
  2. Everything else19627.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10114.1%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry30% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology14% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy9% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David A. Leigh's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Supramolecular Chemistry, Self-Assembly, Macrocycles, Host-Guest Interactions, Molecular Machines, Drug Discovery, Peptide Synthesis and Fluorescent Chemosensors.

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. Supramolecular Chemistry4043 topics
  2. Self-Assembly3873 topics
  3. Macrocycles3842 topics
  4. Host-Guest Interactions2861 topic
  5. Molecular Machines2861 topic
  6. Drug Discovery981 topic
  7. Peptide Synthesis981 topic
  8. Fluorescent Chemosensors771 topic
  9. Ion Detection771 topic
  10. Molecular Electronics641 topic
  11. Self-Assembled Monolayers641 topic
  12. Nanofibers521 topic
  13. Supramolecular521 topic
  14. Phthalocyanines491 topic
  15. Porphyrins491 topic
  16. Channelrhodopsin451 topic
  17. Optogenetics451 topic
  18. Molecular Crystals411 topic
  19. Noncovalent Interactions411 topic

Where does David A. Leigh work?

David A. Leigh's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does David A. Leigh have?

OpenAlex counts 719 works and 42,411 citations for David A. Leigh, an h-index of 108, ranking #24,000 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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