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Researcher · Dow Chemical (United States) · United States

David S. Laitar

David S. Laitar publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

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World rank
#798,968
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#266,631
of 1,627,098
Works
60
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
46.2
h-index
20
i10-index 20Top 22% in Organic Chemistry
David S. Laitar

What does David S. Laitar research?

David S. Laitar's work is mostly in Chemistry (56%), Materials Science (8%), Engineering (7%).

Physical Sciences: 49 works · 81.3% of their workChemistry: 33 works · 55.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 28 works · 46.7% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 5 works · 8.9% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 7.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 5 works · 7.8% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 6.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 6.7% of their workChemical Engineering: 3 works · 5.6% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 works · 5.6% of their workEnergy: 3 works · 5.6% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 18.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid S. Laitar60works
Physical Sciences81%

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. Chemistry3355.6%
    2. Materials Science57.8%
    3. Engineering46.7%
    4. Chemical Engineering35.6%
    5. Energy35.6%
  2. Everything else1118.7%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry47% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry9% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Process Chemistry and Technology6% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David S. Laitar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysis, Organometallic Chemistry, Asymmetric Catalysis, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogenation, Cross-Coupling Reactions, Metal Complexes and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis112 topics
  2. Organometallic Chemistry112 topics
  3. Asymmetric Catalysis102 topics
  4. Carbon Dioxide102 topics
  5. Hydrogenation92 topics
  6. Cross-Coupling Reactions61 topic
  7. Metal Complexes61 topic
  8. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes61 topic
  9. Palladium-Catalyzed61 topic
  10. Catalysts51 topic
  11. Chemical Synthesis51 topic
  12. Click Chemistry51 topic
  13. Cyclic Carbonates51 topic
  14. Electrocatalysis51 topic
  15. Living Radical Polymerization51 topic
  16. Olefin Metathesis51 topic
  17. Ruthenium Catalysts51 topic
  18. Chiral Ligands41 topic
  19. Drug Discovery41 topic
  20. Peptide Synthesis41 topic
  21. Transition Metal Complexes41 topic

Where does David S. Laitar work?

David S. Laitar's main affiliation in the publication record is Dow Chemical (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does David S. Laitar have?

OpenAlex counts 60 works and 2,773 citations for David S. Laitar, an h-index of 20, ranking #798,968 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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