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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

David W. C. MacMillan

David W. C. MacMillan publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Radical Photochemical Reactions and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis.

ORCID 0000-0001-6447-0587 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,353
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#553
of 1,627,098
Works
471
Citations
75k
Citations per work
158.6
h-index
127
i10-index 224Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
David W. C. MacMillan

What does David W. C. MacMillan research?

David W. C. MacMillan's work is mostly in Chemistry (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (4%).

Physical Sciences: 361 works · 76.6% of their workChemistry: 353 works · 74.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 325 works · 69.1% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 27 works · 5.8% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 1.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 8 works · 1.7% of their workEverything else: 57 works · 12.2% of their workLife Sciences: 53 works · 11.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 works · 7.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 29 works · 6.1% of their workCell Biology: 6 works · 1.2% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 works · 3.9% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 18 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDavid W. C.MacMillan471works
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences77%

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. Chemistry35374.9%
    2. Engineering81.7%
  2. Everything else5712.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology347.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics183.9%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry69% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology6% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Pharmaceutical Science4% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David W. C. MacMillan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Transition Metal Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Transition Metal Complexes, Enantioselective Reactions, Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation, C–H Activation, Electrochemical Methods and Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Transition Metal Catalysis2912 topics
  2. Organic Synthesis2252 topics
  3. Transition Metal Complexes2022 topics
  4. Enantioselective Reactions1862 topics
  5. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation1581 topic
  6. C–H Activation1581 topic
  7. Electrochemical Methods1491 topic
  8. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis1491 topic
  9. Chiral Catalysts1331 topic
  10. Organocatalysis1331 topic
  11. Enantioselective Synthesis1222 topics
  12. Medicinal Chemistry1152 topics
  13. Sulfur Bond Formation761 topic
  14. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed761 topic
  15. Olefin Metathesis651 topic
  16. Ruthenium Catalysts651 topic
  17. Alcohol Oxidation571 topic
  18. Catalytic571 topic
  19. Asymmetric Catalysis531 topic
  20. Hydrogenation531 topic
  21. Fluorine391 topic
  22. Pharmaceuticals391 topic

Where does David W. C. MacMillan work?

David W. C. MacMillan's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does David W. C. MacMillan have?

OpenAlex counts 471 works and 74,682 citations for David W. C. MacMillan, an h-index of 127, ranking #1,353 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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