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David W. C. MacMillan

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

World rank
#1,296
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#567
of 358,040
Works
98
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
35.6

What does David W. C. MacMillan research?

Organic Chemistry: 67.2%Molecular Biology: 7.0%Pharmaceutical Science: 3.1%Biotechnology: 2.3%other fields: 20.4%67%top field
Organic Chemistry67.2%Molecular Biology7.0%Pharmaceutical Science3.1%Biotechnology2.3%other fields20.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Organic Chemistry67% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology7% of their works
  3. 3Pharmaceutical Science3% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology2% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology2% 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, Enantioselective Reactions, Organocatalysis, Electrochemical Methods, Enantioselective Synthesis, Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis and Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Transition Metal Catalysis282 topics
  2. Organic Synthesis212 topics
  3. Enantioselective Reactions151 topic
  4. Organocatalysis151 topic
  5. Electrochemical Methods141 topic
  6. Enantioselective Synthesis142 topics
  7. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis141 topic
  8. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation131 topic
  9. C–H Activation131 topic
  10. Medicinal Chemistry122 topics
  11. Catalytic102 topics
  12. Olefin Metathesis91 topic
  13. Ruthenium Catalysts91 topic
  14. Sulfur Bond Formation71 topic
  15. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed71 topic
  16. Alcohol Oxidation51 topic
  17. Amination51 topic
  18. C-H Bonds51 topic
  19. Hypervalent Iodine Compounds51 topic
  20. Drug Discovery41 topic
  21. Peptide Synthesis41 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?

Science Explorer counts 98 works and 3,489 citations for David W. C. MacMillan, ranking #1,296 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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