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Researcher · University of Southampton · United Kingdom

Derek Pletcher

Derek Pletcher publishes mostly in Electrochemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors.

ORCID 0000-0001-8917-5963 OpenAlex
World rank
#252,983
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#22,811
of 367,258
Works
544
Citations
20k
Citations per work
36.8
h-index
72
i10-index 318Top 0.6% in Electrochemistry
Derek Pletcher

What does Derek Pletcher research?

Derek Pletcher's work is mostly in Chemistry (33%), Engineering (22%), Energy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 387 works · 71.2% of their workChemistry: 181 works · 33.2% of their workElectrochemistry: 107 works · 19.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 74 works · 13.6% of their workEngineering: 121 works · 22.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 84 works · 15.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 38 works · 6.9% of their workEnergy: 44 works · 8.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 44 works · 8.0% of their workMaterials Science: 42 works · 7.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 42 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 157 works · 28.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek Pletcher544works
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. Chemistry18133.2%
    2. Engineering12122.3%
    3. Energy448.0%
    4. Materials Science427.7%
  2. Everything else15728.8%
  1. 1Electrochemistry20% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry14% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Pletcher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Detection, Electrochemical, Nanomaterials, Electrocatalysis, Energy Conversion, Ion-Selective Electrodes, Optical Sensors and Electrochemical Biosensors.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Detection2681 topic
  2. Electrochemical2681 topic
  3. Nanomaterials1432 topics
  4. Electrocatalysis891 topic
  5. Energy Conversion891 topic
  6. Ion-Selective Electrodes881 topic
  7. Optical Sensors881 topic
  8. Electrochemical Biosensors541 topic
  9. Graphene541 topic
  10. Breath Analysis481 topic
  11. Electronic Nose481 topic
  12. Catalysis451 topic
  13. Organic Synthesis451 topic
  14. Composite Coatings371 topic
  15. Corrosion Inhibitors371 topic
  16. Electrodeposition371 topic
  17. Metal Corrosion371 topic

Where does Derek Pletcher work?

Derek Pletcher's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Southampton, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Derek Pletcher have?

OpenAlex counts 544 works and 20,009 citations for Derek Pletcher, an h-index of 72, ranking #252,983 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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