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Researcher · Philadelphia University · United States

Edward R. Thornton

Edward R. Thornton publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Chemical Reaction Mechanisms and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#207,008
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#83,355
of 358,040
Works
31
Citations
188
Citations per work
6.1

What does Edward R. Thornton research?

Organic Chemistry: 40.0%Molecular Biology: 10.0%Inorganic Chemistry: 10.0%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7.5%other fields: 32.5%40%top field
Organic Chemistry40.0%Molecular Biology10.0%Inorganic Chemistry10.0%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry7.5%other fields32.5%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry40% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology10% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy8% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward R. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Organic Synthesis, Green Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis, Catalysis, Drug Discovery, Enantioselective Reactions, Functional Group Transformations and Acidity Scales.

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. Organic Synthesis93 topics
  2. Green Chemistry83 topics
  3. Asymmetric Synthesis62 topics
  4. Catalysis41 topic
  5. Drug Discovery42 topics
  6. Enantioselective Reactions42 topics
  7. Functional Group Transformations41 topic
  8. Acidity Scales31 topic
  9. Nucleophilicity31 topic
  10. Absolute Configuration21 topic
  11. Asymmetric Catalysis21 topic
  12. Chemistry Education21 topic
  13. Chiral Catalysts21 topic
  14. Chiroptical Spectroscopy21 topic
  15. Foldamers21 topic
  16. Hydrogenation21 topic
  17. Laboratory Techniques21 topic
  18. Microwave Chemistry21 topic
  19. Nonthermal Effects21 topic
  20. Organocatalysis21 topic
  21. Peptide Synthesis21 topic

Where does Edward R. Thornton work?

Edward R. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Philadelphia University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Edward R. Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 188 citations for Edward R. Thornton, ranking #207,008 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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