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Researcher · Firmenich (Switzerland) · Switzerland

Ferdinand Näf

Ferdinand Näf publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Plant Science and Pharmacology, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis and Plant-based Medicinal Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#770,790
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#13,620
of 80,918
Works
34
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
33.3
h-index
21
i10-index 25Top 20% in Organic Chemistry
Ferdinand Näf

What does Ferdinand Näf research?

Ferdinand Näf's work is mostly in Chemistry (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (7%).

Physical Sciences: 16 works · 48.4% of their workChemistry: 15 works · 44.4% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 14 works · 41.4% of their workSpectroscopy: 1 works · 3.0% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 4.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 31.3% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 20.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 works · 7.1% of their workPharmacology: 2 works · 7.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 6.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKFerdinand Näf34works
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences48%

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. Chemistry1544.4%
    2. Engineering14.0%
  2. Everything else1131.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27.1%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics27.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.1%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry41% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science7% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ferdinand Näf's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Reactions, Olefin Metathesis, Organocatalysis, Phytochemistry, Ruthenium Catalysts, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Antioxidant and Medicinal Plants.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Reactions91 topic
  2. Olefin Metathesis91 topic
  3. Organocatalysis91 topic
  4. Phytochemistry92 topics
  5. Ruthenium Catalysts91 topic
  6. Traditional Chinese Medicine92 topics
  7. Antioxidant72 topics
  8. Medicinal Plants72 topics
  9. Aconitum Alkaloids51 topic
  10. Toxicity51 topic
  11. Amides41 topic
  12. Breath Analysis41 topic
  13. Chemoselective Synthesis41 topic
  14. Electronic Nose41 topic
  15. Iridoids41 topic
  16. Phenylethanoids41 topic
  17. COVID-1931 topic
  18. Cancer31 topic
  19. Olfactory Dysfunction31 topic
  20. Sesquiterpene Lactones31 topic

Where does Ferdinand Näf work?

Ferdinand Näf's main affiliation in the publication record is Firmenich (Switzerland), Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Ferdinand Näf have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 1,132 citations for Ferdinand Näf, an h-index of 21, ranking #770,790 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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