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Researcher · Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Belgium

Frank De Proft

Frank De Proft publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Crystallography and molecular interactions and Free Radicals and Antioxidants.

ORCID 0000-0003-4900-7513 OpenAlex
World rank
#573,890
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#5,005
of 67,186
Works
755
Citations
26k
Citations per work
33.8
h-index
68
i10-index 359Top 0.5% in Organic Chemistry
Frank De Proft

What does Frank De Proft research?

Frank De Proft's work is mostly in Chemistry (46%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 575 works · 76.1% of their workChemistry: 349 works · 46.2% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 214 works · 28.3% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 85 works · 11.3% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 50 works · 6.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 119 works · 15.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 119 works · 15.8% of their workMaterials Science: 76 works · 10.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 76 works · 10.1% of their workEngineering: 30 works · 4.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 180 works · 23.9% of their workTHEIR WORKFrank De Proft755works
Physical Sciences76%

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. Chemistry34946.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11915.8%
    3. Materials Science7610.1%
    4. Engineering304.0%
  2. Everything else18023.9%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry28% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics16% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry11% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5Inorganic Chemistry7% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank De Proft's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Density Functional Theory, Ab Initio Parametrization, Dispersion Correction, Hydrogen Bonding, Molecular Crystals, Noncovalent Interactions, Antioxidant and Phenolic Compounds.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Density Functional Theory2422 topics
  2. Ab Initio Parametrization1901 topic
  3. Dispersion Correction1901 topic
  4. Hydrogen Bonding1292 topics
  5. Molecular Crystals801 topic
  6. Noncovalent Interactions801 topic
  7. Antioxidant681 topic
  8. Phenolic Compounds681 topic
  9. Aromaticity591 topic
  10. Helical Polymers591 topic
  11. Organic Chemistry521 topic
  12. Reactivity521 topic
  13. Photosynthesis491 topic
  14. Quantum Coherence491 topic
  15. Enthalpies441 topic
  16. Vaporization441 topic
  17. Covalent Radii421 topic
  18. Main Group Chemistry421 topic

Where does Frank De Proft work?

Frank De Proft's main affiliation in the publication record is Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Frank De Proft have?

OpenAlex counts 755 works and 25,500 citations for Frank De Proft, an h-index of 68, ranking #573,890 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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