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Researcher · Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences · Germany

Gerhard Luft

Gerhard Luft publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Thermal and Kinetic Analysis and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics.

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World rank
#6,264,821
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#317,978
of 364,343
Works
180
Citations
1.9k
Citations per work
10.5
h-index
25
i10-index 63Top 14% in Organic Chemistry
Gerhard Luft

What does Gerhard Luft research?

Gerhard Luft's work is mostly in Chemistry (28%), Materials Science (22%), Engineering (9%).

Physical Sciences: 116 works · 64.2% of their workChemistry: 50 works · 27.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 43 works · 23.8% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 7 works · 4.0% of their workMaterials Science: 40 works · 22.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 23 works · 12.9% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 16 works · 9.1% of their workEngineering: 16 works · 8.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 16 works · 8.7% of their workChemical Engineering: 10 works · 5.7% of their workCatalysis: 10 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 64 works · 35.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGerhard Luft180works
Physical Sciences64%

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. Chemistry5027.8%
    2. Materials Science4022.0%
    3. Engineering168.7%
    4. Chemical Engineering105.7%
  2. Everything else6435.8%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry24% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics9% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Catalysis6% of their works
  6. 6Inorganic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerhard Luft's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Nanoparticles, Polymerization, Transition Metal, Kinetic Analysis, Thermal Decomposition and Extraction.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis994 topics
  2. Hydrogenation612 topics
  3. Nanoparticles502 topics
  4. Polymerization451 topic
  5. Transition Metal451 topic
  6. Kinetic Analysis311 topic
  7. Thermal Decomposition311 topic
  8. Extraction281 topic
  9. Supercritical Fluids281 topic
  10. Dehydrogenation261 topic
  11. Oxidative261 topic
  12. Polymer Blends221 topic
  13. Polymer Crystallization221 topic
  14. Carbon Dioxide161 topic
  15. Chemical Synthesis161 topic
  16. Enthalpies141 topic
  17. Vaporization141 topic
  18. Functional Group Transformations121 topic
  19. Organic Synthesis121 topic

Where does Gerhard Luft work?

Gerhard Luft's main affiliation in the publication record is Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Gerhard Luft have?

OpenAlex counts 180 works and 1,891 citations for Gerhard Luft, an h-index of 25, ranking #6,264,821 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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