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Researcher · Sasol (South Africa) · South Africa

Grant S. Forman

Grant S. Forman publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,528,171
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#10,803
of 29,826
Works
44
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
24.6
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 37% in Organic Chemistry
Grant S. Forman

What does Grant S. Forman research?

Grant S. Forman's work is mostly in Chemistry (44%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Energy (11%).

Physical Sciences: 29 works · 67.0% of their workChemistry: 19 works · 44.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 18 works · 41.0% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 1 works · 3.0% of their workEnergy: 5 works · 11.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 works · 11.0% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 8.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 8.0% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 4.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 21.0% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 12.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 12.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 12.0% of their workTHEIR WORKGrant S. Forman44works
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences67%

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. Chemistry1944.0%
    2. Energy511.0%
    3. Materials Science48.0%
    4. Engineering24.0%
  2. Everything else921.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology512.0%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry41% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology12% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment11% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Inorganic Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Grant S. Forman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Organometallic Chemistry, Polymerization, Enantioselective Synthesis, Olefin Metathesis, Ruthenium Catalysts, Carbon Nanotubes, Catalysis and Transition Metal.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Organometallic Chemistry172 topics
  2. Polymerization172 topics
  3. Enantioselective Synthesis162 topics
  4. Olefin Metathesis101 topic
  5. Ruthenium Catalysts101 topic
  6. Carbon Nanotubes82 topics
  7. Catalysis71 topic
  8. Transition Metal71 topic
  9. Carbene Chemistry61 topic
  10. Cyclopropanation61 topic
  11. Drug Discovery61 topic
  12. Peptide Synthesis61 topic
  13. EROI41 topic
  14. Endohedral Fullerenes41 topic
  15. Energy Efficiency41 topic
  16. Fossil Fuels41 topic
  17. Fullerenes41 topic
  18. Graphene41 topic
  19. Rebound Effect41 topic
  20. Two-Dimensional Materials41 topic

Where does Grant S. Forman work?

Grant S. Forman's main affiliation in the publication record is Sasol (South Africa), South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Grant S. Forman have?

OpenAlex counts 44 works and 1,081 citations for Grant S. Forman, an h-index of 15, ranking #2,528,171 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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