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Researcher · University of Ottawa · Canada

Howard Alper

Howard Alper publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods.

ORCID 0000-0003-4402-0145 OpenAlex
World rank
#448,032
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#15,632
of 183,316
Works
1,032
Citations
27k
Citations per work
25.7
h-index
83
i10-index 521Top 0.2% in Organic Chemistry
Howard Alper

What does Howard Alper research?

Howard Alper's work is mostly in Chemistry (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Chemical Engineering (3%).

Physical Sciences: 808 works · 78.3% of their workChemistry: 753 works · 73.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 644 works · 62.4% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 109 works · 10.6% of their workChemical Engineering: 34 works · 3.3% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 34 works · 3.3% of their workMaterials Science: 21 works · 2.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 21 works · 2.0% of their workEverything else: 165 works · 16.0% of their workLife Sciences: 59 works · 5.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 works · 4.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 42 works · 4.1% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 works · 1.6% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 17 works · 1.6% of their workTHEIR WORKHoward Alper1,032works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences78%

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. Chemistry75373.0%
    2. Chemical Engineering343.3%
    3. Materials Science212.0%
  2. Everything else16516.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology424.1%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics171.6%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry62% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry11% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology4% of their works
  4. 4Process Chemistry and Technology3% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry2% of their works
  6. 6Pharmaceutical Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Howard Alper's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrogenation, Catalysis, Transition Metal Catalysis, Asymmetric Catalysis, Transition Metal Complexes, Organometallic Chemistry, Polymerization and Esterification.

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. Hydrogenation4653 topics
  2. Catalysis4113 topics
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis2822 topics
  4. Asymmetric Catalysis2481 topic
  5. Transition Metal Complexes2481 topic
  6. Organometallic Chemistry2432 topics
  7. Polymerization2432 topics
  8. Esterification1941 topic
  9. Oxidation1941 topic
  10. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation1701 topic
  11. C–H Activation1701 topic
  12. Bond Activation1241 topic
  13. Transition Metal1241 topic
  14. Olefin Metathesis1191 topic
  15. Ruthenium Catalysts1191 topic
  16. Amination1151 topic
  17. Catalytic1151 topic
  18. Cross-Coupling Reactions1121 topic
  19. Palladium-Catalyzed1121 topic
  20. Carbon Dioxide931 topic
  21. Chemical Synthesis931 topic

Where does Howard Alper work?

Howard Alper's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ottawa, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Howard Alper have?

OpenAlex counts 1,032 works and 26,537 citations for Howard Alper, an h-index of 83, ranking #448,032 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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