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Researcher · National Institute for Medical Research · Tanzania

J. W. Cornforth

J. W. Cornforth publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, on topics such as Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#57,243
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Tanzania
#7
of 265
Works
49
Citations
249
Citations per work
5.1

What does J. W. Cornforth research?

Molecular Biology: 41.0%Organic Chemistry: 17.9%Biochemistry: 10.3%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5.1%other fields: 25.7%41%top field
Molecular Biology41.0%Organic Chemistry17.9%Biochemistry10.3%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5.1%other fields25.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology41% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Biochemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy5% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. W. Cornforth's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Isoprenoid Pathway, Terpenoid Biosynthesis, Antioxidant, Lipid Droplets, Microbial Transformation, Steroid Degradation, Triacylglycerol Synthesis and Absolute Configuration.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Isoprenoid Pathway41 topic
  2. Terpenoid Biosynthesis41 topic
  3. Antioxidant32 topics
  4. Lipid Droplets31 topic
  5. Microbial Transformation31 topic
  6. Steroid Degradation31 topic
  7. Triacylglycerol Synthesis31 topic
  8. Absolute Configuration21 topic
  9. Catalysis21 topic
  10. Chiroptical Spectroscopy21 topic
  11. Organic Synthesis21 topic
  12. Protein21 topic
  13. Saponins21 topic
  14. Structure21 topic
  15. Triterpenoids21 topic
  16. Lipoic Acid11 topic
  17. Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex11 topic

Where does J. W. Cornforth work?

J. W. Cornforth's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania.

How many publications and citations does J. W. Cornforth have?

Science Explorer counts 49 works and 249 citations for J. W. Cornforth, ranking #57,243 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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