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Researcher · Shell (Netherlands) · Netherlands

J. W. Cornforth

J. W. Cornforth publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, on topics such as Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Organophosphorus compounds synthesis and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#366,216
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#9,217
of 107,149
Works
214
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
27.5
h-index
45
i10-index 116Top 2.7% in Organic Chemistry
J. W. Cornforth

What does J. W. Cornforth research?

J. W. Cornforth's work is mostly in Chemistry (41%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (4%).

Physical Sciences: 88 works · 41.0% of their workChemistry: 88 works · 41.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 68 works · 31.9% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 7 works · 3.3% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 works · 3.3% of their workSpectroscopy: 5 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 70 works · 32.7% of their workLife Sciences: 56 works · 26.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 48 works · 22.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 48 works · 22.6% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 works · 3.7% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 8 works · 3.7% of their workTHEIR WORKJ. W. Cornforth214works
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences41%

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. Chemistry8841.0%
  2. Everything else7032.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4822.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics83.7%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry32% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology23% of their works
  3. 3Pharmaceutical Science4% of their works
  4. 4Inorganic Chemistry3% of their works
  5. 5Physical and Theoretical Chemistry3% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy2% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metabolic Engineering, Medicinal Chemistry, Isoprenoid Pathway, Terpenoid Biosynthesis, Organophosphorus Synthesis, Phosphonate Chemistry, Microbial Transformation and Steroid Degradation.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Metabolic Engineering362 topics
  2. Medicinal Chemistry272 topics
  3. Isoprenoid Pathway251 topic
  4. Terpenoid Biosynthesis251 topic
  5. Organophosphorus Synthesis171 topic
  6. Phosphonate Chemistry171 topic
  7. Microbial Transformation141 topic
  8. Steroid Degradation141 topic
  9. Biocatalysis121 topic
  10. Enzyme Immobilization121 topic
  11. Constraint-Based Models111 topic
  12. Covalent Radii111 topic
  13. Genome-Scale Models111 topic
  14. Main Group Chemistry111 topic
  15. Oxazolones111 topic
  16. Synthesis111 topic
  17. Fluorine101 topic
  18. Pharmaceuticals101 topic

Where does J. W. Cornforth work?

J. W. Cornforth's main affiliation in the publication record is Shell (Netherlands), Netherlands.

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

OpenAlex counts 214 works and 5,879 citations for J. W. Cornforth, an h-index of 45, ranking #366,216 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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