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Researcher · Sasol (South Africa) · South Africa

John Thomas Dixon

John Thomas Dixon publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#521,728
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,951
of 29,826
Works
56
Citations
3.2k
Citations per work
56.8
h-index
20
i10-index 25Top 22% in Organic Chemistry
John Thomas Dixon

What does John Thomas Dixon research?

John Thomas Dixon's work is mostly in Chemistry (59%), Chemical Engineering (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Physical Sciences: 40 works · 71.7% of their workChemistry: 33 works · 58.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 23 works · 40.3% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 10 works · 18.5% of their workChemical Engineering: 6 works · 10.5% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 6 works · 10.5% of their workEngineering: 1 works · 2.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 18.6% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 6.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 6.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 6.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn Thomas Dixon56works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences72%Social Sciences3%

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. Chemistry3358.8%
    2. Chemical Engineering610.5%
    3. Engineering12.4%
  2. Everything else1018.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.5%
    1. Social Sciences23.2%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry40% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Process Chemistry and Technology10% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Thomas Dixon's research?

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

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Hydrogenation573 topics
  2. Catalysis382 topics
  3. Organometallic Chemistry312 topics
  4. Polymerization312 topics
  5. Bond Activation251 topic
  6. Transition Metal251 topic
  7. Asymmetric Catalysis191 topic
  8. Transition Metal Complexes191 topic
  9. Carbon Dioxide131 topic
  10. Chemical Synthesis131 topic
  11. Electrophilicity82 topics
  12. Nucleophilicity82 topics
  13. Olefin Metathesis61 topic
  14. Ruthenium Catalysts61 topic
  15. Acidity Scales41 topic
  16. Organic Chemistry41 topic
  17. Phosphate Hydrolysis41 topic
  18. Reactivity41 topic
  19. Amination31 topic
  20. Catalytic31 topic
  21. Microbial Transformation31 topic
  22. Steroid Degradation31 topic

Where does John Thomas Dixon work?

John Thomas Dixon's main affiliation in the publication record is Sasol (South Africa), South Africa.

How many publications and citations does John Thomas Dixon have?

OpenAlex counts 56 works and 3,178 citations for John Thomas Dixon, an h-index of 20, ranking #521,728 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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