K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Click Chemistry and Applications.
- World rank
- #863 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #362 of 358,040
- Works
- 145
- Citations
- 3.3k
- Citations per work
- 22.5
What does K. Barry Sharpless research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Organic Chemistry56% of their works
- 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
- 3Inorganic Chemistry8% of their works
- 4Spectroscopy4% of their works
- 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
- 6Pharmacology2% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe K. Barry Sharpless's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Drug Discovery, Enantioselective Reactions, Enantioselective Synthesis, Green Chemistry, Catalytic, Chiral Catalysts, Organocatalysis and Foldamers.
- Hydrogenation
- Alcohol Oxidation
- Amination
- Oxidation
- Catalysis
- Click Chemistry
- Foldamers
- Chiral Catalysts
- Green Chemistry
- Enantioselective Reactions
- Drug Discovery
- Enantioselective Synthesis
- Catalytic
- Organocatalysis
- Peptide Synthesis
- Copper-Catalyzed Cycloaddition
- Olefin Metathesis
- Ruthenium Catalysts
- C-H Bonds
- Asymmetric Catalysis
- Hypervalent Iodine Compounds
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
- Drug Discovery212 topics
- Enantioselective Reactions212 topics
- Enantioselective Synthesis162 topics
- Green Chemistry162 topics
- Catalytic152 topics
- Chiral Catalysts141 topic
- Organocatalysis141 topic
- Foldamers111 topic
- Peptide Synthesis111 topic
- Click Chemistry101 topic
- Copper-Catalyzed Cycloaddition101 topic
- Catalysis91 topic
- Olefin Metathesis91 topic
- Oxidation91 topic
- Ruthenium Catalysts91 topic
- Amination81 topic
- C-H Bonds81 topic
- Alcohol Oxidation71 topic
- Asymmetric Catalysis71 topic
- Hydrogenation71 topic
- Hypervalent Iodine Compounds71 topic
Where does K. Barry Sharpless work?
K. Barry Sharpless's main affiliation in the publication record is Scripps Research Institute, United States.
How many publications and citations does K. Barry Sharpless have?
Science Explorer counts 145 works and 3,258 citations for K. Barry Sharpless, ranking #863 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
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