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Researcher · University of California, Los Angeles · United States

Kendall N. Houk

Kendall N. Houk publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods.

ORCID 0000-0002-8387-5261 OpenAlex
World rank
#22,896
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,443
of 1,627,098
Works
2,665
Citations
123k
Citations per work
46.0
h-index
160
i10-index 1,475Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
Kendall N. Houk

What does Kendall N. Houk research?

Kendall N. Houk's work is mostly in Chemistry (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Physics and Astronomy (4%).

Physical Sciences: 1,788 works · 67.1% of their workChemistry: 1,682 works · 63.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 1,343 works · 50.4% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 139 works · 5.2% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 101 works · 3.8% of their workSpectroscopy: 99 works · 3.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 107 works · 4.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 107 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 653 works · 24.5% of their workLife Sciences: 224 works · 8.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 224 works · 8.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 224 works · 8.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKendall N. Houk2,665works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences67%

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. Chemistry1,68263.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1074.0%
  2. Everything else65324.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2248.4%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry50% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology8% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry5% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  5. 5Inorganic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kendall N. Houk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Transition Metal Catalysis, Density Functional Theory, Electrophilicity, Nucleophilicity, Metal-Catalyzed Reactions, Enantioselective Reactions, Organocatalysis and Enantioselective Synthesis.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Transition Metal Catalysis6232 topics
  2. Density Functional Theory5802 topics
  3. Electrophilicity5542 topics
  4. Nucleophilicity5542 topics
  5. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions4512 topics
  6. Enantioselective Reactions3861 topic
  7. Organocatalysis3861 topic
  8. Enantioselective Synthesis3762 topics
  9. Organic Chemistry3751 topic
  10. Reactivity3751 topic
  11. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation2371 topic
  12. C–H Activation2371 topic
  13. Carbene Chemistry2141 topic
  14. Cyclopropanation2141 topic
  15. Ab Initio Parametrization2051 topic
  16. Dispersion Correction2051 topic
  17. Drug Discovery1961 topic
  18. Peptide Synthesis1961 topic
  19. Acidity Scales1791 topic
  20. Phosphate Hydrolysis1791 topic
  21. Olefin Metathesis1621 topic
  22. Ruthenium Catalysts1621 topic

Where does Kendall N. Houk work?

Kendall N. Houk's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kendall N. Houk have?

OpenAlex counts 2,665 works and 122,643 citations for Kendall N. Houk, an h-index of 160, ranking #22,896 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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