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Researcher · Unilever (Germany) · Germany

Karl Figge

Karl Figge publishes mostly in Pollution, Spectroscopy and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, on topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

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World rank
#3,809,115
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#191,072
of 364,343
Works
76
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
13.8
h-index
18
i10-index 35Top 32% in Pollution
Karl Figge

What does Karl Figge research?

Karl Figge's work is mostly in Environmental Science (27%), Chemistry (16%), Materials Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 39 works · 51.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 20 works · 26.9% of their workPollution: 9 works · 11.8% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 works · 8.4% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 works · 6.7% of their workChemistry: 12 works · 16.3% of their workSpectroscopy: 6 works · 8.4% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 6 works · 7.9% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 7.9% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 6 works · 7.9% of their workEverything else: 37 works · 48.9% of their workTHEIR WORKKarl Figge76works
Physical Sciences51%

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. Environmental Science2026.9%
    2. Chemistry1216.3%
    3. Materials Science67.9%
  2. Everything else3748.9%
  1. 1Pollution12% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy8% of their works
  3. 3Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis8% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Polymers and Plastics8% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl Figge's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Recycling, Waste Management, Marine Environment, Microplastics, Chiral Separation, E-Waste, Environmental Impacts and Liquid Chromatography.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Recycling242 topics
  2. Waste Management242 topics
  3. Marine Environment131 topic
  4. Microplastics131 topic
  5. Chiral Separation111 topic
  6. E-Waste111 topic
  7. Environmental Impacts111 topic
  8. Liquid Chromatography111 topic
  9. Plasticizers101 topic
  10. Poly(vinyl chloride)101 topic
  11. Bisphenol A91 topic
  12. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals91 topic
  13. Fiber Networks71 topic
  14. Paper Mechanics71 topic
  15. Biodegradable Polymers51 topic
  16. Biodegradation51 topic
  17. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons51 topic
  18. Polylactic Acid51 topic

Where does Karl Figge work?

Karl Figge's main affiliation in the publication record is Unilever (Germany), Germany.

How many publications and citations does Karl Figge have?

OpenAlex counts 76 works and 1,051 citations for Karl Figge, an h-index of 18, ranking #3,809,115 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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