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Researcher · Oakland University · United States

Ken Hightower

Ken Hightower publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,709,817
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,626,842
of 1,627,098
Works
390
Citations
1
h-index
1
i10-index 0Top 99.7% in Organic Chemistry
Ken Hightower

What does Ken Hightower research?

Ken Hightower's work is mostly in Materials Science (28%), Chemistry (28%), Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 259 works · 66.4% of their workMaterials Science: 110 works · 28.2% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 55 works · 14.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 34 works · 8.6% of their workBiomaterials: 21 works · 5.5% of their workChemistry: 110 works · 28.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 110 works · 28.1% of their workEngineering: 39 works · 10.1% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 works · 5.2% of their workBuilding and Construction: 19 works · 4.9% of their workEverything else: 131 works · 33.6% of their workTHEIR WORKKen Hightower390works
Physical Sciences66%

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. Materials Science11028.2%
    2. Chemistry11028.1%
    3. Engineering3910.1%
  2. Everything else13133.6%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry28% of their works
  2. 2Polymers and Plastics14% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Biomaterials6% of their works
  5. 5Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Building and Construction5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken Hightower's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Maple Syrup, Phytochemicals, Biodegradable Polymers, Colloidal Particles, Emulsions, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polylactic Acid and Polymer Foaming.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Maple Syrup1641 topic
  2. Phytochemicals1641 topic
  3. Biodegradable Polymers632 topics
  4. Colloidal Particles491 topic
  5. Emulsions491 topic
  6. Polyhydroxyalkanoates321 topic
  7. Polylactic Acid321 topic
  8. Polymer Foaming311 topic
  9. Supercritical Carbon Dioxide311 topic
  10. Fiber Networks211 topic
  11. Paper Mechanics211 topic
  12. Moisture Management181 topic
  13. Thermal Properties181 topic
  14. Assembly Line Balancing161 topic
  15. Optimization Methods161 topic
  16. Forest Biomass141 topic
  17. Wood Residues141 topic

Where does Ken Hightower work?

Ken Hightower's main affiliation in the publication record is Oakland University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ken Hightower have?

OpenAlex counts 390 works and 1 citations for Ken Hightower, an h-index of 1, ranking #7,709,817 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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