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Ken Tanaka

Ken Tanaka publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Catalytic Alkyne Reactions and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms.

World rank
#608,164
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#25,122
of 114,622
Works
84
Citations
273
Citations per work
3.3

What does Ken Tanaka research?

Organic Chemistry: 73.0%Pharmacology: 6.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 3.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3.0%other fields: 15.0%73%top field
Organic Chemistry73.0%Pharmacology6.0%Electrical and Electronic Engineering3.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3.0%other fields15.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Organic Chemistry73% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology6% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  5. 5Surgery3% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ken Tanaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Heterocycles, Transition Metal Catalysis, Metal-Catalyzed Reactions, Oxidative Coupling, Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation, C–H Activation and Gold-Catalyzed Reactions.

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. Enantioselective Synthesis393 topics
  2. Heterocycles382 topics
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis382 topics
  4. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions372 topics
  5. Oxidative Coupling232 topics
  6. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation201 topic
  7. C–H Activation201 topic
  8. Gold-Catalyzed Reactions181 topic
  9. Homogeneous Catalysis181 topic
  10. Carbene Chemistry171 topic
  11. Cyclopropanation171 topic
  12. Antioxidant42 topics
  13. Olefin Metathesis41 topic
  14. Ruthenium Catalysts41 topic
  15. Sulfur Bond Formation41 topic
  16. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed41 topic
  17. Atropisomerism31 topic
  18. Axial Chirality31 topic
  19. Ginger21 topic
  20. Pharmacology21 topic
  21. Piperine21 topic
  22. Zingiber officinale21 topic

Where does Ken Tanaka work?

Ken Tanaka's main affiliation in the publication record is Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Ken Tanaka have?

Science Explorer counts 84 works and 273 citations for Ken Tanaka, ranking #608,164 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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