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Researcher · Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · United States

Kenneth E. Wilson

Kenneth E. Wilson publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science, on topics such as Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis.

ORCID 0000-0002-4407-3071 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,225,002
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#392,123
of 1,627,098
Works
73
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
37.9
h-index
33
i10-index 47Top 12% in Molecular Biology
Kenneth E. Wilson

What does Kenneth E. Wilson research?

Kenneth E. Wilson's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (29%), Medicine (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%).

Life Sciences: 30 works · 41.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 works · 28.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 18 works · 24.6% of their workBiotechnology: 3 works · 4.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 10.0% of their workPlant Science: 7 works · 10.0% of their workNeuroscience: 2 works · 2.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 38.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 9 works · 12.3% of their workMedicine: 9 works · 12.3% of their workPharmacology: 9 works · 12.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 7.6% of their workChemistry: 6 works · 7.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 6 works · 7.6% of their workTHEIR WORKKenneth E. Wilson73works
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences12%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2128.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences710.0%
    3. Neuroscience22.8%
  2. Everything else2838.4%
    1. Medicine912.3%
    1. Chemistry67.6%
  1. 1Molecular Biology25% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology12% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science10% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Biotechnology4% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth E. Wilson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Secondary Metabolites, Drug Discovery, Natural Products, Light Harvesting, Photosystem II, Isoprenoid Pathway, Terpenoid Biosynthesis and Photoreceptors.

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. Secondary Metabolites282 topics
  2. Drug Discovery231 topic
  3. Natural Products231 topic
  4. Light Harvesting141 topic
  5. Photosystem II141 topic
  6. Isoprenoid Pathway111 topic
  7. Terpenoid Biosynthesis111 topic
  8. Photoreceptors71 topic
  9. Signal Transduction71 topic
  10. Biodiesel61 topic
  11. Glycosidase Inhibitors61 topic
  12. Microalgae61 topic
  13. Oligosaccharide Synthesis61 topic
  14. Biosynthesis51 topic
  15. Microbial Pigments51 topic
  16. Biological Soil Crusts41 topic
  17. Cyanobacteria41 topic

Where does Kenneth E. Wilson work?

Kenneth E. Wilson's main affiliation in the publication record is Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth E. Wilson have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 2,769 citations for Kenneth E. Wilson, an h-index of 33, ranking #1,225,002 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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