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Researcher · Sasol (South Africa) · South Africa

Kevin Blann

Kevin Blann publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis and Radical Photochemical Reactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,463,222
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#6,054
of 29,826
Works
60
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
29.7
h-index
16
i10-index 20Top 33% in Organic Chemistry
Kevin Blann

What does Kevin Blann research?

Kevin Blann's work is mostly in Chemistry (79%), Chemical Engineering (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Physical Sciences: 50 works · 83.4% of their workChemistry: 47 works · 79.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 37 works · 62.3% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 10 works · 16.7% of their workChemical Engineering: 3 works · 4.4% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 8.7% of their workLife Sciences: 3 works · 5.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 3.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 3.5% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 works · 1.8% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 1 works · 1.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 2 works · 2.6% of their workMedicine: 2 works · 2.6% of their workOncology: 2 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKKevin Blann60works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%

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. Chemistry4779.0%
    2. Chemical Engineering34.4%
  2. Everything else58.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.8%
    1. Medicine22.6%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry62% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry17% of their works
  3. 3Process Chemistry and Technology4% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Oncology3% of their works
  6. 6Pharmaceutical Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kevin Blann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrogenation, Catalysis, Polymerization, Transition Metal Complexes, Bond Activation, Transition Metal, Enantioselective Reactions 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. 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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Hydrogenation363 topics
  2. Catalysis242 topics
  3. Polymerization242 topics
  4. Transition Metal Complexes242 topics
  5. Bond Activation191 topic
  6. Transition Metal191 topic
  7. Enantioselective Reactions162 topics
  8. Enantioselective Synthesis132 topics
  9. Homogeneous Catalysts132 topics
  10. Asymmetric Catalysis121 topic
  11. Chiral Ligands121 topic
  12. Organic Synthesis121 topic
  13. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis121 topic
  14. Transition Metal Catalysis92 topics
  15. Alcohol Oxidation81 topic
  16. Catalytic81 topic
  17. Carbon Dioxide51 topic
  18. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation51 topic
  19. Chemical Synthesis51 topic
  20. C–H Activation51 topic
  21. Olefin Metathesis51 topic
  22. Ruthenium Catalysts51 topic
  23. Chiral Catalysts41 topic
  24. Organocatalysis41 topic

Where does Kevin Blann work?

Kevin Blann's main affiliation in the publication record is Sasol (South Africa), South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Kevin Blann have?

OpenAlex counts 60 works and 1,781 citations for Kevin Blann, an h-index of 16, ranking #1,463,222 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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