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Researcher · Örebro University · Sweden

Leo W. Y. Yeung

Leo W. Y. Yeung publishes mostly in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

ORCID 0000-0001-6800-5658 OpenAlex
World rank
#24,223
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#137
of 71,437
Works
161
Citations
12k
Citations per work
74.4
h-index
63
i10-index 124Top 1.7% in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Leo W. Y. Yeung

What does Leo W. Y. Yeung research?

Leo W. Y. Yeung's work is mostly in Environmental Science (74%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (1%).

Physical Sciences: 142 works · 88.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 120 works · 74.4% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 66 works · 41.3% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 46 works · 28.7% of their workPollution: 4 works · 2.6% of their workWater Science and Technology: 3 works · 1.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 works · 14.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 23 works · 14.1% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 10.2% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 1.3% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 works · 1.3% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 2 works · 1.3% of their workTHEIR WORKLeo W. Y. Yeung161works
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences88%

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 Science12074.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2314.1%
  2. Everything else1610.2%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.3%
  1. 1Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis41% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry29% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science14% of their works
  4. 4Pollution3% of their works
  5. 5Water Science and Technology2% of their works
  6. 6Pharmaceutical Science1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leo W. Y. Yeung's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Global Distribution, Health Effects, Environmental Exposure, Toxicity, Bioaccumulation, Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds and Brominated Flame Retardants.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Distribution2512 topics
  2. Health Effects1845 topics
  3. Environmental Exposure1482 topics
  4. Toxicity1312 topics
  5. Bioaccumulation1302 topics
  6. Perfluoroalkyl Substances1271 topic
  7. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds1271 topic
  8. Brominated Flame Retardants1241 topic
  9. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1241 topic
  10. Atmospheric Aerosols641 topic
  11. Black Carbon641 topic
  12. Bisphenol A241 topic
  13. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals241 topic
  14. Air Pollution201 topic
  15. Particulate Matter201 topic
  16. Drinking Water71 topic
  17. Fluoride71 topic
  18. Fluorine61 topic
  19. Medicinal Chemistry61 topic
  20. Mercury61 topic
  21. Toxicology61 topic

Where does Leo W. Y. Yeung work?

Leo W. Y. Yeung's main affiliation in the publication record is Örebro University, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Leo W. Y. Yeung have?

OpenAlex counts 161 works and 11,980 citations for Leo W. Y. Yeung, an h-index of 63, ranking #24,223 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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