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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Leonard J. Barbour

Leonard J. Barbour publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Crystallography and molecular interactions and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes.

ORCID 0000-0002-6453-8331 OpenAlex
World rank
#350,557
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,318
of 29,826
Works
1,134
Citations
18k
Citations per work
16.2
h-index
64
i10-index 215Top 1.4% in Materials Chemistry
Leonard J. Barbour

What does Leonard J. Barbour research?

Leonard J. Barbour's work is mostly in Chemistry (53%), Materials Science (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%).

Physical Sciences: 858 works · 75.7% of their workChemistry: 602 works · 53.1% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 198 works · 17.5% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 185 works · 16.3% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 130 works · 11.5% of their workSpectroscopy: 88 works · 7.8% of their workMaterials Science: 256 works · 22.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 256 works · 22.6% of their workEverything else: 247 works · 21.8% of their workLife Sciences: 28 works · 2.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 works · 2.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 28 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKLeonard J.Barbour1,134works
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences76%

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. Chemistry60253.1%
    2. Materials Science25622.6%
  2. Everything else24721.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology282.5%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry23% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry16% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry12% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy8% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leonard J. Barbour's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Crystal Engineering, Supramolecular Chemistry, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Catalysis, Methane Storage, Chemical Sensors, Gas Adsorption and Porous Materials.

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. Crystal Engineering2312 topics
  2. Supramolecular Chemistry2303 topics
  3. Metal-Organic Frameworks2082 topics
  4. Catalysis1802 topics
  5. Methane Storage1802 topics
  6. Chemical Sensors1482 topics
  7. Gas Adsorption1291 topic
  8. Porous Materials1291 topic
  9. Molecular Crystals1021 topic
  10. Noncovalent Interactions1021 topic
  11. Self-Assembly972 topics
  12. Host-Guest Interactions791 topic
  13. Molecular Machines791 topic
  14. Bioimaging682 topics
  15. Crystalline511 topic
  16. Porous511 topic
  17. Fluorescent Chemosensors491 topic
  18. Ion Detection491 topic
  19. Lanthanide Complexes211 topic
  20. Single-Molecule Magnets211 topic
  21. Aggregation-Induced Emission191 topic
  22. Fluorescent Materials191 topic
  23. Nanofibers181 topic
  24. Supramolecular181 topic

Where does Leonard J. Barbour work?

Leonard J. Barbour's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Leonard J. Barbour have?

OpenAlex counts 1,134 works and 18,363 citations for Leonard J. Barbour, an h-index of 64, ranking #350,557 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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