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Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling publishes mostly in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Various Chemistry Research Topics, History and advancements in chemistry and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry.

World rank
#1,259
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#544
of 358,040
Works
150
Citations
2k
Citations per work
13.7

What does Linus Pauling research?

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 23.9%Materials Chemistry: 6.3%Organic Chemistry: 5.7%Spectroscopy: 2.8%other fields: 61.3%24%top field
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry23.9%Materials Chemistry6.3%Organic Chemistry5.7%Spectroscopy2.8%other fields61.3%

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

  1. 1Physical and Theoretical Chemistry24% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry6% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy3% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science3% of their works
  6. 6Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Linus Pauling's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Green Chemistry, Chemistry Education, Laboratory Techniques, Partially Ordered Sets, Periodic Table, Catalysis, Crystallographic Computing and Functional Group Transformations.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Green Chemistry242 topics
  2. Chemistry Education201 topic
  3. Laboratory Techniques201 topic
  4. Partially Ordered Sets181 topic
  5. Periodic Table181 topic
  6. Catalysis72 topics
  7. Crystallographic Computing41 topic
  8. Functional Group Transformations41 topic
  9. Nonlinear Optical Materials41 topic
  10. Organic Synthesis41 topic
  11. Antioxidant31 topic
  12. Enthalpies31 topic
  13. Hepcidin31 topic
  14. Iron Regulation31 topic
  15. Solvent Selection31 topic
  16. Sustainable Chemistry31 topic
  17. Vaporization31 topic
  18. Vitamin C31 topic

Where does Linus Pauling work?

Linus Pauling's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Linus Pauling have?

Science Explorer counts 150 works and 2,048 citations for Linus Pauling, ranking #1,259 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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