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Paul Davies

Paul Davies publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Catalytic Alkyne Reactions, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

World rank
#1,160,663
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#75,771
of 90,785
Works
52
Citations
41
Citations per work
0.8

What does Paul Davies research?

Organic Chemistry: 29.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 14.1%Molecular Biology: 4.7%Biomedical Engineering: 3.1%other fields: 48.4%30%top field
Organic Chemistry29.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics14.1%Molecular Biology4.7%Biomedical Engineering3.1%other fields48.4%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry30% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics14% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology5% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5History3% of their works
  6. 6Physiology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Davies's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Heterocycles, Transition Metal Catalysis, Metal-Catalyzed Reactions, Gold-Catalyzed Reactions, Homogeneous Catalysis, Astrobiology and Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Synthesis123 topics
  2. Heterocycles102 topics
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis102 topics
  4. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions72 topics
  5. Gold-Catalyzed Reactions61 topic
  6. Homogeneous Catalysis61 topic
  7. Astrobiology41 topic
  8. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation41 topic
  9. C–H Activation41 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  11. Carbene Chemistry31 topic
  12. Cyclopropanation31 topic
  13. Olefin Metathesis31 topic
  14. Ruthenium Catalysts31 topic
  15. Ferrofluids21 topic
  16. Magnetic Fields21 topic
  17. Magnetic Particle Imaging21 topic
  18. Radio Astronomy21 topic
  19. Transits of Venus21 topic
  20. Water Treatment21 topic

Where does Paul Davies work?

Paul Davies's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Paul Davies have?

Science Explorer counts 52 works and 41 citations for Paul Davies, ranking #1,160,663 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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