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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

Paul J. Flory

Paul J. Flory publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Polymer crystallization and properties, Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics.

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World rank
#4,106
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,411
of 1,627,098
Works
426
Citations
76k
Citations per work
177.6
h-index
127
i10-index 341Top 0.1% in Polymers and Plastics
Paul J. Flory

What does Paul J. Flory research?

Paul J. Flory's work is mostly in Chemistry (31%), Materials Science (23%), Engineering (8%).

Physical Sciences: 263 works · 61.8% of their workChemistry: 133 works · 31.3% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 54 works · 12.6% of their workSpectroscopy: 40 works · 9.5% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 39 works · 9.2% of their workMaterials Science: 98 works · 22.9% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 68 works · 15.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 30 works · 7.0% of their workEngineering: 32 works · 7.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 32 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 163 works · 38.2% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul J. Flory426works
Physical Sciences62%

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. Chemistry13331.3%
    2. Materials Science9822.9%
    3. Engineering327.6%
  2. Everything else16338.2%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics16% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy10% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul J. Flory's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoparticles, Thermodynamic Properties, Polymer Blends, Polymer Crystallization, Density Functional Theory, Nanocomposites, Polymer and Extraction.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoparticles2043 topics
  2. Thermodynamic Properties982 topics
  3. Polymer Blends771 topic
  4. Polymer Crystallization771 topic
  5. Density Functional Theory742 topics
  6. Nanocomposites691 topic
  7. Polymer691 topic
  8. Extraction581 topic
  9. Supercritical Fluids581 topic
  10. Density401 topic
  11. Viscosity401 topic
  12. Glass Transition391 topic
  13. Supercooled Liquids391 topic
  14. Absolute Configuration381 topic
  15. Chiroptical Spectroscopy381 topic
  16. Computational Chemistry361 topic
  17. Molecular Simulation361 topic
  18. Click Chemistry331 topic
  19. Living Radical Polymerization331 topic

Where does Paul J. Flory work?

Paul J. Flory's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Paul J. Flory have?

OpenAlex counts 426 works and 75,670 citations for Paul J. Flory, an h-index of 127, ranking #4,106 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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