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Researcher · Harvard University Press · United States

R. B. Woodward

R. B. Woodward publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as History and advancements in chemistry, Various Chemistry Research Topics and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,747
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,244
of 358,040
Works
66
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
17.8

What does R. B. Woodward research?

Organic Chemistry: 32.9%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 22.4%Molecular Biology: 11.8%Spectroscopy: 6.6%other fields: 26.3%33%top field
Organic Chemistry32.9%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry22.4%Molecular Biology11.8%Spectroscopy6.6%other fields26.3%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry33% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry22% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy7% of their works
  5. 5Biotechnology4% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. B. Woodward's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Green Chemistry, Partially Ordered Sets, Periodic Table, Chemistry Education, Laboratory Techniques, Alkaloids, Amaryllidaceae and Catalysis.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Green Chemistry153 topics
  2. Partially Ordered Sets101 topic
  3. Periodic Table101 topic
  4. Chemistry Education71 topic
  5. Laboratory Techniques71 topic
  6. Alkaloids51 topic
  7. Amaryllidaceae51 topic
  8. Catalysis51 topic
  9. Chiral Separation51 topic
  10. Liquid Chromatography51 topic
  11. Organic Synthesis51 topic
  12. Alcohol Oxidation31 topic
  13. Catalytic31 topic
  14. Marine Natural Products31 topic
  15. Microbial Transformation31 topic
  16. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms31 topic
  17. Steroid Degradation31 topic

Where does R. B. Woodward work?

R. B. Woodward's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University Press, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. B. Woodward have?

Science Explorer counts 66 works and 1,176 citations for R. B. Woodward, ranking #4,747 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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