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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

Richard R. Schrock

Richard R. Schrock publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis.

ORCID 0000-0001-5827-3552 OpenAlex
World rank
#17,716
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#6,356
of 1,627,098
Works
1,187
Citations
58k
Citations per work
48.9
h-index
121
i10-index 605Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
Richard R. Schrock

What does Richard R. Schrock research?

Richard R. Schrock's work is mostly in Chemistry (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Materials Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 921 works · 77.6% of their workChemistry: 813 works · 68.5% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 656 works · 55.3% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 157 works · 13.2% of their workMaterials Science: 43 works · 3.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 43 works · 3.6% of their workChemical Engineering: 33 works · 2.8% of their workCatalysis: 33 works · 2.8% of their workEngineering: 32 works · 2.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 201 works · 16.9% of their workLife Sciences: 65 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 65 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard R.Schrock1,187works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences78%

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. Chemistry81368.5%
    2. Materials Science433.6%
    3. Chemical Engineering332.8%
    4. Engineering322.7%
  2. Everything else20116.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology655.5%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry55% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology6% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Catalysis3% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard R. Schrock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Organometallic Chemistry, Polymerization, Hydrogenation, Catalysis, Bond Activation, Transition Metal, Olefin Metathesis and Ruthenium Catalysts.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Organometallic Chemistry9222 topics
  2. Polymerization9222 topics
  3. Hydrogenation6973 topics
  4. Catalysis6684 topics
  5. Bond Activation4761 topic
  6. Transition Metal4761 topic
  7. Olefin Metathesis4461 topic
  8. Ruthenium Catalysts4461 topic
  9. Asymmetric Catalysis1601 topic
  10. Transition Metal Complexes1601 topic
  11. Drug Discovery1291 topic
  12. Peptide Synthesis1291 topic
  13. Covalent Radii791 topic
  14. Main Group Chemistry791 topic
  15. Carbon Dioxide611 topic
  16. Chemical Synthesis611 topic
  17. Functional Group Transformations521 topic
  18. Organic Synthesis521 topic
  19. Hydrogenases481 topic
  20. Nitrogen Fixation481 topic

Where does Richard R. Schrock work?

Richard R. Schrock's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard R. Schrock have?

OpenAlex counts 1,187 works and 58,084 citations for Richard R. Schrock, an h-index of 121, ranking #17,716 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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