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Researcher · Simon Fraser University · Canada

Robert Britton

Robert Britton publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis.

ORCID 0000-0002-9335-0047 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,012,707
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#34,627
of 183,316
Works
238
Citations
6k
Citations per work
25.1
h-index
44
i10-index 117Top 2.9% in Organic Chemistry
Robert Britton

What does Robert Britton research?

Robert Britton's work is mostly in Chemistry (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 86 works · 36.2% of their workChemistry: 86 works · 36.2% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 86 works · 36.2% of their workEverything else: 78 works · 32.9% of their workLife Sciences: 74 works · 30.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 works · 19.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 35 works · 14.6% of their workBiotechnology: 12 works · 5.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 works · 5.9% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 works · 3.4% of their workInsect Science: 6 works · 2.5% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 works · 5.4% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 13 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Britton238works
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences36%

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. Chemistry8636.2%
  2. Everything else7832.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4719.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences145.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics135.4%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry36% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology15% of their works
  3. 3Pharmaceutical Science5% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology5% of their works
  5. 5Agronomy and Crop Science3% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Britton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Olefin Metathesis, Ruthenium Catalysts, Transition Metal Catalysis, Glycosidase Inhibitors, Oligosaccharide Synthesis, Enantioselective Reactions, Organocatalysis and Fluorine.

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. Olefin Metathesis451 topic
  2. Ruthenium Catalysts451 topic
  3. Transition Metal Catalysis452 topics
  4. Glycosidase Inhibitors341 topic
  5. Oligosaccharide Synthesis341 topic
  6. Enantioselective Reactions311 topic
  7. Organocatalysis311 topic
  8. Fluorine301 topic
  9. Medicinal Chemistry301 topic
  10. Marine Natural Products261 topic
  11. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms261 topic
  12. Methane Production161 topic
  13. Ruminant Nutrition161 topic
  14. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation141 topic
  15. C–H Activation141 topic
  16. Drug Discovery131 topic
  17. Peptide Synthesis131 topic

Where does Robert Britton work?

Robert Britton's main affiliation in the publication record is Simon Fraser University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert Britton have?

OpenAlex counts 238 works and 5,982 citations for Robert Britton, an h-index of 44, ranking #1,012,707 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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