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Researcher · University of Alberta · Canada

Robert McDonald

Robert McDonald publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions.

World rank
#329,789
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#11,356
of 38,960
Works
141
Citations
611
Citations per work
4.3

What does Robert McDonald research?

Organic Chemistry: 29.8%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 15.1%Inorganic Chemistry: 12.2%Materials Chemistry: 4.9%other fields: 38.0%30%top field
Organic Chemistry29.8%Electrical and Electronic Engineering15.1%Inorganic Chemistry12.2%Materials Chemistry4.9%other fields38.0%

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. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Surfaces, Coatings and Films4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert McDonald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysis, Organometallic Chemistry, Polymerization, Transition Metal, Covalent Radii, Main Group Chemistry, Cross-Coupling Reactions and Palladium-Catalyzed.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis303 topics
  2. Organometallic Chemistry192 topics
  3. Polymerization131 topic
  4. Transition Metal131 topic
  5. Covalent Radii111 topic
  6. Main Group Chemistry111 topic
  7. Cross-Coupling Reactions91 topic
  8. Palladium-Catalyzed91 topic
  9. Atomic Layer Deposition61 topic
  10. Failure Analysis61 topic
  11. Frustrated Lewis Pairs61 topic
  12. Functionalized Reagents61 topic
  13. High-k Dielectrics61 topic
  14. Integrated Circuits61 topic
  15. Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation61 topic
  16. Metalation61 topic
  17. Scanning Electron Microscopy61 topic
  18. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy61 topic

Where does Robert McDonald work?

Robert McDonald's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alberta, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert McDonald have?

Science Explorer counts 141 works and 611 citations for Robert McDonald, ranking #329,789 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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