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Researcher · University of California, Irvine · United States

Robert W. Taft

Robert W. Taft publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Chemical Reaction Mechanisms and Various Chemistry Research Topics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#62,447
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#24,042
of 1,627,098
Works
244
Citations
15k
Citations per work
61.5
h-index
60
i10-index 159Top 0.9% in Organic Chemistry
Robert W. Taft

What does Robert W. Taft research?

Robert W. Taft's work is mostly in Chemistry (56%), Physics and Astronomy (8%), Materials Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 176 works · 72.3% of their workChemistry: 137 works · 56.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 65 works · 26.6% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 39 works · 16.1% of their workSpectroscopy: 32 works · 13.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 works · 7.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 works · 7.5% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 5.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 12 works · 5.1% of their workChemical Engineering: 9 works · 3.7% of their workFiltration and Separation: 9 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 68 works · 27.7% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert W. Taft244works
Physical Sciences72%

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. Chemistry13756.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy187.5%
    3. Materials Science125.1%
    4. Chemical Engineering93.7%
  2. Everything else6827.7%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry27% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry16% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy13% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Filtration and Separation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Taft's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Organic Synthesis, Green Chemistry, Hydrogen Bonding, Chiral Separation, Liquid Chromatography, Acidity Scales, Nucleophilicity and Chemistry Education.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Organic Synthesis562 topics
  2. Green Chemistry552 topics
  3. Hydrogen Bonding472 topics
  4. Chiral Separation411 topic
  5. Liquid Chromatography411 topic
  6. Acidity Scales361 topic
  7. Nucleophilicity361 topic
  8. Chemistry Education351 topic
  9. Laboratory Techniques351 topic
  10. Antioxidant311 topic
  11. Phenolic Compounds311 topic
  12. Excited-State Proton Transfer261 topic
  13. Intramolecular Charge Transfer261 topic
  14. Photosynthesis211 topic
  15. Quantum Coherence211 topic
  16. Aqueous Two-Phase Systems201 topic
  17. Catalysis201 topic
  18. Functional Group Transformations201 topic
  19. Ionic Liquids201 topic

Where does Robert W. Taft work?

Robert W. Taft's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Irvine, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Taft have?

OpenAlex counts 244 works and 15,007 citations for Robert W. Taft, an h-index of 60, ranking #62,447 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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