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Shoichi Hirai

Shoichi Hirai publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, on topics such as Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,562,489
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#993,426
of 1,627,098
Works
29
Citations
455
Citations per work
15.7
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 63% in Organic Chemistry
Shoichi Hirai

What does Shoichi Hirai research?

Shoichi Hirai's work is mostly in Chemistry (46%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (24%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (8%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 45.9% of their workChemistry: 13 works · 45.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 13 works · 45.9% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 32.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 24.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 6 works · 21.6% of their workBiochemistry: 1 works · 2.7% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 works · 8.1% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 2 works · 5.4% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 19.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 2.7% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 2.7% of their workPharmacology: 1 works · 2.7% of their workTHEIR WORKShoichi Hirai29works
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences3%

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. Chemistry1345.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology724.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics28.1%
  3. Everything else619.0%
    1. Medicine12.7%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry46% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology22% of their works
  3. 3Pharmaceutical Science5% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology3% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology3% of their works
  6. 6Biochemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shoichi Hirai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Synthesis, Asymmetric Catalysis, Stereocontrolled Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Microbial Transformation, Peptide Synthesis and Steroid Degradation.

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. Enantioselective Synthesis102 topics
  2. Synthesis102 topics
  3. Asymmetric Catalysis71 topic
  4. Stereocontrolled Synthesis71 topic
  5. Drug Discovery61 topic
  6. Microbial Transformation61 topic
  7. Peptide Synthesis61 topic
  8. Steroid Degradation61 topic
  9. Organic Chemistry41 topic
  10. Reactivity41 topic
  11. Amination31 topic
  12. Catalysis31 topic
  13. Catalytic31 topic
  14. Enantioselective Reactions31 topic
  15. Olefin Metathesis31 topic
  16. Organocatalysis31 topic
  17. Oxidation31 topic
  18. Ruthenium Catalysts31 topic

Where does Shoichi Hirai work?

Shoichi Hirai's main affiliation in the publication record is Exploratorium, United States.

How many publications and citations does Shoichi Hirai have?

OpenAlex counts 29 works and 455 citations for Shoichi Hirai, an h-index of 10, ranking #3,562,489 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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