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Researcher · Queen's University · Canada

Simon O’Brien

Simon O’Brien publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Various Chemistry Research Topics and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures.

ORCID 0009-0005-3122-9312 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,942,082
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#146,097
of 183,316
Works
32
Citations
285
Citations per work
8.9
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 63% in Organic Chemistry
Simon O’Brien

What does Simon O’Brien research?

Simon O’Brien's work is mostly in Chemistry (55%), Chemical Engineering (6%), Medicine (5%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 64.3% of their workChemistry: 18 works · 55.2% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 12 works · 36.8% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 works · 11.5% of their workSpectroscopy: 2 works · 6.9% of their workChemical Engineering: 2 works · 5.7% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 works · 5.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 3.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 31.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 4.6% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.6% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKSimon O’Brien32works
Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences5%

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. Chemistry1855.2%
    2. Chemical Engineering25.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy13.4%
  2. Everything else1031.1%
    1. Medicine14.6%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry37% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry12% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy7% of their works
  4. 4Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes6% of their works
  5. 5Psychiatry and Mental health5% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Simon O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Synthesis, Hydrogen Bonding, Organometallic Chemistry, Polymerization, Green Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis, 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.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Synthesis112 topics
  2. Hydrogen Bonding102 topics
  3. Organometallic Chemistry102 topics
  4. Polymerization102 topics
  5. Green Chemistry92 topics
  6. Asymmetric Synthesis82 topics
  7. Olefin Metathesis71 topic
  8. Ruthenium Catalysts71 topic
  9. Catalysis62 topics
  10. Chemistry Education61 topic
  11. Laboratory Techniques61 topic
  12. Density51 topic
  13. Enantioselective Reactions51 topic
  14. Organocatalysis51 topic
  15. Viscosity51 topic
  16. Carbene Chemistry41 topic
  17. Cyclopropanation41 topic
  18. Bond Activation31 topic
  19. Enthalpies31 topic
  20. Functional Group Transformations31 topic
  21. Organic Synthesis31 topic
  22. Transition Metal31 topic
  23. Vaporization31 topic

Where does Simon O’Brien work?

Simon O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is Queen's University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Simon O’Brien have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 285 citations for Simon O’Brien, an h-index of 10, ranking #4,942,082 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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