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T. Kent Kirk

T. Kent Kirk publishes mostly in Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, on topics such as Enzyme-mediated dye degradation, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Biochemical and biochemical processes.

World rank
#17,831
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,471
of 358,040
Works
44
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
27.0

What does T. Kent Kirk research?

Plant Science: 27.0%Biomedical Engineering: 23.8%Biotechnology: 15.9%Pharmacology: 7.9%other fields: 25.4%27%top field
Plant Science27.0%Biomedical Engineering23.8%Biotechnology15.9%Pharmacology7.9%other fields25.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Plant Science27% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering24% of their works
  3. 3Biotechnology16% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology8% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials3% of their works
  6. 6General Agricultural and Biological Sciences3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe T. Kent Kirk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enzymatic Decolorization, Laccases, Catalytic Transformation, Lignin Valorization, Biotechnological Production, Vanillin, Antioxidant Activity and Medicinal Mushrooms.

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. Enzymatic Decolorization151 topic
  2. Laccases151 topic
  3. Catalytic Transformation111 topic
  4. Lignin Valorization111 topic
  5. Biotechnological Production91 topic
  6. Vanillin91 topic
  7. Antioxidant Activity51 topic
  8. Medicinal Mushrooms51 topic
  9. Ecosystem Functioning42 topics
  10. Enzymatic Hydrolysis31 topic
  11. Pretreatment31 topic
  12. Bioeconomy21 topic
  13. Biomass21 topic
  14. Dead Wood21 topic
  15. Forest Management21 topic
  16. Fungal Diversity21 topic
  17. Mycorrhizal Fungi21 topic

Where does T. Kent Kirk work?

T. Kent Kirk's main affiliation in the publication record is Forest Products Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does T. Kent Kirk have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 1,187 citations for T. Kent Kirk, ranking #17,831 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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