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Thavendran Govender

Thavendran Govender publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions.

World rank
#989,456
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#3,309
of 5,570
Works
57
Citations
104
Citations per work
1.8

What does Thavendran Govender research?

Organic Chemistry: 42.0%Molecular Biology: 13.6%Inorganic Chemistry: 10.2%Spectroscopy: 6.8%other fields: 27.4%42%top field
Organic Chemistry42.0%Molecular Biology13.6%Inorganic Chemistry10.2%Spectroscopy6.8%other fields27.4%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry42% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology14% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy7% of their works
  5. 5Pharmaceutical Science4% of their works
  6. 6Surgery3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thavendran Govender's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Reactions, Transition Metal Catalysis, Chiral Catalysts, Organocatalysis, Medicinal Chemistry, Asymmetric Catalysis, Hydrogenation and Amination.

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. Enantioselective Reactions142 topics
  2. Transition Metal Catalysis112 topics
  3. Chiral Catalysts81 topic
  4. Organocatalysis81 topic
  5. Medicinal Chemistry72 topics
  6. Asymmetric Catalysis61 topic
  7. Hydrogenation61 topic
  8. Amination41 topic
  9. Catalytic41 topic
  10. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation31 topic
  11. Crystal Structure Refinement31 topic
  12. C–H Activation31 topic
  13. Drug Discovery31 topic
  14. Fluorine31 topic
  15. Hirshfeld Surface Analysis31 topic
  16. Peptide Synthesis31 topic
  17. Pharmaceuticals31 topic
  18. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry21 topic
  19. Microorganism Identification21 topic

Where does Thavendran Govender work?

Thavendran Govender's main affiliation in the publication record is University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Thavendran Govender have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 104 citations for Thavendran Govender, ranking #989,456 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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