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Researcher · Research Complex at Harwell · United Kingdom

W. G. Burns

W. G. Burns publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Food Science, on topics such as Radiation Effects and Dosimetry, Radioactive element chemistry and processing and Free Radicals and Antioxidants.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,278,427
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#163,692
of 367,258
Works
91
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
13.6
h-index
21
i10-index 30Top 20% in Organic Chemistry
W. G. Burns

What does W. G. Burns research?

W. G. Burns's work is mostly in Chemistry (20%), Physics and Astronomy (11%), Materials Science (10%).

Everything else: 45 works · 49.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 38 works · 41.9% of their workChemistry: 19 works · 20.5% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 12 works · 13.5% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 6 works · 7.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 works · 11.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 works · 6.6% of their workRadiation: 4 works · 4.8% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 10.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 9 works · 10.0% of their workLife Sciences: 8 works · 8.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 works · 8.7% of their workFood Science: 8 works · 8.7% of their workTHEIR WORKW. G. Burns91works
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences42%

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. Everything else4549.4%
    1. Chemistry1920.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1011.4%
    3. Materials Science910.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences88.7%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry14% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Food Science9% of their works
  4. 4Inorganic Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  6. 6Radiation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. G. Burns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Food Irradiation, Irradiation Effects, Actinides, Uranium, Antioxidant, Phenolic Compounds, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Food Irradiation201 topic
  2. Irradiation Effects201 topic
  3. Actinides151 topic
  4. Uranium151 topic
  5. Antioxidant141 topic
  6. Phenolic Compounds141 topic
  7. Accident Tolerant Fuels91 topic
  8. Fuel Cladding91 topic
  9. Molten Salt81 topic
  10. Nuclear Reactor81 topic
  11. Neutron Imaging71 topic
  12. Photosynthesis71 topic
  13. Quantum Coherence71 topic
  14. Small-Angle Scattering71 topic
  15. Catalysis61 topic
  16. Dehydrogenation61 topic

Where does W. G. Burns work?

W. G. Burns's main affiliation in the publication record is Research Complex at Harwell, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does W. G. Burns have?

OpenAlex counts 91 works and 1,242 citations for W. G. Burns, an h-index of 21, ranking #2,278,427 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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