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Researcher · RWTH Aachen University · Germany

Walter Leitner

Walter Leitner publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion.

ORCID 0000-0001-6100-9656 OpenAlex
World rank
#381,643
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#18,845
of 364,343
Works
927
Citations
35k
Citations per work
38.2
h-index
89
i10-index 405Top 0.2% in Organic Chemistry
Walter Leitner

What does Walter Leitner research?

Walter Leitner's work is mostly in Chemistry (35%), Chemical Engineering (21%), Engineering (13%).

Physical Sciences: 697 works · 75.2% of their workChemistry: 324 works · 34.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 192 works · 20.7% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 132 works · 14.2% of their workChemical Engineering: 197 works · 21.2% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 105 works · 11.3% of their workCatalysis: 92 works · 9.9% of their workEngineering: 118 works · 12.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 118 works · 12.7% of their workEnergy: 59 works · 6.4% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 59 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 230 works · 24.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter Leitner927works
Physical Sciences75%

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. Chemistry32434.9%
    2. Chemical Engineering19721.2%
    3. Engineering11812.7%
    4. Energy596.4%
  2. Everything else23024.8%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry21% of their works
  2. 2Inorganic Chemistry14% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Process Chemistry and Technology11% of their works
  5. 5Catalysis10% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Leitner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrogenation, Catalysis, Dehydrogenation, Carbon Dioxide, Asymmetric Catalysis, Transition Metal Complexes, Chemical Synthesis and Cyclic Carbonates.

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. Hydrogenation6633 topics
  2. Catalysis5244 topics
  3. Dehydrogenation3762 topics
  4. Carbon Dioxide3672 topics
  5. Asymmetric Catalysis2961 topic
  6. Transition Metal Complexes2961 topic
  7. Chemical Synthesis2581 topic
  8. Cyclic Carbonates2581 topic
  9. Ionic Liquids2523 topics
  10. Green Chemistry1992 topics
  11. Heterogeneous Catalysts1752 topics
  12. Biomass1221 topic
  13. Catalytic Conversion1221 topic
  14. Catalysts1091 topic
  15. Electrocatalysis1091 topic
  16. Polymerization1091 topic
  17. Transition Metal1091 topic
  18. Metal Oxides801 topic
  19. Oxidative801 topic
  20. Deep Eutectic Solvents771 topic
  21. Solvents771 topic
  22. Desulfurization531 topic
  23. Hydrodeoxygenation531 topic

Where does Walter Leitner work?

Walter Leitner's main affiliation in the publication record is RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Walter Leitner have?

OpenAlex counts 927 works and 35,435 citations for Walter Leitner, an h-index of 89, ranking #381,643 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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