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Walter Reppe

Walter Reppe publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, History and advancements in chemistry and Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology.

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World rank
#633,652
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#31,177
of 364,343
Works
30
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
80.8
h-index
16
i10-index 18Top 33% in Organic Chemistry
Walter Reppe

What does Walter Reppe research?

Walter Reppe's work is mostly in Chemistry (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Materials Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 51.4% of their workChemistry: 13 works · 43.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 8 works · 26.4% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 works · 16.7% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 8.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 31.9% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 12.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 12.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 2 works · 6.9% of their workBiochemistry: 2 works · 5.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 4.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 1 works · 4.2% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter Reppe30works
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences51%Social Sciences4%

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. Chemistry1343.1%
    2. Materials Science28.3%
  2. Everything else1031.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities14.2%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry26% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry17% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology7% of their works
  5. 5Biochemistry6% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Reppe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Partially Ordered Sets, Periodic Table, Polymerization, Transition Metal, Arachidonic Acid and Drug Discovery.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysis174 topics
  2. Hydrogenation102 topics
  3. Partially Ordered Sets81 topic
  4. Periodic Table81 topic
  5. Polymerization81 topic
  6. Transition Metal81 topic
  7. Arachidonic Acid41 topic
  8. Drug Discovery41 topic
  9. Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids41 topic
  10. Nanocomposites41 topic
  11. Peptide Synthesis41 topic
  12. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes41 topic
  13. Esterification31 topic
  14. Oxidation31 topic
  15. Carbon Dioxide21 topic
  16. Chemical Synthesis21 topic
  17. Fluorine21 topic
  18. Medicinal Chemistry21 topic

Where does Walter Reppe work?

Walter Reppe's main affiliation in the publication record is BASF (Germany), Germany.

How many publications and citations does Walter Reppe have?

OpenAlex counts 30 works and 2,424 citations for Walter Reppe, an h-index of 16, ranking #633,652 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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