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Researcher · Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung · Germany

Walter Thiel

Walter Thiel publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surgery, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-6780-0350 OpenAlex
World rank
#109,256
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#5,775
of 364,343
Works
1,291
Citations
58k
Citations per work
45.0
h-index
107
i10-index 623Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
Walter Thiel

What does Walter Thiel research?

Walter Thiel's work is mostly in Chemistry (29%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Medicine (10%).

Physical Sciences: 565 works · 43.8% of their workChemistry: 372 works · 28.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 213 works · 16.5% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 81 works · 6.3% of their workSpectroscopy: 77 works · 6.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 194 works · 15.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 194 works · 15.0% of their workEverything else: 525 works · 40.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 123 works · 9.5% of their workMedicine: 123 works · 9.5% of their workSurgery: 123 works · 9.5% of their workLife Sciences: 77 works · 6.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 77 works · 6.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 77 works · 6.0% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter Thiel1,291works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences10%

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. Chemistry37228.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy19415.0%
  2. Everything else52540.7%
    1. Medicine1239.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology776.0%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry16% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics15% of their works
  3. 3Surgery10% of their works
  4. 4Inorganic Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Thiel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Hydrogen Bonding, Molecular Dynamics, Electron Transfer, Photosynthesis, Quantum Coherence and Excited-State Proton Transfer.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Density Functional Theory2701 topic
  2. Dispersion Correction2701 topic
  3. Hydrogen Bonding2032 topics
  4. Molecular Dynamics1672 topics
  5. Electron Transfer1382 topics
  6. Photosynthesis1181 topic
  7. Quantum Coherence1181 topic
  8. Excited-State Proton Transfer851 topic
  9. Intramolecular Charge Transfer851 topic
  10. Molecular Structure681 topic
  11. Rotational Spectroscopy681 topic
  12. Fluoride Ion Batteries621 topic
  13. Noble Gas Compounds621 topic
  14. Endohedral Fullerenes531 topic
  15. Fullerenes531 topic
  16. Protein491 topic
  17. Structure491 topic
  18. Dioxygen Activation431 topic
  19. Metalloenzyme431 topic

Where does Walter Thiel work?

Walter Thiel's main affiliation in the publication record is Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Walter Thiel have?

OpenAlex counts 1,291 works and 58,119 citations for Walter Thiel, an h-index of 107, ranking #109,256 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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