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Researcher · University of Minnesota · United States

William B. Tolman

William B. Tolman publishes mostly in Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Academic Writing and Publishing and Metal complexes synthesis and properties.

ORCID 0000-0002-2243-6409 OpenAlex
World rank
#60,545
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#23,314
of 1,627,098
Works
720
Citations
26k
Citations per work
36.3
h-index
91
i10-index 240Top 0.3% in Inorganic Chemistry
William B. Tolman

What does William B. Tolman research?

William B. Tolman's work is mostly in Chemistry (31%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Medicine (11%).

Physical Sciences: 269 works · 37.4% of their workChemistry: 226 works · 31.4% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 135 works · 18.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 91 works · 12.6% of their workMaterials Science: 43 works · 6.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 43 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 259 works · 36.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 115 works · 16.0% of their workArts and Humanities: 81 works · 11.2% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 81 works · 11.2% of their workDecision Sciences: 35 works · 4.8% of their workInformation Systems and Management: 35 works · 4.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 76 works · 10.6% of their workMedicine: 76 works · 10.6% of their workOncology: 76 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam B. Tolman720works
Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences16%

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. Chemistry22631.4%
    2. Materials Science436.0%
  2. Everything else25936.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities8111.2%
    2. Decision Sciences354.8%
    1. Medicine7610.6%
  1. 1Inorganic Chemistry19% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science11% of their works
  4. 4Oncology11% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William B. Tolman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Peer Review, Scholarly Communication, Dioxygen Activation, Metalloenzyme, Publication, Scientific Writing, Cisplatin Resistance and Platinum-Based Drugs.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Peer Review1862 topics
  2. Scholarly Communication1862 topics
  3. Dioxygen Activation1701 topic
  4. Metalloenzyme1701 topic
  5. Publication1301 topic
  6. Scientific Writing1301 topic
  7. Cisplatin Resistance1231 topic
  8. Platinum-Based Drugs1231 topic
  9. Catalysis942 topics
  10. Hydrogenation942 topics
  11. COVID-19561 topic
  12. Preprints561 topic
  13. Disaster Recovery541 topic
  14. Urban Reconstruction541 topic
  15. Biodegradable Polymers521 topic
  16. Polylactic Acid521 topic
  17. Polymerization511 topic
  18. Transition Metal511 topic
  19. Carbon Dioxide431 topic
  20. Chemical Synthesis431 topic

Where does William B. Tolman work?

William B. Tolman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Minnesota, United States.

How many publications and citations does William B. Tolman have?

OpenAlex counts 720 works and 26,143 citations for William B. Tolman, an h-index of 91, ranking #60,545 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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