Constructing Dynamic Knowledge Mapping Graph of Quantitative Measures of Research Contributions of David Macmillan from the Chemistry Domain

Abstract

This study aims to explore the measures of 216 research contributions of Nobel Laureate David MacMillan through a dynamic knowledge mapping graph in a quantitative way in the field of Chemistry domain.We have usedWeb of Science database to extract Scientific research articles that are relevant to David Macmillan for a period of 20 years from 2006 to 2022 and 216 research publications have been retrieved. The obtained primary data was exported to Microsoft Excel for further analysis to meet the study's objectives. The level of collaboration, journal collaborative distribution, disciplinary collaborative distribution and country
collaboration, inter and intra subject collaboration have been scrutinised. Major findings from the above perspectives have been noted that David MacMillan's majority of papers were written in collaboration, as evidenced by the 0.90 collaboration rate across all publications and 71.30% are journal articles. Le, Chi Chip co-authored 10.8% of David MacMillan's 216 publications, making her the most prolific co-author. Between 2013 and 2022 his recent work mainly focused on Catalysis (55.95%), Combinatorial chemistry (33.76%), Photoredox catalysis (16.40%), etc. Future graduate students in library and information science as well as other domain
researchers and students will find it valuable to investigate David MacMillan's Scientometric profile in Chemistry domain.