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Martyn Poliakoff

1947 - Today

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Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947) is a British chemist, working on fundamental chemistry, and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martyn Poliakoff has received more than 565,770 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Martyn Poliakoff is the 535th most popular chemist (down from 503rd in 2019), the 5,244th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,767th in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 570k

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  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 535 out of 509Before him are Karen Wetterhahn, Wallace Smith Broecker, Charles M. Lieber, Ida Freund, Richard Zare, and Susan Solomon. After him are Harry B. Gray, Donald Howard Menzel, Omar M. Yaghi, Percy Lavon Julian, J. L. B. Smith, and Sam Ruben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 703Before him are Navin Ramgoolam, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Bob Weir, Steve Khan, Babita, and Hubert Ingraham. After him are Christian Pollas, Ivan Zafirov, Bruce Golding, John Bruton, Gilles Duceppe, and Oliver Friggieri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 5,244 out of 7,765Before him are James Allison (1968), Harvey Barnes (1997), Jason Hughes (1971), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Derek Kevan (1935), and Anna Chancellor (1965). After him are Anne-Marie (1991), Samuel Gompers (1850), Siobhan Finneran (1966), Tony Curran (1969), Fiona May (1969), and Dynamo (1982).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Martyn Poliakoff ranks 70Before him are Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), John Mayow (1640), Neil Bartlett (1932), David MacMillan (1968), Charles Blagden (1748), and John George Children (1777).