Best Chemistry Scientists

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scholars in the field of Chemistry was created using data derived from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes exclusively publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Chemistry research
Research.com’s best researchers ranking is a reliable account of leading researchers from the discipline of Chemistry, based on a detailed study of 166,880 scholars determined from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Chemistry, over 43178 scholars were analysed.

What is D-index inclusion threshold for Chemistry
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be examined is set to 40 if most of their publications are in the discipline of Chemistry. The inclusion factors for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index, proportion of the contributions made within the specific field of study in addition to the awards and achievements of the scientists. The D-index threshold for considering best researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scientists estimated for each scientific field whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading researchers are added into the list. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification practices
Since our main mission is to guarantee that only credible scholars are included in our ranking we believe that numbers are never supposed to be a complete tool to assess the work of scientists. This is why we manually verify every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of credible sources. While it’s not a element impacting a scholar’s position in our ranking, the number of papers published in major journals and conference proceedings should form a valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a selected field of study. Position in the ranking is based on every scientist’s D-index with the help of data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric databases of this type accessible to the research community. A comprehensive explanation of our research policy can be found on our methodology page.

Our goal
Our goal is to inspire scholars, companies and administrative bodies around the world to examine where leading experts are heading and to provide a way for the entire scientific community to get to know who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Chemistry
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scientists in the world is Chinese Academy of Sciences with 321 scholars affiliated with it being present in our Chemistry ranking. It is followed by Spanish National Research Council with 142 scientists. Ranking thirds is Kyoto University with 137 scholars.

Prominent scholars present in the world are affiliated with Harvard University, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota, MIT, University of California, Santa Barbara, California Institute of Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Berkeley, The University of Texas at Austin.

Professor Michael Grätzel from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is featured as the best scientist in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 277. Ranking on the second place in the world is George M. Whitesides from Harvard University with a D-index of 252. The third spot in the world is occupied by Jens K. Nørskov from Technical University of Denmark with a D-index of 208.

The average D-index for the top 10% scholars is 105 against an average of 61 for all researchers listed in our ranking.

The average number of published papers within the discipline of Chemistry for the top 5% of researchers in the ranking is 665 against an average of 274 for all scholars.

The average number of citations for the top 10% researchers is 45490 against an average of 15445 for all researchers.

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World
National
Scholar
D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
1 World 1 National D-index 277 Citations 381,019 1,454
2 World 1 National D-index 252 Citations 288,198 1,394
3 World 1 National D-index 208 Citations 195,084 744
4 World 1 National D-index 206 Citations 165,935 1,077
5 World 2 National D-index 204 Citations 173,251 1,502
6 World 3 National D-index 192 Citations 141,424 1,599
7 World 4 National D-index 190 Citations 206,103 1,464
8 World 5 National D-index 190 Citations 116,703 726
9 World 2 National D-index 189 Citations 171,090 2,167
10 World 6 National D-index 188 Citations 170,837 791
11 World 7 National D-index 184 Citations 174,045 858
12 World 8 National D-index 181 Citations 121,919 722
13 World 9 National D-index 179 Citations 159,728 1,726
14 World 10 National D-index 178 Citations 162,599 955
15 World 1 National D-index 178 Citations 152,556 2,245
16 World 11 National D-index 178 Citations 144,673 1,714
17 World 12 National D-index 178 Citations 120,227 1,206
18 World 13 National D-index 174 Citations 126,775 1,231
19 World 14 National D-index 173 Citations 94,676 569
20 World 15 National D-index 172 Citations 153,007 1,000
21 World 16 National D-index 171 Citations 115,711 1,248
22 World 17 National D-index 169 Citations 199,875 403
23 World 1 National D-index 168 Citations 133,373 1,302
24 World 1 National D-index 167 Citations 124,253 1,773
25 World 1 National D-index 167 Citations 97,877 913
26 World 18 National D-index 166 Citations 154,026 477
27 World 19 National D-index 166 Citations 134,602 897
28 World 1 National D-index 166 Citations 118,498 956
29 World 20 National D-index 165 Citations 115,125 1,149
30 World 21 National D-index 165 Citations 103,563 668
31 World 2 National D-index 165 Citations 85,184 849
32 World 22 National D-index 164 Citations 103,386 736
33 World 23 National D-index 163 Citations 120,002 840
34 World 24 National D-index 163 Citations 105,085 1,123
35 World 25 National D-index 162 Citations 142,831 1,012
36 World 26 National D-index 162 Citations 115,590 955
37 World 27 National D-index 161 Citations 91,512 769
38 World 2 National D-index 159 Citations 127,875 781
39 World 28 National D-index 159 Citations 108,634 1,099
40 World 29 National D-index 158 Citations 110,288 1,089
41 World 2 National D-index 158 Citations 99,578 1,183
42 World 1 National D-index 158 Citations 86,129 882
43 World 30 National D-index 158 Citations 83,737 377
44 World 31 National D-index 157 Citations 108,476 1,272
45 World 32 National D-index 156 Citations 126,773 483
46 World 33 National D-index 156 Citations 113,500 828
47 World 1 National D-index 156 Citations 107,556 1,987
48 World 3 National D-index 156 Citations 88,329 583
49 World 34 National D-index 155 Citations 98,180 579
50 World 3 National D-index 155 Citations 83,857 919
51 World 35 National D-index 155 Citations 72,948 450
52 World 36 National D-index 154 Citations 117,552 1,168
53 World 1 National D-index 153 Citations 173,878 818
54 World 37 National D-index 153 Citations 143,788 732
55 World 4 National D-index 153 Citations 99,429 641
56 World 38 National D-index 153 Citations 96,290 1,133
57 World 39 National D-index 153 Citations 93,693 1,002
58 World 40 National D-index 153 Citations 91,688 809
59 World 41 National D-index 153 Citations 85,319 1,025
60 World 2 National D-index 152 Citations 117,394 1,006
61 World 2 National D-index 152 Citations 102,634 899
62 World 4 National D-index 152 Citations 91,319 1,426
63 World 2 National D-index 151 Citations 81,601 527
64 World 1 National D-index 151 Citations 71,673 802
65 World 5 National D-index 150 Citations 88,896 1,221
66 World 42 National D-index 150 Citations 78,457 1,006
67 World 43 National D-index 148 Citations 88,146 962
68 World 44 National D-index 147 Citations 95,021 1,430
69 World 1 National D-index 147 Citations 90,769 906
70 World 45 National D-index 147 Citations 90,325 1,186
71 World 46 National D-index 147 Citations 77,270 1,156
72 World 1 National D-index 146 Citations 103,321 637
73 World 47 National D-index 146 Citations 89,455 1,161
74 World 5 National D-index 146 Citations 88,747 694
75 World 48 National D-index 146 Citations 88,355 693
76 World 49 National D-index 145 Citations 88,812 1,122
77 World 6 National D-index 145 Citations 79,697 681
78 World 3 National D-index 145 Citations 71,830 562
79 World 1 National D-index 145 Citations 69,937 850
80 World 7 National D-index 144 Citations 97,123 2,073
81 World 2 National D-index 144 Citations 88,747 835
82 World 50 National D-index 144 Citations 75,519 858
83 World 3 National D-index 143 Citations 104,031 592
84 World 1 National D-index 143 Citations 88,964 973
85 World 6 National D-index 143 Citations 77,299 709
86 World 8 National D-index 143 Citations 74,150 858
87 World 51 National D-index 143 Citations 67,484 748
88 World 1 National D-index 142 Citations 95,711 2,018
89 World 52 National D-index 142 Citations 83,989 962
90 World 53 National D-index 142 Citations 78,915 782
91 World 7 National D-index 142 Citations 78,266 834
92 World 8 National D-index 141 Citations 105,849 2,198
93 World 3 National D-index 141 Citations 81,632 748
94 World 1 National D-index 141 Citations 75,491 836
95 World 4 National D-index 140 Citations 86,174 824
96 World 54 National D-index 140 Citations 79,884 855
97 World 55 National D-index 140 Citations 79,069 1,157
98 World 56 National D-index 140 Citations 75,023 764
99 World 57 National D-index 140 Citations 71,449 607
100 World 58 National D-index 139 Citations 99,222 570

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