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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