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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 43 12207 11804 358 356 107 11242
Chemistry 43 17046 15401 379 361 105 11236

Almar Postma publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Almar Postma between 2000 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Almar Postma published across 25 years, from 2000 to 2024, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2012. 6 of the 109 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2012. 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 5 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 1 publication
2000 2024

109 publications in total across all disciplines

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Almar Postma: publications per year, 2000 to 2024
Year Publications
2000 2
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 1
2005 5
2006 6
2007 3
2008 2
2009 6
2010 4
2011 7
2012 10
2013 6
2014 10
2015 4
2016 8
2017 3
2018 5
2019 4
2020 8
2021 6
2022 0
2023 5
2024 1
Total 109
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Almar Postma publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Almar Postma sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 90–109 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 107 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356 107
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Almar Postma D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Almar Postma sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450 43
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Almar Postma is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, including Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their scholarly work addresses several key topics such as Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Photopolymerization Techniques and Applications, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials, Click Chemistry and Applications, and Conducting Polymers and Applications.

Among their recent publications are:

  • An ultrafast insulin formulation enabled by high-throughput screening of engineered polymeric excipients, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Lipid Nanodiscs via Ordered Copolymers, 2020, Chem
  • A Comprehensive Platform for the Design and Synthesis of Polymer Molecular Weight Distributions, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Printability and bio-functionality of a shear thinning methacrylated xanthan-gelatin composite bioink, 2021, Biofabrication
  • Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymer Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Graeme Moad (8 joint publications)
  • Cyrille Boyer (5 joint publications)
  • Gervase Ng (4 joint publications)
  • Stuart W. Prescott (4 joint publications)
  • Craig J. Hawker (4 joint publications)

Common publication venues for their work include Macromolecules, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Science Translational Medicine, Chem, and Biofabrication.

Best Publications

  • Living free radical polymerization with reversible addition : fragmentation chain transfer (the life of RAFT)

    Graeme Moad;John Chiefari;Y K Chong;Julia Krstina

  • Advances in RAFT polymerization: the synthesis of polymers with defined end-groups

    Graeme Moad;Y.K. Chong;Almar Postma;Ezio Rizzardo

  • Polydopamine—a nature-inspired polymer coating for biomedical science

    Martin E. Lynge;Rebecca van der Westen;Almar Postma;Brigitte Städler

  • Thiocarbonylthio Compounds [SC(Ph)S−R] in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Role of the Free-Radical Leaving Group (R)

    Y. K. Chong;Julia Krstina;Tam P. T. Le;Graeme Moad

  • Thiocarbonylthio Compounds (SC(Z)S−R) in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Effect of the Activating Group Z

    John Chiefari;Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Catherine L. Moad;Graeme Moad

  • Living Polymers by the Use of Trithiocarbonates as Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Agents: ABA Triblock Copolymers by Radical Polymerization in Two Steps

    Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Ezio Rizzardo;John Chiefari;Julia Krstina

  • Self-Polymerization of Dopamine as a Versatile and Robust Technique to Prepare Polymer Capsules

    Almar Postma;Almar Postma;Yan Yan;Yajun Wang;Alexander N. Zelikin

  • Immobilization and intracellular delivery of an anticancer drug using mussel-inspired polydopamine capsules.

    Jiwei Cui;Yan Yan;Georgina K. Such;Kang Liang

  • Monodisperse Polymer Capsules: Tailoring Size, Shell Thickness, and Hydrophobic Cargo Loading via Emulsion Templating

    Jiwei Cui;Jiwei Cui;Yajun Wang;Almar Postma;Jingcheng Hao

  • A Microreactor with Thousands of Subcompartments: Enzyme‐Loaded Liposomes within Polymer Capsules

    Brigitte Städler;Rona Chandrawati;Andrew D. Price;Siow-Feng Chong

  • RAFT polymerization with phthalimidomethyl trithiocarbonates or xanthates. On the origin of bimodal molecular weight distributions in living radical polymerization

    Almar Postma;Thomas P. Davis;Guoxin Li;Graeme Moad

  • Ultrathin, responsive polymer click capsules.

    Georgina K. Such;Elvira Tjipto;Almar Postma;and Angus P. R. Johnston

  • Synthesis of well-defined polystyrene with primary amine end groups through the use of phthalimido-functional RAFT agents

    Almar Postma;Thomas P. Davis;Richard A. Evans;Guoxin Li

  • Functional polymers for optoelectronic applications by RAFT polymerization

    Graeme Moad;Ming Chen;Matthias Häussler;Almar Postma

  • Thermolysis of RAFT-synthesized polymers. A convenient method for trithiocarbonate group elimination

    Almar Postma;Thomas P. Davis;Graeme Moad;Michael S. O'Shea

  • Cholesterol – a biological compound as a building block in bionanotechnology

    Leticia Hosta-Rigau;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang;Boon M. Teo;Almar Postma

  • Surface modification of electrospun fibres for biomedical applications: A focus on radical polymerization methods

    Lina Duque Sánchez;Narelle Brack;Almar Postma;Paul J. Pigram

  • Assembly and functionalization of DNA-polymer microcapsules.

    Francesca Cavalieri;Almar Postma;Lillian Lee;Frank Caruso

  • Dopamine-Mediated Continuous Assembly of Biodegradable Capsules

    Christopher J. Ochs;Tam Hong;Georgina K. Such;Jiwei Cui

  • Microfluidic polymer multilayer adsorption on liquid crystal droplets for microcapsule synthesis.

    Craig Priest;Anthony Quinn;Almar Postma;Alexander N. Zelikin

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Caruso
Frank Caruso University of Melbourne
Graeme Moad
Graeme Moad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
San H. Thang
San H. Thang Monash University
Brigitte Städler
Brigitte Städler Aarhus University
Ezio Rizzardo
Ezio Rizzardo Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Georgina K. Such
Georgina K. Such University of Melbourne
Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Paul Mccormick
Paul Mccormick Columbia University
Patrick S. Stayton
Patrick S. Stayton University of Washington
Calum J. Drummond
Calum J. Drummond RMIT University

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