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Brandon Q. Mercado

Brandon Q. Mercado

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 46 16125 14551 4018 3296 155 7042

Brandon Q. Mercado publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brandon Q. Mercado between 2008 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brandon Q. Mercado published across 19 years, from 2008 to 2026, averaging 17.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 83 publications in 2023. 28 of the 337 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2008 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 83. Peak 83 publications in 2023. 2008: 1 publication 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 55 publications 2023: 83 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 22 publications 2026: 6 publications
2008 2026

337 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brandon Q. Mercado: publications per year, 2008 to 2026
Year Publications
2008 1
2009 2
2010 3
2011 8
2012 4
2013 4
2014 5
2015 16
2016 17
2017 20
2018 19
2019 20
2020 15
2021 15
2022 55
2023 83
2024 22
2025 22
2026 6
Total 337
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Brandon Q. Mercado publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brandon Q. Mercado sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–160 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 155 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218 155
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Brandon Q. Mercado D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brandon Q. Mercado sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46–47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776 46
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Brandon Q. Mercado is affiliated with Yale University in the United States, with a primary focus on materials science. Their research covers a range of subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and catalysis.

The scientist's work spans several key topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms.

Brandon Q. Mercado has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in several important venues. Notable journals where they have published include The Cambridge Structural Database with 178 publications, Inorganic Chemistry with 16 papers, the Journal of the American Chemical Society with 13 contributions, Chemical Science with 8 articles, and ACS Catalysis with 7 papers.

Among recent significant papers are the following:

  • "Coupling dinitrogen and hydrocarbons through aryl migration," 2020, Nature
  • "Electrocatalytic, Homogeneous Ammonia Oxidation in Water to Nitrate and Nitrite with a Copper Complex," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Generality-oriented optimization of enantioselective aminoxyl radical catalysis," 2023, Science
  • "Combining scaling relationships overcomes rate versus overpotential trade-offs in O 2 molecular electrocatalysis," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Tunable and Practical Homogeneous Organic Reductants for Cross-Electrophile Coupling," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration is a notable feature of Brandon Q. Mercado's research, with frequent coauthors including Patrick L. Holland, Nilay Hazari, James M. Mayer, Wesley H. Bernskoetter, and Robert H. Crabtree, each with numerous joint publications indicating ongoing partnerships across various research projects.

Best Publications

  • Lewis Acid-Assisted Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Using a Pincer-Supported Iron Catalyst

    Elizabeth A. Bielinski;Paraskevi O. Lagaditis;Yuanyuan Zhang;Brandon Q. Mercado

  • Iron catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation to formate enhanced by Lewis acid co-catalysts.

    Yuanyuan Zhang;Alex D. MacIntosh;Janice L. Wong;Elizabeth A. Bielinski

  • Binding of dinitrogen to an iron–sulfur–carbon site

    Ilija Čorić;Brandon Q. Mercado;Eckhard Bill;David J. Vinyard

  • Rapid, Regioconvergent, Solvent-Free Alkene Hydrosilylation with a Cobalt Catalyst

    Chi Chen;Maxwell B. Hecht;Aydin Kavara;William W. Brennessel

  • Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Copper(II) Complex of an Oxidation-Resistant Ligand

    Katherine J. Fisher;Kelly L. Materna;Brandon Q. Mercado;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Concerted proton-electron transfer reactions in the Marcus inverted region

    Giovanny A. Parada;Zachary K. Goldsmith;Scott Kolmar;Belinda Pettersson Rimgard

  • A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc4(μ3-O)3@Ih-C80

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Christine M. Beavers;Michael L. Easterling

  • The Shape of the Sc2(μ2-S) Unit Trapped in C82: Crystallographic, Computational, and Electrochemical Studies of the Isomers, Sc2(μ2-S)@Cs(6)-C82 and Sc2(μ2-S)@C3v(8)-C82

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Ning Chen;Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea;Mary A. Mackey

  • Is the isolated pentagon rule merely a suggestion for endohedral fullerenes? The structure of a second egg-shaped endohedral fullerene--Gd3N@C(s)(39663)-C82.

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Christine M. Beavers;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Manuel N. Chaur

  • Diversity of Secondary Structure in Catalytic Peptides with β-Turn-Biased Sequences

    Anthony J. Metrano;Nadia C. Abascal;Brandon Q. Mercado;Eric K. Paulson

  • Rh(III)-Catalyzed Aryl and Alkenyl C–H Bond Addition to Diverse Nitroalkenes

    Tyler J. Potter;David N. Kamber;Brandon Q. Mercado;Jonathan A. Ellman

  • Alkali Metal Control over N–N Cleavage in Iron Complexes

    Katarzyna Grubel;William W. Brennessel;Brandon Q. Mercado;Patrick L. Holland

  • Roles of Iron Complexes in Catalytic Radical Alkene Cross-Coupling: A Computational and Mechanistic Study

    Dongyoung Kim;S. M. Wahidur Rahaman;Brandon Q. Mercado;Rinaldo Poli

  • Coupling dinitrogen and hydrocarbons through aryl migration.

    Sean F. McWilliams;Daniël L. J. Broere;Daniël L. J. Broere;Connor J. V. Halliday;Samuel M. Bhutto

  • Selective conversion of glycerol to lactic acid with iron pincer precatalysts

    Liam S. Sharninghausen;Brandon Q. Mercado;Robert H. Crabtree;Nilay Hazari

  • Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Imidoyl C–H Activation for Annulations to Azolopyrimidines

    Kim Søholm Halskov;Michael R. Witten;Gia L. Hoang;Brandon Q. Mercado

  • Synthesis and Reactivity of Paramagnetic Nickel Polypyridyl Complexes Relevant to C(sp 2 )–C(sp 3 )Coupling Reactions

    Megan Mohadjer Beromi;Gary W. Brudvig;Nilay Hazari;Hannah M. C. Lant

  • Isolation of a Small Carbon Nanotube: The Surprising Appearance of D5h(1)‐C90

    Hua Yang;Christine M. Beavers;Zhimin Wang;An Jiang

  • Isolation and Structural Characterization of the Molecular Nanocapsule Sm2@D3d(822)‐C104

    Brandon Q Mercado;An Jiang;Hua Yang;Zhimin Wang

  • [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction to Sc3N@Ih-C80. The Formation of Very Stable [5,6]- and [6,6]-Adducts

    Fang Fang Li;Julio R. Pinzón;Brandon Q. Mercado;Marilyn M. Olmstead

  • Selective and synergistic cobalt(III)-catalyzed three-component C-H bond addition to dienes and aldehydes.

    Jeffrey A. Boerth;Soham Maity;Sarah K. Williams;Brandon Q. Mercado

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick L. Holland
Patrick L. Holland Yale University
Gary W. Brudvig
Gary W. Brudvig Yale University
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Marilyn M. Olmstead
Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis
Alan L. Balch
Alan L. Balch University of California, Davis
Jonathan A. Ellman
Jonathan A. Ellman Yale University
Scott J. Miller
Scott J. Miller Yale University
James M. Mayer
James M. Mayer Yale University
William W. Brennessel
William W. Brennessel University of Rochester
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley

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