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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 111 768 678 308 244 797 48684

Brian M. Hoffman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brian M. Hoffman between 1965 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brian M. Hoffman published across 61 years, from 1965 to 2025, averaging 14.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2003. 25 of the 871 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1965 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2003. 1965: 2 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 2 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 6 publications 1970: 8 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 7 publications 1973: 5 publications 1974: 9 publications 1975: 12 publications 1976: 7 publications 1977: 7 publications 1978: 7 publications 1979: 12 publications 1980: 12 publications 1981: 7 publications 1982: 9 publications 1983: 20 publications 1984: 12 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 14 publications 1987: 17 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 28 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 28 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 30 publications 1994: 16 publications 1995: 26 publications 1996: 19 publications 1997: 21 publications 1998: 23 publications 1999: 20 publications 2000: 26 publications 2001: 16 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 32 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 13 publications
1965 2025

871 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brian M. Hoffman: publications per year, 1965 to 2025
Year Publications
1965 2
1966 0
1967 2
1968 0
1969 6
1970 8
1971 2
1972 7
1973 5
1974 9
1975 12
1976 7
1977 7
1978 7
1979 12
1980 12
1981 7
1982 9
1983 20
1984 12
1985 11
1986 14
1987 17
1988 8
1989 28
1990 11
1991 28
1992 10
1993 30
1994 16
1995 26
1996 19
1997 21
1998 23
1999 20
2000 26
2001 16
2002 20
2003 32
2004 10
2005 24
2006 20
2007 13
2008 11
2009 17
2010 25
2011 12
2012 19
2013 12
2014 12
2015 13
2016 16
2017 13
2018 19
2019 18
2020 17
2021 20
2022 20
2023 13
2024 12
2025 13
Total 871
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Brian M. Hoffman 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 Brian M. Hoffman 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, 781–800 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: 797 publications — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 46 797
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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Brian M. Hoffman 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 Brian M. Hoffman 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, 110–111 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: 111 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 69 111
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

Brian M. Hoffman is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans energy, chemistry, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work intersects multiple subfields, including inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and catalysis. Specific research topics emphasize metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and electron spin resonance studies.

Brian M. Hoffman has contributed to several leading scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and mBio.

Their collaborations include multiple frequent co-authors, such as Hao Yang, William E. Broderick, Joan Broderick, Lance C. Seefeldt, and Dennis R. Dean.

Selected recent publications are:

  • Reduction of Substrates by Nitrogenases, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Cobalt-Carbon Bonding in a Salen-Supported Cobalt(IV) Alkyl Complex Postulated in Oxidative MHAT Catalysis, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Structural and spectroscopic characterization of an Fe(VI) bis(imido) complex, 2020, Science
  • Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return, 2022, Astrobiology
  • Coordination of the Copper Centers in Particulate Methane Monooxygenase: Comparison between Methanotrophs and Characterization of the CuCSite by EPR and ENDOR Spectroscopies, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations.

    Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Richard M. Crooks;Lance C. Seefeldt;Kara L. Bren

  • Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase: The Next Stage

    Brian M. Hoffman;Dmitriy Lukoyanov;Zhi Yong Yang;Dennis R. Dean

  • Mechanism of Mo-Dependent Nitrogenase

    Lance C. Seefeldt;Brian M. Hoffman;Dennis R. Dean

  • Identification by ENDOR of Trp191 as the free-radical site in cytochrome c peroxidase compound ES

    Mohanram Sivaraja;David B. Goodin;Michael Smith;Brian M. Hoffman

  • Cytochrome c activation of CPP32‐like proteolysis plays a critical role in a Xenopus cell‐free apoptosis system

    Ruth M. Kluck;Seamus J. Martin;Brian M. Hoffman;Jian S. Zhou

  • CHEMICAL, SPECTRAL, STRUCTURAL, AND CHARGE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF THE “MOLECULAR METALS” PRODUCED BY IODINATION OF NICKEL PHTHALOCYANINE

    C. J. Schramm;R. P. Scaringe;D. R. Stojakovic;B. M. Hoffman

  • Hydroxylation of camphor by reduced oxy-cytochrome P450cam: mechanistic implications of EPR and ENDOR studies of catalytic intermediates in native and mutant enzymes.

    Roman Davydov;Thomas M. Makris;Victoria Kofman;David E. Werst

  • Climbing nitrogenase: Toward a mechanism of enzymatic nitrogen fixation

    Brian M. Hoffman;Dennis R. Dean;Lance C. Seefeldt

  • Nitrogenase: a draft mechanism.

    Brian M. Hoffman;Dmitriy Lukoyanov;Dennis R. Dean;Lance C. Seefeldt

  • Reduction of Substrates by Nitrogenases

    Lance C. Seefeldt;Zhi Yong Yang;Dmitriy A. Lukoyanov;Derek F. Harris

  • Gated electron transfer: when are observed rates controlled by conformational interconversion?

    Brian M. Hoffman;Mark A. Ratner

  • Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of some cobalt(II) Schiff base compounds and their monomeric oxygen adducts

    Brian Mark Hoffman;Damon L. Diemente;Fred Basolo

  • Synthetic Oxygen Carriers of Biological Interest

    Fred Basolo;Brian M. Hoffman;James A. Ibers

  • A new class of highly conductive molecular solids: the partially oxidized phthalocyanines

    J. L. Petersen;C. S. Schramm;D. R. Stojakovic;Brian M Hoffman

  • Reconsideration of X, the Diiron Intermediate Formed during Cofactor Assembly in E. coli Ribonucleotide Reductase

    Bradley E. Sturgeon;Doug Burdi;Shuxian Chen;Boi Hanh Huynh

  • Particulate methane monooxygenase contains only mononuclear copper centers

    Matthew O. Ross;Fraser MacMillan;Jingzhou Wang;Alex Nisthal

  • Porphyrinic molecular metals

    Brian M. Hoffman;James A. Ibers

  • Electron−nuclear double resonance spectroscopy of 15N-enriched phthalate dioxygenase from Pseudomonas cepacia proves that two histidines are coordinated to the [2Fe-2S] Rieske-type clusters

    Ryszard J. Gurbiel;Christopher J. Batie;Mohanram Sivaraja;Anne E. True

  • The Yeast Iron Regulatory Proteins Grx3/4 and Fra2 Form Heterodimeric Complexes Containing a [2Fe-2S] Cluster with Cysteinyl and Histidyl Ligation

    Haoran Li;Daphne T. Mapolelo;Nin N. Dingra;Sunil G. Naik

  • An anchoring role for FeS clusters: Chelation of the amino acid moiety of s-adenosylmethionine to the unique iron site of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme

    Charles J. Walsby;Danilo Ortillo;William E. Broderick;Joan B. Broderick

  • Theory and Practice of Electron Transfer within Proteinminus signProtein Complexes: Application to the Multidomain Binding of Cytochrome c by Cytochrome c Peroxidase.

    Judith M. Nocek;Jian S. Zhou;Sarah De Forest;Satyam Priyadarshy

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. M. Barrett
Anthony G. M. Barrett Imperial College London
Lance C. Seefeldt
Lance C. Seefeldt Utah State University
Dennis R. Dean
Dennis R. Dean Virginia Tech
Joshua Telser
Joshua Telser Roosevelt University
Amy C. Rosenzweig
Amy C. Rosenzweig Northwestern University
Joan B. Broderick
Joan B. Broderick Montana State University
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Victoria J. DeRose
Victoria J. DeRose University of Oregon

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