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Calum J. Drummond

Calum J. Drummond

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
21717
World Ranking
4901
National Ranking
128

Calum J. Drummond 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 Calum J. Drummond sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 300 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Calum J. Drummond 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 Calum J. Drummond sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Calum J. Drummond is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has a research profile that spans various topics within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on molecular biology, catalysis, organic chemistry, biomaterials, and materials chemistry.

Their research covers several key areas of study, including:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Drummond has published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Small
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Molecules

Some recent notable publications include:

  • Preparation, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Cubosome Encapsulated Metal Nanocrystals, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Comparison of cubosomes and liposomes for the encapsulation and delivery of curcumin, 2021, Soft Matter
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Toxicity and Biodistribution of Paclitaxel-Loaded Cubosomes as a Drug Delivery Nanocarrier: A Case Study Using an A431 Skin Cancer Xenograft Model, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Uptake Dynamics of Cubosome Nanocarriers at Bacterial Surfaces and the Routes for Cargo Internalization, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Analysis of the structure, loading and activity of six antimicrobial peptides encapsulated in cubic phase lipid nanoparticles, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

The scientist has frequently collaborated with peers such as Jiali Zhai, Tamar L. Greaves, Brendan Dyett, Charlotte E. Conn, and Qi Han.

Drummond is recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Protic Ionic Liquids: Properties and Applications

    Tamar L. Greaves;Calum J. Drummond

  • Protic Ionic Liquids: Evolving Structure–Property Relationships and Expanding Applications

    Tamar L. Greaves;Calum J. Drummond

  • Surfactant self-assembly objects as novel drug delivery vehicles

    Calum J Drummond;Celesta Fong

  • Protic Ionic Liquids: Solvents with Tunable Phase Behavior and Physicochemical Properties

    Tamar L Greaves;Asoka Weerawardena;Celesta Fong;Irena Krodkiewska

  • Ionic liquids as amphiphile self-assembly media.

    Tamar L. Greaves;Calum J. Drummond

  • The physicochemical properties of self-assembled surfactant aggregates as determined by some molecular spectroscopic probe techniques

    Franz Grieser;Calum J. Drummond

  • Solvent nanostructure, the solvophobic effect and amphiphile self-assembly in ionic liquids

    Tamar L. Greaves;Calum J. Drummond

  • Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering–ordered nanostructured small molecule amphiphile self-assembly materials by design

    Celesta Fong;Tu Le;Calum J. Drummond

  • Advances in drug delivery and medical imaging using colloidal lyotropic liquid crystalline dispersions.

    Xavier Mulet;Benjamin James Boyd;Calum John Drummond

  • Surface chemistry and tip-sample interactions in atomic force microscopy

    Tim J. Senden;Calum J. Drummond;Calum J. Drummond

  • Direct force measurements between titanium dioxide surfaces

    Ian Larson;Calum J. Drummond;Derek Y. C. Chan;Franz Grieser

  • Ordered 2-D and 3-D nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials stable in excess solvent

    Thomas Kaasgaard;Calum J. Drummond

  • Diversity Observed in the Nanostructure of Protic Ionic Liquids

    Tamar L Greaves;Danielle F Kennedy;Stephen T Mudie;Calum J Drummond

  • Non-Lamellar Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Lipid Nanoparticles for the Next Generation of Nanomedicine

    Jiali Zhai;Celesta Fong;Celesta Fong;Nhiem Tran;Calum J. Drummond

  • Steric stabilisation of self-assembled cubic lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles: high throughput evaluation of triblock polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide-polyethylene oxide copolymers

    Josephine Y. T. Chong;Josephine Y. T. Chong;Xavier Mulet;Xavier Mulet;Lynne J. Waddington;Ben J. Boyd

  • Hydrophobic radiofrequency plasma-deposited polymer films : dielectric properties and surface forces'

    C.J. Drummond;Z.R. Vasic;N. Geddes;M.C. Jurich

  • Nature‐Inspired Design and Application of Lipidic Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    Raffaele Mezzenga;John M. Seddon;Calum J. Drummond;Ben J. Boyd

  • Hierarchically Porous Monolithic LiFePO4/Carbon Composite Electrode Materials for High Power Lithium Ion Batteries

    Cara M. Doherty;Cara M. Doherty;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso;Bernd M. Smarsly;Philipp Adelhelm

  • How chain length, headgroup polymerization, and anomeric configuration govern the thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystalline phase behavior and the air-water interfacial adsorption of glucose-based surfactants

    Ben J. Boyd;Calum J. Drummond;Irena Krodkiewska;Franz Grieser

  • Protic ionic liquids: physicochemical properties and behavior as amphiphile self-assembly solvents.

    Tamar L Greaves;Asoka Weerawardena;Irena Krodkiewska;Calum J Drummond

  • Colloidal Crystal Templating to Produce Hierarchically Porous LiFePO4 Electrode Materials for High Power Lithium Ion Batteries

    Cara M. Doherty;Cara M. Doherty;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso;Bernd M. Smarsly;Calum J. Drummond

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Grieser
Franz Grieser University of Melbourne
Nigel Kirby
Nigel Kirby Australian Synchrotron
Rachel A. Caruso
Rachel A. Caruso RMIT University
Benjamin James Boyd
Benjamin James Boyd Monash University
Frances Separovic
Frances Separovic University of Melbourne
Thomas W. Healy
Thomas W. Healy University of Melbourne
Anita J. Hill
Anita J. Hill Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Derek Y. C. Chan
Derek Y. C. Chan Swinburne University of Technology
Gregory G. Warr
Gregory G. Warr University of Sydney

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