2026 Chris Orvig: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	82	3080	2776	68	59	337	24593

Chris Orvig 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 Chris Orvig sits on this spectrum.

61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 337 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Orvig 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 Chris Orvig sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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

2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
2009 - Bioinorganic Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Chris Orvig is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. They have contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Materials Science, with a substantial focus on Materials Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging. Their work spans various specialized subfields, including Inorganic Chemistry, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research covers a diverse range of main topics, notably Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography. Additional focal areas include the chemistry and processing of radioactive elements, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Chris Orvig's publication record features papers in several prominent scientific venues. These include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Dalton Transactions
Bioconjugate Chemistry

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations are:

María de Guadalupe Jaraquemada-Peláez
Brian O. Patrick
Luke Wharton
Lily Southcott
Valery Radchenko

Highlights from their recent research articles include:

"Harnessing α-Emitting Radionuclides for Therapy: Radiolabeling Method Review" (2021), published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
"225Ac-H4py4pa for Targeted Alpha Therapy" (2020), published in Bioconjugate Chemistry
"Discovery of a Copper-Based Mcl-1 Inhibitor as an Effective Antitumor Agent" (2020), published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
"Recent Advances in Asialoglycoprotein Receptor and Glycyrrhetinic Acid Receptor-Mediated and/or pH-Responsive Hepatocellular Carcinoma- Targeted Drug Delivery" (2020), published in Current Medicinal Chemistry
"Glypican-3-Targeted 227Th α-Therapy Reduces Tumor Burden in an Orthotopic Xenograft Murine Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (2021), published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Chris Orvig has been recognized with notable awards including the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, under the Academy of Science, and the Bioinorganic Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2009.

Best Publications

Metallodrugs in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Katja Dralle Mjos;Chris Orvig

1364
Citations
Matching chelators to radiometals for radiopharmaceuticals.

Eric W. Price;Eric W. Price;Chris Orvig

1029
Citations
Vanadium Compounds as Insulin Mimics

Katherine H. Thompson;John H. McNeill;Chris Orvig

851
Citations
Medicinal inorganic chemistry: introduction.

Chris Orvig;Michael J. Abrams

740
Citations
Biosorbents for hexavalent chromium elimination from industrial and municipal effluents

Bidyut Saha;Bidyut Saha;Chris Orvig

661
Citations
Vanadium in diabetes: 100 years from Phase 0 to Phase I.

Katherine H. Thompson;Chris Orvig

620
Citations
Vanadium treatment of type 2 diabetes: a view to the future.

Katherine H. Thompson;Jay Lichter;Carl LeBel;Michael C. Scaife

613
Citations
Bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV) is a potent insulin mimic.

John H. McNeill;V. G. Yuen;H. R. Hoveyda;Chris Orvig

513
Citations
Boon and bane of metal ions in medicine.

Katherine H. Thompson;Chris Orvig

495
Citations
Radioactive Main Group and Rare Earth Metals for Imaging and Therapy

Thomas I. Kostelnik;Chris Orvig

444
Citations
Medicinal inorganic chemistry approaches to passivation and removal of aberrant metal ions in disease.

Lauren E. Scott;Chris Orvig

404
Citations
Design of targeting ligands in medicinal inorganic chemistry

Tim Storr;Tim Storr;Katherine H. Thompson;Chris Orvig

403
Citations
Potentiometric, Calorimetric, and Solution NMR Studies of a Tridentate Ligand Which has a Marked Preference for Formation of Bis(ligand) versus Mono(ligand) Lanthanide Complexes and Which Exhibits High Selectivity for Heavier Lanthanides

P. Caravan;Tomas Hedlund;Shuang Liu;c Staffan Sjoeberg

379
Citations
Reaction chemistry of BMOV, bis(maltolato)oxovanadium(IV), a potent insulin mimetic agent

Chris Orvig;P. Caravan;Lucio Gelmini;Nicholas Glover

339
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of lanthanide [Ln(L)]2 complexes of N4O3 amine phenol ligands with phenolate oxygen bridges: evidence for very weak magnetic exchange between lanthanide ions

Shuang Liu;Lucio Gelmini;Steven J. Rettig;Robert C. Thompson

291
Citations
Tumour targeting with radiometals for diagnosis and therapy.

Caterina F Ramogida;Chris Orvig

277
Citations
Metal complexes in medicinal chemistry: new vistas and challenges in drug design

Katherine H. Thompson;Chris Orvig

273
Citations
Cellular Transport Mechanisms of Cytotoxic Metallodrugs: An Overview beyond Cisplatin

Sarah Spreckelmeyer;Chris Orvig;Angela Casini

229
Citations
Speciation of aluminum in biological systems.

W. R. Harris;G. Berthon;J. P. Day;C. Exley

224
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of dual function vanadyl, gallium and indium curcumin complexes for medicinal applications.

Khosro Mohammadi;Katherine H. Thompson;Brian O. Patrick;Tim Storr

223
Citations
A new class of oxotechnetium(5+) chelate complexes containing a TcON2S2 core

Alan. Davison;Alun G. Jones;Chris. Orvig;Miriam. Sohn

222
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Rettig University of British Columbia

Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia

John H. McNeill University of British Columbia

Tim Storr Simon Fraser University

Shuang Liu Purdue University West Lafayette

Zhen-Feng Chen Guangxi Normal University

Hong Liang Guangxi Normal University

Peter Caravan Harvard University

Jason S. Lewis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brian M. Zeglis Hunter College

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