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D-Index
88
Citations
55934
World Ranking
2232
National Ranking
800

Corwin Hansch 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 Corwin Hansch sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 383 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Corwin Hansch 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 Corwin Hansch sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 1975 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1952 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Corwin Hansch was affiliated with Pomona College in the United States during their academic career. The scientist was recognized for contributions in the field of chemistry, as evidenced by several notable awards.

Throughout their career, Hansch received multiple honors, including the Tolman Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1975. They were also named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, first in 1952 and again in 1966.

No specific data on recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, or main topics of their work were documented in the provided source.

Best Publications

  • Partition coefficients and their uses

    Albert Leo;Corwin Hansch;David Elkins

  • Substituent constants for correlation analysis in chemistry and biology

    Corwin Herman Hansch;Albert Leo

  • p-σ-π Analysis. A Method for the Correlation of Biological Activity and Chemical Structure

    Corwin. Hansch;Toshio. Fujita

  • A New Substituent Constant, π, Derived from Partition Coefficients

    Toshio. Fujita;Junkichi. Iwasa;Corwin. Hansch

  • ′AROMATIC′ SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY CORRELATIONS

    C. Hansch;A. Leo;S. H. Unger;Ki Hwan Kim Ki Hwan Kim

  • Correlation of Biological Activity of Phenoxyacetic Acids with Hammett Substituent Constants and Partition Coefficients

    Corwin Hansch;Peyton P. Maloney;Toshio Fujita;Robert M. Muir

  • Quantitative approach to biochemical structure-activity relationships

    Corwin Hansch

  • Structure-activity relationship of mutagenic aromatic and heteroaromatic nitro compounds. Correlation with molecular orbital energies and hydrophobicity.

    Debnath Ak;Lopez de Compadre Rl;Debnath G;Shusterman Aj

  • The Correlation of Biological Activity of Plant Growth Regulators and Chloromycetin Derivatives with Hammett Constants and Partition Coefficients

    Corwin. Hansch;Robert M. Muir;Toshio. Fujita;Peyton P. Maloney

  • Linear Relationships between Lipophilic Character and Biological Activity of Drugs

    Corwin Hansch;William J. Dunn

  • Hydrophobicity and central nervous system agents: on the principle of minimal hydrophobicity in drug design.

    Corwin Hansch;J.P. Björkroth;A. Leo

  • Linear free-energy relationship between partition coefficients and the aqueous solubility of organic liquids

    Corwin Hansch;John E. Quinlan;Gary L. Lawrence

  • Substituent constants for correlation analysis.

    Corwin Hansch;Sharon D. Rockwell;Priscilla Y. C. Jow;Albert Leo

  • Lipophilic Character and Biological Activity of Drugs II: The Parabolic Case

    Corwin Hansch;John M. Clayton

  • Calculation of hydrophobic constant (log P) from pi and f constants.

    A. Leo;P. Y. C. Jow;C. Silipo;C. Hansch

  • Comparative QSAR analysis of estrogen receptor ligands.

    Hua Gao;John A. Katzenellenbogen;Rajni Garg;Corwin Hansch

  • The parabolic dependence of drug action upon lipophilic character as revealed by a study of hypnotics.

    C Hansch;A R Steward;S M Anderson;D Bentley

  • SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR ALIPHATIC FUNCTIONS OBTAINED FROM PARTITION COEFFICIENTS.

    Junkichi Iwasa;Toshio Fujita;Corwin Hansch

  • The relative toxicity of compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke condensate.

    C.J Smith;C Hansch

  • Crystal structure of avian dihydrofolate reductase containing phenyltriazine and NADPH.

    K W Volz;D A Matthews;R A Alden;S T Freer

  • Comprehensive medicinal chemistry : the rational design, mechanistic study & therapeutic application of chemical compounds

    Corwin Hansch;P. G. Sammes;J. B. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Teri E. Klein
Teri E. Klein Stanford University
Angelo Carotti
Angelo Carotti University of Bari Aldo Moro
Toshio Fujita
Toshio Fujita Kyoto University
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco
William A. Denny
William A. Denny University of Auckland
Jacqueline F. Sinclair
Jacqueline F. Sinclair Dartmouth College
Benjamin Bonavida
Benjamin Bonavida University of California, Los Angeles
John A. Montgomery
John A. Montgomery University of Connecticut
Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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