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D-Index
128
Citations
85486
World Ranking
355
National Ranking
158

Daniel G. Nocera 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 Daniel G. Nocera sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 597 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel G. Nocera 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 Daniel G. Nocera sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 128 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Daniel G. Nocera is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a specialized emphasis on materials chemistry. Other notable subfields include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and inorganic chemistry.

The main topics covered in Daniel G. Nocera's work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in research include Miguel I. Gonzalez, Yangzhong Qin, David Gygi, Elizabeth J. Johnson, and Yu-Sheng Chen.

The scientist's work has been published extensively in various venues, with significant contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemistry of Materials

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel G. Nocera include:

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: The Engine of Energy Conversion and Storage (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Additional influential papers in the broader research context, although not primarily authored by Nocera but relevant to their field, include:

  • Ribonucleotide Reductases: Structure, Chemistry, and Metabolism Suggest New Therapeutic Targets (2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry)
  • General Paradigm in Photoredox Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Allows for Light-Free Access to Reactivity (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Self-healing Oxygen Evolution Catalysts (2022, Nature Communications)
  • The 2022 Solar Fuels Roadmap (2022, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics)

Daniel G. Nocera has received formal recognition through various fellowships and memberships including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1990)

Best Publications

  • Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization

    Nathan S. Lewis;Daniel G. Nocera

  • In Situ Formation of an Oxygen-Evolving Catalyst in Neutral Water Containing Phosphate and Co2+

    Matthew W. Kanan;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Solar Energy Supply and Storage for the Legacy and Nonlegacy Worlds

    Timothy R. Cook;Dilek K. Dogutan;Steven Y. Reece;Yogesh Surendranath

  • Wireless Solar Water Splitting Using Silicon-Based Semiconductors and Earth-Abundant Catalysts

    Steven Y. Reece;Jonathan A. Hamel;Kimberly Sung;Thomas D. Jarvi

  • The artificial leaf

    Daniel G. Nocera

  • Hydrogen Production by Molecular Photocatalysis

    Arthur J. Esswein;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement.

    Robert E. Blankenship;David M. Tiede;James Barber;James Barber;Gary W. Brudvig

  • Fractionalized excitations in the spin-liquid state of a kagome-lattice antiferromagnet

    Tian-Heng Han;Joel S. Helton;Shaoyan Chu;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Mechanistic studies of the oxygen evolution reaction by a cobalt-phosphate catalyst at neutral pH.

    Yogesh Surendranath;Matthew W. Kanan;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Radical Initiation in the Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase: Long-Range Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer?

    JoAnne Stubbe;Daniel G Nocera;Cyril S Yee;Michelle C Y Chang

  • Water splitting–biosynthetic system with CO2 reduction efficiencies exceeding photosynthesis

    Chong Liu;Chong Liu;Brendan Cruz Colon;Marika Ziesack;Pamela A. Silver

  • Proton-coupled electron transfer.

    Robert I. Cukier;Daniel G. Nocera

  • A structurally perfect S = 1/2 Kagomé antiferromagnet

    Matthew P. Shores;Emily A. Nytko;Bart M. Bartlett;Daniel G. Nocera

  • CdSe nanocrystal based chem-/bio- sensors

    Rebecca C. Somers;Moungi G. Bawendi;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Cobalt-phosphate oxygen-evolving compound.

    Matthew W. Kanan;Yogesh Surendranath;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Spin dynamics of the spin-1/2 kagome lattice antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2.

    J. S. Helton;K. Matan;M. P. Shores;E. A. Nytko

  • Nickel-borate oxygen-evolving catalyst that functions under benign conditions.

    Mircea Dincă;Yogesh Surendranath;Daniel G. Nocera

  • Structure and valency of a cobalt-phosphate water oxidation catalyst determined by in situ X-ray spectroscopy.

    Matthew W. Kanan;Junko Yano;Yogesh Surendranath;Mircea Dincă

  • Compact Biocompatible Quantum Dots Functionalized for Cellular Imaging

    Wenhao Liu;Mark Howarth;Andrew B. Greytak;Yi Zheng

  • Structure–Activity Correlations in a Nickel–Borate Oxygen Evolution Catalyst

    D. Kwabena Bediako;Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser;Yogesh Surendranath;Junko Yano

  • Electrolyte-Dependent Electrosynthesis and Activity of Cobalt-Based Water Oxidation Catalysts

    Yogesh Surendranath;Mircea Dinca;Daniel G Nocera

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart M. Bartlett
Bart M. Bartlett University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Pamela A. Silver
Pamela A. Silver Harvard University
Shao-Liang Zheng
Shao-Liang Zheng Harvard University
Christopher J. Chang
Christopher J. Chang Princeton University
Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Manoochehr Koochesfahani Michigan State University

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