2026 Dave J. Adams: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	93	1465	1405	63	58	264	30813
Chemistry	93	1789	1592	101	88	291	31166

Dave J. Adams publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dave J. Adams sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 264 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Dave J. Adams D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dave J. Adams sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Dave J. Adams is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with particular focus on subfields such as Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Dave J. Adams has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Soft Matter
Chemistry - A European Journal
Chemical Communications
Biomacromolecules
Faraday Discussions

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Adams are:

"Personal Perspective on Understanding Low Molecular Weight Gels," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Stimuli responsive dynamic transformations in supramolecular gels," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
"Multifunctional Antimicrobial Biometallohydrogels Based on Amino Acid Coordinated Self-Assembly," 2020, Small
"De Novo Design of Functional Coassembling Organic-Inorganic Hydrogels for Hierarchical Mineralization and Neovascularization," 2021, ACS Nano
"Using Small-Angle Scattering and Contrast Matching to Understand Molecular Packing in Low Molecular Weight Gels," 2020, Matter

Collaborations form a significant aspect of Adams' research, with frequent co-authors including Annela M. Seddon, Santanu Panja, Simona Bianco, B. Dietrich, and Emily R. Draper.

In recognition of contributions to the scientific community, Adams was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2019.

Best Publications

Porous organic cages

Tomokazu Tozawa;James T. A. Jones;Shashikala I. Swamy;Shan Jiang

1250
Citations
Nanoporous organic polymer networks

Robert Dawson;Andrew I. Cooper;Dave J. Adams

1220
Citations
Tunable organic photocatalysts for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution.

Reiner Sebastian Sprick;Jia-Xing Jiang;Jia-Xing Jiang;Baltasar Bonillo;Shijie Ren;Shijie Ren

901
Citations
Porous, Fluorescent, Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks Via Room-Temperature and Microwave-Assisted Synthesis

Shijie Ren;Michael J. Bojdys;Robert Dawson;Andrea Laybourn

788
Citations
Microporous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture

Robert Dawson;Ev Stöckel;James R. Holst;Dave J. Adams

639
Citations
Low-Molecular-Weight Gels: The State of the Art

Emily R. Draper;Dave J. Adams

638
Citations
Chemical tuning of CO2 sorption in robust nanoporous organic polymers

Robert Dawson;Dave J. Adams;Andrew I. Cooper

628
Citations
The importance of the self-assembly process to control mechanical properties of low molecular weight hydrogels

Jaclyn Raeburn;Andre Zamith Cardoso;Dave J. Adams

546
Citations
Rational design and application of responsive α-helical peptide hydrogels

Eleanor F. Banwell;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Dave J. Adams;Martin A. Birchall

527
Citations
Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals

James T. A. Jones;Tom Hasell;Xiaofeng Wu;John Bacsa

518
Citations
Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution Using Planarized Conjugated Polymer Photocatalysts

Reiner Sebastian Sprick;Baltasar Bonillo;Rob Clowes;Pierre Guiglion

486
Citations
Janus particles at liquid-liquid interfaces.

Nicole Glaser;Dave J. Adams;Alexander Böker;Georg Krausch

480
Citations
A new method for maintaining homogeneity during liquid–hydrogel transitions using low molecular weight hydrogelators

Dave J. Adams;Michael F. Butler;William J. Frith;Mark Kirkland

465
Citations
Hypercrosslinked organic polymer networks as potential adsorbents for pre-combustion CO2 capture

Claudia F. Martín;Ev Stöckel;Rob Clowes;Dave J. Adams

457
Citations
Functionalized Conjugated Microporous Polymers

Robert Dawson;Andrea Laybourn;Rob Clowes;Yaroslav Z. Khimyak

418
Citations
Methane storage in dry water gas hydrates.

Weixing Wang;Christopher L. Bray;Dave J. Adams;Andrew I. Cooper

411
Citations
Stimuli responsive dynamic transformations in supramolecular gels

Santanu Panja;Dave J. Adams

383
Citations
Metal–Organic Conjugated Microporous Polymers†

Jia-Xing Jiang;Chao Wang;Andrea Laybourn;Tom Hasell

375
Citations
Molecular shape sorting using molecular organic cages

Tamoghna Mitra;Kim E. Jelfs;Marc Schmidtmann;Adham Ahmed

366
Citations
Chemistry In Alternative Reaction Media

Dave J. Adams;Paul J. Dyson;Stewart J. Tavener

350
Citations
Chemical functionalization strategies for carbon dioxide capture in microporous organic polymers

Robert Dawson;Andrew I Cooper;Dave J Adams

320
Citations