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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 48 15333 13825 3881 3183 194 7447

David A. Hrovat publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David A. Hrovat between 1981 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David A. Hrovat published across 43 years, from 1981 to 2023, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 1994. 2 of the 211 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 1994. 1981: 3 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 7 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication
1981 2023

211 publications in total across all disciplines

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David A. Hrovat: publications per year, 1981 to 2023
Year Publications
1981 3
1982 1
1983 2
1984 4
1985 3
1986 5
1987 5
1988 5
1989 2
1990 4
1991 1
1992 7
1993 5
1994 10
1995 2
1996 4
1997 9
1998 6
1999 8
2000 2
2001 9
2002 4
2003 3
2004 5
2005 8
2006 8
2007 7
2008 5
2009 10
2010 8
2011 7
2012 4
2013 9
2014 4
2015 7
2016 5
2017 9
2018 4
2019 4
2020 1
2021 0
2022 1
2023 1
Total 211
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David A. Hrovat 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 David A. Hrovat sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 181–200 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 194 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344 194
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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David A. Hrovat 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 David A. Hrovat sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835 48
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

David A. Hrovat is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with particular attention to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Oncology.

The main topics of their work focus on the luminescence properties of advanced materials and luminescence and fluorescent materials, as well as nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics. Other areas include metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, magnetism in coordination complexes, and the synthesis and properties of metal complexes.

Recent publications demonstrate an emphasis on nanoparticle chemistry, catalysis, and materials applications. Notable papers include:

  • Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications, 2023, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Unlocking Long-Term Stability of Upconversion Nanoparticles with Biocompatible Phosphonate-Based Polymer Coatings, 2022, Nano Letters
  • Electrocatalytic proton-reduction behaviour of telluride-capped triiron clusters: tuning of overpotentials and stabilization of redox states relative to lighter chalcogenide analogues, 2020, Dalton Transactions

Frequent collaborators who have co-authored multiple publications with Hrovat include Karan Malhotra, Balmiki Kumar, Justin Van Houten, Paul A. E. Piunno, and Patrick T. Gunning.

Their work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals with multiple publications in venues such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Nano Letters, and Dalton Transactions, highlighting a consistent output in journals focused on materials chemistry and nanoscience.

Best Publications

  • Proton-coupled electron transfer versus hydrogen atom transfer in benzyl/toluene, methoxyl/methanol, and phenoxyl/phenol self-exchange reactions

    James M Mayer;David A Hrovat;Jennie L Thomas;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Transition-State Spectroscopy of Cyclooctatetraene

    PG Wenthold;DA Hrovat;WT Borden;WC Lineberger

  • Carbon Tunneling from a Single Quantum State

    Peter S. Zuev;Robert S. Sheridan;Titus V. Albu;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Ab Initio Calculations Show Why m-Phenylene Is Not Always a Ferromagnetic Coupler

    Shu Fang;Ming-Shi Lee;David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • The Cope Rearrangement Revisited Again. Results of Ab Initio Calculations beyond the CASSCF Level

    David A. Hrovat;Keiji Morokuma;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Ab initio calculations of the singlet-triplet energy difference in phenylnitrene

    David A. Hrovat;Edward E. Waali;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • CASSCF calculations find that a D8h geometry is the transition state for double bond shifting in cyclooctatetraene

    David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • C−N Bond Formation on Addition of Aryl Carbanions to the Electrophilic Nitrido Ligand in TpOs(N)Cl2

    Thomas J. Crevier;Brian K. Bennett;Jake D. Soper;Julie A. Bowman

  • MPW1K Performs Much Better than B3LYP in DFT Calculations on Reactions that Proceed by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET).

    Mark Lingwood;Jeff R. Hammond;David A. Hrovat;James M. Mayer

  • Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications

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  • Is hyperconjugation responsible for the “gauche effect” in 1-fluoropropane and other 2-substituted-1-fluoroethanes?†

    Paul R. Rablen;Reinhard W. Hoffmann;David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Transient Spectroscopy of a Derivative of 2,2-Difluoro-1,3-diphenylcyclopentane-1,3-diylA Persistent Localized Singlet 1,3-Diradical

    Waldemar Adam;Weston Thatcher Borden;Clemens Burda;Heather Foster

  • The iconoclastic dynamics of the 1,2,6-heptatriene rearrangement

    Stefan L. Debbert;Barry K. Carpenter;David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • A Becke3LYP/6-31G* Study of the Cope Rearrangements of Substituted 1,5-Hexadienes Provides Computational Evidence for a Chameleonic Transition State

    David A. Hrovat;Brett R. Beno;Holger Lange;Hi-Young Yoo

  • Nitroxyl Radical plus Hydroxylamine Pseudo Self-Exchange Reactions: Tunneling in Hydrogen Atom Transfer

    Adam Wu;Elizabeth A. Mader;Ayan Datta;David A. Hrovat

  • Study of the chemistry of ortho- and para-biphenylnitrenes by laser flash photolysis and time-resolved IR experiments and by B3LYP and CASPT2 calculations.

    Meng-Lin Tsao;Nina Gritsan;Tammi R. James;Matthew S. Platz

  • Experimental Evidence for Heavy-Atom Tunneling in the Ring-Opening of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical from Intramolecular 12C/13C Kinetic Isotope Effects

    Ollie M. Gonzalez-James;Xue Zhang;Ayan Datta;David A. Hrovat

  • Slow hydrogen atom transfer reactions of oxo- and hydroxo-vanadium compounds: the importance of intrinsic barriers.

    Christopher R. Waidmann;Xin Zhou;Erin A. Tsai;Werner Kaminsky

  • Ab initio calculations of the olefin strain energies of some pyramidalized alkenes

    David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher. Borden

  • Investigation of Cyclopropane Stereomutation by Quasiclassical Trajectories on an Analytical Potential Energy Surface

    David A. Hrovat;Shu Fang;Weston Thatcher Borden;Barry K. Carpenter

  • Oxidation of tertiary silanes by osmium tetroxide.

    Karine Valliant-Saunders;Erica Gunn;G. Robert Shelton;David A. Hrovat

  • Ab initio calculations on m-quinone. The ground state is a triplet

    Raymond C. Fort;Stephen J. Getty;David A. Hrovat;Paul M. Lahti

Frequent Co-Authors

Weston Thatcher Borden
Weston Thatcher Borden University of North Texas
Xue-Bin Wang
Xue-Bin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Ayan Datta
Ayan Datta Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Stephen J. Blanksby
Stephen J. Blanksby Queensland University of Technology
Xiaoping Wang
Xiaoping Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Richard G. Weiss
Richard G. Weiss Georgetown University
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
Paul M. Lahti
Paul M. Lahti University of Massachusetts Amherst

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