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David L. Davies

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
19798
World Ranking
17371
National Ranking
948

David L. Davies 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 L. Davies sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 124 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Davies 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 L. Davies sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David L. Davies is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans materials science and medicine, with a focus on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, public health, environmental and occupational health, biomedical engineering, and rehabilitation. The primary research topics include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, innovations in medical education, anatomy and medical technology, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, N-heterocyclic carbenes in organic and inorganic chemistry, and musculoskeletal disorders and rehabilitation.

The scientist has contributed notably to several publication venues, such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Dalton Transactions
  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Recent papers by David L. Davies include:

  • Experimental and Computational Studies on the Acetate-Assisted C-H Activation of N-Aryl Imidazolium Salts at Rhodium and Iridium: A Chloride Additive Changes the Selectivity of C-H Activation (2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry)
  • Developing a well-centric flow model - The first step in a risk-based approach to oil and gas well decommissioning (2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering)
  • Essential anatomy for core clerkships: A clinical perspective (2023, Anatomical Sciences Education)
  • Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency (2021, Medical Science Educator)
  • Steric and electronic effects on acetate-assisted cyclometallation of 2-phenylpyridines at [MCl2Cp*]2 (M = Ir, Rh) (2020, Dalton Transactions)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David L. Davies include:

  • Kuldip Singh
  • Noreldin S. Y. Abdolla
  • Neringa Tamosiunaite
  • Mark P. Lowe
  • Sarah Keim

David L. Davies has published books with Bloomsbury Publishing plc, including "Philosophy of Painting" (2022) and "Aesthetics and Design" (2023).

Awards received by the scientist are:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2015), Academy of the Arts and Humanities
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1998)

Best Publications

  • Novel solvent properties of choline chloride/urea mixtures

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Raymond K. Rasheed

  • Deep Eutectic Solvents Formed between Choline Chloride and Carboxylic Acids: Versatile Alternatives to Ionic Liquids

    Andrew P. Abbott;David Boothby;Glen Capper;David L. Davies

  • Preparation of novel, moisture-stable, Lewis-acidic ionic liquids containing quaternary ammonium salts with functional side chains

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Helen L. Munro

  • Computational study of the mechanism of cyclometalation by palladium acetate.

    David L Davies;Steven M A Donald;Stuart A Macgregor

  • Solubility of Metal Oxides in Deep Eutectic Solvents Based on Choline Chloride

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Katy J. Mckenzie

  • Computational Studies of Carboxylate-Assisted C-H Activation and Functionalization at Group 8-10 Transition Metal Centers

    David L. Davies;Stuart Alan Macgregor;Claire L. McMullin

  • Ionic liquid analogues formed from hydrated metal salts.

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Raymond K. Rasheed

  • Selective extraction of metals from mixed oxide matrixes using choline-based ionic liquids.

    Andrew P Abbott;Glen Capper;David L Davies;Raymond K Rasheed

  • Ionic liquids based upon metal halide/substituted quaternary ammonium salt mixtures.

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Raymond Rasheed

  • Mechanisms of C–H bond activation: rich synergy between computation and experiment

    Youcef Boutadla;David L. Davies;Stuart A. Macgregor;Amalia I. Poblador-Bahamonde

  • Room-temperature cyclometallation of amines, imines and oxazolines with [MCl2Cp*]2(M = Rh, Ir) and [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2

    David L. Davies;Omar Al-Duaij;John Fawcett;Marco Giardiello

  • Electrophilic C-H activation at Cp*Ir: ancillary-ligand control of the mechanism of C-H activation.

    David L. Davies;Steven M. A. Donald;Omar Al-Duaij;Stuart A. Macgregor

  • Quaternary ammonium zinc- or tin-containing ionic liquids: water insensitive, recyclable catalysts for Diels–Alder reactions

    Andrew P. Abbott;Glen Capper;David L. Davies;Ray K. Rasheed

  • Reactions of alkyl and hydride derivatives of permethylscandocene and zirconocene with nitriles and amines. Catalytic hydrogenation of tert-butyl cyanide with permethylscandocene hydride

    John E. Bercaw;David L. Davies;Peter T. Wolczanski

  • The regiospecific Fischer indole reaction in choline chloride·2ZnCl2 with product isolation by direct sublimation from the ionic liquid

    Raul Calderon Morales;Vasuki Tambyrajah;Paul R. Jenkins;David L. Davies

  • The Scope of Ambiphilic Acetate‐Assisted Cyclometallation with Half‐Sandwich Complexes of Iridium, Rhodium and Ruthenium

    Youcef Boutadla;David L. Davies;Rachel C. Jones;Kuldip Singh

  • Mechanistic Study of Acetate-Assisted C−H Activation of 2-Substituted Pyridines with [MCl2Cp*]2 (M = Rh, Ir) and [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2

    Youcef Boutadla;Omar Al-Duaij;David L. Davies;Gerald A. Griffith

  • Computational and synthetic studies on the cyclometallation reaction of dimethylbenzylamine with [IrCl2Cp*]2: role of the chelating base

    Youcef Boutadla;David L. Davies;Stuart A. Macgregor;Amalia I. Poblador-Bahamonde

  • Repressible and inducible enzymic forms of dimethylnitrosamine-demethylase.

    J. C. Arcos;J. C. Arcos;D. L. Davies;D. L. Davies;Ch. E. L. Brown;Ch. E. L. Brown;M. F. Argus;M. F. Argus

  • Experimental and DFT Studies Explain Solvent Control of C–H Activation and Product Selectivity in the Rh(III)-Catalyzed Formation of Neutral and Cationic Heterocycles

    David L. Davies;Charles E. Ellul;Stuart Alan Macgregor;Claire L McMullin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Abbott
Andrew P. Abbott University of Leicester
Stuart MacGregor
Stuart MacGregor QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Antonia Vernadakis
Antonia Vernadakis University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael O. Wolf
Michael O. Wolf University of British Columbia
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Robin N. Perutz
Robin N. Perutz University of York
A. Guy Orpen
A. Guy Orpen University of Bristol
Markus Reiher
Markus Reiher ETH Zurich
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones University of Edinburgh

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