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D-Index
107
Citations
45475
World Ranking
900
National Ranking
357

David S. Sholl 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 S. Sholl sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 500 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Sholl 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 S. Sholl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David S. Sholl is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including engineering, materials science, and chemistry. Within these broad areas, the focus extends to subfields such as materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering.

The body of work produced by David S. Sholl covers several principal topics, notably:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

The scientist has contributed extensively to prestigious publication venues. Frequent outlets for their research include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • AIChE Journal
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Chemistry of Materials

Representative recent papers authored by David S. Sholl include:

  • How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation? (2022), Advanced Materials
  • Construction of an Anion-Pillared MOF Database and the Screening of MOFs Suitable for Xe/Kr Separation (2021), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Fingerprinting diverse nanoporous materials for optimal hydrogen storage conditions using meta-learning (2021), Science Advances
  • A Database of Porous Rigid Amorphous Materials (2020), Chemistry of Materials
  • A Collection of More than 900 Gas Mixture Adsorption Experiments in Porous Materials from Literature Meta-Analysis (2020), Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Throughout their research career, David S. Sholl has collaborated frequently with a number of scholars. Notable coauthors include:

  • Ryan P. Lively
  • Krista S. Walton
  • Zhenzi Yu
  • Hanjun Fang
  • Randall Q. Snurr

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Seven chemical separations to change the world

    David S. Sholl;Ryan P. Lively

  • Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction

    David S. Sholl;Janice A. Steckel

  • TCE dechlorination rates, pathways, and efficiency of nanoscale iron particles with different properties.

    Yueqiang Liu;Sara A Majetich;Robert D Tilton;David S Sholl

  • Rapid transport of gases in carbon nanotubes.

    Anastasios I. Skoulidas;David M. Ackerman;J. Karl Johnson;David S. Sholl

  • Advances, Updates, and Analytics for the Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Framework Database: CoRE MOF 2019

    Yongchul G. Chung;Emmanuel Haldoupis;Benjamin J. Bucior;Maciej Haranczyk

  • Density Functional Theory

    David S. Sholl;Janice A. Steckel

  • Computation-Ready, Experimental Metal–Organic Frameworks: A Tool To Enable High-Throughput Screening of Nanoporous Crystals

    Yongchul G. Chung;Jeffrey Camp;Maciej Haranczyk;Benjamin J. Sikora

  • Can metal-organic framework materials play a useful role in large-scale carbon dioxide separations?

    Seda Keskin;Timothy M. van Heest;David S. Sholl

  • Chiral selection on inorganic crystalline surfaces

    Robert M. Hazen;David S. Sholl

  • From water to organics in membrane separations

    Ryan P. Lively;David S. Sholl

  • Self-Diffusion and Transport Diffusion of Light Gases in Metal-Organic Framework Materials Assessed Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    and Anastasios I. Skoulidas;David S. Sholl

  • Chemically Meaningful Atomic Charges That Reproduce the Electrostatic Potential in Periodic and Nonperiodic Materials.

    Thomas A. Manz;David S. Sholl

  • Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy

    Jason Baxter;Zhixi Bian;Gang Chen;David Danielson

  • Predicting multicomponent adsorption: 50 years of the ideal adsorbed solution theory

    Krista S. Walton;David S. Sholl

  • The materials genome in action: identifying the performance limits for methane storage

    Cory M. Simon;Jihan Kim;Diego A. Gomez-Gualdron;Jeffrey S. Camp

  • Ultem®/ZIF-8 mixed matrix hollow fiber membranes for CO2/N2 separations

    Ying Dai;J.R. Johnson;Oğuz Karvan;David S. Sholl

  • Defects in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Challenge or Opportunity?

    David S. Sholl;Ryan P. Lively

  • Exploring the Framework Hydrophobicity and Flexibility of ZIF-8: From Biofuel Recovery to Hydrocarbon Separations

    Ke Zhang;Ryan P. Lively;Ryan P. Lively;Chen Zhang;Ronald R. Chance;Ronald R. Chance

  • Modification of the Mg/DOBDC MOF with Amines to Enhance CO2 Adsorption from Ultradilute Gases.

    Sunho Choi;Taku Watanabe;Tae-Hyun Bae;David S. Sholl

  • Identification of Destabilized Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage Using First Principles Calculations

    Sudhakar V. Alapati;J. Karl Johnson;David S. Sholl

  • Improved Atoms-in-Molecule Charge Partitioning Functional for Simultaneously Reproducing the Electrostatic Potential and Chemical States in Periodic and Nonperiodic Materials.

    Thomas A. Manz;David S. Sholl

  • Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges for Applying Atomically Detailed Modeling to Molecular Adsorption and Transport in Metal−Organic Framework Materials

    Seda Keskin;Jinchen Liu;Rees B. Rankin;J. Karl Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sankar Nair
Sankar Nair Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Karl Johnson
J. Karl Johnson University of Pittsburgh
Christopher W. Jones
Christopher W. Jones Georgia Institute of Technology
Krista S. Walton
Krista S. Walton Georgia Institute of Technology
Peter I. Ravikovitch
Peter I. Ravikovitch ExxonMobil (United States)
Ryan P. Lively
Ryan P. Lively Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew J. Gellman
Andrew J. Gellman Carnegie Mellon University
Seda Keskin
Seda Keskin Koç University
Jeong Woo Han
Jeong Woo Han Seoul National University
Mark D. Allendorf
Mark D. Allendorf Sandia National Laboratories

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