2026 Douglas M. Ruthven: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	78	3750	1197	346	25549
Engineering and Technology	77	642	226	304	25174

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Chemistry

3750

1197

346

25549

Engineering and Technology

642

226

304

25174

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

25549

World Ranking

3750

National Ranking

1197

Engineering and Technology

D-Index

Citations

25174

World Ranking

642

National Ranking

226

Overview

Douglas M. Ruthven was affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States and contributed to research primarily within the field of chemistry. Their work encompassed several subfields including inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and catalysis.

The scientist's research focused on topics such as:

Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Douglas M. Ruthven published several papers during their career, notable among them are:

A review of common practices in gravimetric and volumetric adsorption kinetic experiments (2020, Adsorption)
Surface barriers and symmetry of adsorption and desorption processes (2020, Adsorption)
Sorption kinetics: measurement of surface resistance (2020, Adsorption)
Diffusion in nanopores: inspecting the grounds (2020, Adsorption)
Diffusion Research with Nanoporous Material (2021, Chemistry International)

The scientist frequently contributed to the following publication venues:

Adsorption
Chemistry International
Chemie Ingenieur Technik
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Throughout their career, Douglas M. Ruthven often collaborated with fellow researchers, including:

Jörg Kärger
Enzo Mangano
Stefano Brandani
Rustem Valiullin
Jinyu Wang

Best Publications

Principles of Adsorption and Adsorption Processes

Douglas M. Ruthven

5962
Citations
Diffusion in Zeolites and Other Microporous Solids

Jorg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

2802
Citations
Counter-current and simulated counter-current adsorption separation processes

Douglas M. Ruthven;C.B. Ching

642
Citations
Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials

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520
Citations
Diffusion in nanoporous materials

Jorg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven;Doros N. Theodorou

518
Citations
A new experimental technique for measurement of intracrystalline diffusivity

Mladen Eic;Douglas M. Ruthven

398
Citations
The effect of water on the adsorption of CO2 and C3H8 on type X zeolites

Federico Brandani and;Douglas M. Ruthven

337
Citations
Diffusion in zeolites

Douglas M. Ruthven

269
Citations
Diffusion in nanoporous materials: fundamental principles, insights and challenges

Jörg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

262
Citations
Adsorptive separation of light olefins from paraffins

Douglas M. Ruthven;Sebastian C. Reyes

257
Citations
On the comparison between macroscopic and n.m.r. measurements of intracrystalline diffusion in zeolites

Jorg Karger;Douglas M. Ruthven

256
Citations
The nature of surface barriers on nanoporous solids explored by microimaging of transient guest distributions.

Florian Hibbe;Christian Chmelik;Lars Heinke;Sanhita Pramanik

236
Citations
Kinetics of non‐isothermal sorption in molecular sieve crystals

Douglas M. Ruthven;Lap-Keung Lee;Hayrettin Yucel

193
Citations
Numerical simulation of a fixed-bed adsorption column by the method of orthogonal collocation

N. S. Raghavan;D. M. Ruthven

184
Citations
Diffusion of C8 aromatic hydrocarbons in silicalite

Douglas M. Ruthven;Mladen Eic;Elizabeth Richard

176
Citations
Diffusion in zeolites. Comparison of sorption and nuclear magnetic resonance diffusivities

Jörg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

171
Citations
Analysis of thermal effects in adsorption rate measurements

Lap-Keung Lee;Douglas M. Ruthven

163
Citations
The effect of crystallite shape and size distribution on diffusion measurements in molecular sieves

D.M. Ruthven;K.F. Loughlin

149
Citations
Transport in Nanoporous Materials Including MOFs: The Applicability of Fick's Laws.

Tobias Titze;Alexander Lauerer;Lars Heinke;Christian Chmelik

148
Citations
Kinetics of nonisothermal sorption: Systems with bed diffusion control

D. M. Ruthven;Lap-Keung Lee

144
Citations
Numerical simulation of a pressure swing adsorption oxygen unit

S. Farooq;D.M. Ruthven;H.A. Boniface

143
Citations
Adsorption of Branched and Cyclic Paraffins in Silicalite. 2. Kinetics

Celio L. Jr. Cavalcante;Douglas M. Ruthven

143
Citations
Book reviewStructure and reactivity of modified zeolites : P.A. Jacobs, N.I. Jaeger, P. Jiru, V.B. Kazansky and G. Schulz-Ekloff (editors). Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1984, 376 pp., U.S. $77.00, Dfl. 180.00. ISBN 0-444-42351-6

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123
Citations