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Douglas M. Ruthven

Douglas M. Ruthven

University of Maine
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
25549
World Ranking
3750
National Ranking
1196

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
25174
World Ranking
643
National Ranking
227

Douglas M. Ruthven publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 304 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Douglas M. Ruthven D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas M. Ruthven sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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

  • Diffusion in Zeolites and Other Microporous Solids

    Jorg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

  • Counter-current and simulated counter-current adsorption separation processes

    Douglas M. Ruthven;C.B. Ching

  • Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials

    Unknown

  • Diffusion in nanoporous materials

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

  • A new experimental technique for measurement of intracrystalline diffusivity

    Mladen Eic;Douglas M. Ruthven

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

    Federico Brandani and;Douglas M. Ruthven

  • Diffusion in zeolites

    Douglas M. Ruthven

  • Diffusion in nanoporous materials: fundamental principles, insights and challenges

    Jörg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

  • Adsorptive separation of light olefins from paraffins

    Douglas M. Ruthven;Sebastian C. Reyes

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

    Jorg Karger;Douglas M. Ruthven

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

    Florian Hibbe;Christian Chmelik;Lars Heinke;Sanhita Pramanik

  • Kinetics of non‐isothermal sorption in molecular sieve crystals

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

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

    N. S. Raghavan;D. M. Ruthven

  • Diffusion of C8 aromatic hydrocarbons in silicalite

    Douglas M. Ruthven;Mladen Eic;Elizabeth Richard

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

    Jörg Kärger;Douglas M. Ruthven

  • Analysis of thermal effects in adsorption rate measurements

    Lap-Keung Lee;Douglas M. Ruthven

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

    D.M. Ruthven;K.F. Loughlin

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

    Tobias Titze;Alexander Lauerer;Lars Heinke;Christian Chmelik

  • Kinetics of nonisothermal sorption: Systems with bed diffusion control

    D. M. Ruthven;Lap-Keung Lee

  • Numerical simulation of a pressure swing adsorption oxygen unit

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

  • Adsorption of Branched and Cyclic Paraffins in Silicalite. 2. Kinetics

    Celio L. Jr. Cavalcante;Douglas M. Ruthven

  • 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

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Kärger
Jörg Kärger Leipzig University
Stefano Brandani
Stefano Brandani University of Edinburgh
Doros N. Theodorou
Doros N. Theodorou National Technical University of Athens
Shamsuzzaman Farooq
Shamsuzzaman Farooq National University of Singapore
Lars Heinke
Lars Heinke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Chi Bun Ching
Chi Bun Ching National University of Singapore
German Sastre
German Sastre Universitat Politècnica de València
Hervé Jobic
Hervé Jobic Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Ronald R. Chance
Ronald R. Chance Georgia Institute of Technology
Freek Kapteijn
Freek Kapteijn Delft University of Technology

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