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 Dudley R. Herschbach sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 306 publications — 65th percentile
65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dudley R. Herschbach sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 78 D-Index — 79th percentile
79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Dudley R. Herschbach is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as well as related subfields like Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Their work spans interdisciplinary topics that include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Quantum and superfluid helium dynamics, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.
The scientist has contributed to various notable publications. Some recent papers include:
Their frequent co-authors include Sabre Kais, Břetislav Friedrich, Kumar Ghosh, Wenjing Yue, and Qi Wei.
Publications by this scientist often appear in the following venues:
Over the course of their career, Dudley R. Herschbach has received several awards and honors such as the Nobel Prize in 1986 for contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes. Other awards include the US President's National Medal of Science (1991), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2011), Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (1983), Polanyi Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (1981), and the Linus Pauling Award from the American Chemical Society (1978).
Additional distinctions include being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1980), Fellow of the American Physical Society (1962), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1964), and Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967).
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