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D-Index
76
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21705
World Ranking
4217
National Ranking
244

Fiona C. Meldrum 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 Fiona C. Meldrum sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 187 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fiona C. Meldrum 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 Fiona C. Meldrum sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fiona C. Meldrum is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Materials Science, with particular focus on biomaterials and materials chemistry. Their work extensively covers topics related to calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, crystallization and solubility studies, as well as biomaterials and biomedical engineering applications, among others.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Materials Science

Their subfields of study reflect a concentration on interdisciplinary areas such as:

  • Biomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Nanoparticles Nucleation Surface Interactions

Meldrum's recent publications highlight their focus on crystallization processes and material transformations. Notable papers include:

  • Crystallization in Confinement, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Active sites for ice nucleation differ depending on nucleation mode, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Magnesium Ions Direct the Solid-State Transformation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Thin Films to Aragonite, Magnesium-Calcite, or Dolomite, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Exploiting Confinement to Study the Crystallization Pathway of Calcium Sulfate, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yi-Yeoun Kim
  • Alexander N. Kulak
  • Nikil Kapur
  • Ouassef Nahi
  • Zabeada Aslam

Meldrum's work is often published in journals such as:

  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of Microscopy

Best Publications

  • Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments

    James J. De Yoreo;James J. De Yoreo;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk;R. Lee Penn

  • Controlling Mineral Morphologies and Structures in Biological and Synthetic Systems

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Helmut Cölfen

  • The Colloid Chemical Approach to Nanostructured Materials

    Janos H. Fendler;Fiona C. Meldrum

  • Crystallization at Inorganic-organic Interfaces: Biominerals and Biomimetic Synthesis

    Stephen Mann;Douglas D. Archibald;Jon M. Didymus;Trevor Douglas

  • The role of magnesium in stabilising amorphous calcium carbonate and controlling calcite morphologies

    Eva Loste;Rory M. Wilson;Ram Seshadri;Fiona C. Meldrum

  • Magnetoferritin: in vitro synthesis of a novel magnetic protein

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Brigid R. Heywood;Stephen Mann

  • Synthesis of inorganic nanophase materials in supramolecular protein cages

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Vanessa J. Wade;Duncan L. Nimmo;Brigid R. Heywood

  • Calcium carbonate in biomineralisation and biomimetic chemistry

    F. C. Meldrum

  • Structure-property relationships of a biological mesocrystal in the adult sea urchin spine

    Jong Seto;Yurong Ma;Sean A. Davis;Fiona Meldrum

  • Dehydration and crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate in solution and in air

    Johannes Ihli;Wai Ching Wong;Elizabeth H. Noel;Yi-Yeoun Kim

  • Morphological influence of magnesium and organic additives on the precipitation of calcite

    Fiona C Meldrum;Stephen T Hyde

  • Crystallization in Confinement

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Cedrick O'Shaughnessy

  • An artificial biomineral formed by incorporation of copolymer micelles in calcite crystals

    Yi-Yeoun Kim;Kathirvel Ganesan;Pengcheng Yang;Alexander N. Kulak

  • Continuous structural evolution of calcium carbonate particles: a unifying model of copolymer-mediated crystallization

    Alex N Kulak;Peter Iddon;Yuting Li;Steven P Armes

  • Epitaxial Growth of Size-Quantized Cadmium Sulfide Crystals Under Arachidic Acid Monolayers

    Jianping Yang;Fiona C. Meldrum;Janos H. Fendler

  • Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids.

    Yi Yeoun Kim;Joseph D. Carloni;Beatrice Demarchi;David Sparks

  • Reconstitution of manganese oxide cores in horse spleen and recombinant ferritins

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Trevor Douglas;Sonia Levi;Paolo Arosio

  • Monoparticulate Layer and Langmuir-Blodgett-Type Multiparticulate Layers of Size-Quantized Cadmium Sulfide Clusters: A Colloid-Chemical Approach to Superlattice Construction

    N. A. Kotov;F. C. Meldrum;C. Wu;J. H. Fendler

  • Electron Microscopy Study of Magnetosomes in a Cultured Coccoid Magnetotactic Bacterium

    Fiona C. Meldrum;Stephen Mann;Brigid R. Heywood;Richard B. Frankel

  • Synthesis-dependant structural variations in amorphous calcium carbonate

    Raymond S. K. Lam;John M. Charnock;Alistair Lennie;Fiona C. Meldrum

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo K. Christenson
Hugo K. Christenson University of Leeds
Steven P. Armes
Steven P. Armes University of Sheffield
Stephen Mann
Stephen Mann University of Bristol
Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk
Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk Radboud University Medical Center
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ian K. Robinson
Ian K. Robinson University College London
Dominic M. Walsh
Dominic M. Walsh Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ram Seshadri
Ram Seshadri University of California, Santa Barbara
Sabine Ludwigs
Sabine Ludwigs University of Stuttgart
Helmut Cölfen
Helmut Cölfen University of Konstanz

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