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D-Index
58
Citations
20417
World Ranking
10439
National Ranking
594

Geoffrey Wilkinson 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 Geoffrey Wilkinson sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 423 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Geoffrey Wilkinson 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 Geoffrey Wilkinson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Geoffrey Wilkinson was affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom during their academic career. Their work contributed to the scientific community primarily through their association with this institution.

There are no listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed records of fields and subfields of study available to outline the specifics of their research topics or publication history.

Likewise, no information has been provided regarding the main topics of their work or any awards they may have received during their career.

Wilkinson's status as deceased is noted, and the overview reflects this by using past tense. Due to limited source data, the profile remains focused on the known institutional affiliation without additional specifics on research contributions or collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Basic Inorganic Chemistry

    F. Albert Cotton;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Paul L. Gaus

  • The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogenorhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives

    J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;J. F. Young;G. Wilkinson

  • THE STRUCTURE OF IRON BIS-CYCLOPENTADIENYL

    Geoffrey Wilkinson;M. Rosenblum;M. C. Whiting;R. B. Woodward

  • Comprehensive coordination chemistry. The synthesis, reactions, properties and applications of coordination compounds. V. 3. Main group and early transition elements

    Geoffrey Wilkinson;R D Gillard;J A McCleverty

  • Hydroformylation of alkenes by use of rhodium complex catalysts

    D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;G. Wilkinson

  • Dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulphoxide)ruthenium(II) and its use as a source material for some new ruthenium(II) complexes

    I. P. Evans;A. Spencer;G. Wilkinson

  • Synthesis and x-ray crystal structures of hexakis(trimethylphosphine)tris-.mu.-methylene-diruthenium(III) and its mono- and dicationic derivatives

    Michael B. Hursthouse;Richard A. Jones;K. M. Abdul Malik;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation using Ruthenium Complexes

    D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;G. Wilkinson

  • Carboxylato-triphenylphosphine complexes of ruthenium, cationic triphenylphosphine complexes derived from them, and their behaviour as homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts for alkenes

    Robert W. Mitchell;Alwyn Spencer;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • WATER-SOLUBLE TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHINE COMPLEXES AND THEIR USE IN TWO-PHASE CATALYTIC REACTIONS OF OLEFINS

    A. F. Borowski;D. J. Cole-Hamilton;G. Wilkinson

  • The Polarographic Chemistry of Ferrocene, Ruthenocene and the Metal Hydrocarbon Ions

    John A. Page;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of oxotrimesityliridium(V)

    Robyn S. Hay-Motherwell;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Bilquis Hussain-Bates;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • THE IRON SANDWICH. A RECOLLECTION OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Cyclopentadienyl Compounds of Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • The Preparation and Some Properties of Ruthenocene and Ruthenicinium Salts

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • The Preparation and Some Properties of the Cobalticinium Salts

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine complexes of ruthenium(II) and rhodium(I). Hydroformylation of hex-1-ene by rhodium complexes

    Kurti Kurtev;Dominique Ribola;Richard A. Jones;David J. Cole-Hamilton

  • Reactions of tetra-µ-carboxylato-diruthenium(II,II) compounds. X-Ray crystal structures of Ru2(µ-O2CCF3)4(thf)2, Ru2(µ-O2CR)4(NO)2(R = Et or CF3), and {Na3[Ru2(µ-O2CO)4]·6H2O}n

    Alan J. Lindsay;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Majid Motevalli;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • Elimination stabilized alkyls. Part I. Chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium

    W. Mowat;A. Shortland;G. Yagupsky;N. J. Hill

  • The reactions of chlorohydrido- and dichloro-tris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) with alkali hydroxides and alkoxides. Hydridohydroxobis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) monosolvates, their reactions and related compounds

    Bruno N. Chaudret;David J. Cole-Hamilton;Ronald S. Nohr;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Further studies on the homogeneous hydroformylation of alkenes by use of ruthenium complex catalysts

    Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado;John S. Bradley;Geoffrey Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Majid Motevalli
Majid Motevalli Queen Mary University of London
Andreas A. Danopoulos
Andreas A. Danopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Richard A. Jones
Richard A. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
David J. Cole-Hamilton
David J. Cole-Hamilton University of St Andrews
Andrew R. Barron
Andrew R. Barron Swansea University
Mark Thornton-Pett
Mark Thornton-Pett University of Leeds
Gregory S. Girolami
Gregory S. Girolami University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wai-Kwok Wong
Wai-Kwok Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
John Arnold
John Arnold University of California, Berkeley

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