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D-Index
77
Citations
19342
World Ranking
4073
National Ranking
1288

Georges Belfort 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 Georges Belfort sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 302 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Georges Belfort 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 Georges Belfort sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advances in bioseparations using membrane filtration, affinity processes, and membrane bioreactors for biotechnology.
  • 1994 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Georges Belfort is affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work centers primarily on Membrane Separation Technologies, supported by significant contributions to related topics including Membrane Separation and Gas Transport, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Belfort has coauthored numerous papers, frequently collaborating with researchers such as Mirco Sorci, Miao Yu, Surya Karla, James E. Kilduff, and Bratin Sengupta.

Key recent publications include:

  • The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: An update (2020, Journal of Membrane Science)
  • Carbon-doped metal oxide interfacial nanofilms for ultrafast and precise separation of molecules (2023, Science)
  • Na+-gated nanochannel membrane for highly selective ammonia (NH3) separation in the Haber-Bosch process (2022, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Improving cellulose acetate mixed matrix membranes by incorporating hydrophilic MIL-101(Cr)-NH2 nanoparticles for treating dye/salt solution (2023, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Modular optimization in metabolic engineering (2021, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Georges Belfort has published extensively in venues such as the Journal of Membrane Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Science.

Throughout their career, Belfort has received several honors including the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 2008, election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003 for advances in bioseparations using membrane filtration, affinity processes, and membrane bioreactors for biotechnology, and fellowship in the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 1994.

Best Publications

  • The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration

    Georges Belfort;Robert H. Davis;Andrew L. Zydney

  • Surface modification of ultrafiltration membranes by low temperature plasma II. Graft polymerization onto polyacrylonitrile and polysulfone

    Mathias Ulbricht;Georges Belfort

  • Effect of surface wettability on the adhesion of proteins.

    Ananthakrishnan Sethuraman;Mina Han;Ravi S Kane;Georges Belfort

  • Surface modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes and fouling by BSA solutions

    Anke Nabe;Eberhard Staude;Georges Belfort

  • A genetic system yields self-cleaving inteins for bioseparations.

    David W. Wood;Wei Wu;Georges Belfort;Victoria Derbyshire

  • Photochemical modification of 10 kDa polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes for reduction of biofouling

    John Pieracci;James V Crivello;Georges Belfort

  • A Three-Stage Kinetic Model of Amyloid Fibrillation

    Chuang-Chung Lee;Arpan Nayak;Ananthakrishnan Sethuraman;Georges Belfort

  • Fouling of ultrafiltration membranes: lateral migration and the particle trajectory model

    George Green;Georges Belfort

  • Immobilization of suspended mammalian cells: analysis of hollow fiber and microcapsule bioreactors.

    Carole Heath;Georges Belfort

  • Development of a novel photochemical technique for modifying poly (arylsulfone) ultrafiltration membranes

    Hideyuki Yamagishi;James V. Crivello;Georges Belfort

  • Enhanced performance for pressure-driven membrane processes: the argument for fluid instabilities

    Heinz B. Winzeler;Georges Belfort

  • Lateral migration of spherical particles in porous flow channels: application to membrane filtration

    F.W. Altena;G. Belfort

  • Low protein fouling synthetic membranes by UV-assisted surface grafting modification: varying monomer type

    Masahide Taniguchi;Georges Belfort

  • Protein structural perturbation and aggregation on homogeneous surfaces.

    Ananthakrishnan Sethuraman;Georges Belfort

  • Surface modification of poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membranes by low-temperature plasma-induced graft polymerization

    Hua Chen;Georges Belfort

  • Fluid mechanics in membrane filtration: Recent developments☆

    Georges Belfort

  • Increasing membrane permeability of UV-modified poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membranes

    John Pieracci;James V Crivello;Georges Belfort

  • Protein unfolding at interfaces: Slow dynamics of α-helix to β-sheet transition

    Ananthakrishnan Sethuraman;Ganesh Vedantham;Taiji Imoto;Todd Przybycien

  • Modes of natural organic matter fouling during ultrafiltration.

    Masahide Taniguchi;James E. Kilduff;Georges Belfort

  • UV-Assisted Graft Polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone onto Poly(ether sulfone) Ultrafiltration Membranes: Comparison of Dip versus Immersion Modification Techniques

    John Pieracci;David W. Wood;and James V. Crivello;Georges Belfort

Frequent Co-Authors

Marlene Belfort
Marlene Belfort University at Albany, State University of New York
James V. Crivello
James V. Crivello Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sanat K. Kumar
Sanat K. Kumar Columbia University
Mathias Ulbricht
Mathias Ulbricht University of Duisburg-Essen
Hongmin Li
Hongmin Li University of Arizona
Saroj K. Nayak
Saroj K. Nayak Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
David Isaacson
David Isaacson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ravi S. Kane
Ravi S. Kane Georgia Institute of Technology

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