2026 Glenn H. Fredrickson: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	103	901	859	297	272	576	61525
Chemistry	98	1369	1217	526	431	519	58826

Glenn H. Fredrickson publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Glenn H. Fredrickson sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 576 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Glenn H. Fredrickson D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Glenn H. Fredrickson sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society “For pioneering the development of field-theoretic computer simulation methods and their application to investigate and design self-assembling polymers and soft materials
2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advancing our understanding of the behavior of block copolymers and other polymeric and complex fluids.

Overview

Glenn H. Fredrickson is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, polymers and plastics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Fredrickson's work covers several main topics, including:

Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Material Dynamics and Properties
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Machine Learning in Materials Science

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Macromolecules
Journal of Polymer Science
The Journal of Chemical Physics
ACS Macro Letters
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Several recent papers illustrate their research output with details of year and venue as follows:

Dehydration entropy drives liquid-liquid phase separation by molecular crowding, 2020, Communications Chemistry
Design of Polymeric Zwitterionic Solid Electrolytes with Superionic Lithium Transport, 2022, ACS Central Science
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of AB_n Miktoarm Star Polymers, 2020, ACS Macro Letters
Mechanisms of Asymmetric Membrane Formation in Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Separation, 2020, ACS Macro Letters
The proline-rich domain promotes Tau liquid-liquid phase separation in cells, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology

Fredrickson frequently collaborates with various co-authors, including:

Kris T. Delaney
Craig J. Hawker
Will R. Gutekunst
Athina Anastasaki
Tae-Lim Choi

Their contributions have been recognized through awards and honors such as:

Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society (2017), for pioneering field-theoretic computer simulation methods applied to self-assembling polymers and soft materials
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2003), for advancing understanding of block copolymers and complex fluids

Best Publications

Triblock copolymer syntheses of mesoporous silica with periodic 50 to 300 angstrom pores

Dongyuan Zhao;Jianglin Feng;Qisheng Huo;Nicholas Melosh

15035
Citations
Block Copolymer Thermodynamics: Theory and Experiment

Frank S. Bates;Glenn H. Fredrickson;Glenn H. Fredrickson

5022
Citations
Block Copolymers—Designer Soft Materials

Frank S. Bates;Glenn H. Fredrickson

3914
Citations
Fluctuation effects in the theory of microphase separation in block copolymers

Glenn H. Fredrickson;Eugene Helfand

1780
Citations
The equilibrium theory of inhomogeneous polymers

Glenn H. Fredrickson

1606
Citations
Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

Frank S. Bates;Marc A. Hillmyer;Timothy P. Lodge;Christopher M. Bates

1232
Citations
Dynamics of Block Copolymers: Theory and Experiment

Glenn H. Fredrickson;Frank S. Bates

947
Citations
Field-Theoretic Computer Simulation Methods for Polymers and Complex Fluids

Glenn H. Fredrickson;Venkat Ganesan;François Drolet

864
Citations
Kinetic Ising Model of the Glass Transition

Glenn H. Fredrickson;Hans C. Andersen

780
Citations
Composite mesostructures by nano-confinement.

Yiying Wu;Guosheng Cheng;Kirill Katsov;Scott W. Sides

749
Citations
Evolution of Block Copolymer Lithography to Highly Ordered Square Arrays

Chuanbing Tang;Erin M. Lennon;Glenn H. Fredrickson;Edward J. Kramer

717
Citations
The science of hyaluronic acid dermal fillers

Ahmet Tezel;Glenn H. Fredrickson

684
Citations
COMBINATORIAL SCREENING OF COMPLEX BLOCK COPOLYMER ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY

François Drolet;Glenn H. Fredrickson

675
Citations
Fluctuation effects in a symmetric diblock copolymer near the order–disorder transition

Frank S. Bates;Jeffrey H. Rosedale;Jeffrey H. Rosedale;Glenn H. Fredrickson;Glenn H. Fredrickson

591
Citations
Large fluctuations in polymer solutions under shear.

Eugene Helfand;Glenn H. Fredrickson

495
Citations
Stability of the Gyroid Phase in Diblock Copolymers at Strong Segregation

Eric W. Cochran;Carlos J. Garcia-Cervera;Glenn H. Fredrickson

468
Citations
Molecular weight and polydispersity effects at polymer-polymer interfaces

Daniel Broseta;Glenn H. Fredrickson;Eugene Helfand;Ludwik Leibler

443
Citations
The hydrodynamic stress in a suspension of rods

Eric S. G. Shaqfeh;Glenn H. Fredrickson

403
Citations
POLYMERIC BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSIONS

Frank S. Bates;Wayne W. Maurer;Paul M. Lipic;Marc A. Hillmyer

390
Citations
BARRIER PROPERTIES OF ORIENTED DISK COMPOSITES

Glenn H. Fredrickson;Jozef Bicerano

368
Citations
The theory of polymer dynamics

Glenn H Fredrickson

37
Citations