2026 Harold C. Urey: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	46	15835	3960	175	19008

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Chemistry

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Research.com Recognitions

1975 - V.M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society
1973 - Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
1970 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Harold C. Urey was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States during their research career. Their work spanned several interdisciplinary fields, including Environmental Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering.

Their research contributions focused on specific subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Radiation, and Mechanics of Materials. These areas intersected with main topics covered in their publications, which included Chemical Synthesis and Characterization, Nuclear Physics and Applications, and Muon and positron interactions and applications.

Urey's publication record includes work in the venue Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Their recorded research output consists of papers such as:

Methods and Objectives in the Separation of Isotopes, 2024, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

The scientist did not have frequent co-authors documented in the provided data.

Throughout their career, Harold C. Urey received several notable awards, reflective of recognition within the scientific community. These awards included:

V.M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society, 1975
Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1973
Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1970

Best Publications

REVISED CARBONATE-WATER ISOTOPIC TEMPERATURE SCALE

S Epstein;R Buchsbaum;H. A Lowenstam;H. C Urey

3246
Citations
The thermodynamic properties of isotopic substances

Harold C. Urey

3245
Citations
Organic Compound Synthesis on the Primitive Earth

Stanley L. Miller;Harold C. Urey

1768
Citations
Improvements in Mass Spectrometers for the Measurement of Small Differences in Isotope Abundance Ratios

C. R. McKinney;J. M. McCrea;S. Epstein;H. A. Allen

927
Citations
CARBONATE-WATER ISOTOPIC TEMPERATURE SCALE

Samuel Epstein;Ralph Buchsbaum;Heinz Lowenstam;Harold C Urey

772
Citations
The composition of the stone meteorites and the origin of the meteorites

Harold C. Urey;Harmon Craig

707
Citations
On the Early Chemical History of the Earth and the Origin of Life.

Harold C. Urey

588
Citations
THE COSMIC ABUNDANCES OF POTASSIUM, URANIUM, AND THORIUM AND THE HEAT BALANCES OF THE EARTH, THE MOON, AND MARS.

Harold C. Urey

503
Citations
The Kinetics of Isotopic Exchange between Carbon Dioxide, Bicarbonate Ion, Carbonate Ion and Water1

G. Alexander Mills;Harold C. Urey

401
Citations
Oxygen Exchange Reactions of Organic Compounds and Water

Mildred Cohn;Harold C. Urey

392
Citations
A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2

Harold C. Urey;F. G. Brickwedde;G. M. Murphy

389
Citations
The Vibrations of Pentatonic Tetrahedral Molecules

Harold C. Urey;Charles A. Bradley

371
Citations
Physical properties and analysis of heavy water

Isidor Kirshenbaum;Harold Clayton Urey;George Moseley Murphy

300
Citations
Oxygen Isotopes in Nature and in the Laboratory

Harold C. Urey

279
Citations
Isotopic Exchange Equilibria

Harold C. Urey;Lotti J. Greiff

255
Citations
The origin and development of the earth and other terrestrial planets

Harold C. Urey

252
Citations
Fractionation of the Lithium and Potassium Isotopes by Chemical Exchange with Zeolites

Thomas Ivan Taylor;Harold C. Urey

251
Citations
A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2 and its Concentration

Harold C. Urey;F. G. Brickwedde;G. M. Murphy

237
Citations
Origin of organic compounds on the primitive earth and in meteorites.

Stanley L. Miller;Harold C. Urey;J. Oró

197
Citations
Some Thermodynamic Properties of the H1H2, H2H2 Molecules and Compounds Containing the H2 Atom

Harold C. Urey;D. Rittenberg

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley L. Miller University of California, San Diego

Samuel Epstein California Institute of Technology

Toshiko K. Mayeda University of Chicago

Heinz A. Lowenstam California Institute of Technology

Harmon Craig University of California, San Diego

Kurt Marti University of California, San Diego

Hans A. Bethe Cornell University

Albert Einstein Institute for Advanced Study

Julian Schwinger University of California, Los Angeles

Tobias Owen University of Hawaii at Manoa

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