2026 Harry W. Gibson: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	75	3501	3383	967	909	418	17907
Chemistry	75	4507	4100	1419	1191	458	18064

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

3501

3383

967

909

418

17907

Chemistry

4507

4100

1419

1191

458

18064

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

17907

World Ranking

3501

National Ranking

967

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

18064

World Ranking

4507

National Ranking

1419

Overview

Harry W. Gibson is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biomaterials, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work covers several specific topics, including:

Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Remote-Sensing Image Classification
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Remote Sensing and Land Use

Harry W. Gibson has co-authored multiple publications with frequent collaborators such as Carla Slebodnick, Terry L. Price, Daniel V. Schoonover, Adam M.-P. Pederson, and Zhenbin Niu.

Their recent published papers include:

Highly Strong and Tough Supramolecular Polymer Networks Enabled by Cryptand-Based Host-Guest Recognition (2023), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Uncertainty-Aware Interpretable Deep Learning for Slum Mapping and Monitoring (2022), published in Remote Sensing
Role of Chain Polarity on Ion and Polymer Dynamics: Molecular Volume-Based Analysis of the Dielectric Constant for Polymerized Norbornene-Based Ionic Liquids (2020), published in Macromolecules
The Effect of Oligo(oxyethylene) Moieties on Ion Conduction and Dielectric Properties of Norbornene-Based Imidazolium Tf₂N Ionic Liquid Monomers (2020), published in Macromolecules
Supramolecular Four-Armed Star A₂B₂ Copolymer (Miktoarm Star) via Host-Guest Complexation and Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization (2020), published in Macromolecules

The publishing venues where Harry W. Gibson frequently appears include:

Macromolecules
The Cambridge Structural Database
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Remote Sensing
Tetrahedron

Best Publications

Polypseudorotaxanes and polyrotaxanes

Feihe Huang;Harry W. Gibson

596
Citations
Metal coordination mediated reversible conversion between linear and cross-linked supramolecular polymers.

Feng Wang;Jinqiang Zhang;Xia Ding;Shengyi Dong

473
Citations
Rotaxanes, catenanes, polyrotaxanes, polycatenanes and related materials

Harry W. Gibson;Mukesh C. Bheda;Paul T. Engen

461
Citations
Supramolecular AA−BB-Type Linear Polymers with Relatively High Molecular Weights via the Self-Assembly of Bis(m-phenylene)-32-Crown-10 Cryptands and a Bisparaquat Derivative

Zhenbin Niu;Feihe Huang;Harry W. Gibson

389
Citations
Stimuli-responsive host-guest systems based on the recognition of cryptands by organic guests.

Mingming Zhang;Xuzhou Yan;Feihe Huang;Zhenbin Niu

339
Citations
Supramolecular Pseudorotaxane Polymers from Complementary Pairs of Homoditopic Molecules

Harry W. Gibson;Nori Yamaguchi;Jason W. Jones

290
Citations
A supramolecular triarm star polymer from a homotritopic tris(crown ether) host and a complementary monotopic paraquat-terminated polystyrene guest by a supramolecular coupling method.

Feihe Huang;Devdatt S. Nagvekar;Carla Slebodnick;Harry W. Gibson

253
Citations
In vitro and in vivo imaging studies of a new endohedral metallofullerene nanoparticle.

Panos P Fatouros;Frank D Corwin;Zhi-Jian Chen;William C Broaddus

245
Citations
Polyrotaxanes: Molecular composites derived by physical linkage of cyclic and linear species

Harry W. Gibson;Hervé Marand

242
Citations
Role of Solitons in Nearly Metallic Polyacetylene

A. J. Epstein;H. Rommelmann;R. Bigelow;H. W. Gibson

233
Citations
Ion pairing in fast-exchange host-guest systems: concentration dependence of apparent association constants for complexes of neutral hosts and divalent guest salts with monovalent counterions.

Feihe Huang;Jason W. Jones;Carla Slebodnick;Harry W. Gibson

226
Citations
Ion pairing and host-guest complexation in low dielectric constant solvents.

Jason W. Jones;Harry W. Gibson

222
Citations
Formation of a supramolecular hyperbranched polymer from self-organization of an AB2 monomer containing a crown ether and two paraquat moieties.

Feihe Huang;Harry W. Gibson

222
Citations
Formation of Supramolecular Polymers from Homoditopic Molecules Containing Secondary Ammonium Ions and Crown Ether Moieties

Nori Yamaguchi;Harry W. Gibson

220
Citations
Recent developments in polypseudorotaxanes and polyrotaxanes

M. Arunachalam;Harry W. Gibson

219
Citations
Cooperative Self-Assembly of Dendrimers via Pseudorotaxane Formation from a Homotritopic Guest Molecule and Complementary Monotopic Host Dendrons

Harry W Gibson;Nori Yamaguchi;Lesley Hamilton;Jason W Jones

209
Citations
Self-Organization of a Heteroditopic Molecule to Linear Polymolecular Arrays in Solution

Nori Yamaguchi;Devdatt S. Nagvekar;Harry W. Gibson

204
Citations
Structure and enhanced reactivity rates of the D5h Sc3N@C80 and Lu3N@C80 metallofullerene isomers: the importance of the pyracylene motif.

Ting Cai;Liaosa Xu;Mark R. Anderson;Zhongxin Ge

199
Citations
Ionic Conduction and Dielectric Response of Poly(imidazolium acrylate) Ionomers

U Hyeok Choi;Minjae Lee;Sharon Wang;Wenjuan Liu

189
Citations
Purification of endohedral trimetallic nitride fullerenes in a single, facile step.

Zhongxin Ge;James C. Duchamp;Ting Cai;Harry W. Gibson

175
Citations