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Harry W. Gibson

Harry W. Gibson

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
75
Citations
17907
World Ranking
3499
National Ranking
965

Chemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
18064
World Ranking
4507
National Ranking
1418

Harry W. Gibson 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 Harry W. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 418 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harry W. Gibson 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 Harry W. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

    Feng Wang;Jinqiang Zhang;Xia Ding;Shengyi Dong

  • Rotaxanes, catenanes, polyrotaxanes, polycatenanes and related materials

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

  • 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

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

    Mingming Zhang;Xuzhou Yan;Feihe Huang;Zhenbin Niu

  • Supramolecular Pseudorotaxane Polymers from Complementary Pairs of Homoditopic Molecules

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Harry W. Gibson;Hervé Marand

  • Role of Solitons in Nearly Metallic Polyacetylene

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

  • 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

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

    Jason W. Jones;Harry W. Gibson

  • 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

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

    Nori Yamaguchi;Harry W. Gibson

  • Recent developments in polypseudorotaxanes and polyrotaxanes

    M. Arunachalam;Harry W. Gibson

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Feihe Huang
Feihe Huang Zhejiang University
Harry C. Dorn
Harry C. Dorn Virginia Tech
Arthur J. Epstein
Arthur J. Epstein The Ohio State University
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Chunying Shu
Chunying Shu Chinese Academy of Sciences
David B. Tanner
David B. Tanner University of Florida
Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby Pennsylvania State University
Lev N. Zakharov
Lev N. Zakharov University of Oregon
Ilia A. Guzei
Ilia A. Guzei University of Wisconsin–Madison
Frank R. Fronczek
Frank R. Fronczek Louisiana State University

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