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2023

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Materials Science

D-Index
130
Citations
65621
World Ranking
335
National Ranking
5

Chemistry

D-Index
130
Citations
65680
World Ranking
321
National Ranking
7

Ian Manners 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 Ian Manners sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 868 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Manners 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 Ian Manners sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 130 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2017 - De Gennes Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1997 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1996 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ian Manners was affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research output encompassed several interconnected subfields, particularly in Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

Their work focused on multiple specialized topics including:

  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications

Their recent papers displayed a concentration on polymer self-assembly, energy transport, and nanostructured materials:

  • Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Emerging applications for living crystallization-driven self-assembly, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibres for visible-light-driven hydrogen production, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Efficient energy transport in an organic semiconductor mediated by transient exciton delocalization, 2021, Science Advances
  • Superstructured mesocrystals through multiple inherent molecular interactions for highly reversible sodium ion batteries, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors in their research included:

  • Etienne A. LaPierre
  • Brian O. Patrick
  • Louis J. Morris
  • Michael S. Hill
  • Mitchell A. Winnik

Their publications appeared most frequently in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Macromolecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Throughout their career, Ian Manners received several recognitions including:

  • De Gennes Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2017
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2011
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2001
  • Corday-Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1997
  • Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada, 1996
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1994

Best Publications

  • Ammonia-borane and related compounds as dihydrogen sources.

    Anne Staubitz;Alasdair P. M. Robertson;Ian Manners

  • Cylindrical Block Copolymer Micelles and Co-Micelles of Controlled Length and Architecture

    Xiaosong Wang;Gerald Guerin;Hai Wang;Yishan Wang

  • B–N compounds for chemical hydrogen storage

    Charles W. Hamilton;R. Tom Baker;Anne Staubitz;Ian Manners

  • Functional soft materials from metallopolymers and metallosupramolecular polymers

    George R. Whittell;Martin D. Hager;Ulrich S. Schubert;Ian Manners

  • Photonic-crystal full-colour displays

    André C. Arsenault;Daniel P. Puzzo;Ian Manners;Geoffrey A. Ozin

  • Organometallic Polymers with Transition Metals in the Main Chain.

    Paul Nguyen;Paloma Gómez-Elipe;Ian Manners

  • Functional block copolymers: nanostructured materials with emerging applications.

    Felix H. Schacher;Paul A. Rupar;Ian Manners

  • Ring-opening polymerization of strained, ring-tilted ferrocenophanes: a route to high-molecular-weight poly(ferrocenylsilanes)

    Daniel A. Foucher;Ben Zhong Tang;Ian Manners

  • Amine- and phosphine-borane adducts: new interest in old molecules.

    Anne Staubitz;Alasdair P. M. Robertson;Matthew E. Sloan;Ian Manners

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Formation of Boron−Nitrogen Bonds: Catalytic Dehydrocoupling of Amine-Borane Adducts to Form Aminoboranes and Borazines

    Cory A. Jaska;Karen Temple;and Alan J. Lough;Ian Manners

  • Monodisperse cylindrical micelles by crystallization-driven living self-assembly

    Joe B. Gilroy;Torben Gädt;George R. Whittell;Laurent Chabanne

  • Polymers and the Periodic Table: Recent Developments in Inorganic Polymer Science†

    Ian Manners

  • Metallopolymers: New Multifunctional Materials

    George R. Whittell;Ian Manners

  • Multidimensional hierarchical self-assembly of amphiphilic cylindrical block comicelles

    Huibin Qiu;Zachary M. Hudson;Mitchell A. Winnik;Ian Manners

  • Synthetic self-propelled nanorotors.

    Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz;André C. Arsenault;Ian Manners;Geoffrey A. Ozin

  • Synthetic Metal Containing Polymers

    Ian Manners

  • Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations.

    Torben Gädt;Nga Sze Ieong;Graeme Cambridge;Mitchell A. Winnik

  • Putting Metals into Polymers

    Ian Manners

  • Self-Assembly of Organometallic Block Copolymers: The Role of Crystallinity of the Core-Forming Polyferrocene Block in the Micellar Morphologies Formed by Poly(ferrocenylsilane-b-dimethylsiloxane) in n-Alkane Solvents

    Jason A. Massey;Karen Temple;Lan Cao;Yahya Rharbi

  • From colour fingerprinting to the control of photoluminescence in elastic photonic crystals

    André C. Arsenault;Timothy J. Clark;Georg von Freymann;Ludovico Cademartiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell A. Winnik
Mitchell A. Winnik University of Toronto
George R. Whittell
George R. Whittell University of Bristol
Geoffrey A. Ozin
Geoffrey A. Ozin University of Toronto
Alan J. Lough
Alan J. Lough University of Toronto
Harry R. Allcock
Harry R. Allcock Pennsylvania State University
Vladimir Kitaev
Vladimir Kitaev Wilfrid Laurier University
Mark J. MacLachlan
Mark J. MacLachlan University of British Columbia
Neil Coombs
Neil Coombs University of Toronto
Frieder Jäkle
Frieder Jäkle Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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