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D-Index
61
Citations
9650
World Ranking
9500
National Ranking
2667

Jacob W. Petrich 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 Jacob W. Petrich sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 200 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacob W. Petrich 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 Jacob W. Petrich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jacob W. Petrich is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, with a focus on several specific subfields including Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Biophysics, Materials Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring Ionic liquids properties and applications, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, and Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Emily A. Smith, Jared L. Anderson, Kalyan Santra, Xueyu Song, and Muhammad Qamar Farooq.

Jacob W. Petrich has published in several venues with multiple articles appearing in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Other publication venues include ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Analytica Chimica Acta, and Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

  • Characterizing the Solvation Characteristics of Deep Eutectic Solvents Composed of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients as a Hydrogen Bond Donor and/or Acceptor, 2022, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • The degradation of chlorophyll pigments in dairy silage: the timeline of anaerobic fermentation, 2020, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
  • Fast and non-destructive determination of water content in ionic liquids at varying temperatures by Raman spectroscopy and multivariate regression analysis, 2021, Analytica Chimica Acta
  • Temperature-Dependent Constrained Diffusion of Micro-Confined Alkylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquids, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Fluorescence quenching of the SYBR Green I-dsDNA complex by in situ generated magnetic ionic liquids, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Jacob W. Petrich was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, reflecting their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Photophysics and reactivity of heme proteins: a femtosecond absorption study of hemoglobin, myoglobin, and protoheme

    J. W. Petrich;C. Poyart;J. L. Martin

  • On the origin of nonexponential fluorescence decay in tryptophan and its derivatives

    Jacob W. Petrich;M. C. Chang;D. B. McDonald;G. R. Fleming

  • Shape Evolution and Single Particle Luminescence of Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Feng Zhu;Long Men;Long Men;Yijun Guo;Qiaochu Zhu

  • Ligand binding and protein relaxation in heme proteins: a room temperature analysis of nitric oxide geminate recombination

    J. W. Petrich;J. C. Lambry;K. Kuczera;Martin Karplus

  • Organic−Inorganic Nanocomposites via Directly Grafting Conjugated Polymers onto Quantum Dots

    Jun Xu;Jung Wang;Mike Mitchell;Prasun Mukherjee

  • Dynamic Solvation in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Pramit Kumar Chowdhury;Mintu Halder;L. Sanders;T. Calhoun

  • NONEXPONENTIAL FLUORESCENCE DECAY OF TRYPTOPHAN, TRYPTOPHYLGLYCINE, AND GLYCYLTRYPTOPHAN

    M. C. Chang;J. W. Petrich;D. B. Mcdonald;G. R. Fleming

  • Fluorescent species of 7-azaindole and 7-azatryptophan in water

    Y. Chen;R. L. Rich;F. Gai;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Research at the Interface between Chemistry and Virology: Development of a Molecular Flashlight.

    George A. Kraus;Weijiang Zhang;Michael J. Fehr;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose in ionic liquids: a green approach toward the production of biofuels.

    Sayantan Bose;Daniel W. Armstrong;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Photophysics and Biological Applications of 7-Azaindole and Its Analogs

    Alexandre V. Smirnov;D. S. English;R. L. Rich;J. Lane

  • Solution-Processed BiI3 Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: Improved Carrier Collection via Solvent Annealing

    Umar H. Hamdeh;Rainie D. Nelson;Bradley J. Ryan;Ujjal Bhattacharjee;Ujjal Bhattacharjee

  • Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy with subpicosecond resolution: vibrational cooling and delocalization of strain energy in photodissociated (carbonmonoxy)hemoglobin.

    Jacob W. Petrich;J. L. Martin;D. Houde;C. Poyart

  • Enhanced charge separation in organic photovoltaic films doped with ferroelectric dipoles

    Kanwar S. Nalwa;John A. Carr;Rakesh C. Mahadevapuram;Hari K. Kodali

  • Solvation of 7-azaindole in alcohols and water : evidence for concerted, excited-state, double-proton transfer in alcohols

    Y. Chen;F. Gai;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Chemiluminescent activation of the antiviral activity of hypericin: a molecular flashlight.

    S Carpenter;M J Fehr;G A Kraus;J W Petrich

  • Internal motion and electron transfer in proteins: a picosecond fluorescence study of three homologous azurins

    Jacob W. Petrich;James W. Longworth;Graham R. Fleming

  • Photophysics of a novel optical probe: 7-azaindole

    M. Negrerie;F. Gai;S. M. Bellefeuille;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Excited-State Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Solvation Dynamics of the Medicinal Pigment Curcumin

    Ramkrishna Adhikary;Prasun Mukherjee;Tak W. Kee;Jacob W. Petrich

  • Photophysics of hypericin and hypocrellin A in complex with subcellular components: interactions with human serum albumin.

    Kaustuv Das;Alexandra V. Smirnov;Jin Wen;Pavol Miskovsky

  • OBSERVATION OF EXCITED-STATE TAUTOMERIZATION IN THE ANTIVIRAL AGENT HYPERICIN AND IDENTIFICATION OF ITS FLUORESCENT SPECIES

    F. Gai;Michael J. Fehr;Jacob W. Petrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng Gai
Feng Gai University of Pennsylvania
Daniel W. Armstrong
Daniel W. Armstrong The University of Texas at Arlington
Zhiqun Lin
Zhiqun Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Xinchang Pang
Xinchang Pang Georgia Institute of Technology
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Mark S. Hargrove
Mark S. Hargrove Iowa State University
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Jürgen A. Richt
Jürgen A. Richt Kansas State University
Jared L. Anderson
Jared L. Anderson Iowa State University
Marcus E. Kehrli
Marcus E. Kehrli Agricultural Research Service

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