2026 John B. Goodenough: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	191	395	263	1253	193456
Materials Science	195	41	21	1219	204171
Chemistry	191	26	16	1049	197397

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2019 - Nobel Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries
2018 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
2017 - Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation
2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 - US President's National Medal of Science "For groundbreaking cathode research that led to the first commercial lithium ion battery, which has since revolutionized consumer electronics with technical applications for portable and stationary power.", President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.
2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1995 - ACM Fellow For technical contributions improving the state of the art and state of the practice of software engineering.
1989 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
1976 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering Designing materials for electronic components and expositor of the relationships between properties, structures, and chemistry.
1975 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
1962 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

John B. Goodenough was a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work primarily focused on engineering, with a strong emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. Their research spanned subfields including automotive engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

Goodenough's research topics covered various aspects of battery technologies and materials, specifically addressing:

Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

The scientist published extensively in several reputable venues, notably:

Advanced Functional Materials
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Chemistry of Materials
Angewandte Chemie
ECS Meeting Abstracts

Some of their recent papers included:

"Black phosphorus composites with engineered interfaces for high-rate high-capacity lithium storage" (2020) in Science
"Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep" (2020) in Nature
"Thermodynamic Understanding of Li-Dendrite Formation" (2020) in Joule
"Enhanced Surface Interactions Enable Fast Li⁺ Conduction in Oxide/Polymer Composite Electrolyte" (2020) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Interfacial Chemistry Enables Stable Cycling of All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries at High Current Densities" (2021) in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Goodenough collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

Nicholas S. Grundish
Yutao Li
Nan Wu
Biyi Xu
Arumugam Manthiram

John B. Goodenough received numerous awards and honors over the course of their career, including:

Nobel Prize (2019) for the development of lithium-ion batteries
Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2018)
Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation (2017)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
US President's National Medal of Science (2011), recognized for groundbreaking cathode research leading to the first commercial lithium-ion battery
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2010)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1996)
ACM Fellow (1995) for technical contributions in software engineering
Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society (1989)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1976) for work on electronic components and materials relationships
Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1975)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1962)

Best Publications

Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries

John B. Goodenough;Youngsik Kim

15698
Citations
The Li-ion rechargeable battery: a perspective.

John B. Goodenough;Kyu-Sung Park

14238
Citations
Phospho‐olivines as Positive‐Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

A. K. Padhi;A. K. Padhi;K. S. Nanjundaswamy;K. S. Nanjundaswamy;John B. Goodenough

10614
Citations
A perovskite oxide optimized for oxygen evolution catalysis from molecular orbital principles.

Jin Suntivich;Kevin J. May;Hubert A. Gasteiger;John B. Goodenough

5411
Citations
LixCoO2 (0<x≤1): A new cathode material for batteries of high energy density

K. Mizushima;P. C. Jones;P. J. Wiseman;John B Goodenough

5307
Citations
Theory of the role of covalence in the perovskite-type manganites [La,M(II)]MnO3

John B. Goodenough

5299
Citations
LixCoO2 (0<x<-1): A new cathode material for batteries of high energy density

K. Mizushima;P. C. Jones;P. J. Wiseman;John B Goodenough

4890
Citations
Magnetism and the chemical bond

John Bannister Goodenough

3186
Citations
Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

3176
Citations
Design principles for oxygen-reduction activity on perovskite oxide catalysts for fuel cells and metal–air batteries

Jin Suntivich;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Haruyuki Nakanishi

3034
Citations
Fast Na+-ion transport in skeleton structures

John B Goodenough;H. Y.P. Hong;J. A. Kafalas

2945
Citations
Lithium insertion into manganese spinels

M. M. Thackeray;W. I.F. David;P. G. Bruce;John B Goodenough

2235
Citations
Effect of Structure on the Fe3 + / Fe2 + Redox Couple in Iron Phosphates

A. K. Padhi;K. S. Nanjundaswamy;C. Masquelier;Shigeto Okada;Shigeto Okada

1760
Citations
The two components of the crystallographic transition in VO2

John B. Goodenough

1741
Citations
An interpretation of the magnetic properties of the perovskite-type mixed crystals La1-xSrxCoO3-λ

John B. Goodenough

1602
Citations
Supercapacitor Behavior with KCl Electrolyte

Hee Y. Lee;John B Goodenough

1563
Citations
X-ray photoemission spectroscopy studies of Sn-doped indium-oxide films

John C. C. Fan;John B. Goodenough

1554
Citations
Development and challenges of LiFePO4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

Li Xia Yuan;Zhao Hui Wang;Wu Xing Zhang;Xian Luo Hu

1443
Citations
PEO/garnet composite electrolytes for solid-state lithium batteries: From “ceramic-in-polymer” to “polymer-in-ceramic”

Long Chen;Yutao Li;Shuai-Peng Li;Li-Zhen Fan;Li-Zhen Fan

1355
Citations
Prussian blue: a new framework of electrode materials for sodium batteries

Yuhao Lu;Long Wang;Jinguang Cheng;John B. Goodenough

1268
Citations
Electrochemical extraction of lithium from LiMn2O4

M.M. Thackeray;P.J. Johnson;L.A. de Picciotto;P.G. Bruce

1265
Citations
Double Perovskites as Anode Materials for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells

Yun-Hui Huang;Ronald I. Dass;Zheng-Liang Xing;John B. Goodenough

1255
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianshi Zhou The University of Texas at Austin

Arumugam Manthiram The University of Texas at Austin

Yutao Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yunhui Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Andrew Hamnett Newcastle University

Jiaqiang Yan Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Sen Xin Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jie Song Emory University

Hongcai Gao Beijing Institute of Technology

Jiantao Han Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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