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D-Index
50
Citations
7911
World Ranking
14502
National Ranking
810

John E. McGrady 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 John E. McGrady sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 226 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John E. McGrady 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 John E. McGrady sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

John E. McGrady is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions primarily span the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant body of work in Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Other focal areas include Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse set of areas, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Iron-based superconductors research

McGrady has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Science
  • Faraday Discussions

Their recent notable papers encompass:

  • Electronic structure and bonding in endohedral Zintl clusters, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • [Cu4@E18]4- (E = Sn, Pb): Fused Derivatives of Endohedral Stannaspherene and Plumbaspherene, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Solution-Based Group 14 Zintl Anions: New Frontiers and Discoveries, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • A family of lead clusters with precious metal cores, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A Zintl Cluster for Transition Metal-Free Catalysis: CO Bond Reductions, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

McGrady has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Zhong-Ming Sun
  • Harry W. T. Morgan
  • Meera Mehta
  • Cong-Cong Shu
  • Lei Qiao

Best Publications

  • C-F and C-H bond activation of fluorobenzenes and fluoropyridines at transition metal centers: how fluorine tips the scales.

    Eric Clot;Odile Eisenstein;Naseralla Jasim;Stuart A. Macgregor

  • Multidimensional crystal engineering of bifunctional metal complexes containing complementary triple hydrogen bonds

    Andrew D. Burrows;Chin-Wing Chan;Mubarik M. Chowdhry;John E. McGrady

  • A Comparison of C--F and C--H Bond Activation by Zerovalent Ni and Pt: A Density Functional Study

    Meike Reinhold;John E. Mcgrady;Robin N. Perutz

  • Experimental and theoretical investigations of new dinuclear palladium complexes as precatalysts for the amination of aryl chlorides.

    Ute Christmann;Dimitrios A Pantazis;Jordi Benet-Buchholz;John E McGrady

  • Electrochemical and theoretical investigations of the reduction of [Fe2(CO)5L{μ-SCH2XCH2S}] complexes related to [FeFe] hydrogenase

    Jean-François Capon;Salah Ezzaher;Frédéric Gloaguen;François Y. Pétillon

  • Oxidative Addition, Transmetalation, and Reductive Elimination at a 2,2′-Bipyridyl-Ligated Gold Center

    Matthew J. Harper;Matthew J. Harper;Christopher J. Arthur;John Crosby;Edward J. Emmett

  • Coordination and oxidative addition of octafluoronaphthalene at a nickel centre: isolation of an intermediate in C–F bond activation

    Thomas Braun;Leroy Cronin;Catherine L. Higgitt;John E. McGrady

  • Competing C-F activation pathways in the reaction of Pt(0) with fluoropyridines: phosphine-assistance versus oxidative addition.

    Ainara Nova;Stefan Erhardt;Naseralla A. Jasim;Robin N. Perutz

  • Cationic phosphorus–carbon–pnictogen cages isolobal to [C5R5]+

    Cheryl Fish;Michael Green;John C. Jeffery;Richard J. Kilby

  • Redox-Induced Changes in the Geometry and Electronic Structure of Di-μ-oxo-Bridged Manganese Dimers

    John E. McGrady;Robert Stranger

  • Bonding of η1-Acetylide Ligands to Electron-Rich Ruthenium Centers: Can Electron-Withdrawing Ligands Induce Significant Metal-to-Ligand Back-Bonding?

    John E. McGrady;Timothy Lovell;Robert Stranger;Mark G. Humphrey

  • On the structural landscape in endohedral silicon and germanium clusters, M@Si12 and M@Ge12.

    José M. Goicoechea;John E. McGrady

  • Energetics of halogen bonding of group 10 metal fluoride complexes.

    Torsten Beweries;Lee Brammer;Naseralla A. Jasim;John E. McGrady

  • Broken-Symmetry and Approximate Spin-Projected Potential Energy Curves for Bimetallic Systems: A Density Functional Study of M2Cl9, M = CrIII, MoIII, WIII, and ReIV

    John E. McGrady;Robert Stranger;Timothy Lovell

  • Characterisation of the UV, visible and near-IR spectra of the fulleride anions C601–, C602– and C603–, and theoretical analysis of the spectra of C601+, C600, C601–, C602– and C603– by self consistent field-Xα-scattered-wave (SCF-Xα-SW) calculations

    Graham A. Heath;John E. McGrady;Raymond L. Martin

  • Synthesis and characterization of [Ru@Ge12]3-: an endohedral 3-connected cluster.

    Gabriela Espinoza-Quintero;Jack C. A. Duckworth;William K. Myers;John E. McGrady

  • Probing the Balance between Localization and Delocalization of the Metal-Based Electrons in Face-Shared Bioctahedral Complexes.

    John E. McGrady;Timothy Lovell;Robert Stranger

  • A three-state model for the polymorphism in linear tricobalt compounds.

    Dimitrios A. Pantazis;John E. Mcgrady

  • Experimental and computational study of the structural and electronic properties of Fe(II)(2,2'-bipyridine)(mes)2 and [Fe(II)(2,2'-bipyridine)(mes)2]-, a complex containing a 2,2'-bipyridyl radical anion.

    Mark Irwin;Rhiannon K. Jenkins;Mark S. Denning;Tobias Krämer

  • Selective activation of the ortho C?F bond in pentafluoropyridine by zerovalent nickel: Reaction via a metallophosphorane intermediate stabilized by neighboring group assistance from the pyridyl nitrogen

    Ainara Nova;Meike Reinhold;Robin N. Perutz;Stuart A. Macgregor

  • Synthesis and structural characterisation of stable cationic gold(I) alkene complexes.

    Thomas N. Hooper;Michael Green;John E. McGrady;Jaynika R. Patel

  • Multidimensional Crystal Engineering of Bifunctional Metal Complexes Containing Complementary Triple Hydrogen Bonds

    A. D. Burrows;C.‐W. Chan;M. M. Chowdhry;J. E. Mcgrady

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Goicoechea
Jose M. Goicoechea University of Oxford
Dimitrios A. Pantazis
Dimitrios A. Pantazis Max Planck Society
Feliu Maseras
Feliu Maseras Institut Català d'Investigació Química
Michael A. Hayward
Michael A. Hayward University of Oxford
Stuart MacGregor
Stuart MacGregor QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Zhong-Ming Sun
Zhong-Ming Sun Nankai University
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robin N. Perutz
Robin N. Perutz University of York
D. Michael P. Mingos
D. Michael P. Mingos University of Oxford
Yiannis Sanakis
Yiannis Sanakis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research

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