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D-Index
76
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17326
World Ranking
4333
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1368

John G. Verkade 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 G. Verkade sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 551 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John G. Verkade 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 G. Verkade sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John G. Verkade was affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States during their academic career.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010 and were also a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, awarded in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Atranes: new examples with unexpected properties

    John G. Verkade

  • Main group atranes: chemical and structural features

    John G. Verkade

  • Room-Temperature Conversion of Soybean Oil and Poultry Fat to Biodiesel Catalyzed by Nanocrystalline Calcium Oxides

    Reddy C.R.V.;R Oshel;J G Verkade

  • Spectroscopic studies of metal-phosphorus bonding in coordination complexes

    J.G. Verkade

  • Titanium alkoxides as initiators for the controlled polymerization of lactide.

    Youngjo Kim;G K Jnaneshwara;John G Verkade

  • Ligand-, Copper-, and Amine-Free Sonogashira Reaction of Aryl Iodides and Bromides with Terminal Alkynes

    Sameer Urgaonkar;John G. Verkade

  • Highly active palladium catalysts supported by bulky proazaphosphatrane ligands for Stille cross-coupling: coupling of aryl and vinyl chlorides, room temperature coupling of aryl bromides, coupling of aryl triflates, and synthesis of sterically hindered biaryls.

    Weiping Su;Sameer Urgaonkar;Patrick A. Mclaughlin;John G. Verkade

  • pKa measurements of P(RNCH2CH3)3N

    Philip B. Kisanga;John G. Verkade;Reinhard Schwesinger

  • A General Method for the Direct α‐Arylation of Nitriles with Aryl Chlorides

    Jingsong You;John G. Verkade

  • Novel Titanatranes with Different Ring Sizes: Syntheses, Structures, and Lactide Polymerization Catalytic Capabilities

    Youngjo Kim;John G. Verkade

  • Application of a new bicyclic triaminophosphine ligand in Pd-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination reactions of aryl chlorides, bromides, and iodides.

    Sameer Urgaonkar;Ju-Hua Xu;John G Verkade

  • Proazaphosphatranes: a synthesis methodology trip from their discovery to vitamin A

    John G. Verkade;Philip B. Kisanga

  • The unusually robust phosphorus-hydrogen bond in the novel cation [cyclic] HP(NMeCH2CH2)3N+

    C. Lensink;S. K. Xi;L. M. Daniels;John G. Verkade

  • Phase-vanishing methodology for efficient bromination, alkylation, epoxidation, and oxidation reactions of organic substrates.

    Nirmal K. Jana and;John G. Verkade

  • (t-Bu)2PN=P(i-BuNCH2CH2)3N : New Efficient Ligand for Palladium-Catalyzed C-N Couplings of Aryl and Heteroaryl Bromides and Chlorides and for Vinyl Bromides at Room Temperature

    Ch. Venkat Reddy;Jesudoss V. Kingston;John G. Verkade

  • P(i-BuNCH2CH2)3N: An Efficient Ligand for the Direct α-Arylation of Nitriles with Aryl Bromides

    Jingsong You;John G. Verkade

  • Monomeric and dimeric titanatranes

    W. M. P. B. Menge;J. G. Verkade

  • Selective and Efficient Syntheses of Perhydro-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triones and Carbodiimides from Isocyanates Using ZP(MeNCH2CH2)3N Catalysts

    Jiansheng Tang;Thyagarajan Mohan;John G. Verkade

  • Synthesis of new exceedingly strong non-ionic bases : RN=P(MeNCH2CH2)3N

    Jiansheng Tang;Joel Dopke;John G. Verkade

  • P(RNCH2CH2)3N: An Efficient Promoter for the Nitroaldol (Henry) Reaction

    Philip B. Kisanga;John G. Verkade

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee M. Daniels
Lee M. Daniels Texas A&M University
Zhengkun Yu
Zhengkun Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alan H. Cowley
Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin
Jingsong You
Jingsong You Sichuan University
Ilia A. Guzei
Ilia A. Guzei University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tong Wang
Tong Wang University of Tennessee at Knoxville
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig University of California, Berkeley
Mufit Akinc
Mufit Akinc Iowa State University
Kazunari Taira
Kazunari Taira University of Tokyo
Ute Baumeister
Ute Baumeister Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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