2026 Joseph P. Kennedy: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	64	5811	5623	1495	1399	645	17740
Chemistry	65	7565	6862	2214	1830	645	17966

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

5811

5623

1495

1399

645

17740

Chemistry

7565

6862

2214

1830

645

17966

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

17740

World Ranking

5811

National Ranking

1495

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

17966

World Ranking

7565

National Ranking

2214

Overview

Joseph P. Kennedy is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Organic Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Polymer composites and self-healing
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Their recent publications include:

"Macromolecular Engineering and Additive Manufacturing of Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene)", 2021, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
"Macromolecular Engineering and Additive Manufacturing of Polyisobutylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers. II. The Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene)/Poly(phenylene oxide) System", 2022, Macromolecular Rapid Communications
"Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight and Strength Polyisobutylene-Based Polyurethane and Its Use for the Development of a Synthetic Heart Valve", 2022, Macromolecular Rapid Communications
"Power to Pursue Happiness", 2023, Daedalus
"Partitioning variance in cortical morphometry into genetic, environmental, and subject-specific components", 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Joseph P. Kennedy frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

Naifu Shen
Weinan Xu
Turgut Nugay
Diana M. Smith
Pravesh Parekh

The dominant publication venues for their work are:

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Daedalus
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

Designed Polymers by Carbocationic Macromolecular Engineering

Joseph Kennedy;Bela Ivan

810
Citations
Amphiphilic conetworks: Definition, synthesis, applications

Gabor Erdodi;Joseph P. Kennedy

411
Citations
Medical applications of poly(styrene-block-isobutylene-block-styrene) ("SIBS").

Leonard Pinchuk;Gregory J. Wilson;James J. Barry;Richard T. Schoephoerster

359
Citations
Living carbocationic polymerization. IV. Living polymerization of isobutylene

R. Faust;J. P. Kennedy

340
Citations
Thermoplastic elastomers of isobutylene and process of preparation

Joseph P. Kennedy;Judit E. Puskas;Gabor Kaszas;William G. Hager

340
Citations
Living carbocationic polymerization

Rudolf Faust;Joseph P. Kennedy

263
Citations
Living carbocationic polymerization. XXX. One-pot synthesis of allyl-terminated linear and tri-arm star polyisobutylenes, and epoxy- and hydroxy-telechelics therefrom

Béla Iván;Joseph P. Kennedy

251
Citations
New telechelic polymers and sequential copolymers by polyfunctional initiator‐transfer agents (inifers). VII. Synthesis and characterization of α,ω‐di(hydroxy)polyisobutylene

Béla Iván;Joseph P. Kennedy;Victor S. C. Chang

224
Citations
New telechelic polymers and sequential copolymers by polyfunctional initiator-transfer agents (inifers) V. synthesis of α- tert -butyl-ω-isopropenylpolyisobutylene and α, ω-di(isopropenyl)polyisobutylene

Joseph P. Kennedy;Victor S. C. Chang;Robert Alan Smith;Béla Iván

200
Citations
Uniform molecular weight polymers

Gabor Kaszas;Judit Eva Puskas;Joseph Paul Kennedy

197
Citations
Analysis of the linear methods for determining copolymerization reactivity ratios. II. A critical reexamination of cationic monomer reactivity ratios

Joseph P. Kennedy;Tibor Kelen;Ferenc Tüdös

171
Citations
Analysis of the linear methods for determining copolymerization reactivity ratios. IV. A comprehensive and critical reexamination of carbocationic copolymerization data

Tibor Kelen;Ferenc Tüdöus;Béla Turcsányi;Joseph P. Kennedy

171
Citations
Novel telechelic polymers and processes for the preparation thereof

Joseph P. Kennedy

168
Citations
Electron pair donors in carbocationic polymerization

Gabor Kaszas;Judit E. Puskas;C. Charles Chen;Joseph P. Kennedy

160
Citations
Living catalysts, complexes and polymers therefrom

Joseph P. Kennedy;Rudolf Faust

156
Citations
New stars : Eight polyisobutylene arms emanating from a calixarene core

Sunny Jacob;István Majoros;Joseph P. Kennedy

155
Citations
Biosynthesis of glycosphingolipids by mouse neuroblastoma (nb41a), rat glia (rgc-6) and human glia (chb-4) in cell culture.

Glyn Dawson;S.F. Kemp;A.C. Stoolmiller;Albert Dorfman

139
Citations
Natural rubber biosynthesis—A living carbocationic polymerization?

Judit E. Puskas;Emilie Gautriaud;Alain Deffieux;Joseph P. Kennedy

138
Citations
Electron pair donors in carbocationic polymerization. 2. Mechanism of living carbocationic polymerizations and the role of in situ and external electron pair donors

G. Kaszas;J. E. Puskas;C. C. Chen;Joseph P. Kennedy

136
Citations
New telechelic polymers and sequential copolymers by polyfunctional initiator-transfer agents (inifers)

Virgil Percec;Suhas C. Guhaniyogi;Joseph P. Kennedy;B. Ivan

131
Citations
Novel telechelic polymers, block copolymers and processes for the preparation thereof

Joseph P. Kennedy;Robert A. Smith;Louis R. Ross

128
Citations