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Karen I. Goldberg

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16937
World Ranking
8306
National Ranking
2400

Karen I. Goldberg 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 Karen I. Goldberg sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 162 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen I. Goldberg 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 Karen I. Goldberg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% 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

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Karen I. Goldberg is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily centers on materials science, with significant focus on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. Additional areas of work include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as oncology.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Michael R. Gau (40 collaborations)
  • Patrick J. Carroll (24 collaborations)
  • Anant Kumar Jain (21 collaborations)
  • Werner Kaminsky (15 collaborations)
  • D. Michael Heinekey (14 collaborations)

Karen I. Goldberg has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues. The most frequent venues of publication include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (69 publications)
  • Organometallics (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)
  • Green Chemistry (1 publication)
  • Chemical Science (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Karen I. Goldberg comprise:

  • A Metal-Free, Photocatalytic Method for Aerobic Alkane Iodination, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Metal/Ligand Proton Tautomerism Facilitates Dinuclear H2 Reductive Elimination, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • (Hexamethylbenzene)Ru catalysts for the Aldehyde-Water Shift reaction, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Comparing Square-Planar RhI and IrI: Metal-Ligand Proton Tautomerism, Fluxionality, and Reactivity, 2022, Organometallics
  • The underappreciated influence of ancillary halide on metal-ligand proton tautomerism, 2022, Chemical Science

Karen I. Goldberg has received various recognitions and awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1997)

Best Publications

  • NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities: Common Laboratory Solvents, Organics, and Gases in Deuterated Solvents Relevant to the Organometallic Chemist

    Gregory R. Fulmer;Alexander J. M. Miller;Nathaniel H. Sherden;Hugo E. Gottlieb

  • Efficient catalysis of ammonia borane dehydrogenation.

    Melanie C Denney;Vincent Pons;Travis J Hebden;D Michael Heinekey

  • A soluble copper–bipyridine water-oxidation electrocatalyst

    Shoshanna M. Barnett;Karen I. Goldberg;James M. Mayer

  • Activation and functionalization of C-H bonds

    Karen I. Goldberg;Alan S. Goldman

  • Characterization of a Rhodium(I) σ-Methane Complex in Solution

    Wesley H. Bernskoetter;Cynthia K. Schauer;Karen I. Goldberg;Maurice Brookhart

  • Reactions of late transition metal complexes with molecular oxygen

    Luc Boisvert;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Mechanisms of C-C and C-H alkane reductive eliminations from octahedral Pt(IV): reaction via five-coordinate intermediates or direct elimination?

    Dawn M. Crumpton-Bregel;Karen I. Goldberg

  • C−H Activation at Pt(II) To Form Stable Pt(IV) Alkyl Hydrides

    Douglas D. Wick;Karen I. Goldberg

  • HOMOGENEOUS HYDROCARBON CH BOND ACTIVATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION WITH PLATINUM

    Ulrich Fekl;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Studies of reductive elimination reactions to form carbon-oxygen bonds from Pt(IV) complexes.

    B S Williams;K I Goldberg

  • Energetics and Mechanisms of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Iodide Reductive Elimination from a Pt(IV) Center

    Karen I. Goldberg;JiYang Yan;Eric M. Breitung

  • Insertion of molecular oxygen into a palladium(II) hydride bond.

    Melanie C. Denney;Nicole A. Smythe;Kara L. Cetto;Richard A. Kemp

  • Large-Scale Selective Functionalization of Alkanes.

    Karen I. Goldberg;Alan S. Goldman

  • Five-Coordinate Intermediates in Carbon−Carbon Reductive Elimination Reactions from Pt(IV)

    Dawn M. Crumpton;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Substituted Amine Boranes: Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Implications for Hydrogen Storage

    Brandon L. Dietrich;Karen I. Goldberg;D. Michael Heinekey;Tom Autrey

  • A stable five-coordinate platinum(IV) alkyl complex.

    Ulrich Fekl;Werner Kaminsky;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Direct Observation of C−O Reductive Elimination from Pt(IV)

    B. Scott Williams;and Andrew W. Holland;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Investigations of iridium-mediated reversible C-H bond cleavage: characterization of a 16-electron iridium(III) methyl hydride complex.

    Wesley H. Bernskoetter;Susan Kloek Hanson;Sara K. Buzak;Zoe Davis

  • C-H bond activation by rhodium(I) hydroxide and phenoxide complexes.

    Susan M. Kloek;D. Michael Heinekey;Karen I. Goldberg

  • Five-Coordinate Platinum(IV) Complexes

    Kyle A. Grice;Margaret L. Scheuermann;Karen I. Goldberg

  • C−H Bond Activation by Rhodium(I) Phenoxide and Acetate Complexes: Mechanism of H−D Exchange between Arenes and Water

    Susan Kloek Hanson;D. Michael Heinekey;Karen I. Goldberg

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Michael Heinekey
D. Michael Heinekey University of Washington
Alan S. Goldman
Alan S. Goldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James M. Mayer
James M. Mayer Yale University
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Alexander J. M. Miller
Alexander J. M. Miller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maurice Brookhart
Maurice Brookhart University of Houston
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas J. Emge
Thomas J. Emge Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Giuliano Giambastiani
Giuliano Giambastiani University of Strasbourg

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