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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 61 9406 8518 2651 2180 168 11131

Lawrence R. Sita publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lawrence R. Sita between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lawrence R. Sita published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 4.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 1998. 7 of the 181 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 1998. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 4 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 3 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 5 publications
1983 2025

181 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lawrence R. Sita: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 3
1986 3
1987 0
1988 1
1989 5
1990 4
1991 3
1992 2
1993 2
1994 3
1995 6
1996 4
1997 6
1998 10
1999 6
2000 3
2001 4
2002 6
2003 7
2004 5
2005 3
2006 8
2007 3
2008 5
2009 4
2010 5
2011 7
2012 1
2013 4
2014 5
2015 4
2016 10
2017 3
2018 1
2019 3
2020 5
2021 5
2022 9
2023 5
2024 2
2025 5
Total 181
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Lawrence R. Sita 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 Lawrence R. Sita sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 161–180 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 168 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350 168
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Lawrence R. Sita 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 Lawrence R. Sita sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 60–61 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882 61
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Lawrence R. Sita is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of materials science and chemistry, with a significant number of publications in related subfields. The main areas of study include organic chemistry, materials chemistry, biomaterials, polymers and plastics, as well as process chemistry and technology.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, and polymer crystallization and properties. These topics reflect a broad interest in both the fundamental and applied aspects of polymer materials and their underlying chemistry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lawrence R. Sita span a range of contemporary research themes. Notable publications include:

  • Stable Thermotropic 3D and 2D Double Gyroid Nanostructures with Sub-2-nm Feature Size from Scalable Sugar-Polyolefin Conjugates, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Quantitative Validation of the Living Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization of 1-Hexene Using Chromophore Quench Labeling, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Highly Versatile Strategy for the Production of Telechelic Polyolefins, 2022, ACS Macro Letters
  • Enantioselective Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization: Production of Optically Active End-Group-Functionalized (+)- or (−)-Poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane) via a Homochiral C1-Symmetric Caproamidinate Hafnium Initiator, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Temporal Control over Two- and Three-State Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization for Modulating the Molecular Weight Distribution Profile of Polyolefins, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Lawrence R. Sita frequently collaborates with a number of researchers across their projects. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter Y. Zavalij
  • Charlotte M. Wentz
  • Wesley S. Farrell
  • Danyon M. Fischbach
  • Mark A. Wallace

Their publications are often found in specialized scientific journals and venues associated with chemistry and materials science. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Macro Letters

Best Publications

  • Double Asymmetric Synthesis and a New Strategy for Stereochemical Control in Organic Synthesis

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  • Rates of Interfacial Electron Transfer through π-Conjugated Spacers

    Sandra B. Sachs;Stephen P. Dudek;Richard P. Hsung;Lawrence R. Sita

  • SELF-ASSEMBLY OF CONJUGATED MOLECULAR RODS : A HIGH-RESOLUTION STM STUDY

    Al-Amin Dhirani;Robert W. Zehner;Richard P. Hsung;Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

  • Tuning the Work Function of Gold with Self-Assembled Monolayers Derived from X−[C6H4−C⋮C−]nC6H4−SH (n = 0, 1, 2; X = H, F, CH3, CF3, and OCH3)

    Robert W. Zehner;Bradley F. Parsons;Richard P. Hsung;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Stereospecific Living Ziegler−Natta Polymerization of 1-Hexene

    Kumudini C. Jayaratne and;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Ex Uno Plures (“Out of One, Many”): New Paradigms for Expanding the Range of Polyolefins through Reversible Group Transfers

    Lawrence R. Sita

  • Self-assembled molecular rectifiers

    A. Dhirani;P.-H. Lin;P. Guyot-Sionnest;R. W. Zehner

  • Dramatic enhancement of activities for living Ziegler-Natta polymerizations mediated by "exposed" zirconium acetamidinate initiators: the isospecific living polymerization of vinylcyclohexane.

    Richard J. Keaton;Kumudini C. Jayaratne;David A. Henningsen;Lisa A. Koterwas

  • Living Ziegler−Natta Cyclopolymerization of Nonconjugated Dienes: New Classes of Microphase-Separated Polyolefin Block Copolymers via a Tandem Polymerization/Cyclopolymerization Strategy

    Kumudini C. Jayaratne;Richard J. Keaton;and David A. Henningsen;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Highly Efficient, Living Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization of Propene with ZnEt2: Practical Production of Ultrahigh to Very Low Molecular Weight Amorphous Atactic Polypropenes of Extremely Narrow Polydispersity

    Wei Zhang;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Unsymmetric Ferrocene-Terminated Phenylethynyl Oligomers Cp2Fe-[C.tplbond.C-C6H4]n-X, (X = SH, SMe, SOMe, and SO2Me)

    Richard P. Hsung;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Lawrence R. Sita

  • 2,2,4,4,5,5-Hexakis(2,6-diethylphenyl)pentastanna[1.1.1]propellane: characterization and molecular structure

    Lawrence R. Sita;Richard D. Bickerstaff

  • Discrete, Multiblock Isotactic–Atactic Stereoblock Polypropene Microstructures of Differing Block Architectures through Programmable Stereomodulated Living Ziegler–Natta Polymerization†

    Matthew B. Harney;Yonghui Zhang;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Living Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization and Copolymerization of Ethene, α-Olefins, and α,ω-Nonconjugated Dienes using Dialkylzinc as “Surrogate” Chain-Growth Sites

    Wei Zhang;Jia Wei;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Correction. Hexakis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)cyclotristannane (R2Sn)3 and Tetrakis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)distannene (R2Sn)2. Their Unprecedented Thermal Interconversion and the First Solution Spectral Characterization of a Distannene

    Satoru. Masamune;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Near-perfect conduction through a ferrocene-based molecular wire

    Stephanie A. Getty;Chaiwat Engtrakul;Lixin Wang;Rui Liu

  • Dinitrogen activation at ambient temperatures: new modes of H(2) and PhSiH(3) additions for an "End-On-Bridged" [Ta(IV)](2)(mu-eta(1):eta(1)-N(2)) complex and for the bis(mu-nitrido) [Ta(V)(mu-N)](2) product derived from facile NN bond cleavage.

    Masakazu Hirotsu;Philip P. Fontaine;Albert Epshteyn;Peter Y. Zavalij

  • Metal‐Mediated Production of Isocyanates, R3ENCO from Dinitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, and R3ECl

    Andrew J. Keane;Wesley S. Farrell;Brendan L. Yonke;Peter Y. Zavalij

  • Degenerative transfer living Ziegler-Natta polymerization: application to the synthesis of monomodal stereoblock polyolefins of narrow polydispersity and tunable block length.

    Yonghui Zhang;Richard J. Keaton;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Extreme N⋮N Bond Elongation and Facile N-Atom Functionalization Reactions within Two Structurally Versatile New Families of Group 4 Bimetallic “Side-on-Bridged” Dinitrogen Complexes for Zirconium and Hafnium

    Masakazu Hirotsu;Philip P. Fontaine;Peter Y. Zavalij;Lawrence R. Sita

  • Aufbaureaktion Redux: Scalable Production of Precision Hydrocarbons from AlR3 (R=Et or iBu) by Dialkyl Zinc Mediated Ternary Living Coordinative Chain‐Transfer Polymerization

    Jia Wei;Wei Zhang;Lawrence R. Sita

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Y. Zavalij
Peter Y. Zavalij University of Maryland, College Park
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Richard P. Hsung
Richard P. Hsung University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael S. Fuhrer
Michael S. Fuhrer Monash University
Louise M. Liable-Sands
Louise M. Liable-Sands University of Delaware
Christopher E. D. Chidsey
Christopher E. D. Chidsey Stanford University
Weitao Yang
Weitao Yang Duke University
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest University of Chicago
Brett A. Helms
Brett A. Helms Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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