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Lawrence T. Scott

Lawrence T. Scott

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20582
World Ranking
3834
National Ranking
1224

Lawrence T. Scott 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 T. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 337 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lawrence T. Scott 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 T. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lawrence T. Scott is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their published work spans multiple subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Lawrence T. Scott's recent publications include:

  • Double-Helix Supramolecular Nanofibers Assembled from Negatively Curved Nanographenes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Methylene-Bridged [6]-, [8]-, and [10]Cycloparaphenylenes: Size-Dependent Properties and Paratropic Belt Currents, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Lithium-Mediated Mechanochemical Cyclodehydrogenation, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Wavy graphene sheets from electrochemical sewing of corannulene, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Disentangling the Contributions to the Proton Magnetic Shielding in Carbon Nanohoops and Nanobelts: Evidence for a Paratropic Belt-Current, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lawrence T. Scott include:

  • Kenichiro Itami
  • Riccardo Zanasi
  • Guglielmo Monaco
  • Francesco F. Summa
  • Kenta Kato

Most of their publications appear in the following journals:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • International Journal of Social Policy and Education
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Lawrence T. Scott was made a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2012 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Gas-phase production and photoelectron spectroscopy of the smallest fullerene, C20

    Horst Prinzbach;Andreas Weiler;Peter Landenberger;Fabian Wahl

  • Geodesic polyarenes by flash vacuum pyrolysis.

    Vikki M. Tsefrikas;Lawrence T. Scott

  • A grossly warped nanographene and the consequences of multiple odd-membered-ring defects

    Katsuaki Kawasumi;Qianyan Zhang;Yasutomo Segawa;Lawrence T. Scott

  • A rational chemical synthesis of C60.

    Lawrence T. Scott;Margaret M. Boorum;Brandon J. McMahon;Stefan Hagen

  • Corannulene. A convenient new synthesis

    Lawrence T. Scott;Mohammed M. Hashemi;Dayton T. Meyer;Hope B. Warren

  • Corannulene bowl-to-bowl inversion is rapid at room temperature

    Lawrence T. Scott;Mohammed M. Hashemi;Matthew S. Bratcher

  • Fragments of fullerenes: Novel syntheses, structures and reactions

    Lawrence T. Scott

  • A Short, Rigid, Structurally Pure Carbon Nanotube by Stepwise Chemical Synthesis

    Lawrence T. Scott;Edward A. Jackson;Qianyan Zhang;Brian D. Steinberg

  • π-Orbital conjugation and rehybridization in bridged annulenes and deformed molecules in general: π-orbital axis vector analysis

    R. C. Haddon;L. T. Scott

  • Corannulene. A Three-Step Synthesis1

    Lawrence T. Scott;Pei-Chao Cheng;Mohammed M. Hashemi;Matthew S. Bratcher

  • Hole-Transporting Materials with a Two-Dimensionally Expanded π-System around an Azulene Core for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Hidetaka Nishimura;Naoki Ishida;Ai Shimazaki;Atsushi Wakamiya

  • Methods for the Chemical Synthesis of Fullerenes

    Lawrence T. Scott

  • Geodesic polyarenes with exposed concave surfaces

    Lawrence T. Scott;Hindy E. Bronstein;Dorin V. Preda;Ronald B. M. Ansems

  • Diels-Alder reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bay regions: implications for metal-free growth of single-chirality carbon nanotubes.

    Eric H. Fort;Patrick M. Donovan;Lawrence T. Scott

  • Interstellar chemistry: a strategy for detecting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in space.

    F. J. Lovas;Robert J. McMahon;Jens-Uwe Grabow;Melanie Schnell

  • Groundwork for a Rational Synthesis of C60: Cyclodehydrogenation of a C60H30 Polyarene

    Margaret M. Boorum;Yury V. Vasil'ev;Thomas Drewello;Lawrence T. Scott

  • Fragments of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes : designed synthesis, unusual reactions, and coordination chemistry

    Marina A. Petrukhina;Lawrence T. Scott

  • Rearrangements and interconversions of compounds of the formula (CH)n

    Lawrence T. Scott;Maitland. Jones

  • Pentaindenocorannulene and Tetraindenocorannulene: New Aromatic Hydrocarbon π Systems with Curvatures Surpassing That of C60

    Edward A. Jackson;Brian D. Steinberg;Mihail Bancu;and Atsushi Wakamiya

  • Stable High-Order Molecular Sandwiches: Hydrocarbon Polyanion Pairs with Multiple Lithium Ions Inside and Out

    Ari Ayalon;Andrzej Sygula;Pei-Chao Cheng;Mordecai Rabinovitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasutomo Segawa
Yasutomo Segawa Nagoya University
Armin de Meijere
Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University
Nazario Martín
Nazario Martín Complutense University of Madrid
Ivan Aprahamian
Ivan Aprahamian Dartmouth College
Atsushi Wakamiya
Atsushi Wakamiya Kyoto University
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg Harvard University
Diethard K. Bohme
Diethard K. Bohme York University
Francesco Paolucci
Francesco Paolucci University of Bologna
Roman Fasel
Roman Fasel Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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