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Maria Forsyth publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Forsyth sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 918 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Maria Forsyth D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria Forsyth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Maria Forsyth is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia, focusing primarily on fields related to engineering and materials science. Their research spans key subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, polymers and plastics, and automotive engineering.

Their work addresses major topics within advanced battery research, with significant contributions to advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, ionic liquids properties and applications, conducting polymers and applications, advanced battery technologies research, corrosion behavior and inhibition, and further advanced battery technologies research.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Electrolytes and Interphases in Sodium-Based Rechargeable Batteries: Recent Advances and Perspectives, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • A reflection on polymer electrolytes for solid-state lithium metal batteries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Toward High-Energy-Density Lithium Metal Batteries: Opportunities and Challenges for Solid Organic Electrolytes, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Engineering high-energy-density sodium battery anodes for improved cycling with superconcentrated ionic-liquid electrolytes, 2020, Nature Materials

Maria Forsyth frequently publishes in specialized journals and conferences. Prominent publication venues include Batteries & Supercaps, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

They collaborate regularly with several coauthors, notably Patrick C. Howlett, Luke A. O'Dell, David Mecerreyes, Fangfang Chen, and Anthony E. Somers, reflecting ongoing partnerships in the field.

Best Publications

  • Energy applications of ionic liquids

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Naoki Tachikawa;Maria Forsyth;Jennifer M. Pringle

  • Use of Ionic Liquids for π-Conjugated Polymer Electrochemical Devices

    Wen Lu;Andrei G. Fadeev;Baohua Qi;Elisabeth Smela

  • Pyrrolidinium Imides: A New Family of Molten Salts and Conductive Plastic Crystal Phases

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Pavla Meakin;Jiazeng Sun;Nahid Amini

  • On the concept of ionicity in ionic liquids

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Ekaterina I. Izgorodina;Andrew P. Abbott

  • Ionic Liquids in Electrochemical Devices and Processes: Managing Interfacial Electrochemistry

    Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Maria Forsyth;Patrick Craig Howlett;Jennifer Mary Pringle

  • Lithium-doped plastic crystal electrolytes exhibiting fast ion conduction for secondary batteries

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Junhua H Huang;Maria Forsyth

  • Room-temperature molten salts based on the quaternary ammonium ion

    Jiazeng Sun;Maria Forsyth;Douglas R Macfarlane

  • Ionic liquids and their solid-state analogues as materials for energy generation and storage

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Patrick C. Howlett;Mega Kar

  • A Review of Ionic Liquid Lubricants

    Anthony E. Somers;Patrick C. Howlett;Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth

  • Low viscosity ionic liquids based on organic salts of the dicyanamide anion

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Jake J Golding;Stewart Forsyth;Maria Forsyth

  • High Rates of Oxygen Reduction over a Vapor Phase–Polymerized PEDOT Electrode

    Bjorn Winther-Jensen;Orawan Winther-Jensen;Maria Forsyth;Douglas Robert Macfarlane

  • High conductivity molten salts based on the imide ion

    D.R McFarlane;J Sun;J Golding;P Meakin

  • Plastic Crystal Electrolyte Materials: New Perspectives on Solid State Ionics

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Maria Forsyth

  • Protein solubilising and stabilising ionic liquids.

    Kyoko Fujita;Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Maria Forsyth

  • Lewis base ionic liquids

    Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Jennifer Mary Pringle;Katarina Maria Johansson;Stewart Forsyth

  • Diffusion layer parameters influencing optimal fuel cell performance

    Larry R Jordan;A Shukla;Thomas Behrsing;N R Avery

  • Characterization of the Lithium Surface in N-Methyl-N-alkylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid Electrolytes

    Patrick Craig Howlett;Narelle Brack;Anthony F Hollenkamp;Maria Forsyth

  • Electrochemical performance of polyaniline nanofibres and polyaniline/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite as an electrode material for aqueous redox supercapacitors

    S R Sivakkumar;Wan Ju Kim;Ji-Ae Choi;Douglas Robert Macfarlane

  • Electrolytes and Interphases in Sodium-Based Rechargeable Batteries: Recent Advances and Perspectives

    Gebrekidan Gebresilassie Eshetu;Giuseppe Antonio Elia;Michel Armand;Maria Forsyth

  • Solubility and stability of cytochrome c in hydrated ionic liquids: effect of oxo acid residues and kosmotropicity.

    Kyoko Fujita;Douglas R MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita

  • High lithium metal cycling efficiency in a room temperature ionic liquid

    P. C. Howlett;D. R. MacFarlane;A. F. Hollenkamp;M. Forsyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. MacFarlane
Douglas R. MacFarlane Monash University
Patrick C. Howlett
Patrick C. Howlett Deakin University
Jennifer M. Pringle
Jennifer M. Pringle Deakin University
Glen B. Deacon
Glen B. Deacon Monash University
David Mecerreyes
David Mecerreyes University of the Basque Country
Michel Armand
Michel Armand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Luke A. O'Dell
Luke A. O'Dell Deakin University
Gordon G. Wallace
Gordon G. Wallace University of Wollongong
Craig Macdonald Forsyth
Craig Macdonald Forsyth Monash University
Peter C. Junk
Peter C. Junk James Cook University

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