2026 Martin Saunders: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	69	4682	4531	1241	1167	350	15902
Chemistry	67	6946	6296	2070	1716	347	15063

Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1965 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Martin Saunders is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within chemistry and materials science, concentrating notably on fullerene chemistry, computational drug discovery, and malaria research.

Their primary fields of study include:

Chemistry
Materials Science

Within these, Saunders has contributed notably to the following subfields:

Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their main research topics are:

Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Malaria Research and Control
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Among their recent publications are:

"MAIP: a web service for predicting blood-stage malaria inhibitors," published in 2021 in the Journal of Cheminformatics
"Reversible Diels-Alder Addition to Fullerenes: A Study of Dimethylanthracene with H2@C60," 2022, Nanomaterials
"A H₂@C₆₀¹H NMR probe for sensitively detecting the supramolecular interactions between a molecular tweezer and C₆₀," 2024, Chemical Communications
"Environmentally Stable Reversible Cavitand Molecular Switches Based on the Excimer of Perylene," 2024, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
"MAIP: A web service for predicting blood-stage malaria inhibitors," 2020, Research Square

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Saunders include:

Wenjie Liang
Hai Xu
Yixing He
Zhi Yu
Selina X. Yao

Saunders' publications have appeared in various venues such as:

Journal of Cheminformatics
Nanomaterials
Chemical Communications
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Research Square

Throughout their career, Saunders has been recognized with several honors including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1998)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1988)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1965)

Best Publications

Conformations of cycloheptadecane. A comparison of methods for conformational searching

Martin Saunders;K. N. Houk;Yun Dong Wu;W. Clark Still

702
Citations
A selective laser melting and solution heat treatment refined Al-12Si alloy with a controllable ultrafine eutectic microstructure and 25% tensile ductility

Xiaopeng Li;Xiaojun Wang;Xiaojun Wang;Martine Saunders;Alexandra Suvorova

680
Citations
Atomically Dispersed Transition Metals on Carbon Nanotubes with Ultrahigh Loading for Selective Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction.

Yi Cheng;Shiyong Zhao;Bernt Johannessen;Jean Pierre Veder

622
Citations
Magnetite Nanoparticle Dispersions Stabilized with Triblock Copolymers

L. A. Harris;J. D. Goff;A. Y. Carmichael;J. S. Riffle

532
Citations
Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia

David Wacey;Matt R. Kilburn;Martin Saunders;John Cliff

474
Citations
Stochastic exploration of molecular mechanics energy surfaces. Hunting for the global minimum

Martin Saunders

419
Citations
Determination of lattice polarity for growth of GaN bulk single crystals and epitaxial layers

F. A. Ponce;D. P. Bour;W. T. Young;M. Saunders

346
Citations
Effect of particle size on the photocatalytic activity of nanoparticulate zinc oxide

Aaron Dodd;Allan Mckinley;Martin Saunders;T. Tsuzuki

312
Citations
Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of the Fullerene Dimer C120

Koichi Komatsu;Guan-Wu Wang;Yasujiro Murata;Toru Tanaka

293
Citations
Nanodiamonds in sp2/sp3 configuration for radical to nonradical oxidation: Core-shell layer dependence

Xiaoguang Duan;Zhimin Ao;Huayang Zhang;Martin Saunders

283
Citations
Heteroatom (N or N‐S)‐Doping Induced Layered and Honeycomb Microstructures of Porous Carbons for CO2 Capture and Energy Applications

Wenjie Tian;Huayang Zhang;Hongqi Sun;Alexandra A. Suvorova

233
Citations
High-Performance Perovskite Composite Electrocatalysts Enabled by Controllable Interface Engineering

Xiaomin Xu;Yangli Pan;Lei Ge;Yubo Chen

229
Citations
Clusters of iron-rich cells in the upper beak of pigeons are macrophages not magnetosensitive neurons

Christoph Daniel Treiber;Marion Claudia Salzer;Johannes Riegler;Nathaniel Edelman

223
Citations
Iron Single Atoms on Graphene as Nonprecious Metal Catalysts for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells.

Yi Cheng;Shuai He;Shanfu Lu;Jean-Pierre Veder

205
Citations
THE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRUM OF RIBONUCLEASE1

Martin Saunders;Arnold Wishnia;John G. Kirkwood

203
Citations
Surface-tailored nanodiamonds as excellent metal-free catalysts for organic oxidation

Xiaoguang Duan;Zhimin Ao;Zhimin Ao;Degang Li;Degang Li;Hongqi Sun

198
Citations
Conclusion of the classical-nonclassical ion controversy based on the structural study of the 2-norbornyl cation

George A. Olah;G. K. Surya Prakash;Martin Saunders

175
Citations
Theoretical calculation of equilibrium isotope effects using ab initio force constants: application to NMR isotope perturbation studies

Martin Saunders;Keith E. Laidig;Max Wolfsberg

173
Citations
Lüders-like deformation associated with stress-induced martensitic transformation in NiTi

Geraldine Tan;Yinong Liu;Petr Sittner;Petr Sittner;Martin Saunders

171
Citations
Naturally occurring gold nanoparticles and nanoplates

R.M. Hough;R.R.P. Noble;G.J. Hitchen;R. Hart

167
Citations
Measurement of an Amine Inversion Rate Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Martin. Saunders;Fukiko. Yamada

164
Citations
Effect of particle Size on the Photocatalytic Acivity of Nanoparticulate Zinc Oxide

A.C. Dodd;Allan Mckinley;Martin Saunders;T. Tsuzuki

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