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Matthew J. Fuchter

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
10151
World Ranking
14292
National Ranking
797

Matthew J. Fuchter 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 Matthew J. Fuchter sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 189 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew J. Fuchter 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 Matthew J. Fuchter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% 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

  • 2021 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2014 - Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Matthew J. Fuchter is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions in materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main research topics covered by Matthew J. Fuchter include:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Fuchter are:

  • "On the Promise of Photopharmacology Using Photoswitches: A Medicinal Chemist's Perspective," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Pathways to increase the dissymmetry in the interaction of chiral light and chiral molecules," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Chiral materials and mechanisms for circularly polarized light-emitting diodes," 2024, Nature Photonics
  • "Arylazopyrazoles for Long-Term Thermal Energy Storage and Optically Triggered Heat Release below 0 °C," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Materials for chiral light control," 2023, Nature Reviews Materials

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Matthew J. Fuchter include:

  • Jessica Wade
  • Jake L. Greenfield
  • Andrew J. P. White
  • Aditya R. Thawani
  • Jochen R. Brandt

The most common venues where Matthew J. Fuchter has published work are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Matthew J. Fuchter's research has gained recognition with awards such as the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2021 and the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize from the same society in 2014.

Best Publications

  • The added value of small-molecule chirality in technological applications

    Jochen R. Brandt;Francesco Salerno;Matthew J. Fuchter

  • Arylazopyrazoles: Azoheteroarene Photoswitches Offering Quantitative Isomerization and Long Thermal Half-Lives

    Claire E. Weston;Robert D. Richardson;Peter R. Haycock;Andrew J. P. White

  • Circularly Polarized Phosphorescent Electroluminescence with a High Dissymmetry Factor from PHOLEDs Based on a Platinahelicene.

    Jochen R. Brandt;Xuhua Wang;Ying Yang;Alasdair J. Campbell

  • Tuning azoheteroarene photoswitch performance through heteroaryl design

    Joaquín Calbo;Claire E. Weston;Andrew J. P. White;Henry S. Rzepa

  • Nonmetal Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds

    Daniel J. Scott;Matthew J. Fuchter;Andrew E. Ashley

  • On the Promise of Photopharmacology Using Photoswitches: A Medicinal Chemist's Perspective

    Matthew J Fuchter

  • Chiral materials and mechanisms for circularly polarized light-emitting diodes

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  • Pathways to increase the dissymmetry in the interaction of chiral light and chiral molecules.

    Jake L. Greenfield;Jessica Wade;Jochen R. Brandt;Xingyuan Shi

  • Designing effective ‘frustrated Lewis pair’ hydrogenation catalysts

    Daniel J. Scott;Matthew J. Fuchter;Andrew E. Ashley

  • Materials for chiral light control

    Unknown

  • Arylazopyrazoles for Long-Term Thermal Energy Storage and Optically Triggered Heat Release below 0 °C.

    Mihael A Gerkman;Rosina S. L Gibson;Joaqui n Calbo;Yuran Shi

  • The development of a selective cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that shows antitumor activity.

    Simak Ali;Dean A. Heathcote;Sebastian H.B. Kroll;Ashutosh S. Jogalekar

  • Emergent Properties of an Organic Semiconductor Driven by its Molecular Chirality

    Ying Yang;Beth Rice;Xingyuan Shi;Jochen R. Brandt

  • 500-Fold Amplification of Small Molecule Circularly Polarised Luminescence through Circularly Polarised FRET

    Jessica Wade;Jochen R. Brandt;David Reger;Francesco Zinna

  • Small-molecule histone methyltransferase inhibitors display rapid antimalarial activity against all blood stage forms in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Nicholas A. Malmquist;Thomas A. Moss;Salah Mecheri;Salah Mecheri;Artur Scherf;Artur Scherf

  • High Responsivity Circular Polarized Light Detectors based on Quasi Two-Dimensional Chiral Perovskite Films

    Unknown

  • Metal-free hydrogenation catalyzed by an air-stable borane: use of solvent as a frustrated Lewis base.

    Daniel J. Scott;Matthew J. Fuchter;Andrew E. Ashley

  • Natural optical activity as the origin of the large chiroptical properties in π-conjugated polymer thin films.

    Jessica Wade;James N. Hilfiker;Jochen R. Brandt;Letizia Liirò-Peluso

  • Anomalous circularly polarized light emission in organic light-emitting diodes caused by orbital–momentum locking

    Unknown

  • Facile Protocol for Water-Tolerant “Frustrated Lewis Pair”-Catalyzed Hydrogenation

    Daniel J. Scott;Trevor R. Simmons;Elliot J. Lawrence;Gregory G. Wildgoose

  • A Novel Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine Is a Potent Inhibitor of Cyclin-Dependent Protein Kinases 1, 2, and 9, Which Demonstrates Antitumor Effects in Human Tumor Xenografts Following Oral Administration.

    Dean A Heathcote;Hetal Patel;Sebastian H B Kroll;Pascale Hazel

  • Chaetocin is a nonspecific inhibitor of histone lysine methyltransferases.

    Fanny L Cherblanc;Kathryn L Chapman;Robert Brown;Matthew J Fuchter

  • Versatile Catalytic Hydrogenation Using A Simple Tin(IV) Lewis Acid

    Daniel J. Scott;Nicholas A. Phillips;Joshua S. Sapsford;Arron C. Deacy

  • Defining the Mechanism of Action and Enzymatic Selectivity of Psammaplin A against Its Epigenetic Targets

    Matthias G. J. Baud;Thomas Leiser;Patricia Haus;Sharon Samlal

  • N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Activation of Tetravalent Silicon Compounds: A Critical Evaluation

    Matthew J. Fuchter

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. M. Barrett
Anthony G. M. Barrett Imperial College London
Artur Scherf
Artur Scherf Institut Pasteur
Simak Ali
Simak Ali Imperial College London
Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Kim E. Jelfs
Kim E. Jelfs Imperial College London
Henry S. Rzepa
Henry S. Rzepa Imperial College London
Robert S. Brown
Robert S. Brown Cornell University
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
Brian M. Hoffman
Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University
Andrew B. Holmes
Andrew B. Holmes University of Melbourne

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