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Michael C. Baird

Michael C. Baird

Queen's University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
8847
World Ranking
15562
National Ranking
424

Michael C. Baird 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 Michael C. Baird 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.

Michael C. Baird 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 Michael C. Baird sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Michael C. Baird is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed to the field of engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, nuclear and high energy physics, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, and genetics.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, notably advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, particle accelerators and beam dynamics, neutrino physics research, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, extraction and separation processes, and genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Among recent publications attributed to Michael C. Baird are:

  • Search for Active-Sterile Antineutrino Mixing Using Neutral-Current Interactions with the NOvA Experiment, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Liquid Electrolytes Enabling Ultra-High Fast-Charge in Lithium Metal Batteries with NMC-811 Cathodes, 2022, ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • 49. Reduced performance of centromere 15 probe in association with African ancestry, 2022, Cancer Genetics
  • Interphase Design by Localized Super-Concentrated Electrolyte for High-Voltage and High-Power Lithium Metal Batteries, 2023, ECS Meeting Abstracts

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael C. Baird include Brett A. Helms, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga, and N. Anfimov.

The primary venues for their work include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Physical Review Letters, and Cancer Genetics.

Michael C. Baird has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003 under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Benzene Complexes of Ruthenium(II)

    R. A. Zelonka;M. C. Baird

  • Seventeen-electron metal-centered radicals

    Michael C. Baird

  • Novel arene complexes of titanium(IV), zirconium(IV), and hafnium(IV)

    Daniel J. Gillis;Marie Jose Tudoret;Michael C. Baird

  • Carbocationic Alkene Polymerizations Initiated by Organotransition Metal Complexes: An Alternative, Unusual Role for Soluble Ziegler−Natta Catalysts

    Michael C. Baird

  • Ethylene, Styrene, and α-Methylstyrene Polymerization by Mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) (Cp*) Complexes of Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium: Roles of Cationic Complexes of the Type [Cp*MR2]+ (R = Alkyl) as both Coordination Polymerization Catalysts and Carbocationic Polymerization Initiators

    Qinyan Wang;Ruhksana Quyoum;Daniel J. Gillis;Marie-José Tudoret

  • Demonstration of controlled asymmetric induction in organoiron chemistry. Suggestions concerning the specification of chirality in pseudotetrahedral metal complexes containing polyhapto ligands

    Unknown

  • .eta.5-C5Me5TiMe3B(C6F5)3: A carbocationic olefin polymerization initiator masquerading as a Ziegler-Natta catalyst

    Ruhksana Quyoum;Qinyan Wang;Marie-Jose Tudoret;Michael C. Baird

  • Reactions of π-benzeneruthenium(II) complexes with alkylating reagents

    R.A. Zelonka;M.C. Baird

  • Carbon disulphide, carbonyl sulphide, and alkyl and aryl isothiocyanate and perfluorothioacetone complexes of nickel, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and iridium

    Unknown

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Assessment of Cytotoxic Properties of a Series of Titanocene Dichloride Derivatives

    Patrick W. Causey;Michael C. Baird;Susan P. C. Cole

  • Rhodium complexes of the water-soluble phosphine Ph2PCH2CH2NMe3+. Their complexes with hydride, olefin, and carbon monoxide ligands. Their use as olefin hydrogenation and hydroformylation catalysts in aqueous solution and in aqueous/organic solvent two-phase systems, and adsorbed on a cation-exchange resin

    Richard T. Smith;R. Kurt Ungar;Laura J. Sanderson;Michael C. Baird

  • Ethylene and Propylene Polymerization by a Series of Highly Electrophilic, Chiral Monocyclopentadienyltitanium Catalysts

    Sean W. Ewart;Mark J. Sarsfield;Dusan Jeremic;Tracey L. Tremblay

  • Addition reactions of tris(triphenylphosphine)chlororhodium(I); hydrido-, alkyl, and acyl complexes; carbon monoxide insertion and decarbonylation reactions

    Unknown

  • Equilibration between a Phosphine−Cobalt Complex and an Analogous Complex Containing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene: The Thermodynamics of a Phosphine−Carbene Exchange Reaction

    Ryan W. Simms;Mark J. Drewitt;Michael C. Baird

  • Metal carbonyl derivatives of a water soluble phosphine

    R.T. Smith;M.C. Baird

  • An investigation of the homolytic dissociation of [.eta.5-C5Me5Cr(CO)3]2 and related complexes. The role of ligand substitution on the solution thermochemistry of metal-metal bond cleavage

    W. Carl Watkins;Tilman Jaeger;Colleen E. Kidd;Suzanne Fortier

  • A superior precursor for palladium(0)-based cross-coupling and other catalytic reactions.

    Danielle M. Norton;Emily A. Mitchell;Nerine R. Botros;Philip G. Jessop

  • Enhanced anti-cancer activities of some derivatives of titanocene dichloride

    John R. Boyles;Michael C. Baird;Barbara G. Campling;Nidhi Jain

  • Synthesis and Characterization of the Series of d0 Arene Complexes [Cp*MMe2(η6-arene)][MeB(C6F5)3] (M = Ti, Zr, Hf)

    Daniel J. Gillis;Ruhksana Quyoum;Marie-Jo Tudoret;Qinyan Wang

  • Phosphorus-31 NMR studies of catalytic systems containing rhodium complexes of chelating chiral and achiral diphosphines

    David A. Slack;Ian Greveling;Michael C. Baird

  • Transition metal—carbon σ-bond scission

    M.C. Baird

  • Olefin polymerization by pentamethylcyclopentadienyl trimethyltitanium, Cp * TiMe 3

    Sean W. Ewart;Michael C. Baird

  • Combined x-ray crystallographic, single-crystal EPR, and theoretical study of metal-centered radicals of the type [.eta.5C5R5Cr(CO)2L] (R = H, Me; L = CO, tertiary phosphine)

    S. Fortier;M. C. Baird;K. F. Preston;J. R. Morton

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. M. Budzelaar
Peter H. M. Budzelaar University of Naples Federico II
István János Kovács
István János Kovács HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science
William E. Geiger
William E. Geiger University of Vermont
Vedene H. Smith
Vedene H. Smith Queen's University
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
Tom Ziegler
Tom Ziegler University of Calgary
Susan P. C. Cole
Susan P. C. Cole Queen's University
Robert B. Russell
Robert B. Russell Heidelberg University
Philip G. Jessop
Philip G. Jessop Queen's University
Michael F. Cunningham
Michael F. Cunningham Queen's University

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