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D-Index
116
Citations
51497
World Ranking
589
National Ranking
250

Michael D. Ward 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 D. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 876 publications — 98th percentile

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

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

Michael D. Ward 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 D. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2018 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael D. Ward is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Materials Science and Chemistry, contributing extensively to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics within these fields, notably:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Michael D. Ward has published research in various peer-reviewed venues, with a significant presence in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Chemical Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christopher G. P. Taylor, Stephen P. Argent, Michael D. Ludden, Cristina Mozaceanu, and Jerico R. Piper, with collaboration counts ranging from 17 to 42 joint publications.

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on coordination chemistry and supramolecular interactions, with examples such as:

  • "Paradigms of frustration in superionic solid electrolytes," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Orthogonal binding and displacement of different guest types using a coordination cage host with cavity-based and surface-based binding sites," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Outside the box: quantifying interactions of anions with the exterior surface of a cationic coordination cage," 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • "Interaction of anions with the surface of a coordination cage in aqueous solution probed by their effect on a cage-catalysed Kemp elimination," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Self-Assembled Anion-Binding Cryptand for the Selective Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Phosphate Anions," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Awards recognizing their contributions include:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2018)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2011)

Best Publications

  • Measurement of interfacial processes at electrode surfaces with the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance

    Daniel A. Buttry;Michael D. Ward

  • Metal-metal interactions in binuclear complexes exhibiting mixed valency; molecular wires and switches

    Michael D. Ward

  • In situ interfacial mass detection with piezoelectric transducers.

    Michael D. Ward;Daniel A. Buttry

  • Nanoporous Molecular Sandwiches: Pillared Two-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bonded Networks with Adjustable Porosity

    Victoria A. Russell;Cara C. Evans;Wenjie Li;Michael D. Ward

  • Transition-metal sensitised near-infrared luminescence from lanthanides in d–f heteronuclear arrays ☆

    Michael D. Ward

  • Photo-induced electron and energy transfer in non-covalently bonded supramolecular assemblies

    Michael D. Ward

  • Boosted Decision Tree Analysis of Surface-enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectral Serum Profiles Discriminates Prostate Cancer from Noncancer Patients

    Yinsheng Qu;Bao Ling Adam;Yutaka Yasui;Michael D. Ward

  • Molecular engineering of solid-state materials: organometallic building blocks

    Paul J. Fagan;Michael D. Ward;Joseph C. Calabrese

  • Epitaxy and Molecular Organization on Solid Substrates

    Daniel E. Hooks;Torsten Fritz;Michael D. Ward

  • Highly efficient catalysis of the Kemp elimination in the cavity of a cubic coordination cage

    William Cullen;M. Cristina Misuraca;Christopher A. Hunter;Nicholas H. Williams

  • Polynuclear coordination cages

    Michael D. Ward

  • Structural Characterization of a Pentacene Monolayer on an Amorphous SiO2 Substrate with Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction

    Sandra E. Fritz;Stephen M. Martin;C. Daniel Frisbie;Michael D. Ward

  • Functional behaviour from controlled self-assembly:Challenges and prospects

    Michael D. Ward;Paul R. Raithby

  • The Role of Bridging Ligands in Controlling Electronic and Magnetic Properties in Polynuclear Complexes

    Jon A. McCleverty and;Michael D. Ward

  • Non-innocent behaviour in mononuclear and polynuclear complexes: consequences for redox and electronic spectroscopic properties

    Michael D. Ward;Jon A. McCleverty

  • Electrochemical investigation of the energetics of particulate titanium dioxide photocatalysts. The methyl viologen-acetate system

    Michael D. Ward;James R. White;Allen J. Bard

  • Layered Materials by Molecular Design: Structural Enforcement by Hydrogen Bonding in Guanidinium Alkane- and Arenesulfonates

    Victoria A. Russell;Margaret C. Etter;Michael D. Ward

  • Engineering crystal symmetry and polar order in molecular host frameworks.

    K. Travis Holman;Adam M. Pivovar;Michael D. Ward

  • Selective nucleation and discovery of organic polymorphs through epitaxy with single crystal substrates.

    Christine A. Mitchell;Lian Yu;Michael D. Ward

  • Anion-Templated Assembly of a Supramolecular Cage Complex.

    James S. Fleming;Karen L. V. Mann;Charles-Antoine Carraz;Elefteria Psillakis

  • Corrigendum: Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina)

    Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Adams
Harry Adams University of Sheffield
Chunhua Hu
Chunhua Hu New York University
Francesco Barigelletti
Francesco Barigelletti University of Bologna
Bart Kahr
Bart Kahr New York University
Stephen Faulkner
Stephen Faulkner University of Oxford
O. John Semmes
O. John Semmes Eastern Virginia Medical School
Simon J. A. Pope
Simon J. A. Pope Cardiff University
Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Elefteria Psillakis
Elefteria Psillakis Technical University of Crete
Christopher A. Hunter
Christopher A. Hunter University of Pennsylvania

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