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Michael J. Ferguson

Michael J. Ferguson

University of Alberta
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
12842
World Ranking
7796
National Ranking
196

Michael J. Ferguson 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 J. Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 344 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Ferguson 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 J. Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael J. Ferguson is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within chemistry and materials science, with a primary focus on materials chemistry and organic chemistry.

Their work covers topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Ferguson has contributed extensively to publications primarily found in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Eric Rivard
  • Rik R. Tykwinski
  • Yuqiao Zhou
  • Robert McDonald
  • Brandon L. Frenette

Among recent publications are:

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Sulfonamides With (Hetero)aryl Chlorides (2020) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • (PSiP)Ni-Catalyzed (E)-Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with Molecular Hydrogen (2021) in ACS Catalysis
  • CgPhen-DalPhos Enables the Nickel-Catalyzed O-Arylation of Tertiary Alcohols with (Hetero)Aryl Electrophiles (2021) in ACS Catalysis
  • A Stable Homoleptic Divinyl Tetrelene Series (2021) in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Frustrated Lewis Pair Chelation as a Vehicle for Low-Temperature Semiconductor Element and Polymer Deposition (2020) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their main fields of study include materials science and chemistry, with subfields focusing on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Challenging nickel-catalysed amine arylations enabled by tailored ancillary ligand design

    Christopher M. Lavoie;Preston M. MacQueen;Nicolas L. Rotta-Loria;Ryan S. Sawatzky

  • Stabilization of the heavy methylene analogues, GeH2 and SnH2, within the coordination sphere of a transition metal.

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Adam C. Malcolm;Sean K. Liew;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Phosphine coordination complexes of the diphenylphosphenium cation: a versatile synthetic methodology for P-P bond formation.

    Neil Burford;Paul J. Ragogna;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson

  • One-pot two-step mechanochemical synthesis: ligand and complex preparation without isolating intermediates

    Michael Ferguson;Nicola Giri;Xu Huang;David Apperley

  • Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Adam C. Malcolm;Sean K. Liew;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Preparation of Stable Low‐Oxidation‐State Group 14 Element Amidohydrides and Hydride‐Mediated Ring‐Expansion Chemistry of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson;Eric Rivard

  • Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly: Solids with Bidirectional Porosity

    Katie Campbell;Christopher J. Kuehl;Michael J. Ferguson;Peter J. Stang

  • Donor/acceptor stabilization of Ge(II) dihydride

    Kelsey C. Thimer;S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Michael J. Ferguson;Robert McDonald

  • Coaxing Solid‐State Phosphorescence from Tellurophenes

    Gang He;William Torres Delgado;Devon J. Schatz;Christian Merten

  • Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Allylboration: Short and Stereodivergent Synthesis of All Four Eupomatilone Diastereomers with Crystallographic Assignments

    Siu Hong Yu;Michael J. Ferguson;Robert Mcdonald;Dennis G. Hall

  • The marriage of metallacycle transfer chemistry with Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling to give main group element-containing conjugated polymers.

    Gang He;Le Kang;William Torres Delgado;Olena Shynkaruk

  • Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions

    Paul A. Lummis;Mohammad R. Momeni;Melanie W. Lui;Robert McDonald

  • Synthesis and Reaction of [(TpiPr2)LnH2]3 (Ln = Y, Lu) with CO: Trinuclear Cluster-Bound Propenolate en Route to Selective Formation of Propene

    Jianhua Cheng;Michael J Ferguson;Josef Takats

  • Trapping the parent inorganic ethylenes H2SiGeH2 and H2SiSnH2 in the form of stable adducts at ambient temperature.

    S. M. Ibrahim Al‐Rafia;Adam C. Malcolm;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Efficient generation of stable adducts of Si(II) dihydride using a donor–acceptor approach

    S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia;Adam C. Malcolm;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Four-Coordinate, 14-Electron RuII Complexes: Unusual Trigonal Pyramidal Geometry Enforced by Bis(phosphino)silyl Ligation

    Morgan C. MacInnis;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson;Sven Tobisch

  • Improved synthesis of N-heterocyclic olefins and evaluation of their donor strengths

    Kate Powers;Christian Hering-Junghans;Robert McDonald;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Esters of 2-Iodoxybenzoic Acid: Hypervalent Iodine Oxidizing Reagents with a Pseudobenziodoxole Structure

    Viktor V. Zhdankin;Alexey Y. Koposov;Dmitry N. Litvinov;Michael J. Ferguson

  • Formazans as β-diketiminate analogues. Structural characterization of boratatetrazines and their reduction to borataverdazyl radical anions

    Joe B. Gilroy;Michael J. Ferguson;Robert McDonald;Brian O. Patrick

  • Crystal structures of La3ZrSb5, La3HfSb5, and LaCrSb3· Structural relationships in ternary rare-earth antimonides

    Michael J. Ferguson;Ryan W. Hushagen;Arthur Mar

  • Scorpionate-Supported Dialkyl and Dihydride Lanthanide Complexes: Ligand- and Solvent-Dependent Cluster Hydride Formation

    Jianhua Cheng;Kuburat Saliu;Gong Y. Kiel;Michael J. Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald University of Alberta
Eric Rivard
Eric Rivard University of Alberta
Rik R. Tykwinski
Rik R. Tykwinski University of Alberta
Neil Burford
Neil Burford University of Victoria
Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Todd L. Lowary
Todd L. Lowary University of Alberta
Viktor V. Zhdankin
Viktor V. Zhdankin University of Minnesota
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Luis Echegoyen
Luis Echegoyen The University of Texas at El Paso
John S. Tse
John S. Tse University of Saskatchewan

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