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Paul R. Raithby

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
27366
World Ranking
5152
National Ranking
301

Paul R. Raithby 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 Paul R. Raithby sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,102 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Paul R. Raithby 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 Paul R. Raithby sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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
  • 1986 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Paul R. Raithby is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. The research focus primarily lies within materials science and chemistry, with a substantial number of publications in subfields including materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul R. Raithby include Lauren E. Hatcher, Muhammad S. Khan, Mark R. Warren, Rashid Ilmi, and Sara Fuertes. The scholar has contributed extensively to several scientific venues. The most common journals and platforms for publication are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Dyes and Pigments

Recent publications span research articles on functional materials, organic electronics, and lanthanide complexes. Notable papers include:

  • "Non-covalent interactions (NCIs) in π-conjugated functional materials: advances and perspectives" (2023) in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "A tris β-diketonate europium(III) complex based OLED fabricated by thermal evaporation method displaying efficient bright red emission" (2021) in Organic Electronics
  • "Towards white light emission from a hybrid thin film of a self-assembled ternary samarium(III) complex" (2020) in New Journal of Chemistry
  • "Salts of Lanthanide(III) Hexafluoroacetylacetonates [Ln = Sm(III), Eu(III) and Tb(III)] with Dipyridylammonium cations: Synthesis, characterization, photophysical properties and OLED fabrication" (2022) in Dyes and Pigments
  • "Bright and efficient red emitting electroluminescent devices fabricated from ternary europium complexes" (2020) in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Paul R. Raithby has also contributed to book publications with Springer Science+Business Media, including titles such as 21st Century Challenges in Chemical Crystallography I and II, both released in 2020.

The individual has been recognized with awards including the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) awarded in 1986, and membership in the European Academy of Sciences since 2018.

Best Publications

  • The energy gap law for triplet states in Pt-containing conjugated polymers and monomers.

    Joanne S. Wilson;Nazia Chawdhury;Muna R. A. Al-Mandhary;Muhammad Younus

  • Metal clusters in chemistry

    P Braunstein;L. A. Oro;P. R. Raithby

  • Carbonyl–Carbonyl Interactions can be Competitive with Hydrogen Bonds

    Frank H. Allen;Christine A. Baalham;Jos P. M. Lommerse;Paul R. Raithby

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

    Michael D. Ward;Paul R. Raithby

  • Systematic analysis of the probabilities of formation of bimolecular hydrogen-bonded ring motifs in organic crystal structures

    Frank H. Allen;W D. Samuel Motherwell;Paul R. Raithby;Gregory P. Shields

  • Evolution of lowest singlet and triplet excited states with number of thienyl rings in platinum poly-ynes

    Nazia Chawdhury;Anna Köhler;Richard H. Friend;W.-Y. Wong

  • The coordination chemistry of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridine; the synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and bis(4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine)nickel(II) chloride decahydrate

    Edwin C. Constable;Jack Lewis;Michael C. Liptrot;Paul R. Raithby

  • Resonance-Induced Hydrogen Bonding at Sulfur Acceptors in R1R2C=S and R1CS2− Systems

    F. H. Allen;C. M. Bird;R. S. Rowland;P. R. Raithby

  • Alkyne-Substituted Transition Metal Clusters

    Paul R. Raithby;Maria J. Rosales

  • Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Platinum-Containing Poly-ynes with Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Rings

    Nazia Chawdhury;Anna Köhler;Richard H. Friend;Muhammad Younus

  • Hydrogen-Bond Acceptor and Donor Properties of Divalent Sulfur (Y-S-Z and R-S-H)

    F. H. Allen;C. M. Bird;R. S. Rowland;P. R. Raithby

  • Spatial extent of the singlet and triplet excitons in transition metal‐containing poly‐ynes

    David Beljonne;David Beljonne;H. F. Wittmann;Anna Köhler;S. Graham

  • Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Blue Platinum(II) Polyynes and Diynes.

    Muhammed Younus;Anna Köhler;Stephane Cron;Nazia Chawdhury

  • Triplet states in a series of Pt-containing ethynylenes

    Joanne S. Wilson;Anna Köhler;Richard H. Friend;Mohammed K. Al-Suti

  • Rise of Conjugated Poly-ynes and Poly(Metalla-ynes): From Design Through Synthesis to Structure–Property Relationships and Applications

    Ashanul Haque;Rayya A. Al-Balushi;Idris Juma Al-Busaidi;Muhammad S. Khan

  • Non-covalent interactions (NCIs) in π-conjugated functional materials: advances and perspectives.

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  • The assignment and validation of metal oxidation states in the Cambridge Structural Database

    G.P. Shields;P.R. Raithby;F.H. Allen;W.D.S. Motherwell

  • Cyclometallated tridentate platinum(II) arylacetylide complexes : old wine in new bottles

    Ashanul Haque;Linli Xu;Rayya A. Al-Balushi;Mohammed K. Al-Suti

  • Effects of diphosphine structure on aurophilicity and luminescence in Au(I) complexes

    Aranzazu Pintado-Alba;Héctor de la Riva;Mark Nieuwhuyzen;Delia Bautista

  • Synthesis, characterisation and optical spectroscopy of platinum(II) di-ynes and poly-ynes incorporating condensed aromatic spacers in the backbone

    Muhammad S. Khan;Muna R. A. Al-Mandhary;Mohammed K. Al-Suti;Mohammed K. Al-Suti;Fathiya R. Al-Battashi

  • Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of linear long-chain di-terminal alkynes and their Pt-σ-acetylide polymeric complexes

    Muhammad S. Khan;Ashok K. Kakkar;Nicholas J. Long;Jack Lewis

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Dinuclear Metal σ-Acetylides and Mononuclear Metal σ-Allenylidenes

    Michael C. B. Colbert;Jack Lewis;Nicholas J. Long;Paul R. Raithby

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis University of Cambridge
Brian F. G. Johnson
Brian F. G. Johnson University of Cambridge
Dominic S. Wright
Dominic S. Wright University of Cambridge
Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Matthew G. Davidson
Matthew G. Davidson University of Bath
Alexander Steiner
Alexander Steiner University of Liverpool
Mary McPartlin
Mary McPartlin University of Cambridge
Simon J. Teat
Simon J. Teat Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wing-Tak Wong
Wing-Tak Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mary F. Mahon
Mary F. Mahon University of Bath

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