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D-Index
49
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13944
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10383
National Ranking
420

Peter J. Dobson publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Dobson sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 216 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Peter J. Dobson D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Dobson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter J. Dobson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their work is primarily situated within the field of engineering, with significant contributions spanning renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, civil and structural engineering, and catalysis.

Their research topics include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, hybrid renewable energy systems, fuel cells and related materials, diamond and carbon-based materials research, ion-surface interactions and analysis, analytical chemistry methods development, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Peter J. Dobson has published in several scholarly venues, with frequent contributions to Contemporary Physics, as well as publications in the Journal of Energy Chemistry, Nature, Nature Communications, and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

  • Decarbonising energy: The developing international activity in hydrogen technologies and fuel cells (2020, Journal of Energy Chemistry)
  • Spin-enhanced nanodiamond biosensing for ultrasensitive diagnostics (2020, Nature)
  • Transforming carbon dioxide into jet fuel using an organic combustion-synthesized Fe-Mn-K catalyst (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Anticipatory life cycle assessment of gold nanoparticles production: Comparison of milli-continuous flow and batch synthesis (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Optical, structural and semiconducting properties of Mn doped TiO2 nanoparticles for cosmetic applications (2022, Journal of King Saud University - Science)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Peter P. Edwards, John Thomas, Gari P. Owen, Xiangyu Jie, and Asterios Gavriilidis.

Best Publications

  • Sizing and phenotyping of cellular vesicles using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

    Rebecca A. Dragovic;Christopher Gardiner;Alexandra S. Brooks;Dionne S. Tannetta

  • Dynamics of film growth of GaAs by MBE from Rheed observations

    J. H. Neave;B. A. Joyce;P. J. Dobson;N. Norton

  • The role of nanomaterials in redox-based supercapacitors for next generation energy storage devices

    Xin Zhao;Beatriz Mendoza Sánchez;Peter J Dobson;Patrick S Grant

  • Reflection high‐energy electron diffraction oscillations from vicinal surfaces—a new approach to surface diffusion measurements

    J. H. Neave;P. J. Dobson;B. A. Joyce;Jing Zhang

  • Luminescence Properties of Nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu

    G. Wakefield;E. Holland;P. J. Dobson;J. L. Hutchison

  • Oscillations in the surface structure of Sn-doped GaAs during growth by MBE

    J.J. Harris;B A. Joyce;P.J. Dobson

  • Decarbonising energy: The developing international activity in hydrogen technologies and fuel cells.

    John Meurig Thomas;Peter P. Edwards;Peter J. Dobson;Gari P. Owen

  • Transforming carbon dioxide into jet fuel using an organic combustion-synthesized Fe-Mn-K catalyst

    Benzhen Yao;Tiancun Xiao;Ofentse A. Makgae;Xiangyu Jie

  • Spin-enhanced nanodiamond biosensing for ultrasensitive diagnostics.

    Benjamin S. Miller;Benjamin S. Miller;Léonard Bezinge;Harriet D. Gliddon;Da Huang

  • Synthesis and Properties of Sub-50-nm Europium Oxide Nanoparticles.

    G Wakefield;HA Keron;PJ Dobson;JL Hutchison

  • Rheed studies of heterojunction and quantum well formation during MBE growth-from multiple scattering to band offsets

    B.A. Joyce;P.J. Dobson;J.H. Neave;K. Woodbridge

  • Dynamic RHEED observations of the MBE growth of GaAs

    J. H. Neave;B. A. Joyce;P. J. Dobson

  • Analysis of reflection high-energy electron-diffraction data from reconstructed semiconductor surfaces

    B. A. Joyce;J. H. Neave;P. J. Dobson;P. K. Larsen

  • High‐Efficiency Organic Electroluminescent Devices Using an Organoterbium Emitter

    S. Capecchi;O. Renault;D.-G. Moon;M. Halim

  • Comparison of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and the correlated inactivation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

    Robert J. Barnes;Rodrigo Molina;Jianbin Xu;Peter J. Dobson

  • Fate of silica nanoparticles in simulated primary wastewater treatment.

    Helen P. Jarvie;Hisham Al-Obaidi;Stephen M. King;Michael J. Bowes

  • Hydrodynamic voltammetry with microelectrodes. Channel microband electrodes : theory and experiment

    Richard G. Compton;Adrian C. Fisher;R. Geoffrey Wellington;Peter J. Dobson

  • Synthesis and characterization of ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles thinly coated with silica

    A Bumb;M W Brechbiel;P L Choyke;L Fugger

  • Structural and optical properties of terbium oxide nanoparticles

    G. Wakefield;H.A. Keron;P.J. Dobson;J.L. Hutchison

  • High resolution x-ray photoemission study of plasma oxidation of indium–tin–oxide thin film surfaces

    V. Christou;M. Etchells;O. Renault;P. J. Dobson

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Hutchison
John L. Hutchison University of Oxford
Mark A. Green
Mark A. Green University of Kent
Martin W. Brechbiel
Martin W. Brechbiel National Institutes of Health
Jamie R. Lead
Jamie R. Lead University of South Carolina
Russell G. Egdell
Russell G. Egdell University of Oxford
Lars Fugger
Lars Fugger University of Oxford
Ivan P. Parkin
Ivan P. Parkin University College London
Xianfeng Chen
Xianfeng Chen University of Edinburgh
Peter L. Choyke
Peter L. Choyke National Institutes of Health
Brian Cantor
Brian Cantor University of Oxford

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