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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 52 13528 12177 761 675 203 9501

Peter Licence publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Licence between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Licence published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2020. 16 of the 231 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2020. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 15 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

231 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Licence: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 5
2004 5
2005 10
2006 3
2007 8
2008 8
2009 8
2010 14
2011 12
2012 14
2013 7
2014 9
2015 12
2016 8
2017 7
2018 9
2019 7
2020 22
2021 13
2022 11
2023 9
2024 9
2025 15
2026 1
Total 231
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Peter Licence 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 Peter Licence sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 201–220 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 203 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281 203
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Peter Licence 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 Peter Licence sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52–53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872 52
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Peter Licence is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses largely on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on environmental chemistry as a subfield. Other areas of study include catalysis, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their work extensively covers topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, ionic liquids properties and applications, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, process optimization and integration, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and various other chemistry research topics.

Peter Licence has published numerous papers with a frequent presence in several scientific venues. The primary publication outlet is ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, where they have published 42 papers. Other regular venues include The Cambridge Structural Database, ACS Sustainable Resource Management, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Organometallics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Licence include:

  • The Power of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Research (2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • Molecular Control of the Catalytic Properties of Rhodium Nanoparticles in Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Systems (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Thermally-Stable Imidazolium Dicationic Ionic Liquids with Pyridine Functional Groups (2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • Ethanol from Sugarcane and the Brazilian Biomass-Based Energy and Chemicals Sector (2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • Expectations for Manuscripts Contributing to the Field of Solvents in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)

Collaboration is an active component of their research, with frequent co-authors including Bala Subramaniam, Audrey Moores, David T. Allen, Kam Chiu Tam, and Michaël A. R. Meier. These colleagues have contributed to many joint publications, with collaboration counts ranging from 19 to 34 papers.

Best Publications

  • Sustainable technology: green chemistry.

    Martyn Poliakoff;Pete Licence

  • Vapourisation of ionic liquids.

    James P. Armstrong;Christopher Hurst;Robert G. Jones;Peter Licence

  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ionic Liquid-Based Interfaces

    Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia;Florian Maier;Hans-Peter Steinrück

  • Ionic Liquids in Vacuo: Analysis of Liquid Surfaces Using Ultra-High-Vacuum Techniques

    Emily F. Smith;Frank J. M. Rutten;Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia;David Briggs

  • Chemical reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide: from laboratory to commercial plant

    Peter Licence;Jie Ke;Maia Sokolova;Stephen K. Ross

  • Synthesis of benzimidazoles in high-temperature water

    Lucinda M. Dudd;Eleni Venardou;Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo;Peter Licence

  • Measuring and predicting ΔvapH298 values of ionic liquids

    Alexey Deyko;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Jo-Anne Corfield;Alasdair W. Taylor

  • Understanding microwave heating effects in single mode type cavities—theory and experiment

    John Robinson;Sam Kingman;Derek Irvine;Peter Licence

  • Ionic liquids in vacuo; solution-phase X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    Emily F. Smith;Ignacio J. Villar Garcia;David Briggs;Peter Licence

  • Quaternary ammonium and phosphonium based ionic liquids: a comparison of common anions.

    Rebecca K. Blundell;Peter Licence

  • Charging of ionic liquid surfaces under X-ray irradiation: the measurement of absolute binding energies by XPS

    Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia;Emily F. Smith;Alasdair W. Taylor;Fulian Qiu

  • Determining the minimum, critical and maximum fibre content for twisted yarn reinforced plant fibre composites

    Darshil U. Shah;Peter J. Schubel;Peter Licence;Mike J. Clifford

  • Continuous catalytic reactions in supercritical fluids

    Jason R. Hyde;Peter Licence;Daniel Carter;Martyn Poliakoff

  • Monolayer to Bilayer Structural Transition in Confined Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids.

    Alexander M. Smith;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Nitya Nand Gosvami;Peter Licence

  • Fatigue life evaluation of aligned plant fibre composites through S–N curves and constant-life diagrams

    Darshil U. Shah;Peter J. Schubel;Mike J. Clifford;Peter Licence

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids: cation–anion interactions and a comparison to imidazolium-based analogues

    Shuang Men;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Peter Licence

  • High vacuum distillation of ionic liquids and separation of ionic liquid mixtures

    Alasdair W. Taylor;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Alexey Deyko;Peter Licence

  • Pd catalysts immobilized onto gel-supported ionic liquid-like phases (g-SILLPs): A remarkable effect of the nature of the support

    M. Isabel Burguete;Eduardo García-Verdugo;Ignacio Garcia-Villar;Fabien Gelat

  • Vaporisation of an ionic liquid near room temperature

    Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Alexey Deyko;Peter Licence;Robert G. Jones

  • X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Pyridinium‐Based Ionic Liquids: Comparison to Imidazolium‐ and Pyrrolidinium‐Based Analogues

    Shuang Men;Shuang Men;Daniel S. Mitchell;Kevin R. J. Lovelock;Peter Licence

  • Measuring and predicting Delta H-vap(298) values of ionic liquids

    A Deyko;Krj Lovelock;JA Corfield;AW Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Poliakoff
Martyn Poliakoff University of Nottingham
Bala Subramaniam
Bala Subramaniam University of Kansas
David T. Allen
David T. Allen The University of Texas at Austin
Thalappil Pradeep
Thalappil Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Bing-Joe Hwang
Bing-Joe Hwang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Michael W. George
Michael W. George University of Nottingham
Lina Zhang
Lina Zhang Wuhan University
Michael A. R. Meier
Michael A. R. Meier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Steven M. Howdle
Steven M. Howdle University of Nottingham

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