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D-Index
58
Citations
10434
World Ranking
10772
National Ranking
2963

Ralph S. Becker 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 Ralph S. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 220 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph S. Becker 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 Ralph S. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ralph S. Becker was affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their academic career included research activities connected to this institution.

While specific details on Becker's research output, including titles of recent papers, fields or subfields of study, and main topics, are not available, the affiliation itself situates them within a research environment likely focused on areas represented at the University of Houston.

No record of frequent co-authors or publication venues was provided, nor were there listed book publications or awards associated with their career. This absence of data limits a more detailed account of Becker's scholarly collaborations and dissemination channels.

Becker is noted as deceased, which contextualizes their academic contributions as historical within their respective fields. Though explicit subjects, research topics, and thematic areas are not documented here, Becker's professional legacy remains tied to the university environment in which they worked.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of Si(111) surfaces prepared using aqueous solutions of NH4F versus HF

    G. S. Higashi;R. S. Becker;Y. J. Chabal;A. J. Becker

  • Comprehensive Evaluation of the Absorption, Photophysical, Energy Transfer, Structural, and Theoretical Properties of α-Oligothiophenes with One to Seven Rings

    Ralph S. Becker;J. Seixas de Melo;António L. Maçanita,†,‖ and;Fausto Elisei

  • Photochromism of Synthetic and Naturally Occurring 2H-Chromenes and 2H-Pyrans

    Ralph S. Becker;J. Michl

  • Erratum: Comprehensive Investigation of the Electronic Spectroscopy and Theoretical Treatments of Ferrocene and Nickelocene

    Donald R. Scott;Ralph S. Becker

  • Extension of electron affinities and ionization potentials of aromatic hydrocarbons.

    Ralph S. Becker;Edward Chen

  • Photochromic spiropyrans. I. Absorption spectra and evaluation of the .pi.-electron orthogonality of the constituent halves

    Norris W. Tyer;Ralph Sherman Becker

  • COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE SOLUTION PHOTOPHYSICS AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF OLIGOTHIOPHENES OF 1-7 RINGS

    R. S. Becker;J. Seixas de Melo;A. L. Macanita;Fausto Elisei

  • Photophysics, Photochemistry, Kinetics, and Mechanism of the Photochromism of 6′-Nitroindolinospiropyran

    C. Lenoble;R. S. Becker

  • Singlet and triplet energies of α-oligothiophenes: A spectroscopic, theoretical, and photoacoustic study: Extrapolation to polythiophene

    J. Seixas de Melo;Luı́s M. Silva;Luı́s G. Arnaut;R. S. Becker

  • Comparative Investigation of the Photoisomerization of the Protonated and Unprotonated n-Butylamine Schiff Bases of 9-cis-, 11-cis-, 13-cis-, and all-trans-Retinals

    K. A. Freedman;R. S. Becker

  • Thermal electron attachment to some aliphatic and aromatic chloro, bromo, and iodo derivatives

    Wayne E. Wentworth;Ralph Sherman Becker;Roberta Tung

  • A comprehensive investigation of the photophysics and photochemistry of salicylideneaniline and derivatives of phenylbenzothiazole including solvent effects

    Ralph S. Becker;Christian. Lenoble;Abudi. Zein

  • The visual process: photophysics and photoisomerization of model visual pigments and the primary reaction.

    Ralph S. Becker

  • A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISM AND PHOTOPHYSICS OF ISOMERIZATION OF A PROTONATED AND UNPROTONATED SCHIFF BASE OF 11-CIS-RETINAL

    R. S. Becker;K. Freedman

  • Comprehensive Spectroscopic Investigation of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons. I. Absorption Spectra and State Assignments for the Tetracyclic Hydrocarbons and their Alkyl‐Substituted Derivatives

    Ralph S. Becker;Indra Sen Singh;Elizabeth A. Jackson

  • Photochromic Anils. Mechanisms and Products of Photoreactions and Thermal Reactions

    Ralph S. Becker;W. Frank. Richey

  • Potential Method for the Determination of Electron Affinities of Molecules: Application to Some Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    W. E. Wentworth;Ralph S. Becker

  • .beta.-Carboline photosensitizers. 1. Photophysics, kinetics and excited-state equilibria in organic solvents, and theoretical calculations

    A. Dias;A. P. Varela;M. da G. Miguel;A. L. Macanita

  • Photophysics, photochemistry and kinetics of photochromic 2H-pyrans and chromenes

    Christian Lenoble;Ralph S. Becker

  • Effect of Metal Atom Perturbations on the Luminescent Spectra of Porphyrins

    Jean B. Allison;Ralph S. Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo
J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo University of Coimbra
Suresh Das
Suresh Das National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Hugh D. Burrows
Hugh D. Burrows University of Coimbra
Ernst Bayer
Ernst Bayer University of Tübingen
Loredana Latterini
Loredana Latterini University of Perugia
René V. Bensasson
René V. Bensasson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ronald G. Harvey
Ronald G. Harvey University of Chicago
David M. Murray
David M. Murray National Institutes of Health
João C. Lima
João C. Lima Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Fernando B. Dias
Fernando B. Dias Durham University

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