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Materials Science

D-Index
47
Citations
7932
World Ranking
11155
National Ranking
323

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6313
World Ranking
16578
National Ranking
366

Richard A. Evans 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 Richard A. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 137 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard A. Evans 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 Richard A. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard A. Evans is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and biomaterials.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard A. Evans include Mohammed A. Jameel, Akhil Gupta, Jingliang Li, Steven J. Langford, and Salman Ali.

They have published repeatedly in several scientific journals, with notable venues including:

  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • ChemPhotoChem
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Naphthalene diimide-based electron transport materials for perovskite solar cells" (2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • "Combined Porogen Leaching and Emulsion Templating to produce Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds" (2020, International Journal of Bioprinting)
  • "4D Ultra-High-Density Long Data Storage Supported by a Solid-State Optically Active Polymeric Material with High Thermal Stability" (2021, Advanced Optical Materials)
  • "Films and Materials Derived from Aminomalononitrile" (2021, Processes)
  • "Towards Sustainable Materials: A Review of Acylhydrazone Chemistry for Reversible Polymers" (2024, Chemistry - A European Journal)

Best Publications

  • Struggling with the praxis of social accounting: Stakeholders, accountability, audits and procedures

    Rob Gray;Colin Dey;Dave Owen;Richard Evans

  • Three-dimensional deep sub-diffraction optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size

    Zongsong Gan;Yaoyu Cao;Richard A. Evans;Min Gu

  • Photo-responsive systems and biomaterials: photochromic polymers, light-triggered self-assembly, surface modification, fluorescence modulation and beyond

    Francesca Ercole;Francesca Ercole;Francesca Ercole;Thomas P. Davis;Richard A. Evans;Richard A. Evans;Richard A. Evans

  • The Rise of Azide–Alkyne 1,3-Dipolar ‘Click’ Cycloaddition and its Application to Polymer Science and Surface Modification

    Richard A. Evans

  • The generic enhancement of photochromic dye switching speeds in a rigid polymer matrix

    Richard A. Evans;Richard A. Evans;Tracey L. Hanley;Tracey L. Hanley;Melissa A. Skidmore;Melissa A. Skidmore;Thomas P. Davis;Thomas P. Davis

  • Synthesis of well-defined polystyrene with primary amine end groups through the use of phthalimido-functional RAFT agents

    Almar Postma;Thomas P. Davis;Richard A. Evans;Guoxin Li

  • Targeting of Cancer Cells Using Click-Functionalized Polymer Capsules

    Marloes M J Kamphuis;Angus P R Johnston;Georgina K Such;Henk H Dam

  • Factors Influencing Photochromism of Spiro-Compounds Within Polymeric Matrices

    Georgina K Such;Richard A Evans;Lachlan H Yee;Thomas P Davis

  • High-photosensitive resin for super-resolution direct-laser-writing based on photoinhibited polymerization

    Yaoyu Cao;Zongsong Gan;Baohua Jia;Richard A. Evans

  • Free Radical Polymers with Tunable and Selective Bio- and Chemical Degradability

    Jos Marie Johannes Paulusse;Roey J. Amir;Richard A. Evans;Craig J. Hawker

  • Facile One‐Step Micropatterning Using Photodegradable Gelatin Hydrogels for Improved Cardiomyocyte Organization and Alignment

    Kelly M. C. Tsang;Nasim Annabi;Francesca Ercole;Kun Zhou

  • New Free-Radical Ring-Opening Acrylate Monomers

    Richard A. Evans;Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer synthesis of amidine‐based, CO2‐responsive homo and AB diblock (Co)polymers comprised of histamine and their gas‐triggered self‐assembly in water

    Jing Yang Quek;Peter J. Roth;Richard A. Evans;Thomas P. Davis

  • Electrochemically Protected Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition

    Vu Hong;Andrew K. Udit;Richard A. Evans;M. G. Finn

  • Photoinitiated Alkyne-Azide Click and Radical Cross-Linking Reactions for the Patterning of PEG Hydrogels

    Rodney T. Chen;Silvia Marchesan;Richard A. Evans;Katie E Styan

  • Free-Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Allylic Sulfides

    Richard A. Evans;Ezio Rizzardo

  • Metal-free and MRI visible theranostic lyotropic liquid crystal nitroxide-based nanoparticles

    Benjamin W. Muir;Durga P. Acharya;Danielle F. Kennedy;Xavier Mulet;Xavier Mulet

  • Photodegradable Gelatin-Based Hydrogels Prepared by Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry for Cell Encapsulation and Release

    Vinh X. Truong;Kelly M. Tsang;Kelly M. Tsang;George P. Simon;Richard L. Boyd

  • Rewritable polarization-encoded multilayer data storage in 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p-nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer

    Xiangping Li;James W. M. Chon;Shuhui Wu;Richard A. Evans

  • Superior Photochromic Performance of Naphthopyrans in a Rigid Host Matrix Using Polymer Conjugation: Fast, Dark, and Tunable

    Nino Malic;Jonathan A. Campbell;Richard A. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Georgina K. Such
Georgina K. Such University of Melbourne
Min Gu
Min Gu University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Helmut Thissen
Helmut Thissen Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Udo Bach
Udo Bach Monash University
Jingliang Li
Jingliang Li Deakin University
Xiangping Li
Xiangping Li Jinan University
Ezio Rizzardo
Ezio Rizzardo Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Curt Wentrup
Curt Wentrup University of Queensland
Graeme Moad
Graeme Moad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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