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D-Index
60
Citations
10655
World Ranking
9884
National Ranking
564

Richard J. Bushby 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 Richard J. Bushby sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 279 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard J. Bushby 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 Richard J. Bushby sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard J. Bushby is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and is active in research areas primarily within Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans numerous subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics with significant focus on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics, and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard J. Bushby include:

  • Ultrasound-triggered therapeutic microbubbles enhance the efficacy of cytotoxic drugs by increasing circulation and tumor drug accumulation and limiting bioavailability and toxicity in normal tissues, 2020, Theranostics
  • ZnO/ZnS photocatalyst from thermal treatment of ZnS: Influence of calcination temperature on development of heterojunction structure and photocatalytic performance, 2023, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • Chiral nematic liquid crystal droplets as a basis for sensor systems, 2022, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
  • Production of giant unilamellar vesicles and encapsulation of lyotropic nematic liquid crystals, 2021, Soft Matter
  • Control of Director Fields in Phospholipid-Coated Liquid Crystal Droplets, 2020, Langmuir

Richard J. Bushby has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Stephen D. Evans, Sally A. Peyman, P. Louise Coletta, Nicola Ingram, and Daniel A. Paterson.

The scientist's publications appear in various specialized journals with multiple contributions to Liquid Crystals, as well as individual papers published in Theranostics, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, and Soft Matter.

Best Publications

  • Discotic liquid crystals 25 years on

    Richard J Bushby;Owen R Lozman

  • Liquid crystals that affected the world: discotic liquid crystals

    Richard J. Bushby;Ken Kawata

  • Mechanism of charge transport in discotic liquid crystals.

    N. Boden;R. J. Bushby;J. Clements;B. Movaghar

  • Mechanism of quasi‐one‐dimensional electronic conductivity in discotic liquid crystals

    N. Boden;R. J. Bushby;J. Clements

  • The synthesis of triphenylene-based discotic mesogens New and improved routes

    N. Boden;R. C. Borner;R. J. Bushby;Andy Cammidge

  • Photoconducting liquid crystals

    Richard J. Bushby;Owen R. Lozman

  • Kinetics of the unrolling of small unilamellar phospholipid vesicles onto self-assembled monolayers

    Louise M. Williams;Stephen D. Evans;Thomas M. Flynn;Andrew Marsh

  • Very high time-of-flight mobility in the columnar phases of a discotic liquid crystal

    Hiroaki Iino;Jun-ichi Hanna;Richard J. Bushby;Bijan Movaghar

  • Device applications of charge transport in discotic liquid crystals

    Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Jonathan Clements;Bijan Movaghar

  • One-dimensional electronic conductivity in discotic liquid crystals

    N. Boden;R.J. Bushby;J. Clements;M.V. Jesudason

  • Redox Enzymes in Tethered Membranes

    Lars J.C. Jeuken;Simon D. Connell;Peter J.F. Henderson;Robert B. Gennis

  • Triphenylene-Based Discotic-Liquid-Crystalline Polymers: A Universal, Rational Synthesis

    Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Andrew N. Cammidge

  • Effects of side-chain length on the charge transport properties of discotic liquid crystals and their implications for the transport mechanism

    Ekaterina O. Arikainen;Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Jonathan Clements

  • Complimentary Polytopic Interactions

    Ekaterina O. Arikainen;Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Owen R. Lozman

  • FIRST OBSERVATION OF AN N-DOPED QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONICALLY-CONDUCTING DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL

    Neville Boden;Ruth C. Borner;Richard J. Bushby;Jonathan Clements

  • Microcontact Printing of Lipophilic Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Attachment of Biomimetic Lipid Bilayers to Surfaces

    A.T.A. Jenkins;N. Boden;R.J. Bushby;S.D. Evans

  • α-Halogenation of triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystals : towards a chiral nucleus

    Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Andrew N. Cammidge;Sarah Duckworth

  • ESR spectrum of a stable triplet π biradical : trioxytriangulene

    Graeme Allinson;Richard J. Bushby;Jean Louis Paillaud;Duro Oduwole

  • The creation of long-lasting glassy columnar discotic liquid crystals using ‘dimeric’ discogens

    Neville Boden;Richard J. Bushby;Andrew N. Cammidge;Ahmed El-Mansoury

  • Single Ion Channel Sensitivity in Suspended Bilayers on Micromachined Supports

    Yaling Cheng;Richard J. Bushby;Stephen D. Evans;Peter F. Knowles

Frequent Co-Authors

Neville Boden
Neville Boden University of Leeds
Stephen D. Evans
Stephen D. Evans University of Leeds
Peter F. Knowles
Peter F. Knowles University of Leeds
Alexander F. Markham
Alexander F. Markham St James's University Hospital
Peter J. F. Henderson
Peter J. F. Henderson University of Leeds
Dietrich Haarer
Dietrich Haarer University of Bayreuth
Goran Ungar
Goran Ungar Xi'an Jiaotong University
Rik Brydson
Rik Brydson University of Leeds
Andrew P. Brown
Andrew P. Brown University of Leeds
Timothy D. H. Bugg
Timothy D. H. Bugg University of Warwick

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