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Richard J. Staples

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11285
World Ranking
9830
National Ranking
2750

Richard J. Staples 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. Staples sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 376 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard J. Staples 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. Staples 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. Staples is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry within these disciplines.

Their work includes extensive investigations into various aspects of materials, especially energetic compounds and crystallographic studies. The key topics covered in their publications include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
  • Crystal structures of chemical compounds

Key papers authored or co-authored by Richard J. Staples reflect their engagement with the chemistry of energetic molecules and advanced materials. Notable recent publications include:

  • One Step Closer to an Ideal Insensitive Energetic Molecule: 3,5-Diamino-6-hydroxy-2-oxide-4-nitropyrimidone and its Derivatives (2021) - Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Taming nitroformate through encapsulation with nitrogen-rich hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (2021) - Nature Communications
  • Assembling Nitrogen-rich, thermally Stable, and insensitive energetic materials by polycyclization (2021) - Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Energetic compounds based on a new fused triazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine ring: Nitroimino lights up energetic performance (2021) - Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Pushing the Limit of Nitro Groups on a Pyrazole Ring with Energy-Stability Balance (2021) - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jean'ne M. Shreeve, Ajay Kumar Chinnam, Jatinder Singh, Shannon M. Biros, and Chenfeng Ke. These partnerships suggest a network focused on chemical synthesis, energetic materials, and structural analysis.

The scientist has contributed heavily to several journals and publication venues, with the largest number of works appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (198 publications)
  • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications (15 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A (12 publications)
  • Organic Letters (11 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (9 publications)

Richard J. Staples' subfields of study include Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach that bridges chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Luminescence Studies of Gold(I) Thiolate Complexes

    Jennifer M. Forward;David Bohmann;John P. Fackler;Richard J. Staples

  • C2-Symmetric Copper(II) Complexes as Chiral Lewis Acids. Scope and Mechanism of Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Additions of Enolsilanes to (Benzyloxy)acetaldehyde

    David A. Evans;Marisa C. Kozlowski;Jerry A. Murry;Christopher S. Burgey

  • Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanides at “High” pH: Synthesis and Structure of the Pentadecanuclear Complex of Europium(III) with Tyrosine

    Ruiyao Wang;Zhiping Zheng;Tianzhu Jin;Richard J. Staples

  • Halide-templated assembly of polynuclear lanthanide-hydroxo complexes.

    Ruiyao Wang;Hugh D. Selby;Hui Liu;Michael D. Carducci

  • Luminescent Chains Formed from Neutral, Triangular Gold Complexes Sandwiching TlI and AgI. Structures of {Ag([Au(μ-C2,N3-bzim)]3)2}BF4·CH2Cl2, {Tl([Au(μ-C2,N3-bzim)]3)2}PF6·0.5THF (bzim = 1-Benzylimidazolate), and {Tl([Au(μ-C(OEt)NC6H4CH3)]3)2}PF6·THF, with MAu6 (M = Ag+, Tl+) Cluster Cores

    Alfredo Burini;Rita Bravi;John P. Fackler;Rossana Galassi

  • A catalytic asymmetric chlorocyclization of unsaturated amides.

    Arvind Jaganathan;Atefeh Garzan;Daniel C. Whitehead;Richard J. Staples

  • Supramolecular Chain Assemblies Formed by Interaction of a π Molecular Acid Complex of Mercury with π-Base Trinuclear Gold Complexes

    Alfredo Burini;John P. Fackler;Rossana Galassi;Tiffany A. Grant

  • Luminescent mononuclear gold(I) phosphines

    Christopher King;Mohammed N. I. Khan;Richard J. Staples;John P. Fackler

  • Silyl Phosphorus and Nitrogen Donor Chelates for Homogeneous Ortho Borylation Catalysis

    Behnaz Ghaffari;Sean M. Preshlock;Donald L. Plattner;Richard J. Staples

  • Syntheses, Structure, and Photoluminescence Properties of the 1-Dimensional Chain Compounds [(TPA)2Au][Au(CN)2] and (TPA)AuCl (TPA = 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane)

    Zerihun Assefa;Mohammad A. Omary;Brian G. McBurnett;Ahmed A. Mohamed

  • Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear gold(I) ring and open-ring complexes containing saturated and unsaturated dithiol bridging ligands and phosphine or bis(diphosphine) donor ligands. Crystal structures of [Au2(.mu.-S(CH2)3S) (.mu.-dppm)], [Au2(.mu.-MNT)(PPh3)2], [Au2(.mu.-S2C6H4) (PPh3)2], and [Au4(.mu.-S2C6H3CH3)2(PEt3)2]

    Rosa M. Davila;Anabel Elduque;Tiffany Grant;Richard J. Staples

  • Electronic effects in iridium C–H borylations: insights from unencumbered substrates and variation of boryl ligand substituents

    Britt A. Vanchura;Sean M. Preshlock;Philipp C. Roosen;Venkata A. Kallepalli

  • Dinuclear gold(I) dithiophosphonate complexes: synthesis, luminescent properties, and X-ray crystal structures of [AuS2PR(OR')]2 (R = Ph, R' = C5H9; R = 4-C6H4OMe, R' = (1S,5R,2S)-(-)-Menthyl; R = Fc, R' = (CH2)2O(CH2)2OMe).

    Werner E. Van Zyl;José M. Lopez-De-Luzuriaga;Ahmed A. Mohamed;Richard J. Staples

  • Syntheses and Structural Characterizations of Two New Cu-S Clusters of Dialkyl Dithiophosphates: A Sulfide-Centered CuI8 Cube, {Cu8[S2P(OiPr)2]6(.mu.8-S)}, and a Distorted Octahedral {Cu6[S2P(OEt)2]6.cntdot.2H2O} Cluster

    C. W. Liu;Theron Stubbs;Richard J. Staples;John P. Fackler

  • Topochemical Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Hydrogen-Bonded Cross-Linked Organic Frameworks and Their Guest-Induced Elastic Expansion.

    Xuanfeng Jiang;Xuanfeng Jiang;Xunzhe Cui;Andrew J. E. Duncan;Liang Li

  • On the chlorenium source in the asymmetric chlorolactonization reaction.

    Roozbeh Yousefi;Daniel C. Whitehead;Janet M. Mueller;Richard J. Staples

  • Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Gold(I) Complexes of 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (TPA). 2. Multiple-State Emission from (TPA)AuX (X = Cl, Br, I) Complexes

    Zerihun Assefa;Brian G. McBurnett;Richard J. Staples;and John P. Fackler

  • Pyrazole Synthesis Using a Titanium‐Catalyzed Multicomponent Coupling Reaction and Synthesis of Withasomnine

    Supriyo Majumder;Kevin R. Gipson;Richard J. Staples;Aaron L. Odom

  • Functional Aspects of Gif-type Oxidation of Hydrocarbons Mediated by Iron Picolinate H₂O₂-dependent Systems: Evidence for the Generation of Carbon- and Oxygen-centered Radicals

    Salma Kiani;Amy E. Tapper;Richard J. Staples;Pericles Stavropoulos

  • Polycyclic Bis(tert-butylamido)cyclodiphosph(III)azane Complexes of Lithium and Magnesium: Their Syntheses, Molecular Structures, and Relationships to Isoelectronic Cyclodisilazane Derivatives

    Ingo Schranz;Lothar Stahl;Richard J. Staples

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Fackler
John P. Fackler Texas A&M University
Babak Borhan
Babak Borhan Michigan State University
Jean'ne M. Shreeve
Jean'ne M. Shreeve University of Idaho
William D. Wulff
William D. Wulff Michigan State University
Richard E. P. Winpenny
Richard E. P. Winpenny University of Manchester
Milton R. Smith
Milton R. Smith Michigan State University
Suning Wang
Suning Wang Queen's University
Zhiping Zheng
Zhiping Zheng Southern University of Science and Technology
Richard R. Lunt
Richard R. Lunt Michigan State University
Yiannis Sanakis
Yiannis Sanakis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research

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