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Richard L. McCreery

Richard L. McCreery

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
33785
World Ranking
1860
National Ranking
43

Richard L. McCreery 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 L. McCreery sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 320 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. McCreery 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 L. McCreery sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard L. McCreery is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electrochemistry.

The main topics covered in McCreery's work include:

  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

McCreery has published extensively across multiple reputable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ACS Nano
  • Accounts of Chemical Research

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Redox Flow Batteries: How to Determine Electrochemical Kinetic Parameters," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Solid-State Protein Junctions: Cross-Laboratory Study Shows Preservation of Mechanism at Varying Electronic Coupling," 2020, iScience
  • "Carbon-Based Molecular Junctions for Practical Molecular Electronics," 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Molecular Signature and Activationless Transport in Cobalt-Terpyridine-Based Molecular Junctions," 2020, Advanced Electronic Materials
  • "Ion-Assisted Resonant Injection and Charge Storage in Carbon-Based Molecular Junctions," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Ushula M. Tefashe
  • Mustafa Supur
  • Shailendra K. Saxena
  • Anna K. Farquhar
  • Karthik Shankar

Richard L. McCreery has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1992 and was a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Advanced carbon electrode materials for molecular electrochemistry.

    Richard L. McCreery

  • Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Materials: Structural Basis of Observed Spectra

    Yan Wang;Daniel C. Alsmeyer;Richard L. McCreery

  • Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis

    Richard L McCreery

  • Control of Electron Transfer Kinetics at Glassy Carbon Electrodes by Specific Surface Modification

    Peihong Chen and;Richard L. McCreery

  • Molecular Electronic Junctions

    Richard L. McCreery

  • Raman Spectroscopy of Normal and Diseased Human Breast Tissues

    Christopher J. Frank;Richard L. McCreery;Douglas C. B. Redd

  • Potential oxidative pathways of brain catecholamines.

    Daniel C. S. Tse;Richard L. McCreery;Ralph N. Adams

  • Progress with Molecular Electronic Junctions: Meeting Experimental Challenges in Design and Fabrication

    Richard L. McCreery;Adam Johan Bergren

  • Photoresist‐Derived Carbon for Microelectromechanical Systems and Electrochemical Applications

    Srikanth Ranganathan;Richard McCreery;Sree Mouli Majji;Marc Madou

  • Reactions of Organic Monolayers on Carbon Surfaces Observed with Unenhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Yi-Chun Liu;Richard L. McCreery

  • Mono- and multilayer formation by diazonium reduction on carbon surfaces monitored with atomic force microscopy "scratching".

    Franklin Anariba;Stacy H. DuVall;Richard L. McCreery

  • Electron Transfer Kinetics at Modified Carbon Electrode Surfaces: The Role of Specific Surface Sites

    Piehong. Chen;Mark A. Fryling;Richard L. McCreery

  • Corrosion Protection of Untreated AA‐2024‐T3 in Chloride Solution by a Chromate Conversion Coating Monitored with Raman Spectroscopy

    Jun Zhao;Gerald Frankel;Richard L. McCreery

  • Activation of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite for heterogeneous electron transfer: relationship between electrochemical performance and carbon microstructure

    Robert J. Bowling;Richard T. Packard;Richard L. McCreery

  • Effects of chromate and chromate conversion coatings on corrosion of aluminum alloy 2024-T3

    J. Zhao;L. Xia;A. Sehgal;D. Lu

  • Covalent Bonding of Organic Molecules to Cu and Al Alloy 2024 T3 Surfaces via Diazonium Ion Reduction

    Belinda L. Hurley;Richard L. McCreery

  • Control of Catechol and Hydroquinone Electron-Transfer Kinetics on Native and Modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes

    Stacy Hunt DuVall and;Richard L. McCreery

  • Anomalously Slow Electron Transfer at Ordered Graphite Electrodes: Influence of Electronic Factors and Reactive Sites

    Kristin Kneten Cline;Mark T. McDermott;Richard L. McCreery

  • Self-catalysis by Catechols and Quinones during Heterogeneous Electron Transfer at Carbon Electrodes

    Stacy H. DuVall and;Richard L. McCreery

  • Effects of Redox System Structure on Electron-Transfer Kinetics at Ordered Graphite and Glassy Carbon Electrodes

    Kristin R. Kneten;Richard L. McCreery

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald S. Frankel
Gerald S. Frankel The Ohio State University
Ralph N. Adams
Ralph N. Adams University of Kansas
Yiliang Wu
Yiliang Wu TE Connectivity (China)
Keith J. Stevenson
Keith J. Stevenson The University of Texas at Austin
Julie V. Macpherson
Julie V. Macpherson University of Warwick
George Z. Chen
George Z. Chen University of Nottingham
Patrick R. Unwin
Patrick R. Unwin University of Warwick
Robert A. W. Dryfe
Robert A. W. Dryfe University of Manchester
Jillian M. Buriak
Jillian M. Buriak University of Alberta
Yury Gogotsi
Yury Gogotsi Drexel University

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