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Richard R. Schrock
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Chemistry
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
140
Citations
70952
World Ranking
210
National Ranking
99

Richard R. Schrock 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 R. Schrock sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 783 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard R. Schrock 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 R. Schrock sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Nobel Prize for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard R. Schrock is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmaceutical Science.

Schrock's work extensively covers several topics of scientific interest, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

The scientist has published numerous papers in several prominent venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Chemistry
  • Helvetica Chimica Acta

Among recent publications are:

  • Stereochemical Control Yields Mucin Mimetic Polymers, 2021, ACS Central Science
  • Stereodefined alkenes with a fluoro-chloro terminus as a uniquely enabling compound class, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • E- and Z-trisubstituted macrocyclic alkenes for natural product synthesis and skeletal editing, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Syntheses of "Phosphine-Free" Molybdenum Oxo Alkylidene Complexes through Addition of Water to Alkylidyne Complexes, 2020, Organometallics
  • Tungstacyclopentane Ring Contraction Yields Olefin Metathesis Catalysts, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Charlene Tsay
  • Veronica Carta
  • Matthew P. Conley
  • René Riedel
  • Amir H. Hoveyda

Richard R. Schrock has received multiple awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2008
  • Nobel Prize, 2005, for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1990
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1989
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1976

Best Publications

  • Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations.

    Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Richard M. Crooks;Lance C. Seefeldt;Kara L. Bren

  • Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia at a Single Molybdenum Center

    Dmitry V. Yandulov;Richard R. Schrock

  • Molybdenum and tungsten imido alkylidene complexes as efficient olefin-metathesis catalysts.

    Richard R. Schrock;Amir H. Hoveyda

  • Synthesis of molybdenum imido alkylidene complexes and some reactions involving acyclic olefins

    Richard R. Schrock;John S. Murdzek;Gui C. Bazan;Jennifer Robbins

  • High oxidation state multiple metal-carbon bonds.

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Multiple Metal–Carbon Bonds for Catalytic Metathesis Reactions (Nobel Lecture)

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization catalyzed by well-characterized transition-metal alkylidene complexes

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia at a Single Molybdenum Center

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Alkylidene complexes of niobium and tantalum

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Recent advances in high oxidation state Mo and W imido alkylidene chemistry.

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Preparation and properties of some cationic complexes of rhodium(I) and rhodium(III)

    John A. Osborn;Richard R. Schrock

  • Catalytic Z -selective olefin cross-metathesis for natural product synthesis

    Simon J. Meek;Robert V. O’Brien;Josep Llaveria;Richard R. Schrock

  • Synthesis of Titanium and Zirconium Complexes That Contain the Tridentate Diamido Ligand, [((t-Bu-d6)N-o-C6H4)2O]2- ([NON]2-) and the Living Polymerization of 1-Hexene by Activated [NON]ZrMe2

    Robert Baumann;William M. Davis;Richard R. Schrock

  • .pi.-Bonded complexes of the tetraphenylborate ion with rhodium(I) and iridium(I)

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  • Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. I. Evolution of the catalytic system and the hydrogenation of olefins

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  • Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 2,3-difunctionalized norbornadienes by Mo(:CHBu-tert)(:NC6H3Pr-iso2-2,6)(OBu-tert)2

    G. C. Bazan;E. Khosravi;Richard R. Schrock;W. J. Feast

  • Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia by Molybdenum: Theory versus Experiment

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Preparation and reactivity of several alkylidene complexes of the type W(CHR')(N-2,6-C6H3-iso-Pr2)(OR)2 and related tungstacyclobutane complexes. Controlling metathesis activity through the choice of alkoxide ligand

    Richard R. Schrock;R. T. DePue;J. Feldman;C. J. Schaverien

  • Alkylcarbene complex of tantalum by intramolecular .alpha.-hydrogen abstraction

    Richard R. Schrock

  • Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of 2,3-Difunctionalized- Norbornadienes by Mo(CH-t-Bu)(N-2,6-C(6)H(3)-i-Pr(2)(O-t-Bu)(2)

    G. C. Bazan;E. Khosravi;R. R. Schrock;W. J. Feast

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir H. Hoveyda
Amir H. Hoveyda Boston College
William M. Davis
William M. Davis MIT
Peter Müller
Peter Müller MIT
Melvyn Rowen Churchill
Melvyn Rowen Churchill University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Robert E. Cohen
Robert E. Cohen MIT
Christophe Copéret
Christophe Copéret ETH Zurich
Christopher C. Cummins
Christopher C. Cummins MIT
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Ming Joo Koh
Ming Joo Koh National University of Singapore
Jean-Marie Basset
Jean-Marie Basset King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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