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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 61 9204 8343 2602 2143 335 13909

Richard S. Glass publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard S. Glass between 1967 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard S. Glass published across 59 years, from 1967 to 2025, averaging 5.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 72 publications in 2005. 2 of the 337 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1967 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 72. Peak 72 publications in 2005. 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 6 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 7 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 11 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 72 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 2 publications
1967 2025

337 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard S. Glass: publications per year, 1967 to 2025
Year Publications
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 2
1973 6
1974 3
1975 1
1976 7
1977 2
1978 4
1979 3
1980 3
1981 5
1982 4
1983 5
1984 5
1985 3
1986 7
1987 6
1988 6
1989 11
1990 9
1991 7
1992 3
1993 3
1994 5
1995 2
1996 3
1997 11
1998 3
1999 3
2000 6
2001 3
2002 2
2003 6
2004 3
2005 72
2006 7
2007 10
2008 5
2009 9
2010 7
2011 8
2012 4
2013 5
2014 7
2015 10
2016 8
2017 9
2018 6
2019 6
2020 4
2021 1
2022 1
2023 2
2024 0
2025 2
Total 337
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Richard S. Glass 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 S. Glass sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 321–340 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 335 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643 335
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Richard S. Glass 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 S. Glass sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 60–61 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882 61
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard S. Glass is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on materials science, engineering, and energy. Within these fields, they have made contributions to several subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work center on the synthesis and properties of polymers, silicone and siloxane chemistry, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, epoxy resin curing processes, fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies research, and tribology and wear analysis.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Polymerizations with Elemental Sulfur: From Petroleum Refining to Polymeric Materials," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: High Refractive Index Polymers from Elemental Sulfur for Infrared Thermal Imaging and Optics," 2020, ACS Macro Letters
  • "On the Mechanism of the Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur: Structural Characterization of Poly(sulfur-random-(1,3-diisopropenylbenzene))," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Sulfenyl Chlorides: An Alternative Monomer Feedstock from Elemental Sulfur for Polymer Synthesis," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Increasing the rate of the hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral water with protic buffer electrolytes," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their research include Jeffrey Pyun, Dennis L. Lichtenberger, Jón T. Njardarson, Arthur C. Gibson, and Taeheon Lee. Collaborations with these researchers have been reflected in multiple publications.

The majority of their work has been published in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Issues in Information Systems

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Richard S. Glass was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984.

Best Publications

  • The use of elemental sulfur as an alternative feedstock for polymeric materials

    Woo Jin Chung;Jared J. Griebel;Eui Tae Kim;Hyunsik Yoon

  • Review of electrochemical studies of complexes containing the Fe2S2 core characteristic of [FeFe]-hydrogenases including catalysis by these complexes of the reduction of acids to form dihydrogen

    Greg A.N. Felton;Charles A. Mebi;Benjamin J. Petro;Aaron K. Vannucci

  • Iron-only hydrogenase mimics. Thermodynamic aspects of the use of electrochemistry to evaluate catalytic efficiency for hydrogen generation.

    Greg A. N. Felton;Richard S. Glass;Dennis L. Lichtenberger;Dennis H. Evans

  • Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: A novel route to high sulfur content polymers for sustainability, energy and defense

    Jared J. Griebel;Richard S. Glass;Kookheon Char;Jeffrey Pyun;Jeffrey Pyun

  • New Infrared Transmitting Material via Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur to Prepare High Refractive Index Polymers

    Jared J. Griebel;Soha Namnabat;Eui Tae Kim;Roland Himmelhuber

  • Hydrogen generation from weak acids: electrochemical and computational studies of a diiron hydrogenase mimic.

    Greg A. N. Felton;Aaron K. Vannucci;Jinzhu Chen;L. Tori Lockett

  • Biosynthesis of selenocysteine on its tRNA in eukaryotes

    Xue-Ming Xu;Bradley A. Carlson;Heiko Mix;Yan Zhang

  • Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur to Prepare Polymeric Electrode Materials for Li–S Batteries

    Adam G. Simmonds;Jared J. Griebel;Jungjin Park;Kwi Ryong Kim

  • Taming of a poison: biosynthesis of the NiFe-hydrogenase cyanide ligands.

    Stefanie Reissmann;Elisabeth Hochleitner;Haofan Wang;Athanasios Paschos

  • Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs)

    Yueyan Zhang;Richard S. Glass;Kookheon Char;Jeffrey Pyun;Jeffrey Pyun

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymers via Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur for Healable Infrared Optical Materials

    Jared J. Griebel;Ngoc A. Nguyen;Soha Namnabat;Laura E. Anderson

  • Monoselenophosphate: synthesis, characterization, and identity with the prokaryotic biological selenium donor, compound SePX.

    Richard S. Glass;Waheguru P. Singh;Woncheol Jung;Zsuzsa Veres;Zsuzsa Veres

  • 1,4,7-TRITHIACYCLONONANE, A NOVEL TRIDENTATE THIOETHER LIGAND, AND THE STRUCTURE OF ITS NICKEL(II), COBALT(II), AND COPPER(II) COMPLEXES

    W. N. Setzer;C. A. Ogle;G. S. Wilson;R. S. Glass

  • High Refractive Index Copolymers with Improved Thermomechanical Properties via the Inverse Vulcanization of Sulfur and 1,3,5-Triisopropenylbenzene

    Tristan S. Kleine;Ngoc A. Nguyen;Laura E. Anderson;Soha Namnabat

  • Inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur with 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne for cathode materials in Li–S batteries

    Philip T. Dirlam;Adam G. Simmonds;Tristan S. Kleine;Tristan S. Kleine;Ngoc A. Nguyen

  • Sulfur-Sulfur Lone Pair and Sulfur-Naphthalene Interactions in Naphtho[1, 8-b,c]-1,5-dithiocin

    Richard S. Glass;Stephen W. Andruski;Jeffrey L. Broeker;Habib Firouzabadi

  • A Metabolic Link between Arsenite and Selenite: The Seleno-bis(S-glutathionyl) Arsinium Ion

    Jürgen Gailer;Graham N. George;Ingrid J. Pickering;Roger C. Prince

  • Preparation of Dynamic Covalent Polymers via Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur

    Jared J. Griebel;Ngoc A. Nguyen;Andrei V. Astashkin;Richard S. Glass

  • Inverse vulcanization of elemental sulfur and styrene for polymeric cathodes in Li-S batteries

    Yueyan Zhang;Jared J. Griebel;Philip T. Dirlam;Ngoc A. Nguyen

  • The Use of Polymers in Li-S Batteries: A Review

    Philip T. Dirlam;Richard S. Glass;Kookheon Char;Jeffrey Pyun

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Pyun
Jeffrey Pyun University of Arizona
Dennis L. Lichtenberger
Dennis L. Lichtenberger University of Arizona
Kookheon Char
Kookheon Char Seoul National University
Eric Block
Eric Block University at Albany, State University of New York
William N. Setzer
William N. Setzer University of Alabama in Huntsville
Michael E. Mackay
Michael E. Mackay University of Delaware
Robert A. Norwood
Robert A. Norwood University of Arizona
Patrick Theato
Patrick Theato Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Helmar Görls
Helmar Görls Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Yung-Eun Sung
Yung-Eun Sung Seoul National University

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