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Rik R. Tykwinski

Rik R. Tykwinski

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 73 5008 4550 123 111 423 17789

Rik R. Tykwinski publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rik R. Tykwinski between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rik R. Tykwinski published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 12.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 96 publications in 2008. 33 of the 487 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 96. Peak 96 publications in 2008. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 6 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 96 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 18 publications
1988 2025

487 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rik R. Tykwinski: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 3
1990 0
1991 3
1992 7
1993 4
1994 4
1995 1
1996 6
1997 5
1998 10
1999 6
2000 7
2001 8
2002 16
2003 14
2004 12
2005 16
2006 14
2007 9
2008 96
2009 14
2010 11
2011 9
2012 16
2013 11
2014 11
2015 18
2016 16
2017 13
2018 12
2019 14
2020 10
2021 9
2022 23
2023 24
2024 15
2025 18
Total 487
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Rik R. Tykwinski 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 Rik R. Tykwinski 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, 421–440 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: 423 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327 423
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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Rik R. Tykwinski 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 Rik R. Tykwinski 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, 72–73 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: 73 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561 73
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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Overview

Rik R. Tykwinski is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several main research topics:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Rik R. Tykwinski has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • The loss of endgroup effects in long pyridyl-endcapped oligoynes on the way to carbyne, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Advances in Polyynes to Model Carbyne, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Deciphering structure and aggregation in asphaltenes: hypothesis-driven design and development of synthetic model compounds, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Optical gap and fundamental gap of oligoynes and carbyne, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A Field-Effect Transistor Based on Cumulenic sp-Carbon Atomic Wires, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael J. Ferguson
  • Dirk M. Guldi
  • Zachary W. Schroeder
  • Frank Hampel
  • Ilias Papadopoulos

Research dissemination has been consistent in several notable publication venues, such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Acetylene chemistry : chemistry, biology and material science

    François Diederich;Peter J. Stang;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Synthesis of polyynes to model the sp-carbon allotrope carbyne

    Wesley A. Chalifoux;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Polyynes

    Annabelle L. K. Shi Shun;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Supramolecular Assembly Model for Aggregation of Petroleum Asphaltenes

    Murray R. Gray;Rik R. Tykwinski;Jeffrey M. Stryker;Xiaoli Tan

  • Evolution in the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon atoms.

    Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Singlet fission in pentacene dimers

    Johannes Zirzlmeier;Dan Lehnherr;Pedro B. Coto;Erin T. Chernick

  • Polyynes as a model for carbyne: synthesis, physical properties, and nonlinear optical response.

    Sara Eisler;Aaron D. Slepkov;Erin Elliott;Thanh Luu

  • Oligomeric and Polymeric Systems with a Cross-conjugated π-Framework†

    Mojtaba Gholami;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Structure−Property Relationships in Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores

    Rik R. Tykwinski;Ulrich Gubler;Rainer E. Martin;François Diederich

  • Carbon-atom wires: 1-D systems with tunable properties

    Carlo Spartaco Casari;Matteo Maria Saverio Tommasini;R. R. Tykwinski;Alberto Milani

  • Unified model for singlet fission within a non-conjugated covalent pentacene dimer

    Bettina S. Basel;Johannes Zirzlmeier;Constantin Hetzer;Brian T. Phelan

  • Synthesis and properties of long [ n ]cumulenes ( n ≥ 5)

    Johanna A. Januszewski;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Bandlike transport in pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films revealed by subpicosecond transient photoconductivity measurements

    O. Ostroverkhova;David Cooke;S. Shcherbyna;R. F. Egerton

  • Carbon-Rich Compounds: From Molecules to Materials

    Michael M. Haley;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • The surprising nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polyyne oligomers

    Aaron D. Slepkov;Frank A. Hegmann;Sara Eisler;Erin Elliott

  • Pentacene Dimers as a Critical Tool for the Investigation of Intramolecular Singlet Fission.

    Constantin Hetzer;Dirk M. Guldi;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Optical and transient photoconductive properties of pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films: Dependence on film morphology

    Oksana Ostroverkhova;Svitlana Shcherbyna;David G. Cooke;Ray F. Egerton

  • Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly: Solids with Bidirectional Porosity

    Katie Campbell;Christopher J. Kuehl;Michael J. Ferguson;Peter J. Stang

  • Modern Supramolecular Chemistry: Strategies for Macrocycle Synthesis

    François Diederich;Peter J. Stang;Rik R. Tykwinski

  • Picosecond transient photoconductivity in functionalized pentacene molecular crystals probed by terahertz pulse spectroscopy.

    F. A. Hegmann;R. R. Tykwinski;K. P. H. Lui;J. E. Bullock

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald University of Alberta
Michael J. Ferguson
Michael J. Ferguson University of Alberta
Frank Hampel
Frank Hampel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Frank A. Hegmann
Frank A. Hegmann University of Alberta
Viktor V. Zhdankin
Viktor V. Zhdankin University of Minnesota
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Peter J. Stang
Peter J. Stang University of Utah
Murray R. Gray
Murray R. Gray University of Alberta
John E. Anthony
John E. Anthony University of Kentucky

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