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D-Index
51
Citations
10685
World Ranking
13844
National Ranking
776

Robbie Burch 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 Robbie Burch sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 121 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robbie Burch 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 Robbie Burch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robbie Burch is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom, contributing to research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on several interconnected topics, notably Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies.

Robbie Burch has published in multiple recognized scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • Topics in Catalysis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Burch include:

  • Hydrogenation of benzoic acid to benzyl alcohol over Pt/SnO2 (2020, Applied Catalysis A General)
  • CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Copper Catalysts: Learning from Syngas Conversion (2021, Topics in Catalysis)

The scientist has collaborated with several researchers frequently, including Xiaohan Chen, Ziyun Wang, Helen Daly, Richard G. Morgan, and Haresh Manyar.

Best Publications

  • A review of the selective reduction of NOx, with hydrocarbons under lean-burn conditions with non-zeolitic oxide and platinum group metal catalysts

    Robbie Burch;John Breen;Frederic Meunier

  • Steam reforming of model compounds and fast pyrolysis bio-oil on supported noble metal catalysts

    Cyrille Rioche;Shrikant Kulkarni;Frederic C. Meunier;John P. Breen

  • Gold catalysts for pure hydrogen production in the water–gas shift reaction: activity, structure and reaction mechanism

    Robbie Burch

  • Metal-catalysed steam reforming of ethanol in the production of hydrogen for fuel cell applications

    John Breen;Robbie Burch;H.M. Coleman

  • Spectrokinetic Investigation of Reverse Water-Gas-Shift Reaction Intermediates over a Pt/CeO2 Catalyst

    Alexandre Goguet;Frederic C. Meunier;Daniele Tibiletti;and John P. Breen

  • Knowledge and Know‐How in Emission Control for Mobile Applications

    Robbie Burch

  • Influence of surface structures, subsurface carbon and hydrogen, and surface alloying on the activity and selectivity of acetylene hydrogenation on Pd surfaces: A density functional theory study

    Bo Yang;Robbie Burch;Christopher Hardacre;Gareth Headdock

  • Quantitative analysis of the reactivity of formate species seen by DRIFTS over a Au/Ce(La)O2 water–gas shift catalyst: First unambiguous evidence of the minority role of formates as reaction intermediates

    Frederic Meunier;D. Reid;Alexandre Goguet;Sergiy Shekhtman

  • Study of the origin of the deactivation of a Pt/CeO2 catalyst during reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction

    A. Goguet;F. Meunier;J.P. Breen;R. Burch

  • DFT and in situ EXAFS investigation of gold/ceria-zirconia low-temperature water gas shift catalysts: identification of the nature of the active form of gold.

    D. Tibiletti;A. Amieiro-Fonseca;R. Burch;Y. Chen

  • An investigation of alternative catalytic approaches for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from hydrogen and oxygen

    Robbie Burch;P.R. Ellis

  • Origin of the Increase of Activity and Selectivity of Nickel Doped by Au, Ag, and Cu for Acetylene Hydrogenation

    Bo Yang;Robbie Burch;Christopher Hardacre;Gareth Headdock

  • Structural investigation of the promotional effect of hydrogen during the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with hydrocarbons over Ag/Al2O3 catalysts.

    John P. Breen;Robbie Burch;Christopher Hardacre;Chris J. Hill

  • Exceptional activity for NOx reduction at low temperatures using combinations of hydrogen and higher hydrocarbons on Ag/Al2O3 catalysts

    Robbie Burch;John Breen;Christopher Hill;B. Krutzsch

  • An understanding of chemoselective hydrogenation on crotonaldehyde over Pt(111) in the free energy landscape: The microkinetics study based on first-principles calculations

    X.M. Cao;Robbie Burch;Christopher Hardacre;Peijun Hu

  • On the reactivity of carbonate species on a Pt/CeO2 catalyst under various reaction atmospheres: Application of the isotopic exchange technique

    Frederic C. Meunier;Daniele Tibiletti;Alexandre Goguet;David Reid

  • Quantitative DRIFTS investigation of possible reaction mechanisms for the water-gas shift reaction on high-activity Pt- and Au-based catalysts

    Frederic Meunier;Alexandre Goguet;Christopher Hardacre;Robbie Burch

  • Steric effects in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol using an Ir/C catalyst

    John Breen;Robbie Burch;Javier Gomez-Lopez;K. Griffin

  • An Investigation of Promoter Effects in the Reduction of NO by H2 under Lean-Burn Conditions

    Robbie Burch;M.D. Coleman

  • An investigation of possible mechanisms for the water–gas shift reaction over a ZrO2-supported Pt catalyst

    Daniele Tibiletti;Frederic Meunier;Alexandre Goguet;D. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Hardacre
Christopher Hardacre University of Manchester
Frederic Meunier
Frederic Meunier Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Peijun Hu
Peijun Hu ShanghaiTech University
David Rooney
David Rooney Queen's University Belfast
Juan José Delgado
Juan José Delgado University of Cádiz
Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham
Bongjin Simon Mun
Bongjin Simon Mun Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Lynn F. Gladden
Lynn F. Gladden University of Cambridge
Stuart L. James
Stuart L. James Queen's University Belfast
Zhi-You Zhou
Zhi-You Zhou Xiamen University

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