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Robert H. Morris

Robert H. Morris

University of Toronto
Canada

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
25232
World Ranking
2939
National Ranking
65

Robert H. Morris 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 Robert H. Morris sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 323 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert H. Morris 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 Robert H. Morris sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
  • 1991 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, Royal Society of Canada

Overview

Robert H. Morris is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and organic chemistry. Their work emphasizes crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, as well as asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis.

The scientist has published extensively across several fields, focusing on organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, metal complexes synthesis and properties, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals, 2020, Science
  • Evaluating techniques for mapping island vegetation from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images: Pixel classification, visual interpretation and machine learning approaches, 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • The Role of Protons and Hydrides in the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Guaiacol at the Ruthenium Nanoparticle-Water Interface, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Enantioselective direct, base-free hydrogenation of ketones by a manganese amido complex of a homochiral, unsymmetrical P-N-P' ligand, 2021, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • A Ruthenium Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex as a Precatalyst for the Efficient Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones, 2022, Organometallics

Frequent coauthors associated with Robert H. Morris include:

  • Alan J. Lough (23 collaborations)
  • Matthew V. Gradiski (18 collaborations)
  • Samantha A. M. Smith (10 collaborations)
  • Benjamin E. Rennie (10 collaborations)
  • Ali Nemati Kharat (9 collaborations)

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (24 publications)
  • Organometallics (4 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta (3 publications)
  • Issues in Information Systems (3 publications)

Among professional distinctions, Robert H. Morris received the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry from the Royal Society of Canada in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • Mechanisms of the H2-hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of polar bonds catalyzed by ruthenium hydride complexes

    Sean E. Clapham;Alen Hadzovic;Robert H. Morris

  • Reactions of transition metal dihydrogen complexes

    Philip G. Jessop;Robert H. Morris

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation and hydrosilylation of ketones catalyzed by iron complexes.

    Robert H. Morris

  • Mechanism of the hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by trans-dihydrido(diamine)ruthenium II complexes.

    ‡ Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Sean E. Clapham;Alen Hadzovic;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

    R. Morris Bullock;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Laura Gagliardi;Paul J. Chirik

  • Amine(imine)diphosphine iron catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones and imines.

    Weiwei Zuo;Alan J. Lough;Young Feng Li;Robert H. Morris

  • Fundamentals and applications of photocatalytic CO 2 methanation

    Ulrich Ulmer;Thomas Dingle;Paul N. Duchesne;Robert H. Morris

  • Exploiting Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Reactions in the Design of Iron Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalysts

    Robert H. Morris

  • Getting Down to Earth: The Renaissance of Catalysis with Abundant Metals.

    Paul Chirik;Robert Morris

  • Highly Efficient Catalyst Systems Using Iron Complexes with a Tetradentate PNNP Ligand for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Polar Bonds

    Christine Sui-Seng;Friederike Freutel;Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Catalytic cycle for the asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral ketones to chiral alcohols: direct hydride and proton transfer from chiral catalysts trans-Ru(H)(2)(diphosphine)(diamine) to ketones and direct addition of dihydrogen to the resulting hydridoamido complexes.

    Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Michael Faatz;and Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Switching On and Off a New Intramolecular Hydrogen-Hydrogen Interaction and the Heterolytic Splitting of Dihydrogen. Crystal and Molecular Structure of [Ir{H(.eta.1-SC5H4NH)}2(PCy3)2]BF4.cntdot.2.7CH2Cl2

    Alan J. Lough;Sunghan Park;Ravindranath Ramachandran;Robert H. Morris

  • Iron(II) Complexes Containing Unsymmetrical P–N–P′ Pincer Ligands for the Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines

    Paraskevi O. Lagaditis;Peter E. Sues;Jessica F. Sonnenberg;Kai Yang Wan

  • Dihydrogen with Frequency of Motion Near the 1H Larmor Frequency. Solid-State Structures and Solution NMR Spectroscopy of Osmium Complexes trans-[Os(H··H)X(PPh2CH2CH2PPh2)2]+ (X = Cl, Br)

    Patricia A. Maltby;Marcel Schlaf;Martin Steinbeck;Alan J. Lough

  • Efficient asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by an iron complex containing a P-N-N-P tetradentate ligand formed by template synthesis.

    Alexandre Mikhailine;Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Catalytic Homogeneous Asymmetric Hydrogenation: Successes and Opportunities

    Chris S. G. Seo;Robert H. Morris

  • Brønsted–Lowry Acid Strength of Metal Hydride and Dihydrogen Complexes

    Robert H. Morris

  • An Acidity Scale for Phosphorus-Containing Compounds Including Metal Hydrides and Dihydrogen Complexes in THF: Toward the Unification of Acidity Scales

    Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Tina P. Fong;Bronwyn Greaves;Dmitry G. Gusev

  • Iron nanoparticles catalyzing the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones.

    Jessica F. Sonnenberg;Neil Coombs;Paul A. Dube;Robert H. Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Lough
Alan J. Lough University of Toronto
Brian R. James
Brian R. James University of British Columbia
David L. Hughes
David L. Hughes University of East Anglia
Philip G. Jessop
Philip G. Jessop Queen's University
Thomas F. Koetzle
Thomas F. Koetzle Argonne National Laboratory
Bruno Chaudret
Bruno Chaudret Paul Sabatier University
Jeremy N. Harvey
Jeremy N. Harvey KU Leuven
Gerd Buntkowsky
Gerd Buntkowsky Technical University of Darmstadt
Laurel L. Schafer
Laurel L. Schafer University of British Columbia
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier

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