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Robert R. Holmes

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10253
World Ranking
11226
National Ranking
3057

Robert R. Holmes 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 R. Holmes sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 365 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert R. Holmes 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 R. Holmes sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert R. Holmes was affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several topics within environmental science, with a focus on hydrology, crystallography, and planetary science.

Their recent papers included:

  • Multi-Step Ahead Water Level Forecasting Using Deep Neural Networks, 2024, published in Water
  • Riverbank stability assessment during hydro-peak flow events: the lower Osage River case (Missouri, USA), 2020, published in International Journal of River Basin Management
  • Influence of hydropower outflow characteristics on riverbank stability: case of the lower Osage River (Missouri, USA), 2020, published in Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • 2023 DZ2 Planetary Defense Campaign, 2024, published in The Planetary Science Journal
  • The Second International Asteroid Warning Network Timing Campaign: 2005 LW3, 2023, published in The Planetary Science Journal

The main fields of study in Holmes' work were Environmental Science, with subfields including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their research topics covered a range of specialized areas such as:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydraulic flow and structures
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Holmes collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Steven Corns, Roberta O. Day, Jeffrey S. Payne, Wesam S. Mohammed-Ali, and César Mendoza. Their work appeared multiple times in key publication venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Water
  • International Journal of River Basin Management
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal

Best Publications

  • Comparison of Phosphorus and Silicon: Hypervalency, Stereochemistry, and Reactivity.

    Robert R. Holmes

  • The stereochemistry of nucleophilic substitution of tetracoordinate silicon

    Robert R. Holmes

  • ORGANOTIN CLUSTER CHEMISTRY

    Robert R. Holmes

  • STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS OF CYCLIC PHOSPHORANES AND THE BERRY EXCHANGE COORDINATE. A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION

    Robert R. Holmes;Joan A. Deiters

  • STRUCTURE OF CYCLIC PENTACOORDINATED MOLECULES OF MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS

    Robert R. Holmes

  • OXO CARBOXYLATE TIN LADDER CLUSTERS. A NEW STRUCTURAL CLASS OF ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS

    Robert R. Holmes;Charles G. Schmid;V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day

  • Phosphoryl Transfer Enzymes and Hypervalent Phosphorus Chemistry

    Robert R. Holmes

  • A NEW STRUCTURAL FORM OF TIN OCTAHEDRALLY COORDINATED IN A DRUM-SHAPED MOLECULE

    V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day;Robert R. Holmes

  • The Heats of Reaction of Pyridine and Nitrobenzene with Boron Trifluoride, Trichloride and Tribromide; the Relative Acceptor Properties of the Boron Halides1,2

    Herbert C. Brown;Robert R. Holmes

  • Five‐Coordinated Structures

    Robert R. Holmes

  • A New Class of Silatranes: Structure and Dynamic NMR Behavior1

    A. Chandrasekaran;and Roberta O. Day;Robert R. Holmes

  • Spectroscopy and structure of pentacoordinated molecules

    Robert R. Holmes

  • Pentacoordinated molecules. 54. Pentacoordinated structures of triphenyltin esters of anthranilic acid, o-(dimethylamino)benzoic acid, and p-aminobenzoic acid formed by intramolecular carboxylate group coordination

    Robert G. Swisher;Jean F. Vollano;V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day

  • Mononuclear and tetranuclear diorganotin(IV) carboxylates from the reaction of dimethyltin oxide with anthranilic acid and its p-amino isomer

    V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day;Joan M. Holmes;Robert R. Holmes

  • Pentacoordinated molecules. 79. Pentacoordinate acyclic and cyclic anionic oxysilicates. A silicon-29 NMR and x-ray structural study

    K. C. Kumara Swamy;V. Chandrasekhar;John J. Harland;Joan M. Holmes

  • NEW GEOMETRICAL FORM FOR TIN. SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF THE SPIROCYCLIC COMPLEX ((CH3)4N)((C7H6S2)2SNCL) AND THE RELATED MONOCYCLIC DERIVATIVE ((C2H5)4N)((C7H6S2)PH2SNCL)

    A. C. Sau;R. O. Day;R. R. Holmes

  • Pentacoordinated molecules. 95. Influence of phosphorus-sulfur bonding in the formation of octahedrally coordinated cyclic pentaoxyphosphoranes

    T. K. Prakasha;Roberta O. Day;Robert R. Holmes

  • A NEW STRUCTURAL FORM OF TIN IN AN OXYGEN-CAPPED CLUSTER

    Roberta O. Day;Joan M. Holmes;V. Chandrasekhar;Robert R. Holmes

  • Pentacoordinated molecules. 54. Hydrolysis pathway leading to the formation of novel oxo- and halo-bridged tin(IV) ladder compounds. The molecular structure of the dimeric distannoxanes [Ph2(Cl)SnOSnPh2(OH)]2.cntdot.2Me2CO and [Ph2(Cl)SnOSnPh2(Cl)]2

    Jean F. Vollano;Roberta O. Day;Robert R. Holmes

  • Organotin clusters. 4. Cubic, butterfly, and oxygen-capped clusters of n-butyloxotin phosphinates. A new class of organotin compounds

    Robert R. Holmes;K. C. Kumara. Swamy;Charles G. Schmid;Roberta O. Day

  • Intramolecularly formed pentacoordinated structures of triphenyltin esters of salicylic acid, ο-anisic acid, and p-methylthiobenzoic acid

    J. F. Vollano;R. O. Day;D. N. Rau;V. Chandrasekhar

  • Molecular Structures of PCl4F, PCl3F2, PCl2F3, and PF5: Infrared and Low‐Temperature Raman Vibrational Spectra

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta O. Day
Roberta O. Day University of Massachusetts Amherst
Vadapalli Chandrasekhar
Vadapalli Chandrasekhar Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
William N. Setzer
William N. Setzer University of Alabama in Huntsville
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Herbert C. Brown
Herbert C. Brown Purdue University West Lafayette
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Louis A. Carpino
Louis A. Carpino University of Massachusetts Amherst

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