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D-Index
59
Citations
14688
World Ranking
10039
National Ranking
2794

Robert S. Plumb 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 S. Plumb sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 161 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert S. Plumb 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 S. Plumb sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert S. Plumb is affiliated with Waters in the United States and has a research profile primarily centered on the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Analytical chemistry methods development

Plumb has published numerous papers, with recent works including:

  • "Advances in high throughput LC/MS based metabolomics: A review" (2023) in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Ensuring Fact-Based Metabolite Identification in Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics" (2023) in Analytical Chemistry
  • "METLIN-CCS: an ion mobility spectrometry collision cross section database" (2023) in Nature Methods
  • "Estrogen accelerates heart regeneration by promoting the inflammatory response in zebrafish" (2020) in Journal of Endocrinology
  • "Liquid chromatography-ion mobility-high resolution mass spectrometry for analysis of pollutants in indoor dust: Identification and predictive capabilities" (2020) in Analytica Chimica Acta

The frequent co-authors of Robert S. Plumb include:

  • Ian D. Wilson
  • Lee A. Gethings
  • Giorgis Isaac
  • Paul Rainville
  • Adam King

Common publication venues for Plumb consist of:

  • Journal of Chromatography A
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Chromatography B
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Best Publications

  • Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues via UPLC-MS

    Elizabeth J Want;Perrine Masson;Filippos Michopoulos;Ian D Wilson

  • Global metabolic profiling procedures for urine using UPLC-MS.

    Elizabeth J Want;Ian D Wilson;Helen Gika;Georgios Theodoridis

  • A pragmatic and readily implemented quality control strategy for HPLC-MS and GC-MS-based metabonomic analysis.

    Timothy Sangster;Hilary Major;Robert Plumb;Amy J Wilson

  • HPLC-MS-based methods for the study of metabonomics.

    Ian D. Wilson;Robert Plumb;Jennifer Granger;Hilary Major

  • UPLC/MSE; a new approach for generating molecular fragment information for biomarker structure elucidation

    Robert S. Plumb;Kelly A. Johnson;Paul Rainville;Brian W. Smith

  • High resolution "ultra performance" liquid chromatography coupled to oa-TOF mass spectrometry as a tool for differential metabolic pathway profiling in functional genomic studies.

    Ian D Wilson;Jeremy K Nicholson;Jose Castro-Perez;Jennifer H Granger

  • Current practice of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in metabolomics and metabonomics.

    Helen G. Gika;Georgios A. Theodoridis;Robert S. Plumb;Ian D. Wilson

  • Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Robert Plumb;Jose Castro-Perez;Jennifer Granger;Iain Beattie

  • Statistical Heterospectroscopy, an Approach to the Integrated Analysis of NMR and UPLC-MS Data Sets: Application in Metabonomic Toxicology Studies

    Derek J. Crockford;Elaine Holmes;John C. Lindon;Robert S. Plumb

  • Advancing LC Performance with Smaller Particles and Higher Pressure

    Jeffrey R. Mazzeo;Uwe D.Neue;Marianna Kele;Robert S. Plumb

  • Summary recommendations for standardization and reporting of metabolic analyses.

    John C Lindon;Jeremy K Nicholson;Elaine Holmes;Hector C Keun

  • Ion mobility-derived collision cross section as an additional measure for lipid fingerprinting and identification.

    Giuseppe Paglia;Peggi Angel;Jonathan P. Williams;Keith Richardson

  • A rapid screening approach to metabonomics using UPLC and oa-TOF mass spectrometry: application to age, gender and diurnal variation in normal/Zucker obese rats and black, white and nude mice

    Robert S. Plumb;Jennifer H. Granger;Chris L. Stumpf;Kelly A. Johnson

  • Metabonomics: the use of electrospray mass spectrometry coupled to reversed‐phase liquid chromatography shows potential for the screening of rat urine in drug development

    Robert S. Plumb;Chris L. Stumpf;Marc V. Gorenstein;Jose M. Castro-Perez

  • Use of liquid chromatography/time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry and multivariate statistical analysis shows promise for the detection of drug metabolites in biological fluids

    Robert S. Plumb;Chris L. Stumpf;Jennifer H. Granger;Jose Castro-Perez

  • Increasing throughput and information content for in vitro drug metabolism experiments using ultra‐performance liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer

    Jose Castro-Perez;Robert Plumb;Jennifer H. Granger;Iain Beattie

  • Ultra-performance LC/TOF MS analysis of medicinal Panax herbs for metabolomic research.

    Guoxiang Xie;Robert Plumb;Mingming Su;Zhaohui Xu

  • Novel application of reversed-phase UPLC-oaTOF-MS for lipid analysis in complex biological mixtures: a new tool for lipidomics.

    Paul D. Rainville;Chris L. Stumpf;John P. Shockcor;Robert S. Plumb

  • HILIC-UPLC-MS for exploratory urinary metabolic profiling in toxicological studies.

    Konstantina Spagou;Ian D. Wilson;Perrine Masson;Georgios Theodoridis

  • The use of turbulent flow chromatography/mass spectrometry for the rapid, direct analysis of a novel pharmaceutical compound in plasma

    J. Ayrton;G. J. Dear;W. J. Leavens;D. N. Mallett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian D. Wilson
Ian D. Wilson Imperial College London
Jeremy K. Nicholson
Jeremy K. Nicholson Murdoch University
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes Imperial College London
Georgios Theodoridis
Georgios Theodoridis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
John C. Lindon
John C. Lindon Imperial College London
Helen G. Gika
Helen G. Gika Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Giuseppe Astarita
Giuseppe Astarita Georgetown University
Leo W.Y. Yeung
Leo W.Y. Yeung Örebro University
Hector C. Keun
Hector C. Keun Imperial College London
Paul A. Townsend
Paul A. Townsend University of Manchester

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