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Roderick E. Wasylishen

Roderick E. Wasylishen

University of Alberta
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11580
World Ranking
12063
National Ranking
327

Roderick E. Wasylishen 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 Roderick E. Wasylishen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 401 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roderick E. Wasylishen 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 Roderick E. Wasylishen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Roderick E. Wasylishen is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their work spans several fields within materials science and chemistry, focusing particularly on materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry, with contributions also in process chemistry and technology, organic chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Side-on Coordination in Isostructural Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Complexes of Nickel" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Side-on Coordination in Isostructural Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Complexes of Nickel" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie
  • "Probing the Location of Hydrogen Atoms in Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds in 1,3-Diketone Molecules by H/D Isotope Shifts in Solid-State 17O Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and 1H-17O Distance Measurements" (2025), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "CCDC 2023412: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination" (2020), published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • "CCDC 2023414: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination" (2020), published in The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wasylishen include:

  • Braulio M. Puerta Lombardi
  • Chris Gendy
  • Benjamin S. Gelfand
  • Guy M. Bernard
  • Heikki M. Tuononen

The researcher has published notably in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Awards received include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science, in 1998

Best Publications

  • Cation rotation in methylammonium lead halides

    R.E. Wasylishen;Osvald Knop;J.B. Macdonald

  • Alkylammonium lead halides. Part 2. CH3NH3PbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) perovskites: cuboctahedral halide cages with isotropic cation reorientation

    Osvald Knop;Roderick E. Wasylishen;Mary Anne White;T. Stanley Cameron

  • Spin -spin coupling tensors as determined by experiment and computational chemistry

    Juha Vaara;Jukka Jokisaari;Roderick E. Wasylishen;David L. Bryce

  • Studies of phosphorus(III) ligands and their complexes of nickel(II), palladium(II), and platinum(II) immobilized on insoluble supports by high-resolution solid-state phosphorus-31 NMR using magic-angle spinning techniques

    L. Bemi;H. C. Clark;J. A. Davies;C. A. Fyfe

  • A more reliable oxygen-17 absolute chemical shielding scale

    Unknown

  • NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solid Materials

    Roderick E. Wasylishen;Sharon E. Ashbrook;Stephen Wimperis

  • Solid-state lead-207 NMR of lead(II) nitrate: Localized heating effects at high magic angle spinning speeds

    Leon C. M. van Gorkom;James M. Hook;Michael B. Logan;John V. Hanna

  • Practical Aspects of Modern Routine Solid-State Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: One-Dimensional Experiments

    David L. Bryce;Guy M. Bernard;Myrlene Gee;Michael D. Lumsden

  • Distribution equilibrium of poly(ethylene oxide) in sodium dodecyl sulfate micellar solutions : an NMR paramagnetic relaxation study

    Zhisheng Gao;Roderick E. Wasylishen;Jan C. T. Kwak

  • A revised experimental absolute magnetic shielding scale for oxygen

    Roderick E. Wasylishen;David L. Bryce

  • Methylammonium Cation Dynamics in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites: A Solid-State NMR Perspective.

    Guy M Bernard;Roderick E. Wasylishen;Christopher I. Ratcliffe;Victor V. Terskikh

  • Phosphine ligand exchange at a phosphine lewis acceptor: the first structural characterization of homoleptic phosphinophosphonium salts.

    N Burford;T S Cameron;P J Ragogna;E Ocando-Mavarez

  • Signal enhancement of NMR spectra of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei in solids using hyperbolic secant pulses

    Unknown

  • Simulation of NMR powder line shapes of quadrupolar nuclei with half-integer spin at low-symmetry sites

    Unknown

  • High-Field Chlorine NMR Spectroscopy of Solid Organic Hydrochloride Salts: A Sensitive Probe of Hydrogen Bonding Environment

    David L. Bryce;Myrlene Gee;Roderick E. Wasylishen

  • The Structure of Solid Copper(I) Cyanide: A Multinuclear Magnetic and Quadrupole Resonance Study

    Scott Kroeker;Roderick E. Wasylishen, ,† and;John V. Hanna

  • Indirect Nuclear Spin−Spin Coupling Tensors in Diatomic Molecules: A Comparison of Results Obtained by Experiment and First Principles Calculations

    David L. Bryce;Roderick E. Wasylishen

  • Sensitivity enhancement of NMR spectra of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei in the solid state via population transfer

    Unknown

  • Microwave spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy--what is the connection?

    David L. Bryce;Roderick E. Wasylishen

  • Molecular motion and solvation of benzene in water, carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide and benzene: A combined molecular dynamics simulation and nuclear magnetic resonance study

    Aatto Laaksonen;Peter Stilbs;Roderick E. Wasylishen

  • Homonuclear phosphorus-31 J-resolved 2D spectra of rhodium(I) phosphine complexes in the solid state

    Gang Wu;Roderick E. Wasylishen

  • An NMR study of the binding between polyelectrolytes and surfactants in aqueous solution

    Zhisheng Gao;Jan C.T Kwak;Roderick E Wasylishen

  • High-resolution NMR of Solids

    Unknown

  • Transformations between monomeric, dimeric, and trimeric phosphazanes: oligomerizing NP analogues of olefins.

    Neil Burford;T. Stanley Cameron;Korey D. Conroy;Bobby Ellis

  • An NMR paramagnetic relaxation method to determine distribution coefficients of solubilizates in micellar systems

    Zhisheng Gao;Roderick E. Wasylishen;Jan C. T. Kwak

  • NMR studies in surfactant and polymer-surfactant systems : micelle formation of sodium ω-phenyldecanoate and interaction with poly(ethylene oxide)

    Zhisheng Gao;Roderick E Wasylishen;Jan C.T Kwak

Frequent Co-Authors

Gang Wu
Gang Wu Queen's University
David L. Bryce
David L. Bryce University of Ottawa
Neil Burford
Neil Burford University of Victoria
Colin A. Fyfe
Colin A. Fyfe University of British Columbia
John H. Nelson
John H. Nelson University of Nevada Reno
T. Stanley Cameron
T. Stanley Cameron Dalhousie University
John P. Fackler
John P. Fackler Texas A&M University
Edwin D. Becker
Edwin D. Becker National Institutes of Health
John V. Hanna
John V. Hanna University of Warwick
Mary Anne White
Mary Anne White Dalhousie University

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