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Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 92 1868 1664 688 566 595 32176

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sharon Hammes-Schiffer between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 17.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 160 publications in 2020. 30 of the 680 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 160. Peak 160 publications in 2020. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 160 publications 2021: 34 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 32 publications 2024: 31 publications 2025: 28 publications 2026: 2 publications
1988 2026

680 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sharon Hammes-Schiffer: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 1
1990 2
1991 2
1992 0
1993 2
1994 2
1995 2
1996 2
1997 6
1998 6
1999 7
2000 7
2001 11
2002 8
2003 6
2004 10
2005 11
2006 16
2007 11
2008 16
2009 12
2010 19
2011 22
2012 16
2013 17
2014 24
2015 17
2016 31
2017 27
2018 13
2019 33
2020 160
2021 34
2022 32
2023 32
2024 31
2025 28
2026 2
Total 680
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Sharon Hammes-Schiffer 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 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 581–600 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 595 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132 595
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Sharon Hammes-Schiffer 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 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 92–93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192 92
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development and application of a theory for protoncoupled electron transfer clarifying the roles of hydrogen tunneling and protein motion in enzymes and fundamental insight into electronproton correlation in nuclearelectronic orbital methods and multicomponent density functional theory
  • 1998 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has an extensive body of work in physical and theoretical chemistry, with a focus on atomic and molecular physics, optics, materials chemistry, and renewable energy.

The scientist's research covers various topics including academic writing and publishing, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, advanced chemical physics studies, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, electrochemical analysis and applications, as well as porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Gerald J. Meyer, Gregory D. Scholes, Cynthia J. Burrows, Shu Wang, and Hyun Jae Kim.

They have published numerous papers in reputable scientific venues. Among these venues are:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some of the recent papers by Sharon Hammes-Schiffer include:

  • "Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Unraveling Two Pathways for Electrochemical Alcohol and Aldehyde Oxidation on NiOOH," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Theoretical Modeling of Electrochemical Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Bioinspiration in Light Harvesting and Catalysis," 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • "Multicomponent Quantum Chemistry: Integrating Electronic and Nuclear Quantum Effects via the Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Method," 2020, Chemical Reviews

The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards and honors, including fellowship distinctions from prominent scientific societies. These awards include:

  • Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2011
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2010, for contributions to proton-coupled electron transfer theory and electron-proton correlation methods
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1998

Best Publications

  • Proton transfer in solution: Molecular dynamics with quantum transitions

    Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer;John C. Tully

  • A Perspective on Enzyme Catalysis

    Stephen J. Benkovic;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package

    Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Xintian Feng;Xintian Feng;Joonho Lee

  • Theory of Coupled Electron and Proton Transfer Reactions

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer;Alexei A. Stuchebrukhov

  • Relating Protein Motion to Catalysis

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer;Stephen J. Benkovic

  • Hydrogenase Enzymes and Their Synthetic Models: The Role of Metal Hydrides.

    David Schilter;James M. Camara;Mioy T. Huynh;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Network of coupled promoting motions in enzyme catalysis

    Pratul K. Agarwal;Salomon R. Billeter;P. T. Ravi Rajagopalan;Stephen J. Benkovic

  • Theoretical Perspectives on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Solution, Proteins, and Electrochemistry

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer;Alexander V. Soudackov

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Moving Together and Charging Forward

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Theory of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Energy Conversion Processes

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Multiconfigurational nuclear-electronic orbital approach: Incorporation of nuclear quantum effects in electronic structure calculations

    Simon P. Webb;Tzvetelin Iordanov;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Unraveling Two Pathways for Electrochemical Alcohol and Aldehyde Oxidation on NiOOH.

    Michael T Bender;Yan Choi Lam;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer;Kyoung-Shin Choi

  • Artificial Photosynthesis and Solar Fuels

    Leif Hammarström;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Theoretical Modeling of Electrochemical Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer.

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  • Free-Energy Landscape of Enzyme Catalysis†

    Stephen J. Benkovic;Gordon G. Hammes;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Quinone 1 e– and 2 e–/2 H+ Reduction Potentials: Identification and Analysis of Deviations from Systematic Scaling Relationships

    Mioy T. Huynh;Colin W. Anson;Andrew C. Cavell;Shannon S. Stahl

  • Hydrogen tunneling and protein motion in enzyme reactions

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Flexibility, Diversity, and Cooperativity: Pillars of Enzyme Catalysis

    Gordon G. Hammes;Stephen J. Benkovic;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Hydrogen tunneling and protein motion in enzyme reactions.

    Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Improvement of the Internal Consistency in Trajectory Surface Hopping

    Jian Yun Fang;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Derivation of rate expressions for nonadiabatic proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in solution

    Alexander Soudackov;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Theoretical analysis of mechanistic pathways for hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobaloximes.

    Brian H. Solis;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

  • Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Soybean Lipoxygenase

    Elizabeth Hatcher;and Alexander V. Soudackov;Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne B. McCoy
Anne B. McCoy University of Washington
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago

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