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D-Index
52
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8790
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13603
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763

Simon J. A. Pope 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 Simon J. A. Pope sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 175 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon J. A. Pope 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 Simon J. A. Pope sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Simon J. A. Pope is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research activity primarily spans the domain of materials science, with a focus on subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, oncology, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's published works notably cover topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, metal complexes synthesis and properties, magnetism in coordination complexes, organic light-emitting diodes research, and luminescence and fluorescent materials.

Simon J. A. Pope has multiple frequent coauthors contributing to their research efforts. These include:

  • Simon J. Coles (53 collaborations)
  • Peter N. Horton (49 collaborations)
  • Joseph M. Beames (18 collaborations)
  • Ali A. A. Al-Riyahee (18 collaborations)
  • Angelo J. Amoroso (18 collaborations)

Their publication record includes contributions to several major venues in the field of chemistry and materials science. Frequent publication venues are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (40 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (7 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (6 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (3 publications)
  • RSC Advances (2 publications)

Recent papers published by Simon J. A. Pope include:

  • Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation of Color Tuning in Deep-Red Luminescent Iridium(III) Complexes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Targeted cell imaging properties of a deep red luminescent iridium(iii) complex conjugated with a c-Myc signal peptide, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Long-lived, near-IR emission from Cr(iii) under ambient conditions, 2022, Chemical Communications
  • Iridium(III) Sensitisers and Energy Upconversion: The Influence of Ligand Structure upon TTA-UC Performance, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Polysubstituted Ligand Framework for Color Tuning Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complexes, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Lanthanide Complexes for Luminescence Imaging Applications

    Stephen Faulkner;Simon J. A. Pope;Benjamin P. Burton-Pye

  • Using lanthanide ions in molecular bioimaging

    Angelo James Amoroso;Simon J. A. Pope

  • Lanthanide-Sensitized Lanthanide Luminescence: Terbium-Sensitized Ytterbium Luminescence in a Trinuclear Complex

    Stephen Faulkner;Simon J. A. Pope

  • Self-Assembly of Heterobimetallic d-f Hybrid Complexes: Sensitization of Lanthanide Luminescence by d-Block Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer Excited States

    Simon J. A. Pope;Benjamin J. Coe;Stephen Faulkner;Elena V. Bichenkova

  • Rhenium fac tricarbonyl bisimine complexes: biologically useful fluorochromes for cell imaging applications.

    Angelo James Amoroso;Michael Peter Coogan;Jennifer E. Dunne;Vanesa Fernandez-Moreira

  • Sensitized near-infrared emission from complexes of YbIII, NdIII and ErIII by energy-transfer from covalently attached PtII-based antenna units.

    Nail M. Shavaleev;Lucy P. Moorcraft;Simon J. A. Pope;Zöe R. Bell

  • Luminescent PtII(bipyridyl)(diacetylide) Chromophores with Pendant Binding Sites as Energy Donors for Sensitised Near-Infrared Emission from Lanthanides: Structures and Photophysics of PtII/LnIII Assemblies

    Tanya K. Ronson;Theodore Lazarides;Harry Adams;Simon J. A. Pope

  • New avenues in the design and potential application of metal complexes for photodynamic therapy

    Oliver J. Stacey;Simon J. A. Pope

  • Structural and photophysical properties of coordination networks combining [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- anions and lanthanide(III) cations: rates of photoinduced Ru-to-lanthanide energy transfer and sensitized near-infrared luminescence.

    Graham M. Davies;Simon J. A. Pope;Harry Adams;Stephen Faulkner

  • Sensitised near-infrared emission from lanthanides using a covalently-attached Pt(II) fragment as an antenna group.

    Nail M. Shavaleev;Lucy P. Moorcraft;Simon J. A. Pope;Zoee R. Bell

  • Visible-light sensitisation of near-infrared luminescence from Yb(III), Nd(III) and Er(III) complexes of 3,6-bis(2-pyridyl)tetrazine

    Nail M. Shavaleev;Simon J. A. Pope;Zöe R. Bell;Stephen Faulkner

  • Structural and Photophysical Properties of Coordination Networks Combining [Ru(Bpym)(CN)4]2- or [{Ru(CN)4}2(μ-bpym)]4- Anions (bpym = 2,2‘-Bipyrimidine) with Lanthanide(III) Cations: Sensitized Near-Infrared Luminescence from Yb(III), Nd(III), and Er(III) Following Ru-to-Lanthanide Energy Transfer

    Juan Manuel Herrera;Simon J A Pope;Harry Adams;Stephen Faulkner

  • 3-Chloromethylpyridyl bipyridine fac-tricarbonyl rhenium : a thiol-reactive luminophore for fluorescence microscopy accumulates in mitochondria

    Angelo James Amoroso;Richard John Arthur;Michael Peter Coogan;Jonathan B. Court

  • Bifunctional ZnIILnIII Dinuclear Complexes Combining Field Induced SMM Behavior and Luminescence: Enhanced NIR Lanthanide Emission by 9-Anthracene Carboxylate Bridging Ligands

    María A. Palacios;Silvia Titos-Padilla;José Ruiz;Juan Manuel Herrera

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of a prototype single molecule dual imaging agent comprising a heterobimetallic rhenium-gadolinium complex

    Thelma Koullourou;Louise S. Natrajan;Hiren Bhavsar;Simon J.A. Pope

  • Design, synthesis and photophysical studies of an emissive, europium based, sensor for zinc

    Simon J. A. Pope;Rebecca H. Laye

  • Closely-related ZnII2LnIII2 complexes (LnIII = Gd, Yb) with either magnetic refrigerant or luminescent single-molecule magnet properties

    José Ruiz;Giulia Lorusso;Marco Evangelisti;Euan K. Brechin

  • Interplay of light antenna and excitation "energy reservoir" effects in a bichromophoric system based on ruthenium-polypyridine and pyrene units linked by a long and flexible poly(ethylene glycol) chain.

    Angeles Farrán Morales;Gianluca Accorsi;Nicola Armaroli;Francesco Barigelletti

  • Metal-to-ligand charge-transfer sensitisation of near-infrared emitting lanthanides in trimetallic arrays M2Ln (M = Ru, Re or Os; Ln = Nd, Er or Yb)

    Simon J. A. Pope;Benjamin J. Coe;Stephen Faulkner;Rebecca H. Laye

  • Synthesis, structures, and luminescent properties of uranyl terpyridine aromatic carboxylate coordination polymers.

    Sonia G. Thangavelu;Michael B. Andrews;Simon J. A. Pope;Christopher L. Cahill

  • Self-assembly of luminescent ternary complexes between seven-coordinate lanthanide(III) complexes and chromophore bearing carboxylates and phosphonates.

    Simon J. A. Pope;Benjamin P. Burton-Pye;Rory Berridge;Tahir Khan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Faulkner
Stephen Faulkner University of Oxford
Simon J. Coles
Simon J. Coles University of Southampton
Peter N. Horton
Peter N. Horton University of Southampton
Michael D. Ward
Michael D. Ward New York University
Benson M. Kariuki
Benson M. Kariuki Cardiff University
Harry Adams
Harry Adams University of Sheffield
Gillian Reid
Gillian Reid University of Southampton
James Alexis Platts
James Alexis Platts Cardiff University
Christopher L. Cahill
Christopher L. Cahill George Washington University
Enrique Colacio
Enrique Colacio University of Granada

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