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 Stephen L. Buchwald sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 764 publications — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen L. Buchwald sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 205 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Stephen L. Buchwald is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of chemistry. Their work focuses mainly on organic chemistry, with additional contributions to inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.
The scientist's research spans several main topics, including catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, click chemistry and applications, chemical synthesis and analysis, radical photochemical reactions, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.
Frequent co-authors of Stephen L. Buchwald include Bradley L. Pentelute, Heemal H. Dhanjee, Seoung-Tae Kim, Peng Liu, and Yuyang Dong.
The primary venues where this researcher has published work are:
Notable recent papers include:
Awards and honors received by Stephen L. Buchwald include the Wolf Prize in Chemistry from the Wolf Foundation in 2019 for pioneering development of transition metal catalyzed procedures that form carbon-heteroatom bonds with efficiency and precision. Other recognitions include the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry (2018), William H. Nichols Medal from the American Chemical Society (ACS) (2016), Linus Pauling Award from the ACS (2014), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2014), Arthur C. Cope Award from the ACS (2013), membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2008, fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2000, fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1997, and fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded in 1988.
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