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Stephen L. Craig

Stephen L. Craig

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 76 4350 3950 1374 1151 193 15851

Stephen L. Craig publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen L. Craig between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen L. Craig published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2023. 16 of the 272 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2023. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 15 publications 2026: 1 publication
1990 2026

272 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen L. Craig: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 2
1995 1
1996 1
1997 5
1998 2
1999 2
2000 5
2001 0
2002 8
2003 1
2004 4
2005 6
2006 3
2007 5
2008 7
2009 12
2010 8
2011 11
2012 10
2013 6
2014 10
2015 15
2016 5
2017 6
2018 10
2019 16
2020 12
2021 15
2022 11
2023 28
2024 26
2025 15
2026 1
Total 272
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Stephen L. Craig publications per year - data summary

  • Stephen L. Craig, a Chemistry scholar from Duke University, has 272 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1990 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 28 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 37 years in the span carry no publications at all (1992 and 2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.8 per year counting only the 35 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 81 publications, 30% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1990-2002: 29 publications (2.2 per year); 2003-2015: 98 publications (7.5 per year); 2016-2026: 145 publications (13.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Stephen L. Craig 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 Stephen L. Craig 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, 181–200 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: 193 publications — 30th percentile

30% 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 1,344 193
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
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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Stephen L. Craig publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Stephen L. Craig, a Chemistry scholar from Duke University, records 193 publications - the 30th percentile of the discipline.
  • 30% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Stephen L. Craig, and about 70% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Stephen L. Craig ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Stephen L. Craig 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 Stephen L. Craig 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, 76–77 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: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 76
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
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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Stephen L. Craig D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Stephen L. Craig, a Chemistry scholar from Duke University, records 76 D-Index - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Stephen L. Craig, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Stephen L. Craig ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen L. Craig is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. The scientist's research primarily spans Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 64 and 62 publications, respectively. Their work extends into several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Hydrogels synthesis, properties, and applications, as well as Polymer composites and self-healing technologies.

Recent significant papers by Stephen L. Craig include:

  • Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands (2021, Science)
  • Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing (2020, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • Mechanically Gated Degradable Polymers (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance (2023, Science)

Stephen L. Craig frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Tatiana B. Kouznetsova
  • Jeremiah A. Johnson
  • Ilia Kevlishvili
  • Heather J. Kulik
  • Yunxin Yao

The scientist has a notable presence in leading journals with multiple publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (25 publications), Faraday Discussions (5 publications), Macromolecules (4 publications), Chemical Science (4 publications), and Advanced Materials (3 publications).

Stephen L. Craig was awarded Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Small-molecule dynamics and mechanisms underlying the macroscopic mechanical properties of coordinatively cross-linked polymer networks.

    Wayne C. Yount;David M. Loveless;Stephen L. Craig

  • Mechanochemical Activation of Covalent Bonds in Polymers with Full and Repeatable Macroscopic Shape Recovery

    Gregory R. Gossweiler;Gihan B. Hewage;Gerardo Soriano;Qiming Wang

  • Large-Area Cross-Aligned Silver Nanowire Electrodes for Flexible, Transparent, and Force-Sensitive Mechanochromic Touch Screens.

    Seungse Cho;Saewon Kang;Ashish Pandya;Ravi Shanker

  • From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

    Ashley L. Black;Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Stephen L. Craig

  • Mechanochemical strengthening of a synthetic polymer in response to typically destructive shear forces

    Ashley L. Black Ramirez;Zachary S. Kean;Joshua A. Orlicki;Mangesh Champhekar

  • Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

    Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Mitchell T. Ong;Robert Choe;Christian R. Evenhuis

  • Gas-Phase Ionic Reactions: Dynamics and Mechanism of Nucleophilic Displacements

    Michael L. Chabinyc;Stephen L. Craig;Colleen K. Regan;John I. Brauman

  • 1,2,3-Triazole CH…Cl-Contacts Guide Anion Binding and Concomitant Folding in 1,4-Diaryl Triazole Oligomers

    Hemraj Juwarker;Jeremy M. Lenhardt;David M. Pham;Stephen L. Craig

  • Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands.

    Zi Wang;Xujun Zheng;Tetsu Ouchi;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova

  • Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks.

    Scott P O Danielsen;Haley K Beech;Shu Wang;Bassil M El-Zaatari

  • Strong Means Slow: Dynamic Contributions to the Bulk Mechanical Properties of Supramolecular Networks†

    Wayne C. Yount;David M. Loveless;Stephen L. Craig

  • Cephalopod-inspired design of electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers for on-demand fluorescent patterning

    Qiming Wang;Gregory R. Gossweiler;Stephen L. Craig;Xuanhe Zhao

  • gem-Dichlorocyclopropanes as abundant and efficient mechanophores in polybutadiene copolymers under mechanical stress.

    Jeremy M. Lenhardt;Ashley L. Black;Stephen L. Craig

  • Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

    Junpeng Wang;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Zhenbin Niu;Mitchell T. Ong

  • The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing

    Maroun Abi Ghanem;Amrita Basu;Reza Behrou;Nicholas Boechler

  • Force-Rate Characterization of Two Spiropyran-Based Molecular Force Probes

    Gregory R. Gossweiler;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Stephen L. Craig

  • Self-healing biomaterials.

    Alice B. W. Brochu;Stephen L. Craig;William M. Reichert

  • A backbone lever-arm effect enhances polymer mechanochemistry

    Hope M. Klukovich;Tatiana B. Kouznetsova;Zachary S. Kean;Jeremy M. Lenhardt

  • Orthogonal control of dissociation dynamics relative to thermodynamics in a main-chain reversible polymer

    Wayne C. Yount;Hemraj Juwarker;Stephen L. Craig

  • Physical organic chemistry of supramolecular polymers.

    Michael J. Serpe;Stephen L. Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

John I. Brauman
John I. Brauman Stanford University
Julius Rebek
Julius Rebek Scripps Research Institute
Todd J. Martínez
Todd J. Martínez Stanford University
Michael J. Serpe
Michael J. Serpe University of Alberta
Chuanbing Tang
Chuanbing Tang University of South Carolina
Colin Nuckolls
Colin Nuckolls Columbia University
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Ashutosh Chilkoti Duke University

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