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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 65 7864 7133 2282 1891 195 11819

Theodore Goodson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Theodore Goodson between 1981 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Theodore Goodson published across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2017. 12 of the 231 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2017. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1981 2026

231 publications in total across all disciplines

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Theodore Goodson: publications per year, 1981 to 2026
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 1
1996 4
1997 1
1998 1
1999 2
2000 8
2001 6
2002 7
2003 3
2004 9
2005 10
2006 8
2007 13
2008 15
2009 6
2010 13
2011 8
2012 4
2013 8
2014 3
2015 9
2016 7
2017 16
2018 11
2019 9
2020 8
2021 7
2022 7
2023 2
2024 7
2025 11
2026 1
Total 231
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Theodore Goodson 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 Theodore Goodson 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: 195 publications — 31st percentile

31% 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 1,344 195
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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Theodore Goodson 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 Theodore Goodson 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, 64–65 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: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% 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 65
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
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

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Theodore Goodson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research focuses on the intersection of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and biophysics.

Their main topics of study encompass nonlinear optical materials, luminescence and fluorescent materials, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, quantum information and cryptography, organic electronics and photovoltaics, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, as well as porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry.

Theodore Goodson has published frequently in several scientific journals. The primary publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (9 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (8 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2 publications)

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy" (2020) published in Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
  • "New Direct Approach for Determining the Reverse Intersystem Crossing Rate in Organic Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent (TADF) Emitters" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy at Extremely Low Excitation Intensity: The Power of Quantum Correlations" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Efficient Modeling of Organic Chromophores for Entangled Two-Photon Absorption" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Theodore Goodson include Oleg Varnavski, Ryan K. Burdick, Angelar K. Muthike, Juan P. Villabona-Monsalve, and Paul M. Zimmerman.

Theodore Goodson has been recognized with fellowships in scientific organizations, including becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science

    Michael R. Wasielewski;Malcolm D.E. Forbes;Natia L. Frank;Karol Kowalski

  • Quantum-sized gold clusters as efficient two-photon absorbers.

    Guda Ramakrishna;Oleg Varnavski;Junhyung Kim;Dongil Lee

  • An ultrafast look at Au nanoclusters.

    Sung Hei Yau;Oleg Varnavski;Theodore Goodson

  • Investigation of two-photon absorption properties in branched alkene and alkyne chromophores.

    Ajit Bhaskar;Guda Ramakrishna;Zhikuan Lu;Robert Twieg

  • Critical size for the observation of quantum confinement in optically excited gold clusters.

    Oleg Varnavski;Guda Ramakrishna;Junhyung Kim;Dongil Lee

  • Unique Ultrafast Visible Luminescence in Monolayer-Protected Au25 Clusters

    Mary Sajini Devadas;Junhyung Kim;Ekkehard Sinn;Dongil Lee

  • Coherent effects in energy transport in model dendritic structures investigated by ultrafast fluorescence anisotropy spectroscopy.

    Oleg P. Varnavski;Jacek C. Ostrowski;Ludmila Sukhomlinova;Robert J. Twieg

  • Entangled Photon Absorption in an Organic Porphyrin Dendrimer

    Dong Ik Lee;Theodore Goodson

  • Optical excitations in organic dendrimers investigated by time-resolved and nonlinear optical spectroscopy.

    T. G. Goodson

  • Relative enhancement of ultrafast emission in gold nanorods

    Theodore G. Goodson

  • Large Optical Limiting from Novel Metal-Dendrimer Nanocomposite Materials

    Radu G. Ispasoiu;Lajos Balogh;Oleg P. Varnavski;Donald A. Tomalia

  • Giant Thienylene-Acetylene-Ethylene Macrocycles with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section and Semishape-Persistence

    Michele Williams-Harry;Ajit Bhaskar;Guda Ramakrishna;Theodore Goodson

  • Molecules with Perfect Cubic Symmetry as Nanobuilding Blocks for 3-D Assemblies. Elaboration of Octavinylsilsesquioxane. Unusual Luminescence Shifts May Indicate Extended Conjugation Involving the Silsesquioxane Core

    S. Sulaiman;A. Bhaskar;J. Zhang;R. Guda

  • Thiophene Dendrimers as Entangled Photon Sensor Materials

    Michael R. Harpham;Özgün Süzer;Chang-Qi Ma;Peter Bäuerle

  • Multiphoton Fluorescence Quenching of Conjugated Polymers for TNT Detection

    Aditya Narayanan;Oleg P. Varnavski;Timothy M. Swager;Theodore Goodson

  • Strongly Interacting Organic Conjugated Dendrimers with Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption

    Oleg Varnavski;Xingzhong Yan;Olivier Mongin;Mireille Blanchard-Desce, ,‡ and

  • Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy

    Shaul Mukamel;Matthias Freyberger;Wolfgang Schleich;Wolfgang Schleich;Marco Bellini

  • Building symmetric two-dimensional two-photon materials.

    Ajit Bhaskar;Ramakrishna Guda;Michael M. Haley;Theodore Goodson

  • Synthesis and third order nonlinear optics of a new soluble conjugated porphyrin polymer

    Thomas E. O. Screen;Katrina B. Lawton;G. Scott Wilson;Nicole Dolney

  • High Yield Ultrafast Intramolecular Singlet Exciton Fission in a Quinoidal Bithiophene

    Oleg Varnavski;Neranga Abeyasinghe;Juan Aragó;Juan J. Serrano-Pérez

  • Ultrafast dynamics in multibranched structures with enhanced two-photon absorption.

    Ying Wang;Guang S. He;Paras N. Prasad;Theodore Goodson

  • Ultrafast time-resolved photoluminescence from novel metal–dendrimer nanocomposites

    O. Varnavski;R. G. Ispasoiu;L. Balogh;D. Tomalia

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Laine
Richard M. Laine University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter Bäuerle
Peter Bäuerle University of Ulm
Luping Yu
Luping Yu University of Chicago
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Zhengxu Cai
Zhengxu Cai Beijing Institute of Technology
Robert J. Twieg
Robert J. Twieg Kent State University
Chang-Qi Ma
Chang-Qi Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dongil Lee
Dongil Lee Yonsei University
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University
John T. Fourkas
John T. Fourkas University of Maryland, College Park

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