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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 75 4541 4128 43 42 487 16869

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Vadapalli Chandrasekhar between 1981 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar published across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026, averaging 13.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2023. 38 of the 605 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2023. 1981: 3 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 12 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 4 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 19 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 18 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 48 publications 2023: 55 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 37 publications 2026: 1 publication
1981 2026

605 publications in total across all disciplines

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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar: publications per year, 1981 to 2026
Year Publications
1981 3
1982 0
1983 0
1984 5
1985 6
1986 5
1987 8
1988 12
1989 1
1990 4
1991 5
1992 3
1993 10
1994 5
1995 19
1996 5
1997 4
1998 5
1999 7
2000 6
2001 10
2002 9
2003 11
2004 18
2005 19
2006 11
2007 16
2008 17
2009 17
2010 9
2011 21
2012 13
2013 27
2014 34
2015 16
2016 12
2017 11
2018 18
2019 20
2020 20
2021 15
2022 48
2023 55
2024 7
2025 37
2026 1
Total 605
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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar publications per year - data summary

  • Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, a Chemistry scholar from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, has 605 publications recorded across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1981 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 55 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1989 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 46 years in the span carry no publications at all (1982 and 1983).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.8 per year counting only the 44 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 148 publications, 24% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1981-1996: 91 publications (5.7 per year); 1997-2012: 193 publications (12.1 per year); 2013-2026: 321 publications (22.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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 Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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, 481–500 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: 487 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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
481–500 252 487
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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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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.
  • Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, a Chemistry scholar from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, records 487 publications - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Vadapalli Chandrasekhar ranks above 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).

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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 Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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, 74–75 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: 75 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 75
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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Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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.
  • Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, a Chemistry scholar from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, records 75 D-Index - the 76th percentile of the discipline.
  • 76% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, and about 24% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Vadapalli Chandrasekhar 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in India. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions in the areas of materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their work encompasses a range of topics that include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "Heterometallic CuII-LnIII complexes: Single molecule magnets and magnetic refrigerants" (2021) published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Pentagonal Bipyramidal Ln(III) Complexes Containing an Axial Phosphine Oxide Ligand: Field-induced Single-ion Magnetism Behavior of the Dy(III) Analogues" (2020) published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "CAAC-Based Thiele and Schlenk Hydrocarbons" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Boron-heteroelement (B-E; E = Al, C, Si, Ge, N, P, As, Bi, O, S, Se, Te) multiply bonded compounds: Recent advances" (2020) published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Synthesis, Structure, and Zero-Field SMM Behavior of Homometallic Dy2, Dy4, and Dy6 Complexes" (2022) published in Inorganic Chemistry

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Anukul Jana
  • Carola Schulzke
  • Biprajit Sarkar
  • Hemant Rawat
  • Debdeep Mandal

Publication venues where Vadapalli Chandrasekhar has contributed multiple papers include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (206 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (23 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (8 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (6 publications)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (6 publications)

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar has been recognized with fellowships from scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2009 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Organotin assemblies containing SnO bonds

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Selvarajan Nagendran;Viswanathan Baskar

  • Recent developments in the synthesis and structure of organosilanols.

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Ramamoorthy Boomishankar;Selvarajan Nagendran

  • Trinuclear Heterobimetallic Ni2Ln complexes [L2Ni2Ln][ClO4] (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er; LH3 = (S)P[N(Me)N═CH−C6H3-2-OH-3-OMe]3): From Simple Paramagnetic Complexes to Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian;Ramamoorthy Boomishankar;Alexander Steiner

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetism of Heterobimetallic Trinuclear Complexes {[L2Co2Ln][X]} [Ln = Eu, X = Cl; Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, X = NO3; LH3 = (S)P[N(Me)N═CH−C6H3-2-OH-3-OMe]3]: A 3d−4f Family of Single-Molecule Magnets

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian;Jagadese J. Vittal;Rodolphe Clérac

  • Discrete Silanetriols: Building Blocks for Three-Dimensional Metallasiloxanes

    Ramaswamy Murugavel;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Herbert W. Roesky

  • Linear Trinuclear Mixed-Metal CoII-GdIII-CoII Single-Molecule Magnet:[L2Co2Gd][NO3]â2CHCl3 (LH3 ) (S)P[N(Me)NdCH-C6H3-2-OH-3-OMe]3)

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian;Ramachandran Azhakar;Jagadese J. Vittal

  • Cyclophosphazene-based multi-site coordination ligands

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Pakkirisamy Thilagar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian

  • Advances in the chemistry of chlorocyclophosphazenes

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Venkatasubbaiah Krishnan

  • Phosphazenes as scaffolds for the construction of multi-site coordination ligands

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Selvarajan Nagendran

  • Inorganic and organometallic polymers

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

  • OXO CARBOXYLATE TIN LADDER CLUSTERS. A NEW STRUCTURAL CLASS OF ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS

    Robert R. Holmes;Charles G. Schmid;V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day

  • Low-coordinate mononuclear lanthanide complexes as molecular nanomagnets

    Arun Kumar Bar;Pankaj Kalita;Mukesh Kumar Singh;Gopalan Rajaraman

  • A Dodecanuclear Copper(II) Cage Containing Phosphonate and Pyrazole Ligands

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Savariraj Kingsley

  • Stable cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (cAAC) radicals with main group substituents

    Subrata Kundu;Soumen Sinhababu;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Herbert W Roesky

  • Lanthanide(III)-Based Single-Ion Magnets.

    Atanu Dey;Pankaj Kalita;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

  • Rhombus-Shaped Tetranuclear [Ln4] Complexes [Ln = Dy(III) and Ho(III)]: Synthesis, Structure, and SMM Behavior

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Sakiat Hossain;Sourav Das;Sourav Biswas

  • An iron wheel on a tin drum: a novel assembly of a hexaferrocene unit on a tin-oxygen cluster

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Selvarajan Nagendran;Sachin Bansal;Michael A. Kozee

  • Syntheses, structures, and magnetic properties of a family of heterometallic heptanuclear [Cu5Ln2] (Ln = Y(III), Lu(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), and Yb(III)) complexes: observation of SMM behavior for the Dy(III) and Ho(III) analogues.

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Atanu Dey;Sourav Das;Mathieu Rouzières

  • Slow magnetic relaxation in Co(III)-Co(II) mixed-valence dinuclear complexes with a Co(II)O5X (X = Cl, Br, NO3) distorted-octahedral coordination sphere.

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Atanu Dey;Antonio J. Mota;Enrique Colacio

  • A NEW STRUCTURAL FORM OF TIN OCTAHEDRALLY COORDINATED IN A DRUM-SHAPED MOLECULE

    V. Chandrasekhar;Roberta O. Day;Robert R. Holmes

  • Organooxotin assemblies from SnC bond cleavage reactions

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Kandasamy Gopal;Palani Sasikumar;Ramalingam Thirumoorthi

  • Molecular Metal Phosphonates

    Joydeb Goura;Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Holmes
Robert R. Holmes University of Massachusetts Amherst
Roberta O. Day
Roberta O. Day University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alexander Steiner
Alexander Steiner University of Liverpool
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert W. Roesky University of Göttingen
Biprajit Sarkar
Biprajit Sarkar University of Stuttgart
Enrique Colacio
Enrique Colacio University of Granada
Stefano Zacchini
Stefano Zacchini University of Bologna
Rodolphe Clérac
Rodolphe Clérac Paul Pascal Research Center
Sandeep Verma
Sandeep Verma Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
K. R. Justin Thomas
K. R. Justin Thomas Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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