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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 53 9100 8785 163 155 350 13118
Chemistry 53 12928 11629 350 305 342 13146

Viola Birss publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Viola Birss between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Viola Birss published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2015. 22 of the 378 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2015. 1982: 3 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 15 publications
1982 2025

378 publications in total across all disciplines

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Viola Birss: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 3
1983 4
1984 2
1985 0
1986 2
1987 5
1988 7
1989 3
1990 5
1991 7
1992 0
1993 5
1994 3
1995 3
1996 2
1997 12
1998 5
1999 7
2000 9
2001 5
2002 3
2003 4
2004 6
2005 8
2006 19
2007 14
2008 5
2009 12
2010 16
2011 15
2012 9
2013 21
2014 10
2015 27
2016 16
2017 13
2018 11
2019 4
2020 19
2021 13
2022 13
2023 9
2024 7
2025 15
Total 378
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Viola Birss publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viola Birss sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 350–369 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 350 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440 350
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Viola Birss D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viola Birss sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52–53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667 53
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Viola Birss is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Their publication record demonstrates significant involvement in conference proceedings and journals, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators include Haris Masood Ansari, Marwa Atwa, Xiaoan Li, Bin Pan, and Christopher R. Clarkson.

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Viola Birss include:

  • "Highly Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Scaffold with Controllable Wettability as the Microporous Layer for Fuel Cells" (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of the Measles Virus Using an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Electrochemical Biosensor" (2020), ACS Sensors
  • "Wetting dynamics of nanoliter water droplets in nanoporous media" (2020), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Scalable nanoporous carbon films allow line-of-sight 3D atomic layer deposition of Pt: towards a new generation catalyst layer for PEM fuel cells" (2021), Materials Horizons
  • "Low-permeability reservoir sample wettability characterization at multiple scales: Pore-, micro- and macro-contact angles" (2021), Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Viola Birss was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2011 for contributions to the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The role and utilization of pseudocapacitance for energy storage by supercapacitors

    B.E. Conway;V. Birss;J. Wojtowicz

  • Effect of hydrogen sulfide on the direct internal reforming of methane in solid oxide fuel cells

    Tyler R. Smith;Anthony Wood;Viola I. Birss

  • Conversion of Methane by Oxidative Coupling

    Yoshimitsu Amenomiya;Viola I. Birss;Maciej Goledzinowski;Jan Galuszka

  • High Performance PtRuIr Catalysts Supported on Carbon Nanotubes for the Anodic Oxidation of Methanol

    Shijun Liao;Kerry-Anne Holmes;Haralampos Tsaprailis;Viola I. Birss

  • Chromium Poisoning of LSM-YSZ SOFC Cathodes: I. Detailed Study of the Distribution of Chromium Species at a Porous, Single-Phase Cathode

    S. C. Paulson;V. I. Birss

  • A model for anodic hydrous oxide growth at iridium

    Peter G. Pickup;V.I. Birss

  • Impact of porous electrode properties on the electrochemical transfer coefficient.

    Jeff N. Soderberg;Anne C. Co;and Aislinn H. C. Sirk;Viola I. Birss

  • Oxygen reduction at sol–gel derived La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8Fe0.2O3 cathodes

    Jingbo Liu;Anne C. Co;Scott Paulson;Viola I. Birss

  • Platinum oxide film formation—reduction: an in-situ mass measurement study

    Viola I. Birss;M. Chang;J. Segal

  • Nanopore Structure Analysis and Permeability Predictions for a Tight Gas/Shale Reservoir Using Low-Pressure Adsorption and Mercury Intrusion Techniques

    Christopher R. Clarkson;James Wood;Sinclair E. Burgis;Samuel D. Aquino

  • Electrochemical Studies of AC/DC Anodized Mg Alloy in NaCl Solution

    S. J. Xia;R. Yue;R. G. Rateick;V. I. Birss

  • Characterization of Oxide Films Formed on Mg-Based WE43 Alloy Using AC/DC Anodization in Silicate Solutions

    V. Birss;S. Xia;R. Yue;Richard G. Rateick

  • Electron Microscopy Study of Formation of Thick Oxide Films on Ir and Ru Electrodes

    Viola I. Birss;R. Myers;H. Angerstein-Kozlowska;B. E. Conway

  • Sr-rich chromium ferrites as symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell electrodes

    Min Chen;Scott Paulson;Venkataraman Thangadurai;Viola Birss

  • Nano-porous iridium and iridium oxide thin films formed by high efficiency electrodeposition

    Ehab N. El Sawy;Viola I. Birss

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Detection at Electrochemically and Sol-Gel Derived Ir Oxide Films

    Hanna Elzanowska;Erfan Abu-Irhayem;Beata Skrzynecka;Viola I. Birss

  • A Kinetic Study of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction at LaSrMnO3-YSZ Composite Electrodes

    Anne C. Co;Shen Jiang Xia;Viola I. Birss

  • Controlled interconversion of nanoarray of ta dimples and high aspect ratio ta oxide nanotubes.

    Hany A. El-Sayed;Viola I. Birss

  • Multi-technique study of the anodic degradation of polyaniline films

    Huyen N. Dinh;Jianfu Ding;S.J. Xia;Viola I. Birss

  • The anodic behavior of silver in chloride solutions—I. The formation and reduction of thin silver chloride films

    Viola I. Birss;C. K. Smith

  • The Influence of the Aqueous Growth Medium on the Growth Rate, Composition, and Structure of Hydrous Iridium Oxide Films

    Peter G. Pickup;Viola I. Birss

Frequent Co-Authors

Siyu Ye
Siyu Ye SinoHyKey
Venkataraman Thangadurai
Venkataraman Thangadurai University of St Andrews
Scott A. Barnett
Scott A. Barnett Northwestern University
John T. S. Irvine
John T. S. Irvine University of St Andrews
San Ping Jiang
San Ping Jiang Curtin University
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Mogens Bjerg Mogensen
Mogens Bjerg Mogensen Technical University of Denmark
John M. Vohs
John M. Vohs University of Pennsylvania
Stephen A. Campbell
Stephen A. Campbell University of Minnesota

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