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William Clegg

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
38454
World Ranking
2240
National Ranking
114

William Clegg 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 William Clegg sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,483 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

William Clegg 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 William Clegg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William Clegg is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in chemistry and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their research focuses on several main topics, highlighting a diverse range of scientific interests:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry

William Clegg has published in numerous academic venues, with several journals appearing frequently in their publication record. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Preprints.org
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Their recent papers cover a variety of topics within chemistry and materials, with notable publications as follows:

  • "Antiureolytic activity of new water-soluble thiadiazole derivatives: Spectroscopic, DFT, and molecular docking studies" (2022) in Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • "A Series of Ultra-Efficient Blue Borane Fluorophores" (2020) in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Swollen Polyhedral Volume of the anti-B18H22 Cluster via Extensive Methylation: anti-B18H8Cl2Me12" (2020) in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "A regioselectively 1,1',3,3'-tetrazincated ferrocene complex displaying core and peripheral reactivity" (2020) in Chemical Science
  • "Distortions, deviations and alternative facts: reliability in crystallography" (2020) in IUCrJ

Numerous collaborations are evident in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jonathan Bould
  • Michael G. S. Londesborough
  • Paul G. Waddell
  • Ross W. Harrington
  • R.W. Harrington

Best Publications

  • Faster data collection without loss of precision. An extension of the learnt profile method

    W. Clegg

  • A Highly π-Stacked Organic Semiconductor for Thin Film Transistors Based on Fused Thiophenes

    † Xiao-Chang Li;Henning Sirringhaus;Francis Garnier;Andrew B. Holmes

  • Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis Catalysed by Bimetallic Aluminium-Salen Complexes

    William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington;Michael North;Riccardo Pasquale

  • Applying hot-stage microscopy to co-crystal screening: a study of nicotinamide with seven active pharmaceutical ingredients

    David J. Berry;Colin C. Seaton;William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington

  • Spontaneous Magnetization in a Sulfur–Nitrogen Radical at 36 K

    Arthur J. Banister;Neil Bricklebank;Ian Lavender;Jeremy M. Rawson

  • HIGHLY ACTIVE AND SELECTIVE CATALYSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHYL PROPANOATE VIA THE METHOXYCARBONYLATION OF ETHENE

    William Clegg;Mark R. J. Elsegood;Graham R. Eastham;Robert P. Tooze

  • New bifunctional perfluoroaryl boranes. Synthesis and reactivity of the ortho -phenylene-bridged diboranes 1,2-[B(C6F5)2]2C6X4 (X = H, F)'

    V. Clifford Williams;Warren E. Piers;William Clegg;Mark R. J. Elsegood

  • SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLATINUM(II)-BIS(BORYL) CATALYST PRECURSORS FOR DIBORATION OF ALKYNES AND DIYNES : MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF CIS-(PPH3 )2PT(B-4-BUTCAT)2, CIS-(PPH3)2PT(BCAT)2, CIS-(DPPE)PT(BCAT)2, CIS-(DPPB)PT( BCAT)2, (E)-(4-MEOC6H4)C(BCAT)=CH(BCAT), (Z)-(C6H5)C(BCAT)=C(C6H5)(BCAT), A

    G. Lesley;P. Nguyen;N. J. Taylor;T. B. Marder

  • A New High-Flux Chemical and Materials Crystallography Station at the SRS Daresbury. 1. Design, Construction and Test Results.

    R.J. Cernik;R.J. Cernik;W. Clegg;W. Clegg;C.R.A. Catlow;G. Bushnell-Wye

  • Dialkylscandium Complexes Supported by β-Diketiminato Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Stability of a New Family of Organoscandium Complexes

    Paul G. Hayes;Warren E. Piers;Lawrence W. M. Lee;Lisa K. Knight

  • Octanuclear Cubic Coordination Cages

    Ian S. Tidmarsh;Thomas B. Faust;Harry Adams;Lindsay P. Harding

  • Synthesis of dialkylscandium complexes supported by β-diketiminato ligands and activation with tris (pentafluorophenyl)borane

    Lawrence W. M. Lee;Warren E. Piers;Mark R. J. Elsegood;William Clegg

  • Luminescent PtII(bipyridyl)(diacetylide) Chromophores with Pendant Binding Sites as Energy Donors for Sensitised Near-Infrared Emission from Lanthanides: Structures and Photophysics of PtII/LnIII Assemblies

    Tanya K. Ronson;Theodore Lazarides;Harry Adams;Simon J. A. Pope

  • Crystal structure determination

    William Clegg

  • Electrical and Magnetic Properties and X-Ray Structure of a Highly Conductive 4:1 Complex of Tetracyanoquinodimethane and a Tetrathiafulvalene Derivative†

    Martin R. Bryce;Adrian J. Moore;Masihul Hasan;Geoffrey J. Ashwell

  • Characterization and Dynamics of [Pd(L−L)H(solv)]+, [Pd(L−L)(CH2CH3)]+, and [Pd(L−L)(C(O)Et)(THF)]+ (L−L = 1,2-(CH2PBut2)2C6H4): Key Intermediates in the Catalytic Methoxycarbonylation of Ethene to Methylpropanoate

    William Clegg;Graham R. Eastham;Mark R. J. Elsegood;Brian T. Heaton

  • Crystal structures of three basic zinc carboxylates together with infrared and FAB mass spectrometry studies in solution

    William Clegg;Dale R. Harbron;Christopher D. Homan;Paul A. Hunt

  • SSZ-23 : AN ODD ZEOLITE WITH PORE OPENINGS OF SEVEN AND NINE TETRAHEDRAL ATOMS

    Miguel A. Camblor;María-José Díaz-Cabañas;Joaquin Perez-Pariente;Simon J. Teat

  • Isoindolinone Inhibitors of the Murine Double Minute 2 (MDM2)-p53 Protein-Protein Interaction: Structure-Activity Studies Leading to Improved Potency

    Ian R. Hardcastle;Junfeng Liu;Eric Valeur;Anna Watson

  • Oxidative addition of B-B bonds by rhodium(I) phosphine complexes: molecular structures of B2cat2 (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4) and its 4-But and 3,5-But2 analogs

    Paul Nguyen;Gerry Lesley;Nicholas J. Taylor;Todd B. Marder

  • Structure and phase behavior of a 2:1 complex between arene- and fluoroarene-based conjugated rigid rods.

    Stephen W. Watt;Stephen W. Watt;Chaoyang Dai;Andrew J. Scott;Jacquelyn M. Burke

  • Control of single crystal structure and liquid crystal phase behaviour via arene–perfluoroarene interactions†

    Chaoyang Dai;Paul Nguyen;Todd B. Marder;Andrew J. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. J. Elsegood
Mark R. J. Elsegood Loughborough University
Robert E. Mulvey
Robert E. Mulvey University of Strathclyde
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen
Nicholas C. Norman
Nicholas C. Norman University of Bristol
Alan R. Kennedy
Alan R. Kennedy University of Strathclyde
Vernon C. Gibson
Vernon C. Gibson Imperial College London
Eva Hevia
Eva Hevia University of Bern
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
Stephen T. Liddle
Stephen T. Liddle University of Manchester
Bernard T. Golding
Bernard T. Golding Newcastle University

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