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Yuriy Román-Leshkov

Yuriy Román-Leshkov

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
29945
World Ranking
3542
National Ranking
1151

Yuriy Román-Leshkov 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 Yuriy Román-Leshkov sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 208 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuriy Román-Leshkov 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 Yuriy Román-Leshkov sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yuriy Román-Leshkov is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research focuses on several key topics, notably electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysis for biomass conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, lignin and wood chemistry, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

Román-Leshkov has an extensive record of publications in several frequent venues, including:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • JACS Au

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yuriy Román-Leshkov include:

  • Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling (2021, Nature Catalysis)
  • Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling (2022, Science)
  • Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions (2020, JACS Au)
  • Tunable metal hydroxide-organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution (2022, Nature Materials)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Gregg T. Beckham, Yang Shao-Horn, Jiayu Peng, David G. Brandner, and Heather J. Kulik. The number of joint publications with these collaborators ranges from 11 to 33.

Best Publications

  • Production of dimethylfuran for liquid fuels from biomass-derived carbohydrates

    Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Christopher J. Barrett;Zhen Y. Liu;James A. Dumesic

  • Phase Modifiers Promote Efficient Production of Hydroxymethylfurfural from Fructose

    Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Juben N. Chheda;James A. Dumesic

  • Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural by dehydration of biomass-derived mono- and poly-saccharides

    Juben N. Chheda;Yuriy Román-Leshkov;James A. Dumesic

  • Tin-containing zeolites are highly active catalysts for the isomerization of glucose in water

    Manuel Moliner;Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Mark E. Davis

  • Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

    Lucas D. Ellis;Nicholas A. Rorrer;Kevin P. Sullivan;Maike Otto

  • Mechanism of Glucose Isomerization Using a Solid Lewis Acid Catalyst in Water

    Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Manuel Moliner;Jay A. Labinger;Mark E. Davis

  • "One-pot" synthesis of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural from carbohydrates using tin-Beta zeolite

    Eranda Nikolla;Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Manuel Moliner;Mark E. Davis

  • Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining

    Mahdi M. Abu-Omar;Katalin Barta;Gregg T. Beckham;Gregg T. Beckham;Jeremy S. Luterbacher

  • Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling

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  • Self-assembly of noble metal monolayers on transition metal carbide nanoparticle catalysts

    Sean T. Hunt;Maria Milina;Ana C. Alba-Rubio;Christopher H. Hendon

  • Solvent Effects on Fructose Dehydration to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Biphasic Systems Saturated with Inorganic Salts

    Yuriy Román-Leshkov;James A. Dumesic

  • Domino Reaction Catalyzed by Zeolites with Brønsted and Lewis Acid Sites for the Production of γ‐Valerolactone from Furfural

    Linh Bui;Helen Luo;William R. Gunther;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • Insights into the catalytic activity and surface modification of MoO3 during the hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived model compounds into aromatic hydrocarbons under low hydrogen pressures

    Teerawit Prasomsri;Manish Shetty;Karthick Murugappan;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Methane into Methanol over Copper-Exchanged Zeolites with Oxygen at Low Temperature

    Karthik Narsimhan;Kenta Iyoki;Kimberly Dinh;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • Metalloenzyme-like catalyzed isomerizations of sugars by Lewis acid zeolites

    Ricardo Bermejo-Deval;Rajeev S. Assary;Eranda Nikolla;Manuel Moliner

  • Activation of Carbonyl-Containing Molecules with Solid Lewis Acids in Aqueous Media

    Yuriy Román-Leshkov;Mark E. Davis

  • Effective hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived oxygenates into unsaturated hydrocarbons by MoO3 using low H2 pressures

    Teerawit Prasomsri;Tarit Nimmanwudipong;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • Tuning Redox Transitions via Inductive Effect in Metal Oxides and Complexes, and Implications in Oxygen Electrocatalysis

    Denis A. Kuznetsov;Binghong Han;Yang Yu;Reshma R. Rao

  • Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions.

    Julie E. Rorrer;Gregg T. Beckham;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • Emerging catalytic processes for the production of adipic acid

    Stijn Van de Vyver;Yuriy Roman-Leshkov

  • Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Corn Stover Lignin

    Eric Michael Anderson;Eric Michael Anderson;Rui Katahira;Michelle Reed;Michael G. Resch

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregg T. Beckham
Gregg T. Beckham National Renewable Energy Laboratory
James A. Dumesic
James A. Dumesic University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimir K. Michaelis
Vladimir K. Michaelis University of Alberta
Manuel Moliner
Manuel Moliner Universitat Politècnica de València
Mark E. Davis
Mark E. Davis California Institute of Technology
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich

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