Top 100 most-cited scientists in Chemistry

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #5 overall	Grimme, Stefan Universität Bonn	DEU	Chemical Physics #1 · top <0.01%	5.171	24,555	38	23.7	2.2%	749	1992–2026
2 #20 overall	Neese, Frank Max Planck Institute for Coal Research	DEU	Chemical Physics #2 · top <0.01%	4.955	11,720	39	22.9	6.6%	673	1995–2026
3 #70 overall	Sheldrick, George Michael Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	DEU	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry #1 · top <0.01%	4.654	11,859	16	8.8	0.4%	657	1965–2024
4 #72 overall	NØrskov, Jens Kehlet Technical University of Denmark	DNK	Physical Chemistry #1 · top <0.01%	4.652	20,589	66	27.9	1.7%	732	1977–2026
5 #73 overall	Yaghi, Omar M. University of California, Berkeley	USA	General Chemistry #1 · top <0.01%	4.651	17,267	64	28.9	1.3%	394	1989–2026
6 #118 overall	Wang, Joseph University of California, San Diego	USA	Analytical Chemistry #1 · top <0.01%	4.542	10,551	48	22.4	5.5%	1,347	1977–2026
7 #121 overall	Whitesides, G. M. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences	USA	General Chemistry #2 · top <0.01%	4.539	8,531	42	19.9	1.2%	1,397	1962–2026
8 #196 overall	Koper, Marc T.M. Leiden Institute of Chemistry	NLD	Energy #5 · top <0.01%	4.421	9,241	46	23.3	2.5%	521	1990–2026
9 #212 overall	Sheldon, Roger A. Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft	NLD	Organic Chemistry #1 · top <0.01%	4.405	3,120	26	21.3	1.7%	474	1966–2025
10 #222 overall	Corma, Avelino CSIC-UPV - Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ)	ESP	Physical Chemistry #2 · top <0.01%	4.389	7,465	34	20.4	4.6%	1,441	1978–2026
11 #287 overall	Jorgensen, William L. Yale University	USA	Chemical Physics #6 · top <0.01%	4.336	7,064	24	15.4	1.1%	593	1970–2025
12 #299 overall	Gülçın, İlhami Atatürk Üniversitesi	TUR	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #2 · top <0.01%	4.329	4,359	25	16.8	30.9%	577	2001–2026
13 #311 overall	Weigend, Florian Karlsruher Institut für Technologie	DEU	Chemical Physics #7 · top <0.01%	4.324	6,066	19	9.7	2.9%	196	1996–2026
14 #386 overall	Varma, Rajender S. Universidade Federal de São Carlos	BRA	Organic Chemistry #2 · top <0.01%	4.271	8,762	43	24.1	4.3%	929	1975–2026
15 #387 overall	Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. Northwestern University	USA	Materials #6 · top <0.01%	4.271	16,239	56	23.0	8.5%	1,638	1981–2026
16 #413 overall	Andrady, Anthony L. NC State College of Engineering	USA	Polymers #1 · top <0.01%	4.256	5,087	22	12.0	0.7%	142	1980–2025
17 #619 overall	Binnemans, Koen KU Leuven	BEL	Organic Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	4.161	3,645	25	15.9	3.3%	636	1993–2026
18 #654 overall	Peppas, Nicholas A. Cockrell School of Engineering	USA	Polymers #2 · top <0.01%	4.149	6,890	33	17.9	1.2%	895	1973–2026
19 #671 overall	Kamat, Prashant V. Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory	USA	Chemical Physics #11 · top <0.01%	4.143	3,687	28	19.8	7.3%	870	1978–2026
20 #672 overall	Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof Carnegie Mellon University	USA	Polymers #3 · top <0.01%	4.141	5,523	29	18.0	15.7%	1,627	1974–2026
21 #698 overall	Siengchin, Suchart King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok	THA	Polymers #4 · top <0.01%	4.133	7,860	40	18.9	10.5%	904	2006–2027
22 #711 overall	Hartwig, John F. Berkeley College of Chemistry	USA	General Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	4.128	4,001	27	18.2	2.0%	521	1986–2026
23 #723 overall	Pearson, Ralph G. University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	General Chemistry #4 · top <0.01%	4.123	1,983	17	15.8	0.1%	160	1941–2011
24 #769 overall	Supuran, Claudiu T. Università degli Studi di Firenze	ITA	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	4.106	6,287	18	13.9	35.5%	2,426	1992–2026
25 #780 overall	MacMillan, David W.C. Princeton University	USA	General Chemistry #5 · top <0.01%	4.103	6,317	39	21.9	2.2%	244	1995–2026
26 #816 overall	Chen, Jingguang The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science	USA	Physical Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	4.094	6,961	40	18.8	2.4%	575	1985–2025
27 #879 overall	Sun, Runcang Cang Dalian Polytechnic University	CHN	Polymers #5 · top <0.01%	4.075	6,640	31	16.9	4.6%	1,194	1995–2025
28 #895 overall	Thakur, Vijay Kumar Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre	GBR	Polymers #6 · top <0.01%	4.072	7,472	43	20.6	2.8%	553	2008–2026
29 #915 overall	Schlögl, Robert F. Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society	DEU	Physical Chemistry #4 · top <0.01%	4.069	6,199	35	14.8	4.7%	1,250	1956–2026
30 #924 overall	Gong, Jian Ping Hokkaido University	JPN	Polymers #7 · top <0.01%	4.067	3,807	28	14.1	7.5%	553	1991–2026
31 #962 overall	Vyazovkin, Sergey Department of Chemistry	USA	Physical Chemistry #5 · top 0.01%	4.057	2,201	20	14.1	6.9%	239	1985–2025
32 #975 overall	Astruc, Didier D. Université de Bordeaux	FRA	Organic Chemistry #4 · top <0.01%	4.055	3,643	30	15.5	5.2%	575	1973–2026
33 #978 overall	Schreiber, Stuart L. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences	USA	Organic Chemistry #5 · top <0.01%	4.052	6,004	31	13.3	3.1%	675	1978–2026
34 #994 overall	Tang, Ben Zhong The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen	CHN	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #30 · top 0.02%	4.046	25,708	53	28.0	14.4%	2,990	1985–2026
35 #1,024 overall	Dufresne, Alain Université Grenoble Alpes	FRA	Polymers #8 · top <0.01%	4.038	4,083	30	16.5	4.6%	431	1988–2026
36 #1,057 overall	Crini, Grégorio Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement	FRA	Polymers #9 · top <0.01%	4.031	2,671	21	11.2	2.1%	155	1995–2026
37 #1,078 overall	Jin, Rongchao Carnegie Mellon University	USA	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #33 · top 0.02%	4.026	4,058	29	15.7	10.5%	391	1996–2026
38 #1,092 overall	Kausar, Ayesha National Center for Physics	PAK	Polymers #10 · top <0.01%	4.023	1,809	19	14.6	6.9%	503	2007–2026
39 #1,095 overall	Abbott, Andrew P. University of Leicester	GBR	Organic Chemistry #6 · top <0.01%	4.022	5,096	26	11.9	3.0%	261	1988–2026
40 #1,122 overall	Trost, Barry M. Stanford University	USA	General Chemistry #6 · top 0.01%	4.017	2,360	17	13.3	0.4%	1,042	1964–2022
41 #1,128 overall	Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna Małgorzata Gdańsk University of Technology	POL	Analytical Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	4.016	3,259	23	10.9	3.1%	125	2011–2027
42 #1,173 overall	Henkelman, Graeme A. College of Natural Sciences	USA	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #37 · top 0.02%	4.006	8,833	30	12.7	2.2%	361	1999–2026
43 #1,179 overall	Weckhuysen, Bert M. Universiteit Utrecht	NLD	Organic Chemistry #7 · top <0.01%	4.006	6,601	32	16.8	4.9%	902	1993–2026
44 #1,250 overall	Díez-Pascual, Ana María Universidad de Alcalá	ESP	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #39 · top 0.02%	3.992	2,107	23	15.7	5.3%	256	2003–2026
45 #1,281 overall	Würthner, Frank Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg	DEU	Organic Chemistry #8 · top <0.01%	3.987	3,442	23	14.7	8.6%	649	1990–2026
46 #1,302 overall	Flory, Paul J. IBM Research - Almaden	USA	General Chemistry #7 · top 0.01%	3.985	1,369	17	17.0	0.2%	265	1935–1992
47 #1,350 overall	Barceló, Damià À. Universidad de Almería	ESP	Analytical Chemistry #4 · top <0.01%	3.978	9,822	38	17.8	4.6%	1,809	1979–2026
48 #1,379 overall	Ali, Imran Jamia Millia Islamia	IND	Analytical Chemistry #5 · top <0.01%	3.974	3,344	26	13.0	8.1%	503	1986–2026
49 #1,386 overall	Arnold, Frances H. California Institute of Technology	USA	Organic Chemistry #9 · top <0.01%	3.973	3,418	27	16.6	4.4%	468	1980–2026
50 #1,396 overall	Stoddart, James Fraser Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University	CHN	Organic Chemistry #10 · top <0.01%	3.971	5,548	34	15.9	8.3%	1,236	1964–2026
51 #1,406 overall	Desiraju, Gautam R. Indian Institute of Science	IND	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry #2 · top <0.01%	3.969	2,108	20	14.8	5.1%	433	1977–2025
52 #1,409 overall	Zhao, Yanli School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences	SGP	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #42 · top 0.02%	3.969	8,776	47	19.8	4.3%	672	2000–2026
53 #1,415 overall	Gong, Jinlong Tianjin University	CHN	Organic Chemistry #11 · top <0.01%	3.967	7,229	43	18.8	3.7%	452	2003–2025
54 #1,422 overall	Ackermann, Lutz Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry	DEU	Organic Chemistry #12 · top <0.01%	3.966	4,148	23	14.1	9.4%	609	1990–2026
55 #1,425 overall	Salavati-Niasari, Masoud University of Kashan	IRN	Materials #28 · top <0.01%	3.966	5,856	29	17.6	7.1%	1,191	2001–2027
56 #1,465 overall	Sabu, Thomas P. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala	IND	Polymers #11 · top <0.01%	3.959	10,176	36	19.9	5.2%	2,206	1986–2027
57 #1,489 overall	ALOthman, Zeid A. King Saud University	SAU	Analytical Chemistry #6 · top <0.01%	3.955	4,446	27	14.3	8.4%	847	2008–2026
58 #1,494 overall	Halgren, Thomas A. Schrödinger, LLC	USA	Chemical Physics #23 · top 0.02%	3.954	2,986	15	10.9	0.1%	53	1967–2009
59 #1,589 overall	Jaroniec, Mietek Kent State University	USA	Chemical Physics #26 · top 0.02%	3.938	9,526	49	20.6	2.0%	1,000	1972–2026
60 #1,651 overall	Meanwell, Nicholas A. Bristol Myers Squibb	USA	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #6 · top <0.01%	3.928	2,291	17	10.9	1.4%	327	1980–2026
61 #1,669 overall	Lehn, Jean Maríe Pierre Université de Strasbourg	FRA	Organic Chemistry #13 · top <0.01%	3.926	1,854	20	15.4	4.5%	983	1961–2026
62 #1,705 overall	Feringa, Ben L. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	NLD	Organic Chemistry #14 · top <0.01%	3.919	4,870	29	16.6	14.3%	1,129	1976–2026
63 #1,736 overall	Lipinski, Christopher A. Melior Discovery	USA	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #7 · top <0.01%	3.914	3,440	9	5.8	0.1%	67	1970–2022
64 #1,773 overall	Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society	DEU	Organic Chemistry #15 · top <0.01%	3.908	5,093	38	14.2	4.1%	272	2001–2026
65 #1,795 overall	Pauling, Linus C. California Institute of Technology	USA	General Chemistry #8 · top 0.01%	3.904	1,151	18	14.8	0.0%	204	1923–2021
66 #1,813 overall	Li, Can University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHN	Physical Chemistry #6 · top 0.01%	3.902	9,064	42	17.7	4.3%	1,201	1988–2026
67 #1,834 overall	Newman, David J. NIH Special Volunteer	USA	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #8 · top <0.01%	3.898	2,944	19	10.6	0.7%	206	1964–2026
68 #1,839 overall	Liu, Juewen University of Waterloo	CAN	Analytical Chemistry #8 · top <0.01%	3.897	4,700	29	19.3	10.1%	583	2000–2026
69 #1,853 overall	Park, Soo-jin Kyung Hee University	KOR	Polymers #12 · top <0.01%	3.896	6,518	33	18.6	5.6%	1,255	1991–2026
70 #1,864 overall	Cooper, Andrew Ian University of Liverpool	GBR	Organic Chemistry #16 · top <0.01%	3.894	5,592	38	14.8	5.7%	438	1993–2026
71 #1,938 overall	Nocera, Daniel G. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences	USA	General Chemistry #9 · top 0.02%	3.883	3,638	28	15.6	2.9%	531	1980–2026
72 #1,964 overall	Kim, Se-kwon Hanyang University	KOR	Food Science #15 · top 0.01%	3.881	3,395	26	15.8	1.6%	794	1997–2025
73 #1,986 overall	Li, Yadong Tsinghua University	CHN	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #59 · top 0.03%	3.878	14,658	63	21.8	5.4%	875	1997–2026
74 #2,008 overall	De Clercq, Erik D. KU Leuven	BEL	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #9 · top <0.01%	3.876	2,932	17	12.8	16.0%	2,709	1967–2026
75 #2,013 overall	Sajid, Muhammad University of Management and Technology Lahore	PAK	Analytical Chemistry #9 · top <0.01%	3.875	1,802	24	13.9	2.2%	95	2015–2026
76 #2,065 overall	Kitagawa, Susumu Kyoto University	JPN	Organic Chemistry #17 · top <0.01%	3.869	4,652	31	14.7	5.4%	818	1974–2026
77 #2,069 overall	Ariga, Katsuhiko National Institute for Materials Science	JPN	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #67 · top 0.04%	3.868	2,738	22	11.7	22.6%	1,025	1985–2026
78 #2,143 overall	Gupta, Vinod Kumar A. ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute	IND	Chemical Physics #35 · top 0.03%	3.860	4,580	26	14.9	1.8%	945	1978–2025
79 #2,151 overall	Asiri, Abdullah M. King Abdulaziz University	SAU	Organic Chemistry #18 · top <0.01%	3.860	12,045	43	18.7	9.0%	2,556	1997–2026
80 #2,187 overall	Rasheed, Tahir King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAU	Environmental Sciences #44 · top 0.03%	3.855	2,313	24	14.1	4.4%	241	2015–2026
81 #2,192 overall	Zhou, Hongcai Joe Texas A&M University	USA	General Chemistry #10 · top 0.02%	3.855	9,621	43	18.1	4.6%	537	1988–2026
82 #2,215 overall	Jiang, Hailong Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale	CHN	Organic Chemistry #19 · top 0.01%	3.853	9,593	58	22.7	3.1%	257	2005–2026
83 #2,223 overall	Pérez-Ramírez, Javier NCCR Catalysis	CHE	Organic Chemistry #20 · top 0.01%	3.852	6,647	40	17.7	5.4%	602	1999–2027
84 #2,252 overall	Maeda, Kazuhiko Institute of Science Tokyo	JPN	Organic Chemistry #21 · top 0.01%	3.849	2,893	20	11.0	8.6%	320	2005–2026
85 #2,256 overall	Bell, Alexis T. University of California, Berkeley	USA	Physical Chemistry #8 · top 0.02%	3.849	5,555	34	15.9	5.9%	957	1970–2026
86 #2,274 overall	Crabtree, Robert H. Yale University	USA	Organic Chemistry #22 · top 0.01%	3.848	1,918	20	13.1	4.0%	603	1971–2026
87 #2,276 overall	Abdelhamid, Hani Nasser Assiut University	EGY	Analytical Chemistry #10 · top <0.01%	3.847	1,604	20	13.8	26.1%	224	2012–2026
88 #2,290 overall	Spek, Anthony L. Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research	NLD	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry #3 · top <0.01%	3.846	2,311	10	6.9	0.7%	1,179	1971–2020
89 #2,295 overall	Kollman, Peter A. University of California, San Francisco	USA	General Chemistry #11 · top 0.02%	3.846	5,539	24	12.0	0.3%	457	1969–2006
90 #2,314 overall	Chen, Banglin Fujian Normal University	CHN	Organic Chemistry #23 · top 0.01%	3.842	8,724	49	19.6	10.1%	526	1989–2026
91 #2,319 overall	Schneider, Gisbert ETH Zürich	CHE	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #10 · top <0.01%	3.841	2,859	27	11.5	4.2%	456	1990–2026
92 #2,328 overall	Ashokkumar, Muthupandian School of Chemistry	AUS	Organic Chemistry #24 · top 0.01%	3.840	3,353	25	13.9	7.9%	566	1988–2027
93 #2,329 overall	Isogai, Akira The University of Tokyo	JPN	Polymers #13 · top <0.01%	3.840	2,864	24	12.8	8.2%	513	1981–2026
94 #2,421 overall	Bard, Allen J. College of Natural Sciences	USA	Energy #61 · top 0.02%	3.832	2,640	19	13.9	2.1%	1,072	1957–2024
95 #2,453 overall	Wang, Dingsheng Tsinghua University	CHN	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology #82 · top 0.05%	3.829	15,964	63	26.0	10.0%	607	2005–2026
96 #2,490 overall	Schubert, Ulrich S. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena	DEU	Polymers #14 · top 0.01%	3.825	4,733	27	15.8	9.3%	2,034	1973–2026
97 #2,540 overall	Habtemariam, Solomon Pharmacognosy Research & Herbal Analysis Services UK	GBR	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry #11 · top <0.01%	3.819	2,723	19	13.8	1.7%	240	1990–2026
98 #2,548 overall	Suslick, Kenneth S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	USA	General Chemistry #12 · top 0.02%	3.819	2,048	19	12.9	1.0%	360	1975–2023
99 #2,568 overall	Davis, Mark E. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering	USA	Materials #50 · top 0.02%	3.817	2,066	22	12.0	1.2%	478	1973–2026
100 #2,592 overall	Wang, Xinchen Fuzhou University	CHN	Organic Chemistry #25 · top 0.01%	3.815	7,765	41	19.9	5.9%	437	2000–2026

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