Top Chemistry Researchers

Barry M. Trost ranks first, followed by Stephen L. Buchwald and John F. Hartwig, out of 2,565,315 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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1 Barry M. Trost United States · #21,847 worldwide overall 416.6 of 1,326 papers here in the top 10%
2 Stephen L. Buchwald United States · #5,628 worldwide overall 360.0 of 906 papers here in the top 10%
3 John F. Hartwig United States · #819 worldwide overall 322.4 of 658 papers here in the top 10%
4 Lutz Ackermann Germany · #2,764 worldwide overall 331.6 of 763 papers here in the top 10%
5 Kendall N. Houk United States · #19,632 worldwide overall 357.7 of 1,268 papers here in the top 10%
6 Frank Glorius Germany · #2,604 worldwide overall 296.7 of 668 papers here in the top 10%
7 Matthias Beller Germany · #34,777 worldwide overall 335.5 of 1,242 papers here in the top 10%
8 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #6,600 worldwide overall 277.9 of 708 papers here in the top 10%
9 Elias James Corey United States · #21,148 worldwide overall 279.5 of 808 papers here in the top 10%
10 Jin‐Quan Yu United States · #2,501 worldwide overall 238.0 of 503 papers here in the top 10%
11 Ben Zhong Tang China · #1,291 worldwide overall 249.1 of 708 papers here in the top 10%
12 Tamio Hayashi Japan · #28,570 worldwide overall 237.3 of 789 papers here in the top 10%
13 Aiwen Lei China · #16,979 worldwide overall 219.9 of 629 papers here in the top 10%
14 James Fraser Stoddart United States · #12,981 worldwide overall 230.1 of 764 papers here in the top 10%
15 Avelino Corma Spain · #10,644 worldwide overall 217.6 of 647 papers here in the top 10%
16 Robert Howard Grubbs United States · #11,998 worldwide overall 205.1 of 572 papers here in the top 10%
17 F. Dean Toste United States · #2,339 worldwide overall 183.1 of 402 papers here in the top 10%
18 Steven P. Nolan United Kingdom · #53,753 worldwide overall 217.2 of 763 papers here in the top 10%
19 Alois Fürstner Germany · #7,042 worldwide overall 179.5 of 404 papers here in the top 10%
20 Richard R. Schrock United States · #15,203 worldwide overall 192.0 of 558 papers here in the top 10%
21 Magnus Rueping Germany · #13,577 worldwide overall 180.5 of 459 papers here in the top 10%
22 Robert George Bergman United States · #38,576 worldwide overall 206.4 of 728 papers here in the top 10%
23 Karl Anker Jørgensen Denmark · #16,108 worldwide overall 176.2 of 442 papers here in the top 10%
24 Gregory C. Fu United States · #8,694 worldwide overall 174.6 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
25 Dieter Seebàch Switzerland · #121,435 worldwide overall 211.8 of 817 papers here in the top 10%
26 Philip P. Power United States · #25,380 worldwide overall 189.9 of 600 papers here in the top 10%
27 Richard Smith United States · #1,676 worldwide overall 183.9 of 542 papers here in the top 10%
28 Omar K. Farha United States · #308 worldwide overall 160.7 of 322 papers here in the top 10%
29 David W. C. MacMillan United States · #354 worldwide overall 150.6 of 252 papers here in the top 10%
30 Shu‐Li You China · #33,804 worldwide overall 188.3 of 638 papers here in the top 10%
31 Tobin Jay Marks United States · #10,718 worldwide overall 171.2 of 489 papers here in the top 10%
32 Masakatsu Shibasaki Japan · #153,770 worldwide overall 211.3 of 903 papers here in the top 10%
33 Wen‐Jing Xiao China · #30,844 worldwide overall 167.1 of 505 papers here in the top 10%
34 Matthias Mann Germany · #32 worldwide overall 137.3 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
35 Donald G. Truhlar United States · #7,732 worldwide overall 157.9 of 417 papers here in the top 10%
36 Phil S. Baran United States · #3,640 worldwide overall 148.4 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
37 Paul von Ragué Schleyer Germany · #81,606 worldwide overall 198.0 of 844 papers here in the top 10%
38 Herbert C. Brown United States · #186,196 worldwide overall 234.0 of 1,204 papers here in the top 10%
39 R. Graham Cooks United States · #53,447 worldwide overall 184.8 of 721 papers here in the top 10%
40 Amir H. Hoveyda United States · #15,763 worldwide overall 154.9 of 432 papers here in the top 10%
41 Eric N. Jacobsen United States · #6,078 worldwide overall 145.2 of 338 papers here in the top 10%
42 Carsten Bolm Germany · #78,001 worldwide overall 185.8 of 758 papers here in the top 10%
43 Gernot Frenking Germany · #69,448 worldwide overall 179.0 of 692 papers here in the top 10%
44 Gary A. Molander United States · #44,742 worldwide overall 166.5 of 575 papers here in the top 10%
45 Scott E. Denmark United States · #57,559 worldwide overall 168.1 of 597 papers here in the top 10%
46 Karl Barry Sharpless United States · #12,962 worldwide overall 148.7 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
47 Ben L. Feringa Netherlands · #38,658 worldwide overall 178.2 of 725 papers here in the top 10%
48 Omar M. Yaghi United States · #24 worldwide overall 126.0 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
49 Ruedi Aebersold Switzerland · #982 worldwide overall 126.8 of 239 papers here in the top 10%
50 Shannon S. Stahl United States · #3,318 worldwide overall 130.8 of 279 papers here in the top 10%
51 Banglin Chen United States · #325 worldwide overall 128.6 of 258 papers here in the top 10%
52 Chao‐Jun Li Canada · #100,412 worldwide overall 170.5 of 679 papers here in the top 10%
53 Sukbok Chang South Korea · #19,428 worldwide overall 139.7 of 371 papers here in the top 10%
54 William A. Goddard United States · #13,065 worldwide overall 141.2 of 397 papers here in the top 10%
55 John Anthony Pople United States · #2,847 worldwide overall 124.4 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
56 A. Stephen K. Hashmi Germany · #56,939 worldwide overall 164.4 of 655 papers here in the top 10%
57 Naoto Chatani Japan · #72,346 worldwide overall 157.5 of 590 papers here in the top 10%
58 Paul Knochel Germany · #180,636 worldwide overall 227.2 of 1,296 papers here in the top 10%
59 David Albert Evans United States · #34,520 worldwide overall 133.8 of 370 papers here in the top 10%
60 Mark Lautens Canada · #64,766 worldwide overall 163.9 of 675 papers here in the top 10%
61 Armido Studer Germany · #58,722 worldwide overall 148.7 of 526 papers here in the top 10%
62 Wolfgang Anton Herrmann Germany · #143,098 worldwide overall 175.1 of 792 papers here in the top 10%
63 Masahiro Miura Japan · #115,026 worldwide overall 158.2 of 634 papers here in the top 10%
64 Matthew S. Sigman United States · #6,100 worldwide overall 123.9 of 294 papers here in the top 10%
65 Benjamin List Germany · #14,514 worldwide overall 133.0 of 389 papers here in the top 10%
66 Janusz B. Pawliszyn Canada · #29,632 worldwide overall 129.0 of 354 papers here in the top 10%
67 Guy Bertrand United States · #50,047 worldwide overall 146.3 of 528 papers here in the top 10%
68 Hisashi Yamamoto Japan · #135,762 worldwide overall 172.3 of 796 papers here in the top 10%
69 Hong-Cai “Joe” Zhou United States · #1,161 worldwide overall 115.8 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
70 Stefan Grimme Germany · #16,828 worldwide overall 144.8 of 530 papers here in the top 10%
71 Ei‐ichi Negishi United States · #47,887 worldwide overall 137.2 of 456 papers here in the top 10%
72 Chi‐Ming Che China · #77,403 worldwide overall 162.6 of 711 papers here in the top 10%
73 Jonathan L. Sessler United States · #22,812 worldwide overall 133.4 of 423 papers here in the top 10%
74 Joseph T. Hupp United States · #3,217 worldwide overall 117.8 of 286 papers here in the top 10%
75 Peng Liu United States · #29,164 worldwide overall 122.3 of 334 papers here in the top 10%
76 Makoto Fujita Japan · #15,582 worldwide overall 120.3 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
77 Bing‐Feng Shi China · #15,221 worldwide overall 115.2 of 275 papers here in the top 10%
78 Robert H. Crabtree United States · #26,284 worldwide overall 124.0 of 363 papers here in the top 10%
79 Varinder Kumar Aggarwal United Kingdom · #87,628 worldwide overall 146.2 of 604 papers here in the top 10%
80 Shū Kobayashi Japan · #231,117 worldwide overall 182.4 of 968 papers here in the top 10%
81 Tomislav Rovis United States · #17,396 worldwide overall 116.8 of 314 papers here in the top 10%
82 Larry E. Overman United States · #84,507 worldwide overall 130.8 of 458 papers here in the top 10%
83 David Milstein Israel · #16,826 worldwide overall 119.7 of 347 papers here in the top 10%
84 Feihe Huang China · #2,679 worldwide overall 109.6 of 253 papers here in the top 10%
85 Christian Serre France · #2,014 worldwide overall 107.4 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
86 Susumu Kitagawa Japan · #27,428 worldwide overall 125.5 of 417 papers here in the top 10%
87 Xiangke Wang China · #60 worldwide overall 100.8 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
88 Peter J. Stang United States · #57,188 worldwide overall 138.4 of 547 papers here in the top 10%
89 Dennis P. Curran United States · #124,335 worldwide overall 136.9 of 532 papers here in the top 10%
90 Douglas W. Stephan Canada · #75,119 worldwide overall 143.0 of 596 papers here in the top 10%
91 Erick M. Carreira Switzerland · #47,135 worldwide overall 128.4 of 458 papers here in the top 10%
92 Huw M. L. Davies United States · #85,876 worldwide overall 131.0 of 487 papers here in the top 10%
93 Todd B. Marder Germany · #19,472 worldwide overall 117.8 of 356 papers here in the top 10%
94 Allen J. Bard United States · #5,016 worldwide overall 117.1 of 351 papers here in the top 10%
95 Samuel J. Danishefsky United States · #205,532 worldwide overall 143.7 of 623 papers here in the top 10%
96 Richard N. Zare United States · #24,893 worldwide overall 121.6 of 405 papers here in the top 10%
97 Xingwei Li China · #50,683 worldwide overall 119.8 of 394 papers here in the top 10%
98 Kenichiro Itami Japan · #40,303 worldwide overall 120.6 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
98 William J. Evans United States · #72,279 worldwide overall 127.7 of 480 papers here in the top 10%
100 Tetsuya Satoh Japan · #76,056 worldwide overall 122.5 of 431 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Chemistry. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.