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Top Catalysis Researchers

Jens K. Nørskov ranks first, out of 5,049 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark · #84 worldwide 9.8k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States · #161 worldwide 9.9k citations · 119 works
  3. 3 Donald G. Truhlar United States · #255 worldwide 8.4k citations · 315 works
  4. 4 Michael J. S. Dewar United States · #993 worldwide 4.3k citations · 217 works
  5. 5 David L. Davies United Kingdom · #995 worldwide 2.8k citations · 97 works
  6. 6 Thomas F. Jaramillo United States · #1,020 worldwide 5.5k citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  8. 8 Carlo Adamo France · #1,615 worldwide 3.3k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Ib Chorkendorff Denmark · #1,950 worldwide 3.7k citations · 136 works
  10. 10 Mark D. Allendorf United States · #2,996 worldwide 2.4k citations · 76 works
  11. 11 Keith E. Gubbins United States · #3,556 worldwide 2.2k citations · 117 works
  12. 12 Alexander A. Balandin United States · #3,845 worldwide 3.8k citations · 194 works
  13. 13 Andreas Züttel Switzerland · #4,034 worldwide 2.6k citations · 71 works
  14. 14 John B. Goodenough United States · #4,875 worldwide 6.2k citations · 309 works
  15. 15 Vincenzo Barone Italy · #5,049 worldwide 3.9k citations · 210 works
  16. 16 Martin Head‐Gordon United States · #5,440 worldwide 2.6k citations · 153 works
  17. 17 James H. Davis United States · #6,197 worldwide 1.3k citations · 66 works
  18. 18 Guangming Zeng China · #8,556 worldwide 5.6k citations · 251 works
  19. 19 Jan Rossmeisl Denmark · #9,007 worldwide 1.8k citations · 93 works
  20. 20 Edward H. Sargent Canada · #9,070 worldwide 3.6k citations · 193 works
  21. 21 Berend Smit Switzerland · #9,381 worldwide 1.9k citations · 123 works
  22. 22 Tom Welton United Kingdom · #9,786 worldwide 3.2k citations · 48 works
  23. 23 John M. Prausnitz United States · #9,885 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
  24. 24 Kenneth R. Seddon United Kingdom · #9,907 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  25. 25 Joan F. Brennecke United States · #10,171 worldwide 1.4k citations · 72 works
  26. 26 G. Ertl Germany · #10,198 worldwide 3.1k citations · 189 works
  27. 27 Yury Gogotsi United States · #10,271 worldwide 5.1k citations · 255 works
  28. 28 Jonas C. Peters United States · #10,817 worldwide 1.6k citations · 70 works
  29. 29 K. R. Schubert Norway · #10,850 worldwide 3.4k citations · 206 works
  30. 30 J. P. Remeika United States · #11,035 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  31. 31 Oleg Borodin United States · #11,929 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  32. 32 Galen D. Stucky United States · #12,327 worldwide 2.6k citations · 198 works
  33. 33 Andrew P. Abbott United Kingdom · #12,527 worldwide 1.4k citations · 65 works
  34. 34 Mark E. Davis United States · #12,599 worldwide 2.1k citations · 115 works
  35. 35 H. Bernhard Schlegel United States · #13,883 worldwide 1.8k citations · 114 works
  36. 36 Israel E. Wachs United States · #14,190 worldwide 1.7k citations · 93 works
  37. 37 Carl Wagner United States · #14,420 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  38. 38 Markus Antonietti Germany · #14,681 worldwide 3.2k citations · 190 works
  39. 39 Jason P. Hallett United Kingdom · #14,943 worldwide 3.1k citations · 42 works
  40. 40 Ajay K. Dalai Canada · #15,026 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  41. 41 Masatake Haruta Japan · #15,318 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
  42. 42 Michel Armand Spain · #15,549 worldwide 1.9k citations · 99 works
  43. 43 Frank R. Mayo United States · #15,627 worldwide 761 citations · 50 works
  44. 44 Yizhak Marcus Israel · #16,182 worldwide 1.4k citations · 134 works
  45. 45 Shaobin Wang Australia · #16,251 worldwide 3.5k citations · 187 works
  46. 46 Xavier Gonze Belgium · #16,390 worldwide 1.5k citations · 118 works
  47. 47 Geoffrey C. Bond United Kingdom · #17,053 worldwide 990 citations · 63 works
  48. 48 Takao Ikariya Japan · #17,076 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  49. 49 Dingsheng Wang China · #17,346 worldwide 2k citations · 108 works
  50. 50 Robin D. Rogers United States · #17,638 worldwide 2.7k citations · 238 works
  51. 51 Masaru Watanabe Japan · #17,934 worldwide 1k citations · 83 works
  52. 52 Jack Brouwer United States · #18,070 worldwide 808 citations · 74 works
  53. 53 Robert H. Grubbs United States · #18,399 worldwide 2.7k citations · 222 works
  54. 54 Philip G. Jessop Canada · #18,466 worldwide 773 citations · 53 works
  55. 55 Allen J. Bard United States · #18,598 worldwide 3.4k citations · 274 works
  56. 56 Henry Taube United States · #18,634 worldwide 1.2k citations · 143 works
  57. 57 M. Albert Vannice United States · #18,889 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  58. 58 Peter Strasser Germany · #18,947 worldwide 2.1k citations · 189 works
  59. 59 Karen Chan Denmark · #19,047 worldwide 1.4k citations · 41 works
  60. 60 Ralph T. Yang United States · #19,784 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  61. 61 B. E. Conway Canada · #19,958 worldwide 1.4k citations · 101 works
  62. 62 William F. Taylor United States · #20,972 worldwide 639 citations · 70 works
  63. 63 Mark S. Gordon United States · #21,743 worldwide 1.3k citations · 116 works
  64. 64 Robert C. Reid United States · #22,037 worldwide 786 citations · 76 works
  65. 65 Royce W. Murray United States · #22,261 worldwide 2.1k citations · 179 works
  66. 66 Charles T. Campbell United States · #22,633 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  67. 67 Roald Hoffmann United States · #22,858 worldwide 2.2k citations · 216 works
  68. 68 Yadong Li China · #23,354 worldwide 2.7k citations · 164 works
  69. 69 John Meurig Thomas United Kingdom · #23,569 worldwide 944 citations · 65 works
  70. 70 John Turkevich United States · #23,775 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  71. 71 E. L. Muetterties United States · #24,086 worldwide 1.1k citations · 107 works
  72. 72 M. Stanley Whittingham United States · #24,158 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  73. 73 Qiang Xü Japan · #24,254 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  74. 74 Heyong He China · #24,378 worldwide 911 citations · 59 works
  75. 75 Shuangyin Wang China · #24,567 worldwide 1.6k citations · 72 works
  76. 76 Ernest R. Davidson United States · #25,306 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  77. 77 Jens Sehested Denmark · #25,825 worldwide 846 citations · 49 works
  78. 78 Jacob A. Moulijn Netherlands · #26,274 worldwide 2k citations · 179 works
  79. 79 William J. Evans United States · #26,334 worldwide 1.6k citations · 154 works
  80. 80 Jinlong Gong China · #27,161 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  81. 81 Yoshitsugu Kojima Japan · #27,190 worldwide 1.1k citations · 92 works
  82. 82 Zhengxiao Guo United Kingdom · #27,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
  83. 83 Jiming Hao China · #29,065 worldwide 983 citations · 82 works
  84. 84 Jan Kašpar Italy · #29,229 worldwide 815 citations · 41 works
  85. 85 Felix Studt Germany · #29,318 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  86. 86 N. Sheppard United Kingdom · #29,834 worldwide 794 citations · 95 works
  87. 87 Rajamani Krishna Netherlands · #30,418 worldwide 1.9k citations · 138 works
  88. 88 Michel Primet France · #30,535 worldwide 811 citations · 47 works
  89. 89 Arne Thomas Germany · #30,585 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  90. 90 Keiji Morokuma United States · #30,708 worldwide 1.7k citations · 159 works
  91. 91 Yi Xie China · #30,834 worldwide 2.9k citations · 216 works
  92. 92 Alexis T. Bell United States · #30,842 worldwide 2.5k citations · 182 works
  93. 93 Robert H. Crabtree United States · #31,157 worldwide 2.1k citations · 161 works
  94. 94 Paul T. Williams United Kingdom · #31,340 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
  95. 95 Paolo Fornasiero Italy · #31,485 worldwide 1.5k citations · 88 works
  96. 96 Sigurd Skogestad Norway · #31,525 worldwide 1.3k citations · 138 works
  97. 97 Unni Olsbye Norway · #31,712 worldwide 654 citations · 41 works
  98. 98 Charles P. Smyth United States · #31,797 worldwide 563 citations · 74 works
  99. 99 Dane Morgan United States · #31,849 worldwide 1.5k citations · 136 works
  100. 100 Marc T. M. Koper Netherlands · #31,962 worldwide 1.7k citations · 98 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Catalysis, re-ranked on the composite score. 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 — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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