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Top Organic Chemistry Researchers

John A. Pople ranks first, out of 5,839 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 John A. Pople United States · #77 worldwide 11k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 K. Barry Sharpless United States · #863 worldwide 3.3k citations · 145 works
  3. 3 Michael J. S. Dewar United States · #993 worldwide 4.3k citations · 217 works
  4. 4 Corwin Hansch United States · #1,127 worldwide 2.9k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 David W. C. MacMillan United States · #1,296 worldwide 3.5k citations · 98 works
  6. 6 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
  7. 7 Warren J. Hehre United States · #1,992 worldwide 3.2k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Christopher N. Bowman United States · #2,300 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  9. 9 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom · #2,575 worldwide 5.5k citations · 294 works
  10. 10 Carlos F. Barbas United States · #3,186 worldwide 1.9k citations · 90 works
  11. 11 G. Wilkinson United States · #3,356 worldwide 1.7k citations · 123 works
  12. 12 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #4,573 worldwide 4.4k citations · 264 works
  13. 13 Vincenzo Barone Italy · #5,049 worldwide 3.9k citations · 210 works
  14. 14 Louis J. Farrugia United Kingdom · #6,002 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
  15. 15 Jean M. J. Fréchet United States · #6,312 worldwide 2k citations · 130 works
  16. 16 Donald Bethell United Kingdom · #6,708 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  17. 17 Fred Wudl United States · #6,737 worldwide 2.9k citations · 163 works
  18. 18 Stefan Grimme Germany · #6,878 worldwide 1.8k citations · 134 works
  19. 19 Colin Eaborn United Kingdom · #7,112 worldwide 2.7k citations · 255 works
  20. 20 Valery V. Fokin United States · #7,146 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  21. 21 Ryōji Noyori Japan · #7,579 worldwide 2.4k citations · 168 works
  22. 22 William P. Jencks United States · #7,615 worldwide 1.5k citations · 120 works
  23. 23 Jin‐Quan Yu United States · #7,626 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
  24. 24 Alois Fürstner Germany · #7,645 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  25. 25 David A. Evans United States · #8,226 worldwide 2k citations · 138 works
  26. 26 Stephen L. Buchwald United States · #9,391 worldwide 3.5k citations · 228 works
  27. 27 Ezio Rizzardo Australia · #9,508 worldwide 1.4k citations · 52 works
  28. 28 Giovanni Sartori Italy · #9,957 worldwide 1.3k citations · 118 works
  29. 29 Luigi Cavallo Saudi Arabia · #10,481 worldwide 1.4k citations · 122 works
  30. 30 Adi Eisenberg Canada · #10,661 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  31. 31 Jonas C. Peters United States · #10,817 worldwide 1.6k citations · 70 works
  32. 32 Robert M. Waymouth United States · #11,888 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  33. 33 E. J. Corey United States · #12,077 worldwide 3.6k citations · 298 works
  34. 34 John E. Casida United States · #12,133 worldwide 1.6k citations · 159 works
  35. 35 Galen D. Stucky United States · #12,327 worldwide 2.6k citations · 198 works
  36. 36 Alexander Dömlingꝉ Netherlands · #12,880 worldwide 907 citations · 73 works
  37. 37 Edward M. Kosower Israel · #13,271 worldwide 816 citations · 81 works
  38. 38 Christopher S. Foote United States · #13,437 worldwide 1k citations · 81 works
  39. 39 H. Bernhard Schlegel United States · #13,883 worldwide 1.8k citations · 114 works
  40. 40 Shannon S. Stahl United States · #14,461 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  41. 41 Markus Antonietti Germany · #14,681 worldwide 3.2k citations · 190 works
  42. 42 John F. Hartwig United States · #15,199 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
  43. 43 Frank S. Bates United States · #15,497 worldwide 2.5k citations · 186 works
  44. 44 Bruce E. Maryanoff United States · #15,927 worldwide 795 citations · 60 works
  45. 45 Tsutomu Katsuki Japan · #16,628 worldwide 1.2k citations · 110 works
  46. 46 Takao Ikariya Japan · #17,076 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  47. 47 Harry S. Mosher United States · #17,447 worldwide 799 citations · 61 works
  48. 48 Robin D. Rogers United States · #17,638 worldwide 2.7k citations · 238 works
  49. 49 F. G. Bordwell United States · #17,942 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
  50. 50 Robert H. Grubbs United States · #18,399 worldwide 2.7k citations · 222 works
  51. 51 John E. Bercaw United States · #18,456 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  52. 52 Kenneth N. Raymond United States · #18,530 worldwide 1.7k citations · 146 works
  53. 53 Henry Taube United States · #18,634 worldwide 1.2k citations · 143 works
  54. 54 Masahiro Irie Japan · #18,824 worldwide 1.5k citations · 158 works
  55. 55 Kenneth B. Wiberg United States · #18,942 worldwide 1.8k citations · 166 works
  56. 56 Gregory C. Fu United States · #19,143 worldwide 1.8k citations · 114 works
  57. 57 Maurice Brookhart United States · #19,254 worldwide 1.2k citations · 85 works
  58. 58 Tom Ziegler Canada · #20,296 worldwide 1k citations · 99 works
  59. 59 Emil B. Lobkovsky United States · #20,730 worldwide 865 citations · 68 works
  60. 60 Eric N. Jacobsen United States · #20,895 worldwide 1.6k citations · 142 works
  61. 61 Craig J. Hawker United States · #21,834 worldwide 1.5k citations · 150 works
  62. 62 Steven P. Armes United Kingdom · #21,889 worldwide 1.4k citations · 121 works
  63. 63 Oyo Mitsunobu Japan · #22,242 worldwide 877 citations · 39 works
  64. 64 Robert C. Haddon United States · #22,712 worldwide 1.7k citations · 130 works
  65. 65 Roald Hoffmann United States · #22,858 worldwide 2.2k citations · 216 works
  66. 66 Peter J. Stang United States · #22,942 worldwide 1.9k citations · 165 works
  67. 67 Phil S. Baran United States · #23,078 worldwide 1.2k citations · 109 works
  68. 68 E. L. Muetterties United States · #24,086 worldwide 1.1k citations · 107 works
  69. 69 Richard R. Schrock United States · #24,113 worldwide 1.8k citations · 159 works
  70. 70 David H. Solomon Australia · #24,168 worldwide 1k citations · 121 works
  71. 71 F. Ekkehardt Hahn Germany · #24,473 worldwide 995 citations · 99 works
  72. 72 Jack D. Dunitz Switzerland · #25,021 worldwide 804 citations · 75 works
  73. 73 John W. Daly United States · #25,282 worldwide 1.3k citations · 135 works
  74. 74 Kazunori Kataoka Japan · #25,750 worldwide 1.6k citations · 168 works
  75. 75 William J. Evans United States · #26,334 worldwide 1.6k citations · 154 works
  76. 76 Donald J. Cram United States · #26,439 worldwide 1.4k citations · 135 works
  77. 77 Katsuyuki Ogura Japan · #27,119 worldwide 801 citations · 66 works
  78. 78 Gautam R. Desiraju India · #28,302 worldwide 967 citations · 99 works
  79. 79 J. C. Martin United States · #29,611 worldwide 719 citations · 41 works
  80. 80 Vincenzo Balzani Italy · #30,385 worldwide 1.5k citations · 138 works
  81. 81 Keiji Morokuma United States · #30,708 worldwide 1.7k citations · 159 works
  82. 82 Mark S. Wrighton United States · #30,815 worldwide 1.3k citations · 119 works
  83. 83 Paul A. Wender United States · #30,894 worldwide 852 citations · 99 works
  84. 84 David M. Haddleton United Kingdom · #30,922 worldwide 714 citations · 95 works
  85. 85 Robert H. Crabtree United States · #31,157 worldwide 2.1k citations · 161 works
  86. 86 F. H. Westheimer United States · #31,374 worldwide 565 citations · 63 works
  87. 87 Fritz E. Kühn Germany · #31,604 worldwide 739 citations · 86 works
  88. 88 Christian Decker France · #31,833 worldwide 674 citations · 76 works
  89. 89 W. von E. Doering United States · #31,869 worldwide 569 citations · 54 works
  90. 90 Hans‐Joachim Knölker Germany · #32,099 worldwide 753 citations · 74 works
  91. 91 Dale L. Boger United States · #32,175 worldwide 1.2k citations · 159 works
  92. 92 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong · #32,428 worldwide 7k citations · 625 works
  93. 93 Henri B. Kagan France · #32,816 worldwide 713 citations · 91 works
  94. 94 Jiro Tsuji Japan · #32,831 worldwide 638 citations · 92 works
  95. 95 J. K. Stille United States · #33,268 worldwide 1k citations · 95 works
  96. 96 Ned A. Porter United States · #33,333 worldwide 694 citations · 79 works
  97. 97 D. John Faulkner United States · #33,948 worldwide 667 citations · 94 works
  98. 98 Gilbert Stork United States · #34,268 worldwide 750 citations · 74 works
  99. 99 Norman L. Allinger United States · #34,665 worldwide 953 citations · 151 works
  100. 100 Roger A. Sheldon Netherlands · #35,034 worldwide 1.5k citations · 147 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Organic Chemistry, 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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