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Top Polymers and Plastics Researchers

Henry J. Snaith ranks first, out of 5,301 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 Henry J. Snaith United Kingdom · #217 worldwide 6.6k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Marie Tarascon France · #1,069 worldwide 4.9k citations · 166 works
  3. 3 Paul J. Flory United States · #1,089 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Jack L. Koenig United States · #1,155 worldwide 2.9k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Anders Hagfeldt Sweden · #1,363 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  6. 6 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  7. 7 John D. Ferry United States · #1,803 worldwide 2.1k citations · 92 works
  8. 8 Bruce Dunn United States · #1,913 worldwide 4.1k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 David Hui United States · #1,955 worldwide 2.7k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 Liming Dai United States · #2,364 worldwide 4.2k citations · 144 works
  11. 11 Alain Dufresne France · #3,187 worldwide 2.2k citations · 140 works
  12. 12 Shaik M. Zakeeruddin Switzerland · #3,324 worldwide 2.6k citations · 102 works
  13. 13 Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria · #3,609 worldwide 3.8k citations · 169 works
  14. 14 He Yan Hong Kong · #4,395 worldwide 1.8k citations · 94 works
  15. 15 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #4,573 worldwide 4.4k citations · 264 works
  16. 16 Frederik C. Krebs Denmark · #4,763 worldwide 2.3k citations · 110 works
  17. 17 Jingdong Luo United States · #5,309 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  18. 18 Gerrit Boschloo Sweden · #5,357 worldwide 2.1k citations · 64 works
  19. 19 Jean M. J. Fréchet United States · #6,312 worldwide 2k citations · 130 works
  20. 20 Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong · #6,351 worldwide 3.4k citations · 216 works
  21. 21 Fred Wudl United States · #6,737 worldwide 2.9k citations · 163 works
  22. 22 Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin Switzerland · #8,163 worldwide 3.5k citations · 186 works
  23. 23 Zhong Lin Wang United States · #8,619 worldwide 11k citations · 628 works
  24. 24 Ian A. Kinloch United Kingdom · #8,841 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  25. 25 Henry A. Sodano United States · #9,256 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  26. 26 Harald Ade United States · #9,963 worldwide 1.8k citations · 152 works
  27. 27 Prashant V. Kamat United States · #10,125 worldwide 2.3k citations · 168 works
  28. 28 Stephen R. Forrest United States · #10,146 worldwide 2.8k citations · 240 works
  29. 29 Antonio Abate Germany · #10,226 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  30. 30 Alan G. MacDiarmid United States · #10,303 worldwide 2.1k citations · 136 works
  31. 31 Yang Yang United States · #10,393 worldwide 2k citations · 121 works
  32. 32 G. Marrucci Italy · #10,416 worldwide 2k citations · 48 works
  33. 33 Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli France · #10,544 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  34. 34 Adi Eisenberg Canada · #10,661 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  35. 35 Hatsuo Ishida United States · #10,688 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
  36. 36 Ludwik Leibler France · #10,741 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  37. 37 Benny D. Freeman United States · #10,946 worldwide 2.5k citations · 131 works
  38. 38 Mario Leclerc Canada · #11,116 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  39. 39 Michael Saliba Germany · #11,376 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
  40. 40 Ning Li Germany · #11,647 worldwide 1.7k citations · 77 works
  41. 41 Nikolaos A. Peppas United States · #11,836 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  42. 42 James E. McGrath United States · #11,945 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  43. 43 Michael D. McGehee United States · #12,304 worldwide 1.5k citations · 77 works
  44. 44 Alan H. Windle United Kingdom · #12,656 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  45. 45 Thomas J. Pinnavaia United States · #12,777 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  46. 46 Lewis J. Fetters United States · #12,879 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  47. 47 Zhenan Bao United States · #12,906 worldwide 2.7k citations · 159 works
  48. 48 A. S. Argon United States · #13,029 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  49. 49 Gaoquan Shi China · #13,439 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  50. 50 Bernhard Wunderlich United States · #14,192 worldwide 1.3k citations · 111 works
  51. 51 Antonio Apicella Italy · #14,307 worldwide 758 citations · 107 works
  52. 52 Rainer Waser Germany · #14,645 worldwide 2.6k citations · 194 works
  53. 53 Jan Ivens Belgium · #14,835 worldwide 643 citations · 60 works
  54. 54 Jinsong Huang United States · #15,154 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  55. 55 Frank S. Bates United States · #15,497 worldwide 2.5k citations · 186 works
  56. 56 Charles E. Hoyle United States · #15,542 worldwide 986 citations · 44 works
  57. 57 Michel Armand Spain · #15,549 worldwide 1.9k citations · 99 works
  58. 58 Richard H. Friend United Kingdom · #15,745 worldwide 4k citations · 271 works
  59. 59 Yunqi Liu China · #15,761 worldwide 2.3k citations · 144 works
  60. 60 Masami Okamoto Japan · #16,445 worldwide 891 citations · 74 works
  61. 61 Daoben Zhu China · #16,921 worldwide 2.6k citations · 187 works
  62. 62 James R. Durrant United Kingdom · #17,072 worldwide 1.8k citations · 123 works
  63. 63 Joong Hee Lee South Korea · #17,315 worldwide 2.2k citations · 121 works
  64. 64 Charles R. Martin United States · #17,970 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  65. 65 R. Kötz Switzerland · #18,294 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
  66. 66 Hao Wang Australia · #18,554 worldwide 1.9k citations · 122 works
  67. 67 Allen J. Bard United States · #18,598 worldwide 3.4k citations · 274 works
  68. 68 Xiaodong Chen Singapore · #18,604 worldwide 1.3k citations · 102 works
  69. 69 John R. Reynolds United States · #18,955 worldwide 1.5k citations · 135 works
  70. 70 Lynden A. Archer United States · #19,014 worldwide 1.4k citations · 81 works
  71. 71 Jean‐Luc Brédas Belgium · #19,209 worldwide 2.5k citations · 216 works
  72. 72 Jianhui Hou China · #19,925 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
  73. 73 Richard B. Kaner United States · #20,421 worldwide 1.3k citations · 87 works
  74. 74 D.R. Paul United States · #20,608 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  75. 75 Peiyi Wu China · #21,101 worldwide 753 citations · 72 works
  76. 76 Geoffrey W. Coates United States · #21,634 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  77. 77 L. Mandelkern United States · #21,705 worldwide 754 citations · 87 works
  78. 78 Craig J. Hawker United States · #21,834 worldwide 1.5k citations · 150 works
  79. 79 Xiaowei Zhan China · #21,836 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
  80. 80 H. Bäßler Germany · #21,930 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  81. 81 Pooi See Lee Singapore · #21,968 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  82. 82 Glenn H. Fredrickson United States · #21,991 worldwide 1.6k citations · 147 works
  83. 83 Royce W. Murray United States · #22,261 worldwide 2.1k citations · 179 works
  84. 84 Mary C. Boyce United States · #22,705 worldwide 998 citations · 76 works
  85. 85 Scott R. White United States · #22,825 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
  86. 86 Helmut Neugebauer Austria · #23,104 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  87. 87 Hin‐Lap Yip China · #23,218 worldwide 787 citations · 66 works
  88. 88 Alan J. Heeger United States · #23,689 worldwide 2.8k citations · 216 works
  89. 89 Graeme Moad Australia · #23,970 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
  90. 90 Donald R. Paul United States · #24,075 worldwide 1.8k citations · 133 works
  91. 91 Xinliang Feng Germany · #24,083 worldwide 3k citations · 200 works
  92. 92 Vijay Kumar Thakur United Kingdom · #24,224 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  93. 93 Lawrence T. Drzal United States · #24,243 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  94. 94 Michael M. Coleman United States · #24,427 worldwide 598 citations · 66 works
  95. 95 Yoshihito Osada Japan · #25,027 worldwide 1.5k citations · 129 works
  96. 96 Christian Bailly Belgium · #25,271 worldwide 626 citations · 62 works
  97. 97 Patrick T. Mather United States · #25,523 worldwide 664 citations · 46 works
  98. 98 Kin-tak Lau Hong Kong · #25,622 worldwide 782 citations · 65 works
  99. 99 A. Keller United Kingdom · #25,634 worldwide 1k citations · 97 works
  100. 100 Michael R. Kessler United States · #25,707 worldwide 822 citations · 57 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Polymers and Plastics, 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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