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World 64,373 Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Rankings - 2025
Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
203
0.738
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Photocatalysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
174
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
131
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
120
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Material
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
93
0.433
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Electrocatalysis
quantum dots
perovskites
CO2 capture
Reactive captur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
179
0.836
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Chemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
137
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
105
0.498
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceutical
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
150
0.718
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescenc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
161
0.778
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Nanotechnolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
106
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
87
0.429
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Eng
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
119
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Chemistry
Physics
Computatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
104
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug desig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
113
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Chemistry and Chemical engineerin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
64
0.322
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
106
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framewor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
142
0.728
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
134
0.691
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
95
0.492
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
environmental organic chemistry
environmental science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
116
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
128
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
photocatalysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
105
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Chemistry
materials
carbon material
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
118
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
solar cells
photoelectrochemistry
solar fuel
dye-sensitized
perovskite solar cell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
118
0.648
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
203
0.738
Jiaguo Yu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
174
0.731
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
131
0.604
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnolog
Peidong Yang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
120
0.553
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
93
0.433
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Material
Edward Sargent
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
179
0.836
Electrocatalysis
quantum dots
perovskites
CO2 capture
Reactive captur
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
137
0.640
John Yates
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
105
0.498
Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
150
0.718
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceutical
Ben Zhong Tang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
161
0.778
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescenc
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Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
106
0.520
Stephen L Buchwald
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
87
0.429
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistr
Vinod Kumar Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
119
0.589
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Eng
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
104
0.517
William A Goddard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
113
0.568
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug desig
Jean Frechet
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
64
0.322
Chemistry and Chemical engineerin
Avelino Corma Canos
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
106
0.541
Omar M Yaghi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
142
0.728
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framewor
Yu-Hung Chen 陳毓宏
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
134
0.691
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicin
Paul Alivisatos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
95
0.492
Damià Barceló
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
116
0.604
environmental organic chemistry
environmental science
Shu Hong Yu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
128
0.681
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学�
Zhi LIU 刘智
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
105
0.568
Rodney Ruoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
118
0.648
Chemistry
materials
carbon material
Anders Hagfeldt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
118
0.648
solar cells
photoelectrochemistry
solar fuel
dye-sensitized
perovskite solar cell