Top Scientists in Chemistry (2026)
Explore scientists classified in Chemistry in the 2026 single-year ranking, with global rankings, institutions, countries and historical representation.
Historical Listings
2020–2026 · Both ranking typesDisciplines with Similar Representation
Closest scientist counts listed in 2026 Single-year dataset.
Top 10 Scientists in Chemistry
2026 · Single-year| Field position | Worldwide | Scientist | c-score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Grimme, Stefan Universität Bonn, Germany | 5.17 |
| 2 | 20 |  Neese, Frank Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany | 4.95 |
| 3 | 70 |  Sheldrick, George Michael Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany | 4.65 |
| 4 | 72 | NŘrskov, Jens Kehlet Technical University of Denmark, Denmark | 4.65 |
| 5 | 73 |  Yaghi, Omar M. University of California, Berkeley, United States of America | 4.65 |
| 6 | 118 |  Wang, Joseph University of California, San Diego, United States of America | 4.54 |
| 7 | 121 | Whitesides, G. M. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, United States of America | 4.54 |
| 8 | 196 | Koper, Marc T.M. Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Netherlands | 4.42 |
| 9 | 212 | Sheldon, Roger A. Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft, Netherlands | 4.40 |
| 10 | 222 |  Corma, Avelino CSIC-UPV - Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ), Spain | 4.39 |
Top 10 Institutions in Chemistry
Number of listed scientists by recorded affiliation.
Top 10 Countries in Chemistry
Number of listed scientists by country.
How to Interpret These Figures
The Chemistry grouping follows the broad Science-Metrix field recorded in the underlying bibliometric dataset. Counts refer to scientists listed in the 2026 single-year dataset, not to all researchers working in the field.
Discipline position is derived from the number of listed scientists across the 20 fields. It is not an official ranking of disciplinary quality. Country figures reflect recorded affiliations, not citizenship. Institution names may have variants; historical changes may also reflect changes in dataset coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about Chemistry based on the 2026 single-year ranking data.
16,855 researcher records are classified under Chemistry in the 2026 single-year dataset. This is not a census of everyone conducting research in the field.
Chemistry is positioned #7 when broad disciplines are ordered by their listed researcher counts in the selected dataset. This is not a ranking of disciplinary quality or scientific importance.
The Top 10 Institutions and Top 10 Countries charts show where listed researchers classified under Chemistry are most frequently associated in the selected dataset. These figures represent researcher counts, not comparisons of institutional or national research quality.
The page uses the broad Science-Metrix field recorded in the underlying Scopus-derived ranking dataset. This classification should not be interpreted as a complete description of a researcher’s expertise or interdisciplinary work.
Both views can be explored, but they summarize citation impact over different timeframes. Their counts and positions should not be treated as directly interchangeable measures of disciplinary performance.
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