David Pugh

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

David Pugh is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pugh has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Organic Chemistry, 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David Pugh's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (13 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (12 papers). David Pugh is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (13 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (12 papers). David Pugh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David Pugh's co-authors include Andreas A. Danopoulos, John Morley, Ivan P. Parkin, Claire J. Carmalt, Joseph A. Wright, Gillian Reid, William Levason, Leanne G. Bloor, Christopher S. Blackman and Aimee L. Boyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry of Materials and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

David Pugh

100 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Metal complexes with ‘pincer’-type ligands incorporating N-heterocyclic carbene functionalities

2006 571 citations David Pugh, Andreas A. Danopoulos profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Pugh United Kingdom	28	1.7k	622	590	519	485	102	2.9k
Flavia Barragán Spain	6	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 2.4×	1.3k 2.1×	517 1.0×	375 0.8×	7	3.7k
Andrea Sella United Kingdom	28	1.2k 0.7×	980 1.6×	1.7k 2.8×	506 1.0×	595 1.2×	81	3.2k
Marc Revés Spain	12	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 2.7×	1.2k 2.1×	510 1.0×	373 0.8×	19	3.9k
Beatriz Cordero Spain	8	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 2.5×	1.3k 2.2×	628 1.2×	374 0.8×	9	3.7k
Robert Stranger Australia	35	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	1.1k 1.9×	1.3k 2.6×	326 0.7×	173	3.5k
Charles Edwin Webster United States	34	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 2.3×	1.0k 1.7×	191 0.4×	482 1.0×	123	3.9k
A. R. Siedle United States	31	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	910 1.5×	545 1.1×	282 0.6×	142	3.1k
Andrey Yu. Rogachev United States	28	1.7k 1.0×	537 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	458 0.9×	323 0.7×	117	2.6k
David L. Thorn United States	32	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 2.4×	1.2k 2.0×	343 0.7×	623 1.3×	65	3.8k
T. Kajiwara Japan	26	804 0.5×	1.0k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	468 0.9×	280 0.6×	76	2.5k

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Brown, Robert, et al.. (2025). A revised understanding of the speciation of gold(iii) dithiocarbamate complexes in solution. Dalton Transactions. 54(19). 7627–7640. 2 indexed citations

Pugh, David, et al.. (2024). A chemically induced, room temperature, single source precursor to CuS (covellite) nanomaterials: synthesis and reactivity of [Cu(S₂CNHBz)]_n. Dalton Transactions. 53(42). 17140–17145. 1 indexed citations

Philippi, Frederik, Keisuke Shigenobu, Oriele Palumbo, et al.. (2024). Evolving better solvate electrolytes for lithium secondary batteries. Chemical Science. 15(19). 7342–7358. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Xiang, Firoz Alam, David Pugh, et al.. (2023). Copper diaryl-dithiocarbamate complexes and their application as single source precursors (SSPs) for copper sulfide nanomaterials. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(27). 12718–12727. 9 indexed citations

Ghosh, Shishir, et al.. (2022). Biomimics of [FeFe]-hydrogenases incorporating redox-active ligands: synthesis, redox properties and spectroelectrochemistry of diiron-dithiolate complexes with ferrocenyl-diphosphines as Fe₄S₄ surrogates. Dalton Transactions. 51(25). 9748–9769. 11 indexed citations

Pugh, David, et al.. (2022). Diaryl dithiocarbamates: synthesis, oxidation to thiuram disulfides, Co(iii) complexes [Co(S₂CNAr₂)₃] and their use as single source precursors to CoS₂. Dalton Transactions. 51(34). 13061–13070. 5 indexed citations

Danopoulos, Andreas A., Pierre Braunstein, Jörg Saßmannshausen, David Pugh, & Joseph A. Wright. (2020). “Pincer” Pyridine–Dicarbene–Iridium and ‐Ruthenium Complexes and Derivatives Thereof. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2020(35). 3359–3369. 9 indexed citations

Luthra, Vandna, et al.. (2015). Ethanol sensing characteristics of Zn_0.99M_0.01O (M = Al/Ni) nanopowders. physica status solidi (a). 213(1). 203–209. 7 indexed citations

Bartlett, Philip N., Jennifer Burt, David Cook, et al.. (2015). A Versatile Precursor System for Supercritical Fluid Electrodeposition of Main‐Group Materials. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(1). 302–309. 16 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Philip N., Charles Y. Cummings, William Levason, David Pugh, & Gillian Reid. (2014). Halometallate Complexes of Germanium(II) and (IV): Probing the Role of Cation, Oxidation State and Halide on the Structural and Electrochemical Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(17). 5019–5027. 26 indexed citations

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Marchand, Peter, David Pugh, Ivan P. Parkin, & Claire J. Carmalt. (2014). Synthesis and Structural Characterization of β‐Ketoiminate‐Stabilized Gallium Hydrides for Chemical Vapor Deposition Applications. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(33). 10503–10513. 6 indexed citations

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Hector, Andrew L., et al.. (2014). The preparation and structure of Ge₃F₈– a new mixed-valence fluoride of germanium, a convenient source of GeF₂. Dalton Transactions. 43(39). 14514–14516. 4 indexed citations

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Levason, William, David Pugh, & Gillian Reid. (2013). Tribenzylphosphane and its hydrochloride salt, tribenzylphosphonium hydrogen dichloride–tribenzylphosphane (1/1). Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 69(5). 560–564. 3 indexed citations

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Gurnani, Chitra, et al.. (2013). Tin(ii) fluoride vs. tin(ii) chloride – a comparison of their coordination chemistry with neutral ligands. Dalton Transactions. 42(23). 8364–8364. 42 indexed citations

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Pugh, David, Leanne G. Bloor, Ivan P. Parkin, & Claire J. Carmalt. (2012). Gallium Hydride Complexes Stabilised by Multidentate Alkoxide Ligands: Precursors to Thin Films of Ga₂O₃ at Low Temperatures. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(19). 6079–6087. 17 indexed citations

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Danopoulos, Andreas A., et al.. (2009). Structural and Reactivity Studies of “Pincer” Pyridine Dicarbene Complexes of Fe⁰: Experimental and Computational Comparison of the Phosphine and NHC Donors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(22). 5491–5502. 94 indexed citations

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Pugh, David, Aimee L. Boyle, & Andreas A. Danopoulos. (2008). ‘Pincer’ pyridine dicarbene complexes of nickel and their derivatives. Unusual ring opening of a coordinated imidazol-2-ylidene. Dalton Transactions. 1087–1087. 84 indexed citations

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Danopoulos, Andreas A. & David Pugh. (2007). A method for the synthesis of nickel(0) bis(carbene) complexes. Dalton Transactions. 30–31. 39 indexed citations

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Pugh, David. (2006). 2,6-Dibromo-3,5-dimethylpyridine and 2,6-diiodo-3,5-dimethylpyridine. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 62(10). o590–o592. 2 indexed citations

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Pugh, David, et al.. (2005). ‘Pincer’ dicarbene complexes of some early transition metals and uranium. Dalton Transactions. 775–782. 87 indexed citations

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