Richard Guy Compton FRSC MAE (born 10 March 1955[1] in Scunthorpe, UK) is a Professor of Chemistry and Aldrichian Praelector[2] at Oxford University, United Kingdom.

He has published more than 1600 papers (h-index = 102) with more than 44,000 citations, excluding self-cites, as of March 2020; Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher 2014, 2015 and 2016) and 7 books (see list below).

Patents have been filed on 25 different topics including novel pH sensors, gas sensing and the detection of garlic strength and chilli heat in foodstuffs.

The Senova pHit Scanner based on Compton group patents - the world’s first calibration-free pH meter - won the 'best new product' award at PITTCON March 2013.

Letters from the GULAG and a History of Electroanalysis in the USSR” with A S Kabakaev, M J Stawpert, G G Wildgoose and E A Zakharova, Imperial College Press, published March 2011.