A. W. Hanson

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

A. W. Hanson is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. W. Hanson has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. W. Hanson's work include Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (9 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (7 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (7 papers). A. W. Hanson is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (9 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (7 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (7 papers). A. W. Hanson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. A. W. Hanson's co-authors include Frederic M. Richards, James R. Knox, Demetrius Tsernoglou, B. Lee, Harold W. Wyckoff, V. Boekelheide, Hee Chol Kang, Bruce Eaton, Laurence K. Thompson and B. S. Ramaswamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

A. W. Hanson

74 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Three-Dimensional Structure of Ribonuclease-S 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Ribonuclease-S
    1970 441 citations A. W. Hanson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. W. Hanson Canada 21 674 595 512 291 271 76 1.7k
D. Rabinovich Israel 18 565 0.8× 893 1.5× 475 0.9× 218 0.7× 241 0.9× 48 1.9k
Tosio Sakurai Japan 22 673 1.0× 334 0.6× 659 1.3× 305 1.0× 364 1.3× 109 1.8k
C. E. Nordman United States 21 687 1.0× 504 0.8× 535 1.0× 85 0.3× 218 0.8× 53 1.7k
Kazumi Nakatsu Japan 24 1.1k 1.6× 282 0.5× 386 0.8× 318 1.1× 256 0.9× 94 1.9k
A. Camerman Canada 26 754 1.1× 922 1.5× 430 0.8× 117 0.4× 341 1.3× 110 2.4k
Ronald Mason United Kingdom 19 436 0.6× 396 0.7× 322 0.6× 184 0.6× 141 0.5× 61 1.3k
H. Hope United States 23 1.2k 1.7× 701 1.2× 783 1.5× 288 1.0× 285 1.1× 65 2.4k
O. W. Johnson United States 18 763 1.1× 321 0.5× 730 1.4× 208 0.7× 421 1.6× 53 2.3k
J. R. Ruble United States 19 410 0.6× 568 1.0× 474 0.9× 160 0.5× 312 1.2× 57 1.5k
M. A. Viswamitra India 24 447 0.7× 1.6k 2.7× 497 1.0× 160 0.5× 326 1.2× 120 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. W. Hanson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hanson, A. W.. (1987). Hydrated proton complexes in methyl 3-sulfoorsellinate tetrahydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 43(2). 296–300. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Tingmo, R.Frank Chandler, & A. W. Hanson. (1987). Obscurinine: A new lycopodium alkaloid. Tetrahedron Letters. 28(48). 5993–5996. 18 indexed citations
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Fallis, Alex G., et al.. (1987). A general intramolecular Diels–Alder approach to tricyclic sesquiterpenes: stereoselective total syntheses of (±)-sinularene and (±)-5-epi-sinularene. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 65(1). 114–123. 10 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W., A. W. McCulloch, & A. G. McInnes. (1986). Structural studies of 1,3-dioxa-2-silacycloalkanes. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 64(7). 1400–1407. 18 indexed citations
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Maass, W. S. G. & A. W. Hanson. (1986). Wrightiin, a New Chlorinated Depside from Erioderma wrightii Tuck (Ascolichenes). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 41(12). 1589–1592. 5 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W., et al.. (1986). Ruthenium complexes of [2n]cyclophanes. A general synthesis of bis(.eta.6-[2n]cyclophane)ruthenium(II) compounds and related chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(12). 3324–3334. 71 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1978). 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane(perylene)2–perylene. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 34(7). 2339–2341. 16 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1977). (3-Pyrida-3-[2,6])(6-benza-6-[1,4;2,5]) (9-pyrida-9-[2,6])spiro[5.5]undecaphane-1,4,7,10-tetraene. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 33(8). 2657–2659. 2 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W., et al.. (1972). The crystal structure of [2.2.2](l,3,5)cyclophane-1,9,l7-triene. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 28(7). 2287–2291. 14 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1972). The crystal structure of lidocaine hydrohexafluoroarsenate. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 28(3). 672–679. 6 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1971). The crystal structure of [2.2]metaparacyclophane-1,9-diene. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 27(1). 197–202. 12 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1967). The crystal structure of trans-15,16-diethylhydropyrene. Acta Crystallographica. 23(3). 476–481. 8 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1964). The crystal structure of the 1:1 complexes of skatole and indole withs-trinitrobenzene. Acta Crystallographica. 17(5). 559–568. 50 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W. & F. R. Ahmed. (1958). The crystal structure and absolute configuration of the monoclinic form ofd-methadone hydrobromide. Acta Crystallographica. 11(10). 724–728. 16 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1958). A double layer-line screen for Weissenberg photography. Journal of Scientific Instruments. 35(5). 180–180. 1 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W. & R.L. Zimmerman. (1957). Continuous Recycle Copolymerization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 49(11). 1803–1806. 16 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W., H. Lipson, & C. A. Taylor. (1953). The application of the principles of physical optics to crystal-structure determination. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 218(1134). 371–384. 19 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W.. (1953). The structure of the free radical di-p-anisyl nitric oxide. Acta Crystallographica. 6(1). 32–34. 41 indexed citations
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Hanson, A. W. & H. Lipson. (1952). Optical methods in X-ray analysis. III. Fourier synthesis by optical interference. Acta Crystallographica. 5(3). 362–366. 10 indexed citations

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