Alan E. Reed

35.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
27 papers, 31.6k citations indexed

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Alan E. Reed is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan E. Reed has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 31.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Alan E. Reed's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (7 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (7 papers). Alan E. Reed is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (7 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (7 papers). Alan E. Reed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Vietnam. Alan E. Reed's co-authors include Frank Weinhold, Larry A. Curtiss, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Paul v. R. Schleyer, Krishnan Raghavachari, Elmar Kaufmann, Robert Weiß, Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, P. Vishnu Kamath and Christian Schade and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Alan E. Reed

27 papers receiving 31.0k 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.

Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint

1988 15.6k citations Alan E. Reed, Larry A. Curtiss et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Natural population analysis

1985 8.7k citations Alan E. Reed, Frank Weinhold et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Natural bond orbital analysis of near-Hartree–Fock water dimer

1983 2.7k citations Alan E. Reed, Frank Weinhold The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Natural localized molecular orbitals

1985 2.0k citations Alan E. Reed, Frank Weinhold The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Chemical bonding in hypervalent molecules. The dominance of ionic bonding and negative hyperconjugation over d-orbital participation

1990 755 citations Alan E. Reed, Paul von Ragué Schleyer Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Natural bond orbital analysis of molecular interactions: Theoretical studies of binary complexes of HF, H2O, NH3, N2, O2, F2, CO, and CO2 with HF, H2O, and NH3

1986 457 citations Alan E. Reed, Frank Weinhold et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan E. Reed United States	22	16.4k	8.8k	8.5k	8.0k	7.0k	27	31.6k
R. Ditchfield United States	29	13.2k 0.8×	5.5k 0.6×	9.6k 1.1×	5.7k 0.7×	8.1k 1.2×	74	31.7k
J. G. Snijders Netherlands	58	10.4k 0.6×	10.0k 1.1×	11.5k 1.4×	5.6k 0.7×	11.2k 1.6×	136	32.8k
Kenneth B. Wiberg United States	83	18.2k 1.1×	5.1k 0.6×	10.6k 1.2×	7.9k 1.0×	5.6k 0.8×	497	34.4k
Richard F. W. Bader Canada	56	16.7k 1.0×	9.4k 1.1×	13.8k 1.6×	16.1k 2.0×	12.1k 1.7×	94	42.4k
F. Matthias Bickelhaupt Netherlands	79	22.3k 1.4×	11.6k 1.3×	7.7k 0.9×	6.5k 0.8×	8.0k 1.1×	859	38.6k
Dieter Cremer Sweden	72	11.9k 0.7×	6.8k 0.8×	9.2k 1.1×	6.7k 0.8×	4.5k 0.6×	384	26.4k
Leo Radom Australia	82	17.2k 1.0×	4.8k 0.5×	16.1k 1.9×	8.3k 1.0×	6.6k 0.9×	533	37.2k
J. Stephen Binkley United States	43	16.4k 1.0×	8.9k 1.0×	17.5k 2.1×	8.7k 1.1×	12.0k 1.7×	78	45.1k
Peter Politzer United States	98	14.9k 0.9×	9.8k 1.1×	10.4k 1.2×	22.1k 2.8×	13.6k 1.9×	554	43.6k
Jacopo Tomasi Italy	56	17.9k 1.1×	4.5k 0.5×	11.4k 1.3×	11.3k 1.4×	9.7k 1.4×	193	40.5k

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1991). Natural Bond Orbital Analysis of Internal Rotation Barriers and Related Phenomena. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 31(4). 277–285. 168 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E., Paul v. R. Schleyer, & Rudolf Janoschek. (1991). Why does tetralithium silane assume a nontetrahedral (C2v) structure with apparent lithium-lithium attraction? Comparison with tetralithium germane, tetralithium stannate, and tetralithium carbide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(6). 1885–1892. 16 indexed citations

Lammertsma, Koop, et al.. (1989). Remarkable structures of dialane(4), Al2H4. Inorganic Chemistry. 28(2). 313–317. 44 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E., Christian Schade, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, P. Vishnu Kamath, & Jayaraman Chandrasekhar. (1988). Anomeric effects involving silicon centres: silanols. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 67–69. 62 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E., Larry A. Curtiss, & Frank Weinhold. (1988). Intermolecular interactions from a natural bond orbital, donor-acceptor viewpoint. Chemical Reviews. 88(6). 899–926. 15586 indexed citations breakdown →

Reed, Alan E. & Paul v. R. Schleyer. (1988). The anomeric effect with central atoms other than carbon. 2. Strong interactions between nonbonded substituents in mono- and polyfluorinated first- and second-row amines, FnAHmNH2. Inorganic Chemistry. 27(22). 3969–3987. 198 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E. & Timothy Clark. (1988). A natural bond orbital analysis of the bonding in solvated electrons within a localised electron model. Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. 85. 365–365. 11 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E. & Paul v. R. Schleyer. (1987). The anomeric effect with central atoms other than carbon. 1. Strong interactions between nonbonded substituents in polyfluorinated first- and second-row hydrides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(24). 7362–7373. 183 indexed citations

Reed, Alan E. & Paul von Ragué Schleyer. (1987). The nature and decomposition pathways of SiH−5, PH5, and SH+5, the simplest viable pentavalent molecules. Chemical Physics Letters. 133(6). 553–561. 33 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E., et al.. (1986). Natural bond orbital analysis of molecular interactions: Theoretical studies of binary complexes of HF, H/sub 2/O, NH/sub 3/, N/sub 2/, O/sub 2/, F/sub 2/, CO, and CO/sub 2/ with HF, H/sub 2/O, and NH/sub 3/. 11 indexed citations

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Schleyer, Paul von Ragué, A. Sawaryn, Alan E. Reed, & Pavel Hobza. (1986). The Remarkable Structure of Lithium Cyanide/Isocyanide. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(5). 666–672. 24 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1986). Some remarks on the C–H bond dipole moment. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 84(4). 2428–2430. 40 indexed citations

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Curtiss, Larry A., C. A. Melendres, Alan E. Reed, & Frank Weinhold. (1986). Theoretical studies of O₂⁻:(H₂O)_n clusters. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(3). 294–305. 29 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1986). On the role of d orbitals in sulfur hexafluoride. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(13). 3586–3593. 149 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1986). ChemInform Abstract: On the Role of d Orbitals in SF₆.. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 17(40). 2 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E., et al.. (1985). Natural population analysis. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 83(2). 735–746. 8681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Curtiss, Larry A., et al.. (1985). Investigation of the differences in stability of the OC⋅⋅⋅HF and CO⋅⋅⋅HF complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 82(6). 2679–2687. 102 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1985). A theoretical model of bonding in hyperlithiated carbon compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(7). 1919–1921. 49 indexed citations

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Reed, Alan E. & Frank Weinhold. (1985). Natural localized molecular orbitals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 83(4). 1736–1740. 1979 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reed, Alan E., et al.. (1985). Nature of the contact ion pair trichloromethyl-chloride (CCl3+Cl-). A theoretical study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89(12). 2688–2694. 82 indexed citations

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