Amir Karton

11.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
220 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Amir Karton is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Karton has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Materials Chemistry, 95 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 87 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Amir Karton's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (92 papers), Graphene research and applications (28 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (27 papers). Amir Karton is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (92 papers), Graphene research and applications (28 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (27 papers). Amir Karton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Israel and United States. Amir Karton's co-authors include Jan M. L. Martin, Tanveer Hussain, Branko Ruščić, É. M. Rabinovich, Robert J. O’Reilly, Leo Radom, George C. Schatz, J.F. Lamere, Li‐Juan Yu and Rajeev Ahuja and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Amir Karton

213 papers receiving 9.0k citations

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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.

Highly Accurate First-Principles Benchmark Data Sets for the Parametrization and Validation of Density Functional and Other Approximate Methods. Derivation of a Robust, Generally Applicable, Double-Hybrid Functional for Thermochemistry and Thermochemical Kinetics

2008 651 citations Amir Karton et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
W4 theory for computational thermochemistry: In pursuit of confident sub-kJ/mol predictions

2006 625 citations Amir Karton et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amir Karton Australia	53	4.0k	3.6k	2.7k	1.4k	1.1k	220	9.0k
Tetsuya Taketsugu Japan	52	4.2k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	332	9.2k
Christoph Riplinger Germany	30	3.4k 0.8×	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	51	10.6k
Vitaly A. Rassolov United States	28	2.6k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	890 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	95	9.4k
Christoph Bannwarth Germany	35	4.8k 1.2×	2.9k 0.8×	4.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	77	12.9k
Ute Becker Germany	12	2.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	936 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	15	7.9k
Takao Tsuneda Japan	32	2.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	2.3k 2.0×	96	8.1k
Jan Andzelm United States	44	5.0k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	132	13.0k
Masahiro Ehara Japan	42	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	974 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	313	6.9k
E. Wimmer United States	40	4.6k 1.1×	4.8k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	917 0.8×	133	10.9k
Viktor N. Staroverov Canada	35	5.3k 1.3×	5.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	121	13.2k

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Karton, Amir, Kasimir P. Gregory, & Bun Chan. (2025). How perfluorination alters PAH stability: Benchmarking DFT with CCSD(T) isomerization energies of perfluorinated PAHs. Chemical Physics. 595. 112712–112712. 1 indexed citations

Karton, Amir. (2025). Three decades of quantum science: how quantum chemistry transformed thermochemical database generation for benchmarking DFT and machine learning. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 78(3). 2 indexed citations

Karton, Amir, Tobias Foller, & Rakesh Joshi. (2024). Catalyzing epoxy oxygen migration on the basal surface of graphene oxide using strong hydrogen-bond donors. Chemical Communications. 60(55). 7049–7052. 2 indexed citations

Li, Hu, Soumyajyoti Haldar, Tanveer Hussain, et al.. (2023). Observation of defect density dependent elastic modulus of graphene. Applied Physics Letters. 123(5). 2 indexed citations

Sumby, Christopher J., et al.. (2023). Desymmetrization and Kinetic Resolution of Endoperoxides Using a Bifunctional Organocatalyst. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(16). 11444–11449. 5 indexed citations

Karton, Amir. (2022). Fullerenes Pose a Strain on Hybrid Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(29). 4709–4720. 10 indexed citations

Fridman, Natalia, et al.. (2022). Formation of distinct iron hydrides via mechanistic divergence in directed C–H Bond activation of aryl ketones, esters and amides. Chemical Communications. 59(4). 426–429. 5 indexed citations

Karton, Amir. (2021). High-level thermochemistry for the octasulfur ring: A converged coupled cluster perspective for a challenging second-row system. Chemical Physics Impact. 3. 100047–100047. 7 indexed citations

Chan, Bun & Amir Karton. (2021). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: from small molecules through nano-sized species towards bulk graphene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(32). 17713–17723. 22 indexed citations

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Paenurk, Eno, Natalia Fridman, Amir Karton, et al.. (2021). Extensive Redox Non-Innocence in Iron Bipyridine-Diimine Complexes: a Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Study. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(23). 18296–18306. 5 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir, et al.. (2020). Thermochemical stabilities of giant fullerenes using density functional tight binding theory and isodesmic‐type reactions. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 42(4). 222–230. 11 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir. (2020). Effective basis set extrapolations for CCSDT, CCSDT(Q), and CCSDTQ correlation energies. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(2). 24102–24102. 21 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir, et al.. (2020). π–π Catalysis in Carbon Flatland—Flipping [8]Annulene on Graphene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(10). 3420–3426. 15 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir, et al.. (2020). Theoretical Studies of SiC₄H₂ Isomers Delineate Three Low-Lying Silylidenes Are Missing in the Laboratory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(5). 987–1002. 22 indexed citations

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Oyaizu, Kenichi, et al.. (2019). Toward Improved Performance of All-Organic Nitroxide Radical Batteries with Ionic Liquids: A Theoretical Perspective. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(5). 5367–5375. 22 indexed citations

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Faye, Omar, Tanveer Hussain, Amir Karton, & Jerzy A. Szpunar. (2018). Tailoring the capability of carbon nitride (C ₃ N) nanosheets toward hydrogen storage upon light transition metal decoration. Nanotechnology. 30(7). 75404–75404. 54 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir & Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu. (2018). CCSDT(Q)/CBS thermochemistry for the D5h → D10h isomerization in the C10 carbon cluster: Getting the right answer for the right reason. Chemical Physics Letters. 706. 19–23. 7 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir, et al.. (2018). Performance of DFT for C₆₀ Isomerization Energies: A Noticeable Exception to Jacob’s Ladder. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(1). 257–266. 24 indexed citations

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Thirumoorthy, Krishnan, Amir Karton, & Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu. (2018). From High-Energy C₇H₂ Isomers with A Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon Atom to An Experimentally Known Carbene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(46). 9054–9064. 33 indexed citations

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Karton, Amir, et al.. (2017). Can DFT and ab initio methods adequately describe binding energies in strongly interacting C6X6⋯C2X π–π complexes?. Chemical Physics. 493. 12–19. 28 indexed citations

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