Benjamin J. Schwartz

17.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
245 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Benjamin J. Schwartz is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin J. Schwartz has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 89 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 82 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benjamin J. Schwartz's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (93 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (78 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (78 papers). Benjamin J. Schwartz is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (93 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (78 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (78 papers). Benjamin J. Schwartz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Benjamin J. Schwartz's co-authors include Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Sarah H. Tolbert, Ignacio B. Martini, Vinh Doan, Peter J. Rossky, Fumitomo Hide, Alan J. Heeger, Ross E. Larsen, María A. Díaz‐García and William J. Glover and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Schwartz

237 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Conjugated Polymers as Molecular Materials: How Chain Con... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2003 1999 1996 1999 2000 250 500 750
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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. Conjugated Polymers as Molecular Materials: How Chain Conformation and Film Morphology Influence Energy Transfer and Interchain Interactions
    2003 838 citations Benjamin J. Schwartz profile →
  2. Controlling Interchain Interactions in Conjugated Polymers:  The Effects of Chain Morphology on Exciton−Exciton Annihilation and Aggregation in MEH−PPV Films
    1999 746 citations Benjamin J. Schwartz et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  3. Semiconducting Polymers: A New Class of Solid-State Laser Materials
    1996 715 citations Fumitomo Hide, María A. Díaz‐García et al. profile →
  4. Conjugated polymer aggregates in solution: Control of interchain interactions
    1999 647 citations Benjamin J. Schwartz et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  5. Control of Energy Transfer in Oriented Conjugated Polymer-Mesoporous Silica Composites
    2000 577 citations Benjamin J. Schwartz, Sarah H. Tolbert et al. profile →
  6. New Developments in the Photonic Applications of Conjugated Polymers
    1997 438 citations Fumitomo Hide, María A. Díaz‐García et al. profile →
  7. Laser emission from solutions and films containing semiconducting polymer and titanium dioxide nanocrystals
    1996 246 citations Fumitomo Hide, Benjamin J. Schwartz 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
Benjamin J. Schwartz United States 61 6.9k 4.5k 4.2k 3.8k 2.6k 245 14.3k
Paul F. Barbara United States 71 6.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 5.9k 1.4× 6.3k 1.7× 6.2k 2.3× 180 16.6k
Hari Singh Nalwa Japan 45 5.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.9× 7.1k 1.7× 1.3k 0.3× 982 0.4× 148 15.5k
Frank Schreiber Germany 64 11.3k 1.6× 2.5k 0.6× 8.6k 2.0× 4.3k 1.1× 857 0.3× 408 17.9k
Lewis J. Rothberg United States 53 6.8k 1.0× 3.3k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 1.7k 0.4× 628 0.2× 168 12.1k
Luis M. Campos United States 49 4.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 5.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 820 0.3× 142 11.1k
Xiaoyang Zhu United States 77 16.2k 2.3× 2.3k 0.5× 15.3k 3.6× 7.4k 1.9× 1.0k 0.4× 315 24.9k
Yu‐Tai Tao Taiwan 58 11.7k 1.7× 3.1k 0.7× 6.4k 1.5× 1.9k 0.5× 438 0.2× 185 16.0k
Christopher J. Bardeen United States 64 4.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 6.3k 1.5× 3.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 215 12.1k
Ifor D. W. Samuel United Kingdom 79 19.6k 2.8× 7.8k 1.7× 11.6k 2.8× 2.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 587 25.7k
D. Moses United States 71 19.3k 2.8× 14.6k 3.3× 6.0k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 947 0.4× 272 23.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., et al.. (2025). The Solvation Entropy of Different Simulation Models of the Hydrated Electron. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 17(7). 1899–1906.
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Spokoyny, Alexander M., et al.. (2025). Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies of the Dynamics of Free and Coulombically Trapped Polarons in Doped Conjugated Polymers. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(51). 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., et al.. (2025). How the choice of exchange–correlation functional affects DFT-based simulations of the hydrated electron. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(11). 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Yutong, et al.. (2024). Crystal Structure Control of the Energetics of Chemical Doping in Rub-Aligned P3HT Films. ACS Materials Letters. 6(2). 489–497. 5 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., et al.. (2024). How to Probe Hydrated Dielectrons Experimentally: Ab Initio Simulations of the Absorption Spectra of Aqueous Dielectrons, Electron Pairs, and Hydride. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(38). 9557–9565. 2 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., et al.. (2024). Simulating the Competitive Ion Pairing of Hydrated Electrons with Chaotropic Cations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(35). 8557–8566. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the Chemical Reactivity of DFT-Simulated Liquid Water with Hydrated Electrons via the Dual Descriptor. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(21). 9571–9579. 3 indexed citations
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Yee, Patrick, Xinyu Liu, Robert J. Thompson, et al.. (2023). Designing Amphiphilic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Self-Assembly into Straight-Chain Rod-like Micelles. Macromolecules. 56(8). 3160–3170. 1 indexed citations
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Darzi, Evan R., et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of 2-aza-9,10-diphenylanthracene and the effect of precise nitrogen atom incorporation on OLED emitters performance. Materials Advances. 4(15). 3351–3355. 4 indexed citations
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Vlček, Vojtěch, et al.. (2018). Thermal Equilibration Controls H-Bonding and the Vertical Detachment Energy of Water Cluster Anions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(17). 5173–5178. 9 indexed citations
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Harris, Philip A., Chaya Duraiswami, James A. Fornwald, et al.. (2015). High throughput screening identifies ATP-competitive inhibitors of the NLRP1 inflammasome. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(14). 2739–2743. 16 indexed citations
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Bragg, Arthur E., William J. Glover, & Benjamin J. Schwartz. (2010). Watching the Solvation of Atoms in Liquids One Solvent Molecule at a Time. Physical Review Letters. 104(23). 233005–233005. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Hu, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of an Antibody-Free ADP Detection Assay: ADP-Glo. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 7(6). 598–605. 16 indexed citations
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Bedard-Hearn, Michael J., Ross E. Larsen, & Benjamin J. Schwartz. (2006). Projections of Quantum Observables onto Classical Degrees of Freedom in Mixed Quantum-Classical Simulations: Understanding Linear Response Failure for the Photoexcited Hydrated Electron. Physical Review Letters. 97(13). 130403–130403. 11 indexed citations
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Wald, Ellen R., Michael D. Green, Benjamin J. Schwartz, & Karen A. Barbadora. (1998). A streptococcal score card revisited. Pediatric Emergency Care. 14(2). 109–111. 49 indexed citations
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McGehee, Michael D., Fumitomo Hide, María A. Díaz‐García, et al.. (1997). Distributed Feedback Lasers Made With Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers as the Gain Material. APS. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., Dale G. Drueckhammer, Ken C. Usher, & S. James Remington. (1995). .alpha.-Fluoro Acid and .alpha.-Fluoro Amide Analogs of Acetyl-CoA as Inhibitors of Citrate Synthase: Effect of pKa Matching on Binding Affinity and Hydrogen Bond Length. Biochemistry. 34(47). 15459–15466. 27 indexed citations
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Rossky, Peter J., et al.. (1994). Electronic Relaxation Dynamics in Solution. MB.1–MB.1. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Benjamin J., et al.. (1955). Der Kommunismus in China : eine Dokumentar-Geschichte. Oldenbourg eBooks.

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