Brent Besler

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Brent Besler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent Besler has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Brent Besler's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (4 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (3 papers). Brent Besler is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (4 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (3 papers). Brent Besler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brent Besler's co-authors include Kenneth M. Merz, Peter A. Kollman, Michael D. Sevilla, Anny Odile Colson, Anny‐Odile Colson, David M. Close, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Henry F. Schaefer, Andrew C. Scheiner and Jerome P. Horwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brent Besler

13 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Atomic charges derived from semiempirical methods

1990 2.9k citations Brent Besler, Kenneth M. Merz et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brent Besler United States	11	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	920	713	13	3.8k
Estanislao Silla Spain	33	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	900 1.0×	833 1.2×	109	4.2k
W. Andrzej Sokalski Poland	31	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	728 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	631 0.9×	119	3.2k
Jiande Gu China	34	1.5k 1.1×	965 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	799 0.9×	530 0.7×	124	3.5k
Juan Bertrán Spain	37	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	915 1.0×	578 0.8×	146	3.7k
Jean‐Louis Rivail France	34	930 0.7×	2.2k 1.7×	849 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	529 0.7×	93	3.6k
Jan Florián United States	41	3.1k 2.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	774 0.8×	754 1.1×	99	4.9k
Stefan Sieber Germany	14	718 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	518 0.6×	754 1.1×	18	3.1k
Juan-Luis Pascual-Ahuir Spain	19	630 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	737 0.8×	519 0.7×	30	2.7k
Leonid Gorb United States	42	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	217	5.2k
Gijs Schaftenaar Netherlands	16	707 0.5×	877 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	642 0.7×	744 1.0×	23	3.9k

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Sevilla, Michael D., Brent Besler, & Anny‐Odile Colson. (1995). Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations of DNA Radical Ions. 5. Scaling of Calculated Electron Affinities and Ionization Potentials to Experimental Values. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 99(3). 1060–1063. 192 indexed citations

Sevilla, Michael D., Brent Besler, & Anny Odile Colson. (1994). Comment on "Electron Attachment to Uracil.Theoretical ab Initio Study". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 98(8). 2215–2215. 46 indexed citations

Horwitz, Jerome P., Irina Massova, Thomas Wiese, Brent Besler, & Thomas H. Corbett. (1994). Comparative Molecular Field Analysis of the Antitumor Activity of 9H-Thiioxanthen-9-one Derivatives against Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma 03. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37(6). 781–786. 34 indexed citations

Colson, Anny Odile, Brent Besler, & Michael D. Sevilla. (1993). Ab initio molecular orbital calculations on DNA radical ions. 4. Effect of hydration on electron affinities and ionization potentials of base pairs. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97(51). 13852–13859. 69 indexed citations

Colson, Anny Odile, Brent Besler, & Michael D. Sevilla. (1993). Ab initio molecular orbital calculations on DNA radical ions. 3. Ionization potentials and ionization sites in components of the DNA sugar phosphate backbone. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97(30). 8092–8097. 45 indexed citations

Besler, Brent, William L. Hase, & K. C. Hass. (1992). A theoretical study of growth mechanism of the (110) surface of diamond from acetylene and hydrogen mixtures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(23). 9369–9376. 19 indexed citations

Colson, Anny Odile, Brent Besler, David M. Close, & Michael D. Sevilla. (1992). ChemInform Abstract: Ab initio Molecular Orbital Calculations of DNA Bases and Their Radical Ions in Various Protonation States: Evidence for Proton Transfer in GC Base Pair Radical Anions.. ChemInform. 23(22). 1 indexed citations

Colson, Anny Odile, Brent Besler, David M. Close, & Michael D. Sevilla. (1992). Ab initio molecular orbital calculations of DNA bases and their radical ions in various protonation states: evidence for proton transfer in GC base pair radical anions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(2). 661–668. 147 indexed citations

Colson, Anny Odile, Brent Besler, & Michael D. Sevilla. (1992). Ab initio molecular orbital calculations on DNA base pair radical ions: effect of base pairing on proton-transfer energies, electron affinities, and ionization potentials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(24). 9787–9794. 121 indexed citations

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Besler, Brent, Kenneth M. Merz, & Peter A. Kollman. (1990). Atomic charges derived from semiempirical methods. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 11(4). 431–439. 2935 indexed citations breakdown →

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Besler, Brent, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Andrew C. Scheiner, & Henry F. Schaefer. (1988). A systematic theoretical study of harmonic vibrational frequencies: The single and double excitation coupled cluster (CCSD) method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 89(1). 360–366. 105 indexed citations

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Besler, Brent, et al.. (1986). Ab initio studies of hydrocarbon peroxyl radicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 90(24). 6446–6451. 36 indexed citations

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Symons, M. C. R., et al.. (1985). An electron spin resonance study of lactone radical cations formed in .gamma.-irradiated Freon matrixes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89(24). 5251–5255. 8 indexed citations

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