Brian Knight

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Brian Knight is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Knight has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian Knight's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (10 papers), Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (6 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (5 papers). Brian Knight is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (10 papers), Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (6 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (5 papers). Brian Knight collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. Brian Knight's co-authors include Fred Wudl, Jan C. Hummelen, Jie Yao, Charles L. Wilkins, Rosario González, J. Pavlovich, Majid Keshavarz-K, G. Srdanov, Robert C. Haddon and Nazario Martı́n and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brian Knight

24 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Preparation and Characterization of Fulleroid and Methanofullerene Derivatives

1995 1.0k citations Jan C. Hummelen, Brian Knight et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Isolation of the Heterofullerene C ₅₉ N as Its Dimer (C ₅₉ N) ₂

1995 528 citations Jan C. Hummelen, Brian Knight et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Knight United States	14	1.5k	1.2k	1000	603	259	24	2.3k
P. M. Allemand United States	13	820 0.5×	745 0.6×	578 0.6×	438 0.7×	139 0.5×	19	1.5k
Gerhard Wagenblast Germany	23	1.0k 0.7×	833 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	258 0.4×	242 0.9×	34	2.2k
Marcel Gsänger Germany	17	364 0.2×	898 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	625 1.0×	196 0.8×	23	1.9k
F. Diederich Switzerland	7	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	326 0.3×	286 0.5×	151 0.6×	12	1.8k
Luis Echegoyen United States	23	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	491 0.5×	136 0.2×	150 0.6×	40	2.1k
W. Guss Germany	7	409 0.3×	725 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	975 1.6×	169 0.7×	9	1.9k
Kouzou Matsumoto Japan	21	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	685 0.7×	156 0.3×	146 0.6×	88	2.2k
Volker Dehm Germany	16	424 0.3×	998 0.8×	719 0.7×	327 0.5×	302 1.2×	18	1.8k
Yasukazu Hirao Japan	25	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	880 0.9×	208 0.3×	207 0.8×	76	2.5k
Carmen Atienza Spain	21	839 0.6×	842 0.7×	485 0.5×	148 0.2×	118 0.5×	41	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Knight

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Knight

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Knight

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Li, Jianxing, et al.. (2013). Advanced materials for drop in solution to Pb in high temp solders: The next generation of zinc based solder alloy. 1628–1633. 3 indexed citations

Li, Jianxing, et al.. (2011). High Melting Temperature Lead Free Solder for Die Attach Application. IMAPSource Proceedings. 2011(1). 322–326. 1 indexed citations

Knight, Brian, et al.. (1999). Comparison of the core size distribution in iron dextran complexes using Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 73(4). 227–233. 17 indexed citations

Keefer, Christopher, Robert D. Bereman, Suzanne T. Purrington, Brian Knight, & Paul D. Boyle. (1999). The ¹⁹⁵Pt NMR of L₂Pt(1,2-dithiolene) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 38(10). 2294–2302. 32 indexed citations

Martı́n, Nazario, Brian Knight, & Fred Wudl. (1997). Synthesis and redox properties of TCNQ and DCNQI-type electron-acceptor methanofullerenes. Synthetic Metals. 86(1-3). 2271–2274. 3 indexed citations

Hutchison, Katherine A., G. Srdanov, Reghu Menon, et al.. (1997). A stable free radical as donor: A layer-structure organic pressure sensor. Synthetic Metals. 86(1-3). 2147–2148. 7 indexed citations

Knight, Brian, Nazario Martı́n, Toshinobu Ohno, et al.. (1997). Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Electronegative Spiroannelated Methanofullerenes: Theoretical Underpinning of the Electronic Effect of Addends and a Reductive Cyclopropane Ring-Opening Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(41). 9871–9882. 89 indexed citations

Domingo, Victor M., J. Castañer, J. RIERA, et al.. (1997). Inert Carbon Free Radicals. 14. Synthesis, Isolation, and Properties of Two Strongly π−π Interacting Mixed-Valence Compounds: The Perchloro-4,4‘-ethynylenebis(triphenylmethyl) Anion Radical Potassium (18-Crown-6) Salt and the Perchloro-α,α,α‘,α‘-tetraphenyl-p-xylylene Anion Radical Tetrabutylammonium Salt. Chemistry of Materials. 9(7). 1620–1629. 5 indexed citations

Hutchison, Katherine A., G. Srdanov, Reghu Menon, et al.. (1996). A Pressure Sensitive Two-Dimensional Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) Salt of a Stable Free Radical. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(51). 13081–13082. 49 indexed citations

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Keshavarz-K, Majid, Brian Knight, Robert C. Haddon, & Fred Wudl. (1996). Linear free energy relation of methanofullerene C61-substituents with cyclic voltammetry: Strong electron withdrawal anomaly. Tetrahedron. 52(14). 5149–5159. 99 indexed citations

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Knight, Brian, Lawrence H. Bowen, & Robert D. Bereman. (1996). Mössbauer studies of some polysaccharide-iron complexes used as hematinics. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 64(3). 225–229. 4 indexed citations

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Ohno, Toshinobu, et al.. (1996). Quinone-Type Methanofullerene Acceptors: Precursors for Organic Metals. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(4). 1306–1309. 63 indexed citations

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Kim, Yang, et al.. (1995). MOLECULES OF COPPER(II)l-SPARTEINE DINITRATE ARE MIXED FOUR- AND FIVE-COORDINATE IN ONE CRYSTALLINE PHASE AND ONLY FOUR-COORDINATE IN ANOTHER. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 34(3). 241–252. 23 indexed citations

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Eiermann, Matthias, Robert C. Haddon, Brian Knight, et al.. (1995). Electrochemical Evidence for Through‐Space Orbital Interactions in Spiromethanofullerenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 34(15). 1591–1594. 89 indexed citations

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Eiermann, Matthias, Brian Knight, Nazario Martı́n, et al.. (1995). Elektrochemischer Nachweis von “Through‐space”‐Wechselwirkungen in Spiromethanofullerenen. Angewandte Chemie. 107(15). 1733–1735. 12 indexed citations

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Hummelen, Jan C., et al.. (1995). Preparation and Characterization of Fulleroid and Methanofullerene Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 60(3). 532–538. 1043 indexed citations breakdown →

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González, Rosario, Brian Knight, Fred Wudl, Mark A. Semones, & Albert Padwa. (1994). The Reversible Cycloaddition of Isomunchnones to C60. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(26). 7949–7951. 24 indexed citations

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Bereman, Robert D., et al.. (1994). SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FORMAL Ni(III) AND Cu(III) COORDINATION COMPLEXES OF THE NEW 1,2-DITHIOLENE, 1,4-BUTANEDIYLDITHIOETHYLENE-1,2-DITHIOLATE. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 32(1-3). 51–64. 7 indexed citations

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Knight, Brian, Suzanne T. Purrington, Robert D. Bereman, & Phirtu Singh. (1994). A New Tetrathiafulvalene Derivative Containing Fluorine Attached to the π-System. Synthesis. 1994(5). 460–462. 17 indexed citations

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Knight, Brian, George E. Miller, & Phil Shaw. (1961). The Szilard-Chalmers reaction in bromoethane. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 23(1-2). 15–24. 4 indexed citations

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