Bruce E. Smart

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Bruce E. Smart is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce E. Smart has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Organic Chemistry, 37 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bruce E. Smart's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (36 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (18 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (14 papers). Bruce E. Smart is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (36 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (18 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (14 papers). Bruce E. Smart collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Bruce E. Smart's co-authors include David A. Dixon, William R. Dolbier, Tadamichi Fukunaga, Zhibin Guan, Carl G. Krespan, David F. Eaton, William J. Middleton, Paul J. Krusic, Zhen‐Yu Yang and William B. Farnham and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Bruce E. Smart

73 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Fluorine substituent effects (on bioactivity) 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Fluorine substituent effects (on bioactivity)
    2001 1.3k citations Bruce E. Smart profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce E. Smart United States 25 1.9k 1.6k 680 389 321 74 3.0k
Shlomo Rozen Israel 37 3.0k 1.5× 2.2k 1.4× 981 1.4× 648 1.7× 268 0.8× 182 4.3k
William A. Sheppard United States 29 1.6k 0.9× 893 0.5× 590 0.9× 211 0.5× 244 0.8× 65 2.5k
A. Commeyras France 25 723 0.4× 498 0.3× 306 0.5× 815 2.1× 299 0.9× 137 2.2k
Paul L. Coe United Kingdom 24 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 425 0.6× 501 1.3× 85 0.3× 145 2.1k
Dieter Naumann Germany 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 1.5k 2.2× 169 0.4× 135 0.4× 144 2.5k
Noriaki Funasaki Japan 29 1.1k 0.6× 488 0.3× 280 0.4× 975 2.5× 766 2.4× 163 2.8k
David R. Russell United Kingdom 32 3.0k 1.6× 457 0.3× 2.1k 3.1× 473 1.2× 202 0.6× 249 4.4k
George Van Dyke Tiers United States 21 977 0.5× 334 0.2× 303 0.4× 213 0.5× 654 2.0× 83 2.2k
Ronald R. Sauers United States 25 1.5k 0.8× 248 0.2× 204 0.3× 522 1.3× 260 0.8× 154 2.3k
Richard A. Newmark United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 202 0.1× 655 1.0× 292 0.8× 347 1.1× 100 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce E. Smart

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wei, Hai‐Yan, David A. Hrovat, William R. Dolbier, Bruce E. Smart, & Weston Thatcher Borden. (2007). The “Bond‐Stretched Invertomer” of Hexafluorocyclopropane—a New Type of Reactive Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(15). 2666–2668. 12 indexed citations
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Wei, Hai‐Yan, David A. Hrovat, William R. Dolbier, Bruce E. Smart, & Weston Thatcher Borden. (2007). The “Bond‐Stretched Invertomer” of Hexafluorocyclopropane—a New Type of Reactive Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie. 119(15). 2720–2722. 1 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhibin & Bruce E. Smart. (2000). A Remarkable Visible Light Effect on Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization. Macromolecules. 33(18). 6904–6906. 95 indexed citations
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Roe, D. Christopher, et al.. (1998). High resolution NMR techniques in catalysis. Topics in Catalysis. 5(1-4). 133–147. 20 indexed citations
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Dolbier, William R., et al.. (1996). Rate of Cyclization of Perfluoro-4-Oxa-5-hexenyl Radical. Use of Tributylgermanium Hydride as an Effective H-Transfer Agent for Perfluoro-n-alkenyl Radicals. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(14). 4824–4826. 18 indexed citations
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Smart, Bruce E., et al.. (1995). Oxidation of Electron-Deficient Sulfides to Sulfones Using HOF.cntdot.CH3CN. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 60(19). 6186–6187. 19 indexed citations
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Petrov, Viacheslav A., et al.. (1995). A New Synthesis of Fluorinated Oxetanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 60(11). 3419–3422. 15 indexed citations
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Rozen, Shlomo, et al.. (1994). Synthesis of Perfluorovinyl Ether Monomers. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(15). 4332–4335. 9 indexed citations
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Dixon, David A., William B. Farnham, & Bruce E. Smart. (1990). An open structure for the adduct of fluoride ion with oxalyl fluoride. Inorganic Chemistry. 29(20). 3954–3960. 6 indexed citations
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Dixon, David A., William B. Farnham, D. Christopher Roe, et al.. (1988). Electronic structure and rotation barrier of the pentacyanoallyl anion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 92(8). 2137–2141. 4 indexed citations
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Farnham, William B., William J. Middleton, William C. Fultz, & Bruce E. Smart. (1986). Stable trifluoromethylated allyl and heteroallyl anions: structure and dynamic properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(11). 3125–3127. 23 indexed citations
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Dolbier, William R., et al.. (1986). The [2 + 2] and [2 + 4] cycloadditions of difluoromethylenecyclopropanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 51(7). 974–979. 26 indexed citations
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Smart, Bruce E., William J. Middleton, & William B. Farnham. (1986). Stable perfluoroalkyl carbanion salts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(16). 4905–4908. 44 indexed citations
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Dixon, David A., Tadamichi Fukunaga, & Bruce E. Smart. (1986). Structures and stabilities of fluorinated carbanions. Evidence for anionic hyperconjugation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(14). 4027–4031. 81 indexed citations
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Dixon, David A., Bruce E. Smart, & Tadamichi Fukunaga. (1986). Near Hartree-Fock relative energies of cis- and trans-1,2-difluoroethylene. Chemical Physics Letters. 125(5-6). 447–450. 7 indexed citations
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Krespan, Carl G., Frederic A. Van-Catledge, & Bruce E. Smart. (1984). Generation and capture of functionalized fluorocarbanions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(19). 5544–5546. 31 indexed citations
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Trainor, George L. & Bruce E. Smart. (1983). Preparation of a stable (glucopyranosyl)iron compound. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 48(14). 2447–2448. 28 indexed citations

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