C. A. Coulson

17.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
208 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

C. A. Coulson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, C. A. Coulson has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 64 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 45 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in C. A. Coulson's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (65 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (24 papers) and Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions (23 papers). C. A. Coulson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (65 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (24 papers) and Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions (23 papers). C. A. Coulson collaborates with scholars based in Slovakia, United Kingdom and United States. C. A. Coulson's co-authors include Michael P. Barnett, A. Vaciago, Aldo Domenicano, David Eisenberg, R. B. Mallion, A. Gołębiewski, Russell J. Boyd, C. S. Sharma, David Stocker and R Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

C. A. Coulson

206 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Propagators in Quantum Chemistry

1974 386 citations C. A. Coulson profile →
Mathematics of Physics and Chemistry

1957 336 citations C. A. Coulson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. A. Coulson Slovakia	46	4.1k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.3k	208	7.3k
R. McWeeny United Kingdom	41	5.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	93	8.3k
Clemens Roothaan United States	20	6.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	33	9.8k
W. G. Schneider Canada	39	1.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	2.8k 2.1×	115	7.4k
R. K. Nesbet United States	46	6.8k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	700 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	199	8.2k
Vedene H. Smith Canada	42	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	795 0.6×	325	6.8k
Per‐Olov Löwdin Sweden	38	9.2k 2.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	115	12.1k
S. H. Bauer United States	42	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	832 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	243	5.7k
Leland C. Allen United States	49	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	152	7.7k
R. F. Stewart United States	17	2.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	34	5.7k
William E. Palke United States	26	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	910 0.6×	811 0.6×	75	4.9k

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Coulson, C. A. & David Emerson. (1974). Crystal growth and orientational disorder in bromoform. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 337(1609). 151–165. 5 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A. & David Eisenberg. (1966). Interactions of H2O molecules in ice I. The dipole moment of an H2O molecule in ice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 291(1427). 445–453. 186 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A. & David Eisenberg. (1966). Interactions of H2O molecules in ice II. Interaction energies of H2O molecules in ice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 291(1427). 454–459. 31 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A., et al.. (1963). Formation energy of vacancies in graphite crystals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 274(1359). 461–479. 45 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A. & C. S. Sharma. (1963). A reconsideration of the split- p -orbital(s. p .-o.) method in molecular-orbital theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 272(1348). 1–14. 10 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A., et al.. (1962). The electronic properties of tetrahedral intermetallic compounds I. Charge distribution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1342). 357–372. 159 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A. & K. Zalewski. (1962). Internal conversion and the crossing of molecular potential energy surfaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 268(1335). 437–451. 63 indexed citations

Coulson, C. A. & Herbert L. Strauss. (1962). Static Jahn-Teller distortions in the small molecules: CH+4, CF+<>4, NH+3 (excited state) and NH3 (excited state). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 269(1339). 443–455. 69 indexed citations

Anno, Tosinobu & C. A. Coulson. (1961). The structure of graphite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 264(1317). 165–175. 4 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1960). Theoretical considerations of the effects of the medium upon molecular energy levels. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 255(1280). 69–72. 16 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1958). Physical Properties of Crystals. By J. F. Nye . Pp. xv, 322, 50s. 1957. (Oxford: Clarendon Press). The Mathematical Gazette. 42(342). 329–330. 6 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1958). The Mathematics of Diffusion. By J. Crank. Pp. vii, 347. 50s. 1956. (Clarendon Press). The Mathematical Gazette. 42(340). 165–165. 13 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A., et al.. (1957). Colour centres in irradiated diamonds. I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 241(1227). 433–454. 199 indexed citations

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Altmann, S. L., C. A. Coulson, & William Hume-Rothery. (1957). On the relation between bond hybrids and the metallic structures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 240(1221). 145–159. 38 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1954). The Classical Theory of fields. By L. Landau and E. Lifshitz. Translated from the Russian edition of 1948 by M. Hamermesh. Pp. ix, 354. $7.50.(Addison-Wesley Press, Cambridge, Mass.). The Mathematical Gazette. 38(326). 312–312. 1 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A., et al.. (1951). Electronic levels in simple conjugated systems II. Butadiene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 206(1086). 287–296. 18 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1951). Bond Lengths in Conjugated Molecules: The Present Position. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 207(1088). 91–100. 38 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A.. (1951). Critical Survey of the method of ionic-homopolar resonance. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 207(1088). 63–73. 37 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A., Raymond Daudel, & John Monteath Robertson. (1951). Bond lengths in naphthalene and anthracene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 207(1090). 306–320. 38 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A., et al.. (1951). Electronic levels in simple conjugated systems III. The significance of configuration interaction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 206(1086). 297–308. 21 indexed citations

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