Christoph van Wüllen

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Christoph van Wüllen is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph van Wüllen has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 44 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 34 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christoph van Wüllen's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (53 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Christoph van Wüllen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (53 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers) and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (23 papers). Christoph van Wüllen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United Kingdom. Christoph van Wüllen's co-authors include Matthias Drieß, Shenglai Yao, M. Brym, Werner Kutzelnigg, Dieter Lentz, Wenjian Liu, Michæl Bühl, Klaus Merz, Xiaoying Sun and Florian Weigend and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christoph van Wüllen

103 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular density functional calculations in the regular ... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 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. Molecular density functional calculations in the regular relativistic approximation: Method, application to coinage metal diatomics, hydrides, fluorides and chlorides, and comparison with first-order relativistic calculations
    1998 815 citations Christoph van Wüllen The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph van Wüllen Germany 40 2.4k 2.2k 1.6k 1.1k 816 105 4.9k
W. Küchle Germany 9 2.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.8× 444 0.5× 9 5.3k
Ulrich Wedig Germany 27 1.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.8× 814 1.0× 73 5.1k
Josep M. Luis Spain 45 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.9× 1.5k 1.8× 165 5.6k
Detlev Figgen Germany 13 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.6× 1.6k 1.5× 472 0.6× 22 5.1k
Bruce E. Bursten United States 41 3.4k 1.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.8× 822 1.0× 158 5.5k
Evert-Jan Baerends Netherlands 11 1.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 934 1.1× 12 3.6k
Nino Runeberg Finland 25 1.5k 0.6× 936 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 446 0.5× 36 3.0k
Gary J. Schrobilgen Canada 39 3.8k 1.6× 938 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 703 0.9× 232 5.0k
Arthur J. H. Wachters Netherlands 10 1.0k 0.4× 958 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 540 0.7× 31 3.4k
Masahiko Hada Japan 37 1.1k 0.4× 932 0.4× 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 462 0.6× 197 4.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meyer, Jennifer, J. Meyer, A. Ławicki, et al.. (2021). Mn12‐Acetate Complexes Studied as Single Molecules. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(2). e202102592–e202102592. 5 indexed citations
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Rupp, Fabian, Markus Schmitz, Harald Kelm, et al.. (2016). Spectroscopic, Structural, and Kinetic Investigation of the Ultrafast Spin Crossover in an Unusual Cobalt(II) Semiquinonate Radical Complex. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(9). 2119–2132. 39 indexed citations
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Meyer, Jennifer, Christoph van Wüllen, Gereon Niedner‐Schatteburg, et al.. (2015). The spin and orbital contributions to the total magnetic moments of free Fe, Co, and Ni clusters. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(10). 104302–104302. 55 indexed citations
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Sun, Yu, et al.. (2013). Structure–Reactivity Relationships in the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide with Ruthenium Complexes Bearing Pyridinylazolato Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(24). 7825–7834. 26 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (2012). On the use of effective core potentials in the calculation of magnetic properties, such as magnetizabilites and magnetic shieldings. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 136(11). 114110–114110. 17 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (2009). Broken Symmetry Approach to Density Functional Calculation of Magnetic Anisotropy or Zero Field Splittings for Multinuclear Complexes with Antiferromagnetic Coupling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113(43). 11535–11540. 23 indexed citations
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Yao, Shenglai, Christoph van Wüllen, Xiaoying Sun, & Matthias Drieß. (2008). Dichotome Reaktivität eines stabilen Silylens gegenüber terminalen Alkinen: C‐H‐Insertion oder autokatalytische Bildung von Silacycloprop‐3‐en. Angewandte Chemie. 120(17). 3294–3297. 50 indexed citations
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Seidel, Stefan, et al.. (2007). The Blue Xe4+ Cation: Experimental Detection and Theoretical Characterization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(35). 6717–6720. 16 indexed citations
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Drieß, Matthias, Shenglai Yao, M. Brym, & Christoph van Wüllen. (2006). Low‐Valent Silicon Cations with Two‐Coordinate Silicon and Aromatic Character. Angewandte Chemie. 118(40). 6882–6885. 59 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van, et al.. (2003). Multireference Correlation Calculations for the Ground States of VO+/0/- Using Correlation Consistent Basis Sets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 107(29). 5566–5572. 46 indexed citations
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Drieß, Matthias, et al.. (2002). As[P(NMe2)3]2+ as Simultaneous AsI and PI Source: Synthesis and Density Function Calculations of Planar Tetracoordinate Arsonium and Phosphonium Ions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(3). 450–453. 38 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (2002). Spin densities in two‐component relativistic density functional calculations: Noncollinear versus collinear approach. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(8). 779–785. 134 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1999). Relativistic all-electron density functional calculations. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 20(1). 51–62. 39 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1998). Molecular density functional calculations in the regular relativistic approximation: Method, application to coinage metal diatomics, hydrides, fluorides and chlorides, and comparison with first-order relativistic calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 109(2). 392–399. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1997). Molecular structure and binding energies of monosubstituted hexacarbonyls of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten: Relativistic density functional study. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 18(16). 1985–1992. 20 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1996). Response to ‘‘Comment on ‘Density functional calculation of nuclear chemical shifts’ ’’ [J. Chem. Phys. 104, 1163 (1996)]. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 104(3). 1165–1165. 3 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1996). On the use of common effective core potentials in density functional calculations. I. Test calculations on transition-metal carbonyls. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 58(2). 147–152. 39 indexed citations
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Bühl, Michæl & Christoph van Wüllen. (1995). Computational evidence for a new C84 isomer. Chemical Physics Letters. 247(1-2). 63–68. 93 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van, Ulrich Fleischer, & Werner Kutzelnigg. (1994). Comment on ‘Theoretical calculations of the nuclear magnetic shielding tensors for the ethylenic carbon atoms in cyclopropenes’. Molecular Physics. 81(6). 1373–1382. 4 indexed citations
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Wüllen, Christoph van. (1993). Magnetic properties of the BH molecule. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 87(1-2). 89–95. 11 indexed citations

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