Christopher E. Anson

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
350 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

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Christopher E. Anson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher E. Anson has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 225 papers in Materials Chemistry, 220 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 171 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher E. Anson's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (207 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (153 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (80 papers). Christopher E. Anson is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (207 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (153 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (80 papers). Christopher E. Anson collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Christopher E. Anson's co-authors include Annie K. Powell, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Yanhua Lan, Valeriu Mereacre, Rodolphe Clérac, I.J. Hewitt, A.M. Ako, Roberta Sessoli, George E. Κostakis and Jinkui Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christopher E. Anson

346 papers receiving 14.4k 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.

Dysprosium Triangles Showing Single‐Molecule Magnet Behavior of Thermally Excited Spin States

2006 784 citations Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Christopher E. Anson et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
A Ferromagnetically Coupled Mn₁₉ Aggregate with a Record S=83/2 Ground Spin State

2006 533 citations A.M. Ako, Valeriu Mereacre et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher E. Anson Germany	65	10.5k	10.5k	6.6k	2.5k	2.1k	350	14.6k
Boujemaa Moubaraki Australia	69	13.1k 1.2×	10.0k 1.0×	9.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.0×	4.7k 2.2×	345	17.3k
M. Carmen Muñoz Spain	60	10.4k 1.0×	7.4k 0.7×	6.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	259	13.5k
Eliseo Ruíz Spain	70	13.3k 1.3×	10.7k 1.0×	7.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	3.9k 1.8×	310	18.0k
Malcolm A. Halcrow United Kingdom	48	8.4k 0.8×	6.1k 0.6×	4.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	4.1k 1.9×	270	11.3k
Yann Garcia Belgium	53	7.1k 0.7×	6.1k 0.6×	3.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	306	10.9k
Kirsten Folting United States	58	7.5k 0.7×	7.2k 0.7×	7.1k 1.1×	4.8k 2.0×	2.2k 1.1×	313	13.6k
Lorenzo Sorace Italy	55	8.4k 0.8×	7.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	250	11.1k
Naohide Matsumoto Japan	50	8.0k 0.8×	5.8k 0.5×	5.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.8×	270	10.5k
Rodolphe Clérac France	86	21.0k 2.0×	16.9k 1.6×	12.0k 1.8×	3.9k 1.6×	4.2k 2.0×	521	26.1k
J. Krzystek United States	51	5.3k 0.5×	4.8k 0.5×	2.9k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	192	7.9k

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Diliberto, Sébastien, et al.. (2025). Unexpected stability of the iron(II) complex by an asymmetrical Schiff base from Fe(III): structure, magnetic and Mössbauer investigations. Royal Society Open Science. 12(1). 241334–241334. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Yan, Christopher E. Anson, Jacques Ollivier, et al.. (2025). Finding lanthanide magnetic anisotropy axes in 3d-4f butterfly single-molecule magnets using inelastic neutron scattering. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(10). 102848–102848.

Ali, Zulfıqar, Yan Peng, Christopher E. Anson, et al.. (2025). Transferability of Ligand Field Parameters in a Family of 3d-4f M₂Ln₂ Butterfly Single-Molecule Magnets. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(12). 6115–6124. 3 indexed citations

Anson, Christopher E., et al.. (2023). A nickel(II) complex with an unsymmetrical tetradentate chelating ligand derived from pyridine-2,6-dicarbaldehyde and 2-aminothiophenol. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications. 79(9). 791–794. 1 indexed citations

Anson, Christopher E., et al.. (2021). Cyan-Emitting Cu(I) Complexes and Their Luminescent Metallopolymers. Molecules. 26(9). 2567–2567. 6 indexed citations

Konidaris, Konstantis F., et al.. (2020). The First Use of a ReX₅ Synthon to Modulate Fe^III Spin Crossover via Supramolecular Halogen⋅⋅⋅Halogen Interactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(51). 11835–11840. 10 indexed citations

Kühne, Irina A., et al.. (2020). Varying the Dimensionality of Cu(II)-Based Coordination Polymers Through Solvent Influence. Crystals. 10(10). 893–893. 3 indexed citations

Nehrkorn, Joscha, Krunoslav Prša, Jan Dreiser, et al.. (2019). Multimodeling Approach to Ferromagnetic Spin-Wave Excitations in the High-Spin Cluster Mn₁₈Sr Observed by Inelastic Neutron Scattering. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(16). 11256–11268. 4 indexed citations

Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem, Yanhua Lan, Murad A. AlDamen, et al.. (2018). Effect of ligand substitution on the SMM properties of three isostructural families of double-cubane Mn₄Ln₂ coordination clusters. Dalton Transactions. 47(10). 3485–3495. 29 indexed citations

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Kühne, Irina A., Kieran Griffiths, Andreas Eichhöfer, et al.. (2017). Stepwise Investigation of the Influences of Steric Groups versus Counterions To Target Cu/Dy Complexes. Crystal Growth & Design. 17(10). 5178–5190. 14 indexed citations

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Prodius, Denis, Fliur Macaev, Yanhua Lan, et al.. (2013). Evidence of slow relaxation of magnetization in dysprosium-based ionic liquids. Chemical Communications. 49(80). 9215–9215. 18 indexed citations

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Baniodeh, Amer, Yanhua Lan, Ghénadie Novitchi, et al.. (2013). Magnetic anisotropy and exchange coupling in a family of isostructural FeIII2LnIII2 complexes. Dalton Transactions. 42(24). 8926–8926. 47 indexed citations

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Mereacre, Valeriu, Yanhua Lan, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Christopher E. Anson, & Annie K. Powell. (2012). A family of dodecanuclear Mn<sub>11</sub>Ln single-molecule magnets. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 7 indexed citations

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Mereacre, Valeriu, et al.. (2009). Homo‐ and Heterovalent Polynuclear Cerium and Cerium/Manganese Aggregates. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 92(11). 2507–2524. 74 indexed citations

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Fliegl, Heike, Karin Fink, Wim Klopper, et al.. (2009). Ab initio study of the magnetic exchange coupling constants of a structural model [CaMn3IIIMnII] of the oxygen evolving center in photosystem II. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(20). 3900–3900. 20 indexed citations

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Anson, Christopher E., Andreas Eichhöfer, I. Issac, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Crystal Structures of the Ligand‐Stabilized Silver Chalcogenide Clusters [Ag₁₅₄Se₇₇(dppxy)₁₈], [Ag₃₂₀(StBu)₆₀S₁₃₀(dppp)₁₂], [Ag₃₅₂S₁₂₈(StC₅H₁₁)₉₆], and [Ag₄₉₀S₁₈₈(StC₅H₁₁)₁₁₄]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(7). 1326–1331. 239 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Wolfgang, Jonathan P. Hill, Andréa Caneschi, et al.. (2005). Supramolecular Coordination Assemblies of Dinuclear Fe^III Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(27). 4187–4192. 45 indexed citations

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Murugesu, Muralee, Christopher E. Anson, & Annie K. Powell. (2002). Engineering of ferrimagnetic Cu12-cluster arrays through supramolecular interactionsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: χT vs. T plot for K+ salt 1b at magnetic fields of 1 and 10 kOe. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b201585b/. Chemical Communications. 1054–1055. 33 indexed citations

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Sangeetha, N.R., Satyanarayan Pal, Christopher E. Anson, Annie K. Powell, & Samudranil Pal. (2000). A one-dimensional assembly of copper(II) polyhedra via dual use of hydrogen-bonding and π–π interaction. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 3(8). 415–419. 24 indexed citations

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Anson, Christopher E., Colin S. Creaser, J. Allan Downie, et al.. (1998). Organometallic flavonoid derivatives as spectroscopic probes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(24). 3549–3554. 14 indexed citations

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