Christopher J. Cramer

77.3k total citations · 19 hit papers
545 papers, 60.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Cramer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Cramer has authored 545 papers receiving a total of 60.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Organic Chemistry, 180 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 167 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Cramer's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (98 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (94 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (70 papers). Christopher J. Cramer is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (98 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (94 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (70 papers). Christopher J. Cramer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. Christopher J. Cramer's co-authors include Donald G. Truhlar, Aleksandr V. Marenich, Laura Gagliardi, Casey P. Kelly, Gregory D. Hawkins, William B. Tolman, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, Adam Chamberlin and Rosendo Valero and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Cramer

541 papers receiving 60.0k citations

Hit Papers

Universal Solvation Model Based on Solute Elect... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2009 1999 2002 2009 2009 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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. Universal Solvation Model Based on Solute Electron Density and on a Continuum Model of the Solvent Defined by the Bulk Dielectric Constant and Atomic Surface Tensions
    2009 13.9k citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  2. Implicit Solvation Models:  Equilibria, Structure, Spectra, and Dynamics
    1999 1.9k citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar profile →
  3. Essentials of Computational Chemistry: Theories and Models
    2002 1.7k citations Christopher J. Cramer profile →
  4. Consistent van der Waals Radii for the Whole Main Group
    2009 1.5k citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  5. Density functional theory for transition metals and transition metal chemistry
    2009 1.3k citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar profile →
  6. Essentials of computational chemistry
    2004 994 citations Christopher J. Cramer profile →
  7. Use of Solution-Phase Vibrational Frequencies in Continuum Models for the Free Energy of Solvation
    2011 900 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  8. Aqueous Solvation Free Energies of Ions and Ion−Water Clusters Based on an Accurate Value for the Absolute Aqueous Solvation Free Energy of the Proton
    2006 864 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  9. Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks
    2015 831 citations William C. Isley, Christopher J. Cramer et al. profile →
  10. Charge Model 5: An Extension of Hirshfeld Population Analysis for the Accurate Description of Molecular Interactions in Gaseous and Condensed Phases
    2012 767 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →
  11. Parametrized Models of Aqueous Free Energies of Solvation Based on Pairwise Descreening of Solute Atomic Charges from a Dielectric Medium
    1996 767 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  12. Mechanically Activated, Catalyst-Free Polyhydroxyurethane Vitrimers
    2015 700 citations Christopher J. Cramer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Pairwise solute descreening of solute charges from a dielectric medium
    1995 570 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  14. A Universal Approach to Solvation Modeling
    2008 504 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar profile →
  15. A Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Framework as an Efficient and Multifunctional Catalyst for Facile CO2 Fixation and Regioselective and Enantioretentive Epoxide Activation
    2014 473 citations Nicolaas A. Vermeulen, Christopher J. Cramer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Performance of SM6, SM8, and SMD on the SAMPL1 Test Set for the Prediction of Small-Molecule Solvation Free Energies
    2009 449 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  17. Computational electrochemistry: prediction of liquid-phase reduction potentials
    2014 434 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar et al. profile →
  18. The restricted active space followed by second-order perturbation theory method: Theory and application to the study of CuO2 and Cu2O2 systems
    2008 423 citations Christopher J. Cramer, Laura Gagliardi et al. profile →
  19. Divergence between Organometallic and Single-Electron-Transfer Mechanisms in Copper(II)-Mediated Aerobic C–H Oxidation
    2013 389 citations Mehmed Z. Ertem, Christopher J. Cramer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher J. Cramer United States 99 25.0k 16.9k 16.8k 11.7k 8.9k 545 60.8k
Florian Weigend Germany 49 18.0k 0.7× 14.1k 0.8× 16.5k 1.0× 14.0k 1.2× 7.5k 0.8× 205 50.3k
Sason Shaik Israel 101 14.4k 0.6× 19.6k 1.2× 12.1k 0.7× 8.4k 0.7× 5.6k 0.6× 614 42.3k
Yan Zhao China 87 26.1k 1.0× 10.9k 0.6× 22.0k 1.3× 16.5k 1.4× 10.1k 1.1× 601 74.4k
Keiji Morokuma United States 99 18.1k 0.7× 10.2k 0.6× 13.3k 0.8× 18.0k 1.5× 7.9k 0.9× 831 50.1k
Evert Jan Baerends Netherlands 93 16.8k 0.7× 16.2k 1.0× 20.2k 1.2× 23.0k 2.0× 10.1k 1.1× 368 57.5k
Tom Ziegler Canada 87 21.2k 0.8× 15.4k 0.9× 12.6k 0.7× 13.6k 1.2× 7.1k 0.8× 456 45.6k
Stephan Ehrlich Germany 12 16.8k 0.7× 12.6k 0.7× 32.3k 1.9× 11.1k 1.0× 6.6k 0.7× 15 68.6k
Frank Weinhold United States 66 26.0k 1.0× 13.7k 0.8× 11.8k 0.7× 15.7k 1.3× 14.1k 1.6× 235 55.2k
P. Jeffrey Hay United States 61 19.0k 0.8× 15.9k 0.9× 18.1k 1.1× 11.8k 1.0× 4.4k 0.5× 127 50.0k
Larry A. Curtiss United States 106 21.7k 0.9× 10.8k 0.6× 21.9k 1.3× 21.7k 1.9× 10.4k 1.2× 497 72.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mandal, Mukunda, Joshua A. Buss, Si-Jie Chen, Christopher J. Cramer, & Shannon S. Stahl. (2023). Mechanistic insights into radical formation and functionalization in copper/N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide radical-relay reactions. Chemical Science. 15(4). 1364–1373. 12 indexed citations
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Strobel, Raymond J., et al.. (2023). Five-Year Sustained Impact of a Thoracic Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 117(2). 422–430. 4 indexed citations
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Mandal, Mukunda, Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar, Joachim Sauer, & Laura Gagliardi. (2020). Structure and Reactivity of Single-Site Vanadium Catalysts Supported on Metal–Organic Frameworks. ACS Catalysis. 10(17). 10051–10059. 21 indexed citations
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Song, Huajing, Sean A. Fischer, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2020). First Principles Nonadiabatic Excited-State Molecular Dynamics in NWChem. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(10). 6418–6427. 27 indexed citations
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Hackler, Ryan A., Riddhish Pandharkar, Magali Ferrandon, et al.. (2020). Isomerization and Selective Hydrogenation of Propyne: Screening of Metal–Organic Frameworks Modified by Atomic Layer Deposition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(48). 20380–20389. 20 indexed citations
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Mandal, Mukunda, Yanay Popowski, Dimitar Y. Shopov, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of Initiation Stereocontrol in Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Aluminum Complexes Supported by Indolide–Imine Ligands. Macromolecules. 53(5). 1809–1818. 14 indexed citations
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Heinen, Flemming, Elric Engelage, Christopher J. Cramer, & Stefan M. Huber. (2020). Hypervalent Iodine(III) Compounds as Biaxial Halogen Bond Donors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(19). 8633–8640. 90 indexed citations
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Mandal, Mukunda, et al.. (2019). Mechanisms for Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction by Mononuclear Copper(III) Cores: Hydrogen-Atom Transfer or Concerted Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer?. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(43). 17236–17244. 73 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yuan, et al.. (2018). Facile Conversion of syn‐[FeIV(O)(TMC)]2+ into the anti Isomer via Meunier's Oxo–Hydroxo Tautomerism Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie. 131(7). 2017–2021. 2 indexed citations
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Ortuño, Manuel Á., Büşra Dereli, Kayla R. Delle Chiaie, et al.. (2018). The Role of Alkoxide Initiator, Spin State, and Oxidation State in Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Catalyzed by Iron Bis(imino)pyridine Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(4). 2064–2071. 31 indexed citations
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Engelage, Elric, et al.. (2018). Refined SMD Parameters for Bromine and Iodine Accurately Model Halogen‐Bonding Interactions in Solution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(60). 15983–15987. 66 indexed citations
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Rosen, Tomer, Aaron B. League, Mukunda Mandal, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of the Polymerization of rac-Lactide by Fast Zinc Alkoxide Catalysts. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(22). 14366–14372. 40 indexed citations
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Ching, Wei‐Min, Johannes E. M. N. Klein, Ruixi Fan, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the Fleeting Hydroxoiron(III) Complex of the Pentadentate TMC-py Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(18). 11129–11140. 29 indexed citations
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Ortuño, Manuel Á., Pascual Oña‐Burgos, Antonio Rodrı́guez-Diéguez, et al.. (2016). Efficient Hydrosilylation of Acetophenone with a New Anthraquinonic Amide-Based Iron Precatalyst. Organometallics. 35(24). 4083–4089. 22 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyuho, William C. Isley, Allison L. Dzubak, et al.. (2014). Design of a metal-organic framework with enhanced back bonding for the separation of N2 and CH4. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Vlaisavljevich, Bess, Pere Miró, Dongxia Ma, et al.. (2013). Synthesis and Characterization of the First 2 D Neptunyl Structure Stabilized by Side‐on Cation–Cation Interactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(9). 2937–2941. 21 indexed citations
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Ertem, Mehmed Z. & Christopher J. Cramer. (2012). Quantum chemical characterization of the mechanism of a supported cobalt-based water oxidation catalyst. Dalton Transactions. 41(39). 12213–12213. 57 indexed citations
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Curtis, Rebecca, Deborah Bräutigam, Xiaoyang Tang, et al.. (2009). CQY volume 199 Cover and Front matter. The China Quarterly. 199. f1–f8. 1 indexed citations
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Wiederhold, Jan G., et al.. (2009). Equilibrium mercury isotope fractionation between dissolved Hg(II) species and thiol-bound Hg. Figshare. 73. 2 indexed citations
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Curutchet, Carles, Christopher J. Cramer, Donald G. Truhlar, et al.. (2003). Electrostatic component of solvation: Comparison of SCRF continuum models. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 24(3). 284–297. 71 indexed citations

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