Christopher J. Fennell

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Fennell is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Fennell has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Fennell's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (6 papers). Christopher J. Fennell is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (19 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (6 papers). Christopher J. Fennell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Spain. Christopher J. Fennell's co-authors include J. Daniel Gezelter, Ken A. Dill, Alan Bizjak, Vojko Vlachy, Miha Lukšič, Emiliano Brini, Jimmie D. Weaver, Mariví Fernández-Serra, Barbara Hribar-Lee and Anuradha Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Fennell

34 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Pairwise alternatives to the accepted standard for long-range electrostatics

2006 524 citations Christopher J. Fennell, J. Daniel Gezelter The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
How Water’s Properties Are Encoded in Its Molecular Structure and Energies

2017 356 citations Emiliano Brini, Christopher J. Fennell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Fennell United States	19	837	646	463	350	346	35	2.1k
Marcello Sega Germany	25	752 0.9×	432 0.7×	524 1.1×	393 1.1×	469 1.4×	91	2.0k
Gary N. I. Clark United States	8	852 1.0×	588 0.9×	584 1.3×	189 0.5×	478 1.4×	8	1.8k
Carl Caleman Sweden	22	769 0.9×	587 0.9×	416 0.9×	187 0.5×	341 1.0×	79	2.3k
Ronen Zangi Spain	27	913 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	593 1.3×	325 0.9×	775 2.2×	61	2.7k
D. Asthagiri United States	30	1.0k 1.2×	681 1.1×	1.1k 2.3×	284 0.8×	395 1.1×	89	2.6k
Niharendu Choudhury India	24	672 0.8×	841 1.3×	323 0.7×	335 1.0×	836 2.4×	77	1.9k
Barbara Hribar-Lee Slovenia	14	455 0.5×	346 0.5×	392 0.8×	158 0.5×	236 0.7×	54	1.3k
J. J. Gillis United States	9	514 0.6×	550 0.9×	393 0.8×	233 0.7×	467 1.3×	44	2.1k
Daniel Laría Argentina	25	1.1k 1.4×	329 0.5×	173 0.4×	232 0.7×	378 1.1×	83	1.8k
Luboš Vrbka Czechia	19	899 1.1×	309 0.5×	296 0.6×	157 0.4×	192 0.6×	23	1.8k

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Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). OpenMD: A parallel molecular dynamics engine forcomplex systems and interfaces. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(103). 7004–7004. 1 indexed citations

Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). A Dual Catalytic Approach for the Halogen-Bonding-Mediated Reductive Cleavage of α-Bromodifluoroesters and Amides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(1). 863–871.

Urbič, Tomaž, et al.. (2022). Statistical-mechanical liquid theories reproduce anomalous thermodynamic properties of explicit two-dimensional water models. Physical review. E. 106(3). 34115–34115. 8 indexed citations

Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2021). Radical Perfluoroalkylation Enabled by a Catalytically Generated Halogen Bonding Complex and Visible Light Irradiation. Organic Letters. 24(1). 446–450. 36 indexed citations

Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2020). Interactive Molecular Model Assembly with 3D Printing. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2016). Two-dimensional molecular simulations using rose potentials. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 228. 11–18. 18 indexed citations

Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2016). Predicting water-to-cyclohexane partitioning of the SAMPL5 molecules using dielectric balancing of force fields. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 30(11). 1059–1065. 6 indexed citations

Brini, Emiliano, et al.. (2016). Adapting the semi-explicit assembly solvation model for estimating water-cyclohexane partitioning with the SAMPL5 molecules. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 30(11). 1067–1077. 2 indexed citations

Li, Libo, Ken A. Dill, & Christopher J. Fennell. (2014). Testing the semi-explicit assembly model of aqueous solvation in the SAMPL4 challenge. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 28(3). 259–264. 8 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2014). TRIFORCE: Tessellated Semianalytical Solvent Exposed Surface Areas and Derivatives. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 10(9). 4121–4132. 7 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2014). A Fixed-Charge Model for Alcohol Polarization in the Condensed Phase, and Its Role in Small Molecule Hydration. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(24). 6438–6446. 53 indexed citations

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Lukšič, Miha, Christopher J. Fennell, & Ken A. Dill. (2014). Using Interpolation for Fast and Accurate Calculation of Ion–Ion Interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(28). 8017–8025. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Libo, Christopher J. Fennell, & Ken A. Dill. (2013). Field-SEA: A Model for Computing the Solvation Free Energies of Nonpolar, Polar, and Charged Solutes in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(24). 6431–6437. 32 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J. & Ken A. Dill. (2011). Physical Modeling of Aqueous Solvation. Journal of Statistical Physics. 145(2). 209–226. 36 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2011). Testing the semi-explicit assembly solvation model in the SAMPL3 community blind test. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 26(5). 563–568. 18 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J., et al.. (2009). Oil/Water Transfer Is Partly Driven by Molecular Shape, Not Just Size. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(1). 234–240. 39 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J. & J. Daniel Gezelter. (2006). Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Pairwise alternatives to the accepted standard for long-range electrostatics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(23). 234104–234104. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fennell, Christopher J. & J. Daniel Gezelter. (2005). Computational Free Energy Studies of a New Ice Polymorph Which Exhibits Greater Stability than Ice I_h. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 1(4). 662–667. 32 indexed citations

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Fennell, Christopher J. & J. Daniel Gezelter. (2004). On the structural and transport properties of the soft sticky dipole and related single-point water models. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 120(19). 9175–9184. 19 indexed citations

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Vardeman, Charles, et al.. (2004). OOPSE: An object‐oriented parallel simulation engine for molecular dynamics. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(3). 252–271. 39 indexed citations

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