Clifford N. Matthews

2.1k total citations
57 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Clifford N. Matthews is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Clifford N. Matthews has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 17 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Clifford N. Matthews's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (18 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Clifford N. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (18 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (15 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Clifford N. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Clifford N. Matthews's co-authors include Robert E. Moser, Robert D. Minard, Gail H. Birum, John H. Wotiz, Shirley A. Liebman, Rose A. Pesce‐Rodriguez, John Nelson, Patrick G. Hatcher, John S. Driscoll and William Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Clifford N. Matthews

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clifford N. Matthews United States	24	740	492	305	241	194	57	1.6k
Takashi Tsuji Japan	30	616 0.8×	1.3k 2.7×	343 1.1×	172 0.7×	221 1.1×	179	2.9k
J. Michael McBride United States	24	519 0.7×	720 1.5×	396 1.3×	181 0.8×	236 1.2×	78	2.1k
Robert A. Sanchez United States	14	989 1.3×	173 0.4×	140 0.5×	30 0.1×	98 0.5×	24	1.4k
Partha P. Bera United States	19	336 0.5×	164 0.3×	392 1.3×	99 0.4×	493 2.5×	46	1.1k
Cristóbal Viedma Spain	18	1.2k 1.6×	225 0.5×	570 1.9×	61 0.3×	136 0.7×	35	2.0k
Robert W. Góra Poland	24	266 0.4×	346 0.7×	360 1.2×	135 0.6×	592 3.1×	75	1.7k
G. A. Grieves United States	18	420 0.6×	121 0.2×	159 0.5×	51 0.2×	347 1.8×	30	914
I. Weissbuch Israel	18	205 0.3×	243 0.5×	380 1.2×	87 0.4×	298 1.5×	39	1.7k
James G. Lawless United States	21	1.3k 1.7×	86 0.2×	318 1.0×	26 0.1×	118 0.6×	32	1.8k
Robert W. Hilts Canada	21	337 0.5×	502 1.0×	78 0.3×	346 1.4×	27 0.1×	54	997

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20 of 20 papers shown

Matthews, Clifford N., et al.. (1998). Dispersal and Renewal: Hong Kong University During the War Years. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 4 indexed citations

Matthews, Clifford N.. (1997). Hydrogen cyanide polymers from the impact of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. Advances in Space Research. 19(7). 1087–1091. 11 indexed citations

Liebman, Shirley A., Rose A. Pesce‐Rodriguez, & Clifford N. Matthews. (1995). Organic analysis of hydrogen cyanide polymers: Prebiotic and extraterrestrial chemistry. Advances in Space Research. 15(3). 71–80. 59 indexed citations

Matthews, Clifford N.. (1995). Hydrogen cyanide polymers: from laboratory to space. Planetary and Space Science. 43(10-11). 1365–1370. 27 indexed citations

Pesce‐Rodriguez, Rose A., Shirley A. Liebman, & Clifford N. Matthews. (1994). Characterization of hydrogen cyanide polymers and the Murchison meteorite: implications for prebiotic and extraterrestrial chemistry.. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 24. 123–124. 3 indexed citations

Matthews, Clifford N.. (1994). Hydrogen Cyanide Polymers from the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. DPS. 26. 1587. 2 indexed citations

Matthews, Clifford N., et al.. (1992). Hydrogen cyanide polymers on comets. Advances in Space Research. 12(4). 21–32. 23 indexed citations

Khare, B. N., et al.. (1991). Optical Properties of Tholin from H 2 O/C 2 H 6 (6:1) Ice, and Comparison with Titan Tholin, Kerogen and Meteoritic Organics. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 1186. 2 indexed citations

Cruikshank, D. P., L. J. Allamandola, W. K. Hartmann, et al.. (1991). Solid CN bearing material on outer solar system bodies. Icarus. 94(2). 345–353. 83 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N.. (1990). Dark Matter in the Solar System: HCN Polymers. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1098. 1 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N., et al.. (1986). The Dark Nucleus of Comet Halley: Hydrogen Cyanide Polymers. ESASP. 250. 273. 13 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N.. (1986). Simultaneous synthesis of polypeptides and polynucleotides? Hydrogen cyanide polymers as prebiotic condensing agents. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 16(3-4). 500–501. 9 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N.. (1979). Response : HCN Did Not Condense to Give Heteropolypeptides on the Primitive Earth. Science. 203(4385). 1136–1137. 7 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N., et al.. (1969). Carbophosphoranes. Accounts of Chemical Research. 2(12). 373–379. 65 indexed citations

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Moser, Robert E., et al.. (1968). Peptide formation from amino malononitrile hydrogen cyanide trimer chemical evolution earth. Tetrahedron Letters. 13. 1605–1608. 9 indexed citations

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Moser, Robert E., et al.. (1968). Peptide formation from aminomalononitrile (HCN trimer). Tetrahedron Letters. 9(13). 1605–1608. 38 indexed citations

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Moser, Robert E., John M. Fritsch, & Clifford N. Matthews. (1967). Use of toluene-p-sulphonylhydrazones in electron paramagnetic resonance studies of triplet methylenes. Chemical Communications (London). 770–770. 1 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N. & Robert E. Moser. (1966). Prebiological protein synthesis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 56(4). 1087–1094. 76 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N., John S. Driscoll, & Gail H. Birum. (1966). Mesomeric phosphonium inner salts. Chemical Communications (London). 736–736. 10 indexed citations

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Matthews, Clifford N., et al.. (1959). REACTION PRODUCTS OF GROUP VIB METAL CARBONYL COMPOUNDS WITH ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF TRIVALENT GROUP VA ELEMENTS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(9). 2273–2274. 24 indexed citations

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