Corwin Hansch

41.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
335 papers, 33.2k citations indexed

About

Corwin Hansch is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Corwin Hansch has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 33.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Organic Chemistry, 134 papers in Molecular Biology and 99 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Corwin Hansch's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (99 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (38 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (38 papers). Corwin Hansch is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (99 papers), Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (38 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (38 papers). Corwin Hansch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and New Zealand. Corwin Hansch's co-authors include Albert J. Leo, R. W. TAFT, Toshio Fujita, Rajeshwar P. Verma, Toshio Fujita, Junkichi Iwasa, Robert Muir, Rajni Garg, Hua Gao and Eric J. Lien and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Corwin Hansch

329 papers receiving 31.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A survey of Hammett substituent constants and resonance and field parameters

1991 7.4k citations Corwin Hansch, Albert J. Leo et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Partition coefficients and their uses

1971 3.8k citations Albert J. Leo, Corwin Hansch et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Substituent constants for correlation analysis in chemistry and biology

1979 2.6k citations Corwin Hansch, Albert J. Leo profile →
p-σ-π Analysis. A Method for the Correlation of Biological Activity and Chemical Structure

1964 1.7k citations Corwin Hansch, Toshio Fujita profile →
A New Substituent Constant, π, Derived from Partition Coefficients

1964 1.1k citations Corwin Hansch et al. profile →
Aromatic substituent constants for structure-activity correlations

1973 1.1k citations Corwin Hansch, Albert J. Leo et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →
Correlation of Biological Activity of Phenoxyacetic Acids with Hammett Substituent Constants and Partition Coefficients

1962 697 citations Corwin Hansch et al. profile →
Quantitative approach to biochemical structure-activity relationships

1969 671 citations Corwin Hansch profile →
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs): Chemical–biological functions and (Q)SARs

2007 625 citations Rajeshwar P. Verma, Corwin Hansch Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry profile →
Structure-activity relationship of mutagenic aromatic and heteroaromatic nitro compounds. Correlation with molecular orbital energies and hydrophobicity

1991 500 citations Asim K. Debnath, Rosa L. Lopez de Compadre et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →
The Correlation of Biological Activity of Plant Growth Regulators and Chloromycetin Derivatives with Hammett Constants and Partition Coefficients

1963 378 citations Corwin Hansch, Toshio Fujita et al. profile →
Linear Relationships between Lipophilic Character and Biological Activity of Drugs

1972 370 citations Corwin Hansch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Corwin Hansch United States	66	13.2k	9.5k	7.0k	6.3k	4.0k	335	33.2k
Alan R. Katritzky United States	85	38.8k 2.9×	10.3k 1.1×	4.1k 0.6×	5.2k 0.8×	5.3k 1.3×	2.0k	52.7k
Albert J. Leo United States	33	8.5k 0.6×	4.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.3×	4.2k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	53	19.1k
James J. P. Stewart United States	38	14.2k 1.1×	7.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.4×	5.3k 0.8×	8.9k 2.2×	99	34.6k
Michael H. Abraham United Kingdom	89	10.2k 0.8×	4.7k 0.5×	6.1k 0.9×	18.7k 3.0×	8.9k 2.2×	623	37.1k
W. Clark Still United States	59	13.0k 1.0×	13.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.2×	4.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	173	25.5k
Christopher A. Lipinski United States	28	11.4k 0.9×	15.7k 1.6×	11.6k 1.6×	2.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	71	35.6k
Jayaraman Chandrasekhar India	44	9.1k 0.7×	21.9k 2.3×	2.6k 0.4×	5.6k 0.9×	9.2k 2.3×	181	47.2k
Michael J. S. Dewar United States	83	21.8k 1.7×	5.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.2×	7.8k 1.2×	8.6k 2.2×	496	42.2k
Lee G. Pedersen United States	43	5.7k 0.4×	29.2k 3.1×	3.4k 0.5×	4.1k 0.7×	8.7k 2.2×	222	50.5k
Tom Darden United States	28	5.8k 0.4×	33.8k 3.5×	4.4k 0.6×	4.3k 0.7×	9.7k 2.4×	49	55.7k

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Verma, Rajeshwar P. & Corwin Hansch. (2008). Taxane Analogues against Breast Cancer: A Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship Study. ChemMedChem. 3(4). 642–652. 8 indexed citations

Verma, Rajeshwar P. & Corwin Hansch. (2007). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs): Chemical–biological functions and (Q)SARs. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 15(6). 2223–2268. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

Mekapati, Suresh Babu, Alka Kurup, Rajeshwar P. Verma, & Corwin Hansch. (2005). The role of hydrophobic properties of chemicals in promoting allosteric reactions. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(11). 3737–3762. 14 indexed citations

Verma, Rajeshwar P., Alka Kurup, Suresh Babu Mekapati, & Corwin Hansch. (2004). Chemical–biological interactions in human. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(4). 933–948. 18 indexed citations

Hansch, Corwin, et al.. (2003). Quantitative structure–Activity relationships of phenolic compounds causing apoptosis. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 11(4). 617–620. 25 indexed citations

Smith, Carr J., Thomas A. Perfetti, Rajni Garg, Patricia Martín, & Corwin Hansch. (2003). Percutaneous penetration enhancers in cigarette mainstream smoke. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 42(1). 9–15. 9 indexed citations

Hansch, Corwin, Rajni Garg, & Alka Kurup. (2001). Searching for allosteric effects via QSARs. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 9(2). 283–289. 25 indexed citations

Garg, Rajni, Alka Kurup, & Corwin Hansch. (2001). Comparative QSAR: On the Toxicology of the Phenolic OH Moiety. Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 31(2). 223–245. 33 indexed citations

Gao, Hua, John A. Katzenellenbogen, Rajni Garg, & Corwin Hansch. (1999). Comparative QSAR Analysis of Estrogen Receptor Ligands. Chemical Reviews. 99(3). 723–744. 231 indexed citations

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Recanatini, Maurizio, Andrea Cavalli, & Corwin Hansch. (1997). A comparative QSAR analysis of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors currently studied for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 105(3). 199–228. 31 indexed citations

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Hansch, Corwin & Toshio Fujita. (1995). Classical and three-dimensional QSAR in agrochemistry : developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agrochemicals at the 208th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 21-25, 1994. American Chemical Society eBooks. 58 indexed citations

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Carrieri, Antonio, et al.. (1994). Papain catalyzed hydrolysis of aryl esters: a comparison of the Hansch, Docking and CoMFA methods. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro). 1 indexed citations

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Hansch, Corwin & Litai Zhang. (1993). Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships of Cytochrome P-450. Drug Metabolism Reviews. 25(1-2). 1–48. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Litai, et al.. (1992). The structure-activity relationship of skin carcinogenicity of aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocycles. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 81(1-2). 149–180. 52 indexed citations

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Hansch, Corwin & Teri E. Klein. (1991). [24] Quantitative structure-activity relationships and molecular graphics in evaluation of enzyme-ligand interactions. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 202. 512–543. 23 indexed citations

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Debnath, Asim K., Rosa L. Lopez de Compadre, Gargi Debnath, Alan J. Shusterman, & Corwin Hansch. (1991). Structure-activity relationship of mutagenic aromatic and heteroaromatic nitro compounds. Correlation with molecular orbital energies and hydrophobicity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34(2). 786–797. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leo, Albert J., et al.. (1971). Partition coefficients and their uses. Chemical Reviews. 71(6). 525–616. 3760 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hansch, Corwin, et al.. (1968). Linear free-energy relationship between partition coefficients and the aqueous solubility of organic liquids. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 33(1). 347–350. 331 indexed citations

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Hansch, Corwin & George K. Helmkamp. (1959). Organic chemistry : an outline : problems and answers. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Hansch, Corwin & Cristina Geiger. (1958). Notes - A New Synthesis for Triphenylene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 23(3). 477–478. 7 indexed citations

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