Derek W. Smith

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 919 citations indexed

About

Derek W. Smith is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek W. Smith has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 919 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Derek W. Smith's work include Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (10 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (9 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (8 papers). Derek W. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (10 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (9 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (8 papers). Derek W. Smith collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand and United Kingdom. Derek W. Smith's co-authors include Brian K. Nicholson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Derek W. Smith

36 papers receiving 884 citations

Hit Papers

Ionic hydration enthalpies 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 100 200 300 400
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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. Ionic hydration enthalpies
    1977 469 citations Derek W. Smith Journal of Chemical Education profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek W. Smith New Zealand 13 316 214 177 163 140 38 919
J. E. Mahler Sweden 11 192 0.6× 372 1.7× 210 1.2× 177 1.1× 203 1.4× 12 1.2k
Helen K. Roobottom Canada 5 390 1.2× 306 1.4× 267 1.5× 92 0.6× 87 0.6× 7 916
David N. Waters United Kingdom 19 473 1.5× 168 0.8× 138 0.8× 160 1.0× 97 0.7× 60 1.1k
S.R. Wasserman United States 12 240 0.8× 91 0.4× 151 0.9× 175 1.1× 177 1.3× 19 778
Jaap N. Louwen Netherlands 16 565 1.8× 392 1.8× 256 1.4× 108 0.7× 117 0.8× 43 1.2k
Kazuhiko Ichikawa Japan 19 440 1.4× 406 1.9× 257 1.5× 71 0.4× 73 0.5× 82 1.2k
A. F. Holleman 4 462 1.5× 416 1.9× 437 2.5× 215 1.3× 66 0.5× 5 1.3k
K. J. Gallagher United Kingdom 12 293 0.9× 186 0.9× 166 0.9× 99 0.6× 177 1.3× 15 897
Supanich Pramatus Australia 19 332 1.1× 228 1.1× 255 1.4× 67 0.4× 126 0.9× 71 1.0k
George K. Schweitzer United States 16 268 0.8× 153 0.7× 272 1.5× 160 1.0× 203 1.4× 75 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Derek W.. (2007). Copper. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 103. 224–224. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (2000). The Antibonding Effect. Journal of Chemical Education. 77(6). 780–780. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1999). Electronegativity equilibration and organometallic thermochemistry: the strengths of carbon–carbon bonds in metal alkyls. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 585(1). 150–153. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1998). Group electronegativities from electronegativity equilibration Applications to organic thermochemistry. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 94(2). 201–205. 34 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1998). Comment on “Heats of Formation of Alkyl Fluorides”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 102(35). 7086–7087. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1998). Empirical bond additivity scheme for the calculation of enthalpies of vaporisation of organic liquids. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 94(20). 3087–3091. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1997). Additive bond-energy scheme with geminal H-H terms Applications to the enthalpies of formation of alkane derivatives. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 93(11). 2037–2041. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1996). Additive bond energy scheme for the calculation of enthalpies of formation and bond dissociation energies for alkyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 92(22). 4415–4415. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1996). Simple Treatment of the Symmetry Labels for the d-d States of Octahedral Complexes. Journal of Chemical Education. 73(6). 504–504. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1990). Inorganic Substances. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1990). A new method of estimating atomic charges by electronegativity equilibration. Journal of Chemical Education. 67(7). 559–559. 20 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1988). The thermochemistry of catenation in silanes versus alkanes. Journal of Chemical Education. 65(5). 414–414. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1987). An acidity scale for binary oxides. Journal of Chemical Education. 64(6). 480–480. 102 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1980). The valence bond interpretation of molecular geometry. Journal of Chemical Education. 57(2). 106–106. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1978). Is pyridine a .pi. acceptor in trans-dihalogenotetrakis (pyridine)chromium(III) ions?. Inorganic Chemistry. 17(11). 3153–3156. 12 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1977). Ionic hydration enthalpies. Journal of Chemical Education. 54(9). 540–540. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Derek W.. (1973). Symmetry-restricted covalence in ligand field theory. Part I. The relative energies of the 2 B 2g and 2 E g states in tetra-amminecopper(II) compounds. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1853–1853. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1972). Effects of symmetry-restricted covalence on the electronic spectra of tetragonal copper(II)-ammine compounds. Chemical Physics Letters. 16(2). 426–428. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Derek W.. (1966). Polarized Crystal Spectrum of Pentaamminecupric Ammonium Perchlorate. Inorganic Chemistry. 5(12). 2236–2238. 21 indexed citations

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