Frank H. Allen

35.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
209 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Frank H. Allen is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank H. Allen has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 67 papers in Organic Chemistry and 66 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank H. Allen's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (75 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (50 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (36 papers). Frank H. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (75 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (50 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (36 papers). Frank H. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Frank H. Allen's co-authors include Olga Kennard, Lee Brammer, David J. Watson, A.G. Orpen, Robin Taylor, Colin R. Groom, W. D. Samuel Motherwell, G.P. Shields, Paul R. Raithby and Jos P. M. Lommerse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Frank H. Allen

197 papers receiving 28.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarte... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2002 1987 1991 1989 1979 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
What are hit papers?

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. The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarter of a million crystal structures and rising
    2002 9.3k citations Frank H. Allen Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science profile →
  2. Tables of bond lengths determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. Part 1. Bond lengths in organic compounds
    1987 6.4k citations Frank H. Allen, Olga Kennard et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 profile →
  3. The development of versions 3 and 4 of the Cambridge Structural Database System
    1991 1.2k citations Frank H. Allen, Olga Kennard et al. profile →
  4. Supplement. Tables of bond lengths determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. Part 2. Organometallic compounds and co-ordination complexes of the d- and f-block metals
    1989 1.2k citations A.G. Orpen, Lee Brammer et al. profile →
  5. The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: computer-based search, retrieval, analysis and display of information
    1979 988 citations Frank H. Allen, Olga Kennard et al. profile →
  6. Systematic analysis of structural data as a research technique in organic chemistry
    1983 914 citations Frank H. Allen, Olga Kennard et al. profile →
  7. The Cambridge Structural Database in Retrospect and Prospect
    2014 889 citations Frank H. Allen et al. profile →
  8. The Nature and Geometry of Intermolecular Interactions between Halogens and Oxygen or Nitrogen
    1996 723 citations Robin Taylor, Frank H. Allen et al. profile →
  9. CIF applications. XV.enCIFer: a program for viewing, editing and visualizing CIFs
    2004 653 citations Frank H. Allen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank H. Allen United Kingdom 48 14.2k 12.6k 9.2k 7.8k 4.7k 209 29.2k
Robin Taylor United Kingdom 41 12.9k 0.9× 11.2k 0.9× 9.1k 1.0× 8.4k 1.1× 5.3k 1.1× 91 33.6k
Mark A. Spackman Australia 53 12.4k 0.9× 11.6k 0.9× 12.4k 1.3× 10.1k 1.3× 4.9k 1.0× 177 30.0k
Patrick McCabe United Kingdom 20 8.9k 0.6× 9.4k 0.8× 6.0k 0.7× 6.3k 0.8× 4.4k 0.9× 44 20.7k
Clare F. Macrae United Kingdom 8 9.5k 0.7× 9.9k 0.8× 6.4k 0.7× 6.3k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 8 21.2k
Elna Pidcock United Kingdom 31 8.5k 0.6× 9.3k 0.7× 6.6k 0.7× 6.8k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 65 20.0k
Ian Bruno United Kingdom 16 8.0k 0.6× 9.1k 0.7× 6.9k 0.7× 6.7k 0.9× 3.5k 0.7× 32 19.7k
Dylan Jayatilaka Australia 48 8.5k 0.6× 7.6k 0.6× 8.3k 0.9× 7.3k 0.9× 3.1k 0.7× 137 21.6k
Maurizio Cossi Italy 39 15.5k 1.1× 5.5k 0.4× 7.1k 0.8× 9.5k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 119 34.5k
Sason Shaik Israel 101 14.4k 1.0× 19.6k 1.6× 5.6k 0.6× 12.1k 1.6× 4.2k 0.9× 614 42.3k
Joel Bernstein Israel 42 7.5k 0.5× 7.9k 0.6× 8.2k 0.9× 6.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 191 18.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allen, Frank H., Aurora J. Cruz‐Cabeza, P.A. Wood, & David A. Bardwell. (2013). Hydrogen-bond landscapes, geometry and energetics of squaric acid and its mono- and dianions: a Cambridge Structural Database, IsoStar and computational study. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 69(5). 514–523. 9 indexed citations
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Cruz‐Cabeza, Aurora J., John W. Liebeschuetz, & Frank H. Allen. (2012). Systematic conformational bias in small-molecule crystal structures is rare and explicable. CrystEngComm. 14(20). 6797–6797. 32 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (2011). Precision Navigation for UAS Critical Operations. 1870–1876. 2 indexed citations
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Wood, P.A., et al.. (2008). Dipolar C[triple-bond]N...C[triple-bond]N interactions in organic crystal structures: database analysis and calculation of interaction energies. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 64(3). 393–396. 46 indexed citations
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Milner‐White, E. James, J. Willem M. Nissink, Frank H. Allen, & William Duddy. (2004). Recurring main-chain anion-binding motifs in short polypeptides: nests. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(11). 1935–1942. 29 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H. & Robin Taylor. (2004). Research applications of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Chemical Society Reviews. 33(8). 463–463. 125 indexed citations
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Duddy, William, J. Willem M. Nissink, Frank H. Allen, & E. James Milner‐White. (2004). Mimicry by asx‐ and ST‐turns of the four main types of β‐turn in proteins. Protein Science. 13(11). 3051–3055. 63 indexed citations
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Clark, J. Elizabeth, et al.. (2003). The JPALS Performance Model. Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003). 2288–2296. 5 indexed citations
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Keen, David A., Chick C. Wilson, Frank H. Allen, et al.. (2000). 結晶工学におけるハロゲン三量体シントン 2,4,6-トリス(4-クロロフェノキシ)-1,3,5-トリアジンとトリブロモベンゼンの1:1錯体の低温X線および中性子回折研究. 1080–1084. 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Judith A. K., N. Madhavi, Ashwini Nangia, et al.. (2000). Crystal engineering in the gem-alkynol family; synthon repetitivity and topological similarity in diphenylethynylmethanols: structures that lack O—H...O hydrogen bonds. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 56(6). 1071–1079. 10 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (2000). GPS Anti-Jam for CAT II Landing Applications. 1301–1308. 1 indexed citations
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Deane, Charlotte M., Frank H. Allen, Robin Taylor, & Tom L. Blundell. (1999). Carbonyl–carbonyl interactions stabilize the partially allowed Ramachandran conformations of asparagine and aspartic acid. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 12(12). 1025–1028. 85 indexed citations
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Glasgow, Janice, S. Fortier, & Frank H. Allen. (1998). Molecular Scene Analysis: Crystal Structure Determination Through Imagery. Developmental Psychology. 42(4). 627–42. 6 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (1995). A systematic study of coordinate precision in X-ray structure analyses. II. Predictive estimates of e.s.d.'s for the general-atom case. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 51(2). 112–121. 6 indexed citations
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Leherte, Laurence & Frank H. Allen. (1994). Shape information from a critical point analysis of calculated electron density maps: Application to DNA-drug systems. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 8(3). 257–272. 12 indexed citations
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Poirrette, Andrew R., Peter Willett, & Frank H. Allen. (1993). Pharmacophoric pattern matching in files of three-dimensional chemical structures: Characterization and use of generalized torsion angle screens. Journal of Molecular Graphics. 11(1). 2–14. 2 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (1987). Tables of bond lengths determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. Part 1. Bond lengths in organic compounds. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. S1–S1. 6415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Paul J., Neil W. Isaacs, Frank H. Allen, W.D.S. Motherwell, & Olga Kennard. (1974). The Crystal Structure and Absolute Configuration of O,O-Dimethylipecoside. 30(1). 133–139. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (1971). Crystal structure of dimethyltin bisfluorosulphate. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 2507–2507. 20 indexed citations
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Allen, Frank H., et al.. (1970). Crystal structure of 4-biphenylylferrocene. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 907–907. 9 indexed citations

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