George C. Shields

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

George C. Shields is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, George C. Shields has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 43 papers in Spectroscopy and 42 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in George C. Shields's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (51 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (40 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (29 papers). George C. Shields is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (51 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (40 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (29 papers). George C. Shields collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. George C. Shields's co-authors include Matthew D. Liptak, Berhane Temelso, Steve C. Schultz, Thomas A. Steitz, Karl N. Kirschner, Kaye A. Archer, Steven Feldgus, Paul G. Seybold, Cristóbal Pérez and Zbigniew Kisiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

George C. Shields

123 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Crystal Structure of a CAP-DNA Complex: the DNA Is Bent by 90°

1991 953 citations Steve C. Schultz, George C. Shields et al. profile →
Accurate pK_aCalculations for Carboxylic Acids Using Complete Basis Set and Gaussian-n Models Combined with CPCM Continuum Solvation Methods

2001 529 citations George C. Shields et al. profile →
Absolute pK_aDeterminations for Substituted Phenols

2002 516 citations Steven Feldgus, George C. Shields et al. profile →
Structures of Cage, Prism, and Book Isomers of Water Hexamer from Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy

2012 382 citations Cristóbal Pérez, Berhane Temelso et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George C. Shields United States	40	2.8k	2.0k	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	126	7.3k
Markus Meuwly Switzerland	43	3.4k 1.2×	589 0.3×	2.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	482 0.3×	289	7.8k
Xiao He China	44	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	276 0.2×	271	7.3k
Aatto Laaksonen Sweden	48	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	369 0.3×	296	9.8k
Koichi Ohno Japan	47	4.5k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	595 0.3×	2.5k 1.5×	719 0.5×	324	8.7k
Manuel F. Ruiz‐López France	48	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	226	6.5k
Tadafumi Uchimaru Japan	49	2.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	694 0.5×	206	8.8k
W. Graham Richards United Kingdom	39	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	256 0.2×	216	5.2k
Leif A. Eriksson Sweden	47	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.7×	532 0.3×	191 0.1×	353	7.5k
José M. Lluch Spain	41	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	783 0.5×	414 0.3×	293	6.0k
Arieh Ben‐Naim Israel	39	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	227 0.2×	184	8.4k

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Wang, Qin, et al.. (2025). Reliable Structures and Electronic Energies of Small Water Clusters Using Density Functional and Local Correlation Coupled Cluster Model Chemistries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 129(40). 9291–9302.

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Shields, George C., et al.. (2023). The driving effects of common atmospheric molecules for formation of clusters: the case of sulfuric acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid, ammonia, and dimethylamine. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 3(9). 1335–1351. 2 indexed citations

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Elm, Jonas, et al.. (2023). Quantum chemical modeling of organic enhanced atmospheric nucleation: A critical review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 13(5). 23 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., et al.. (2022). Probing the Free Energy of Small Water Clusters: Revisiting Classical Nucleation Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(34). 8038–8046. 7 indexed citations

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McMillen, Colin D., et al.. (2022). Photochemistry and Photophysics of Charge-Transfer Excited States in Emissive d¹⁰/d⁰ Heterobimetallic Titanocene Tweezer Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(28). 10986–10998. 11 indexed citations

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Sutton, Joshua J., et al.. (2021). Insights into the charge-transfer character of electronic transitions in^RCp₂Ti(C₂Fc)₂complexes using solvatochromism, resonance Raman spectroscopy, and TDDFT. Dalton Transactions. 50(6). 2233–2242. 4 indexed citations

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McMillen, Colin D., et al.. (2021). Ligand-to-Metal Charge-Transfer Photophysics and Photochemistry of Emissive d⁰ Titanocenes: A Spectroscopic and Computational Investigation. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(18). 14399–14409. 21 indexed citations

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Odbadrakh, Tuguldur T., et al.. (2020). Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from <em>ab initio</em> Thermochemistry. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

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Odbadrakh, Tuguldur T., et al.. (2020). Computation of Atmospheric Concentrations of Molecular Clusters from <em>ab initio</em> Thermochemistry. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 18 indexed citations

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López, Juan C., Cristóbal Pérez, Susana Blanco, et al.. (2018). Water induces the same crown shapes as Li⁺ or Na⁺ in 15-crown-5 ether: a broadband rotational study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(6). 2875–2881. 21 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., et al.. (2010). Theoretical Calculations of Acid Dissociation Constants: A Review Article. Furman University Scholar Exchange (Furman University). 113–138. 178 indexed citations

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Temelso, Berhane, et al.. (2010). Accurate Predictions of Water Cluster Formation, (H2O)n=2−10. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 11725–11737. 5 indexed citations

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Joseph, Leroy C., James A. Bennett, Karl N. Kirschner, et al.. (2009). Antiestrogenic and anticancer activities of peptides derived from the active site of alpha‐fetoprotein. Journal of Peptide Science. 15(4). 319–325. 11 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., Marco A. Allodi, Meghan E. Dunn, Jovan Livada, & Karl N. Kirschner. (2006). Do Hydroxyl Radical−Water Clusters, OH(H2O)n, n = 1−5, Exist in the Atmosphere?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 110(49). 13283. 3 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., Meghan E. Dunn, Timothy M. Evans, & Karl N. Kirschner. (2006). Prediction of Accurate Anharmonic Experimental Vibrational Frequencies for Water Clusters, (H2O)n, n = 2−5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 110(1). 303. 1 indexed citations

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Pickard, Frank C., Meghan E. Dunn, Steven Feldgus, et al.. (2006). Ortho Effect in the Bergman Cyclization: Electronic and Steric Effects in Hydrogen Abstraction by 1-Substituted Naphthalene 5,8-Diradicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(7). 2517–2526. 41 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., Frank C. Pickard, & Meghan E. Dunn. (2005). Comparison of Model Chemistry and Density Functional Theory Thermochemical Predictions with Experiment for Formation of Ionic Clusters of the Ammonium Cation Complexed with Water and Ammonia; Atmospheric Implications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 109(22). 4905. 1 indexed citations

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Shields, George C., et al.. (2005). Global Search for Minimum Energy (H2O)n Clusters, n = 3−5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 109(30). 6773. 3 indexed citations

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Zhan, Chang‐Guo, et al.. (2005). First‐principle studies of intermolecular and intramolecular catalysis of protonated cocaine. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(10). 980–986. 44 indexed citations

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Schultz, Steve C., George C. Shields, & Thomas A. Steitz. (1990). Crystallization of Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein with its DNA binding site. Journal of Molecular Biology. 213(1). 159–166. 42 indexed citations

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