George Porter

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
232 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

George Porter is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Porter has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 94 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 70 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in George Porter's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (99 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (72 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (62 papers). George Porter is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (99 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (72 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (62 papers). George Porter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. George Porter's co-authors include Anthony Harriman, Marie-Claude Richoux, James R. Darwent, Godfrey S. Beddard, David R. Klug, Maurice W. Windsor, James Barber, C.J. Tredwell, AH BECKETT and James R. Durrant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George Porter

230 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Metal phthalocyanines and porphyrins as photosensitizers for reduction of water to hydrogen

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Porter United Kingdom	54	3.6k	3.5k	3.0k	2.9k	1.9k	232	10.1k
Keitaro Yoshihara Japan	54	4.8k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	5.1k 1.7×	1.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	285	9.3k
Michael C. Zerner United States	48	3.4k 0.9×	5.3k 1.5×	4.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.6×	231	12.9k
Martin Gouterman United States	62	4.1k 1.1×	11.0k 3.1×	2.5k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	174	15.5k
Silvia E. Braslavsky Germany	48	1.8k 0.5×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	224	8.9k
Albert Weller Germany	27	4.8k 1.3×	3.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	906 0.3×	3.7k 1.9×	42	8.5k
Michael Kasha United States	51	6.2k 1.7×	7.6k 2.2×	3.4k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	3.9k 2.0×	115	14.8k
George S. Hammond United States	47	3.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	6.7k 3.5×	239	11.6k
Michael A. J. Rodgers United States	50	2.4k 0.6×	4.2k 1.2×	780 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	261	9.3k
Marshall D. Newton United States	63	5.5k 1.5×	4.0k 1.1×	6.5k 2.2×	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	170	14.7k
Marek Z. Zgierski Canada	55	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	5.0k 1.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	302	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by George Porter

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Porter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Porter

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All Works

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Porter, George. (1978). The Bakerian Lecture, 1977: In vitro models for photosynthesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 362(1710). 281–303. 34 indexed citations

Beddard, Godfrey S., et al.. (1975). Model systems for photosynthesis, V. Electron transfer between chlorophyll and quinones in a lecithin matrix. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 342(1630). 317–325. 23 indexed citations

Costa, Sı́lvia M. B. & George Porter. (1974). Model systems for photosynthesis IV. Photosensitization by chlorophyll a monolayers at a lipid/water interface. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 341(1625). 167–176. 7 indexed citations

Creed, David, Brian J. Hales, & George Porter. (1973). Photochemistry of the plastoquinones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 334(1599). 505–521. 15 indexed citations

Costa, Sı́lvia M. B., et al.. (1972). Model systems for photosynthesis - III. Primary photoprocesses of chloroplast pigments in monomolecular arrays on solid surfaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 326(1567). 503–519. 32 indexed citations

Porter, George & M. R. Topp. (1970). Nanosecond flash photolysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 315(1521). 163–184. 131 indexed citations

Porter, George, et al.. (1967). Solvate and dimer equilibria in solutions of chlorophyll. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 296(1444). 38–44. 7 indexed citations

Bowers, Peter G. & George Porter. (1967). Triplet state quantum yields for some arom atic hydrocarbons and xanthene dyes in dilute solution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 299(1458). 348–353. 101 indexed citations

Bowers, Peter G. & George Porter. (1967). Quantum yields of triplet formation in solutions of chlorophyll. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 296(1447). 435–441. 97 indexed citations

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Porter, George & Peter West. (1964). Decay of the triplet state II. Rate and mechanism in the gas phase. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 279(1378). 302–312. 17 indexed citations

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Porter, George, et al.. (1964). Decay of the triplet state I. First-order processes in solution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 277(1371). 437–447. 30 indexed citations

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Porter, George, Zoltán Szabó, & M. G. Townsend. (1962). The recombination of atoms V. Iodine atom recombination in nitric oxide. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 270(1343). 493–500. 30 indexed citations

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Jackson, Graham S. & George Porter. (1961). Acidity constants in the triplet state. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 260(1300). 13–30. 147 indexed citations

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Porter, George, et al.. (1961). The recombination of atoms, IV. Iodine atom complexes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 262(1311). 476–488. 35 indexed citations

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Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, George Porter, & B. A. Thrush. (1955). Studies of the explosive combustion of hydrocarbons by kinetic spectroscopy - II. Comparative investigations of hydrocarbons and a study of the continuous absorption spectra. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 227(1171). 423–433. 14 indexed citations

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Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, et al.. (1955). The recombination of atoms II. Causes of variation in the observed rate constant for iodine atoms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 231(1187). 446–457. 50 indexed citations

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Porter, George, et al.. (1955). Trapped atoms and radicals in rigid solvents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 230(1182). 399–414. 82 indexed citations

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Aslam, M., Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, & George Porter. (1953). The photolysis of acetaldehyde, diacetyl and acetone at high intensity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 219(1138). 312–327. 17 indexed citations

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Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, et al.. (1953). The recombination of atoms I. Iodine atoms in the rare gases. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 216(1125). 152–165. 34 indexed citations

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Porter, George, et al.. (1952). II. Ultra-violet characteristics of the flash discharge. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 212(1110). 398–406. 23 indexed citations

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