George S. Hammond

14.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
239 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

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George S. Hammond is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George S. Hammond has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 100 papers in Organic Chemistry and 35 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in George S. Hammond's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (67 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (52 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (35 papers). George S. Hammond is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (67 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (52 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (35 papers). George S. Hammond collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. George S. Hammond's co-authors include Angelo A. Lamola, Robert S. H. Liu, Nicholas J. Turro, Harry B. Gray, William G. Herkstroeter, Jack Saltiel, Peter A. Leermakers, Chin-Hua S. Wu, Charles E. Boozer and William M. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

George S. Hammond

237 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

A Correlation of Reaction Rates

1955 3.0k citations George S. Hammond Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Mechanism and Structure in Organic Chemistry.

1960 465 citations George S. Hammond Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Mechanisms of Photochemical Reactions in Solution. XXII.¹ Photochemical cis-trans Isomerization

1964 457 citations George S. Hammond, Nicholas J. Turro et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George S. Hammond United States	47	6.7k	3.3k	3.0k	1.9k	1.4k	239	11.6k
Robert W. Taft United States	53	6.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	3.9k 2.8×	174	11.5k
Eolo Scrocco Italy	22	4.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	40	9.4k
J. K. Thomas United States	53	5.7k 0.8×	4.3k 1.3×	3.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	257	13.4k
H. H. Jaffé United States	38	4.4k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	153	9.4k
Andrew Streitwieser United States	46	6.9k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	367	10.1k
James Trotter Canada	46	5.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	650	10.8k
F. G. Bordwell United States	55	10.5k 1.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	773 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	281	13.6k
A. Bondì United States	15	7.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.3×	4.8k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.8×	38	18.4k
Hanns Fischer Switzerland	50	6.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	711 0.5×	217	9.3k
Richard W. Fessenden United States	48	2.9k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	168	9.5k

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Liu, Robert S. H. & George S. Hammond. (2001). Examples of Hula-Twist in Photochemicalcis-trans Isomerization. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(21). 4536–4545. 72 indexed citations

Hammond, George S.. (1997). Physical organic chemistry after 50 years: It has changed, but is it still there?. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69(9). 1919–1922. 4 indexed citations

Cui, Changxing, Jawad Naciri, Zhiqiang Hé, et al.. (1993). Photochemical and Photophysical Approaches to the Characterization of the Shapes, Free Volumes and Accessibilities of Guest Sites in Low-Density Polyethylene Films. Química Nova. 16(6). 578–585. 8 indexed citations

Miskowski, Vincent M., et al.. (1976). Preparation and photochemistry of azidopentacyanorhodate(III) and -iridate(III). Inorganic Chemistry. 15(11). 2904–2907. 3 indexed citations

Hammond, George S., et al.. (1975). Mechanisms of photochemical reactions in solution. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 85(1). 1–14. 38 indexed citations

Gupta, Amitava & George S. Hammond. (1975). Mechanisms of photochemical reactions in solution. LXXIX. Production of triplets in the quenching of the fluorescent state of naphthalene by an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(2). 254–257. 6 indexed citations

Hammond, George S.. (1972). J. Holmes Sturdivant--1906-1972. 1 indexed citations

Hammond, George S., et al.. (1971). Models in chemical science : an introduction to general chemistry. 2 indexed citations

Hammond, George S., et al.. (1970). Photoreaction of Michler's ketone with benzophenone. Triplet exciplex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(21). 6362–6363. 23 indexed citations

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Herkstroeter, William G., L. B. Jones, & George S. Hammond. (1966). Mechanisms of Photochemical Reactions in Solution. XL.¹ Steric Hindrance to Energy Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(21). 4777–4780. 28 indexed citations

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Wagner, Peter J. & George S. Hammond. (1966). Mechanisms of Photochemical Reactions in Solution. XXXVIII.¹ Quenching of the Type II Photoelimination Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(6). 1245–1251. 81 indexed citations

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Liu, Robert S. H. & George S. Hammond. (1964). Photosensitized Cyclization of Myrcene: The Problem of Addition of Dienes to Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(9). 1892–1893. 18 indexed citations

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Cram, Donald J., George S. Hammond, & Walter Lwowski. (1962). Die Reaktionsmechanismen in der organischen Chemie. 3 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S. & Peter A. Leermakers. (1962). MECHANISMS OF PHOTOREACTIONS IN SOLUTION. X. RELATIVE EFFICIENCIES OF VARIOUS QUENCHERS IN THE PHOTOREDUCTION OF BENZOPHENONE. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 66(6). 1148–1150. 24 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S., et al.. (1961). The Effect of Cumyl Hydroperoxide on the Behavior of Oxidation Inhibitors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 83(5). 1217–1219. 1 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S., Peter A. Leermakers, & Nicholas J. Turro. (1961). PHOTOSENSITIZED CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION OF THE PIPERYLENES. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 83(10). 2396–2397. 34 indexed citations

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Fritz, James S. & George S. Hammond. (1957). Quantitative organic analysis. Wiley eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Dunn, G. E., et al.. (1956). Isotope Effect in the Hydrolysis of Triphenylsilane-d¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 78(19). 4909–4911. 13 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S., et al.. (1954). SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON THE SPECTRA AND IONIZATION CONSTANTS OF DIAROYLMETHANES. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 138(3). 340–6. 1 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S., et al.. (1952). Di- and Tri-2-furoylmethane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(2). 329–332. 2 indexed citations

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