Harold Basch

11.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
160 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Harold Basch is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Basch has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 53 papers in Organic Chemistry and 34 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Harold Basch's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (72 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (28 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (21 papers). Harold Basch is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (72 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (28 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (21 papers). Harold Basch collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Malaysia. Harold Basch's co-authors include Walter J. Stevens, Morris Krauss, Paul G. Jasien, M. B. Robin, Harry B. Gray, N. A. Kuebler, Shmaryahu Hoz, Arlen Viste, C. R. Brundle and Drora Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Harold Basch

160 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Relativistic compact effective potentials and efficient, shared-exponent basis sets for the third-, fourth-, and fifth-row atoms

1992 1.9k citations Morris Krauss, Harold Basch et al. profile →
Compact effective potentials and efficient shared-exponent basis sets for the first- and second-row atoms

1984 1.9k citations Harold Basch, Morris Krauss et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
An effective fragment method for modeling solvent effects in quantum mechanical calculations

1996 504 citations Morris Krauss, Harold Basch et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Electronic Energies and Electronic Structures of the Fluoromethanes

1970 355 citations M. B. Robin, Harold Basch et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Perfluoro effect in photoelectron spectroscopy. I. Nonaromatic molecules

1972 352 citations C. R. Brundle, M. B. Robin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harold Basch Israel	42	5.0k	2.9k	2.7k	2.4k	1.7k	160	10.0k
Walter J. Stevens United States	37	5.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	91	9.6k
G. S. Chandler Australia	19	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	59	9.6k
Wolfram Koch Germany	46	5.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	211	11.6k
James D. Patterson United States	8	4.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	42	11.1k
Ian H. Hillier United Kingdom	53	5.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	494	12.1k
Bernd A. Heß Germany	43	6.7k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	100	11.3k
I. Mayer Hungary	41	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	181	8.7k
Christoph Kölmel Germany	10	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	13	8.7k
Oliver Treutler Germany	10	2.8k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	4.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	11	10.5k
Heinzwerner Preuß Germany	23	4.5k 0.9×	4.4k 1.5×	5.5k 2.0×	3.9k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	37	14.0k

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Pour, Nir, et al.. (2006). Auxetics at the Molecular Level: A Negative Poisson's Ratio in Molecular Rods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(36). 5981–5983. 33 indexed citations

Basch, Harold & Mark A. Ratner. (2004). Reduced basis set for the gold atom in cluster complexes. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 25(7). 899–906. 6 indexed citations

Torrent, Maricel, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Harold Basch, & Keiji Morokuma. (2001). Computational studies of reaction mechanisms of methane monooxygenase and ribonucleotide reductase. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(1). 59–76. 56 indexed citations

Basch, Harold, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, & Keiji Morokuma. (2001). A Density Functional Study of the Completion of the Methane Monooxygenase Catalytic Cycle. Methanol Complex to MMOH Resting State. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 105(35). 8452–8460. 21 indexed citations

Basch, Harold, et al.. (1999). Hyperconjugative Effects in Carbenium and Silicenium Ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103(32). 6458–6467. 16 indexed citations

Basch, Harold & Shmaryahu Hoz. (1998). Resonance in formamide: resolution of contending models. Chemical Physics Letters. 294(1-3). 117–125. 23 indexed citations

Basch, Harold, Pinchas Aped, & Shmaryahu Hoz. (1996). A Valence bond description of bond dissociation energy curves. Molecular Physics. 89(2). 331–354. 7 indexed citations

Hinde, Robert J., et al.. (1990). The binding of substituted cis‐Pt(II)‐diammines to duplex DNA. Biopolymers. 29(4-5). 785–790. 5 indexed citations

Krauss, Morris, Harold Basch, & Kenneth J. Miller. (1988). Hydrogen bonding in Pt ammine complexes. Chemical Physics Letters. 148(6). 577–580. 10 indexed citations

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Cohen, David H., et al.. (1983). Excited electronic states of ethylene sulfide. Circular dichroism study of (+)-(R,R)-2,3-dimethylthiirane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(23). 4585–4588. 4 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Milon, et al.. (1983). A MO Study of β‐Substituted Ethyl Radicals. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 23(1). 109–115. 7 indexed citations

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Basch, Harold. (1980). Electronic structure of heavy metal diatomics from ab initio relativistic effective core potential studies. Faraday Symposia of the Chemical Society. 14. 149–149. 22 indexed citations

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Basch, Harold, Drora Cohen, & Sid Topiol. (1980). Ab Initio Relativistic Effective Core Potential Studies of Metal–Metal and Metal–Hydrogen Bonding in Pd₂, Pt₂, PdH and PtH. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 19(1-4). 233–241. 45 indexed citations

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Basch, Harold, Marshall D. Newton, & Jules W. Moskowitz. (1978). The electronic structure of Ni– and Ni2–ethylene cluster complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69(2). 584–597. 24 indexed citations

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PLUSCEC, J., et al.. (1977). N-substituted derivatives of EM49 structure-activity relationships.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 30(9). 756–759. 7 indexed citations

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Basch, Harold. (1974). Theoretical models for the interpretation of E.S.C.A. spectra. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 5(1). 463–500. 35 indexed citations

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Snyder, Lawrence C. & Harold Basch. (1972). Molecular wave functions and properties: tabulated from SCF calculations in a Gaussian basis set. Wiley-Interscience eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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Brundle, C. R., M. B. Robin, N. A. Kuebler, & Harold Basch. (1972). Perfluoro effect in photoelectron spectroscopy. I. Nonaromatic molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(5). 1451–1465. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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DOLFINI, J. E., et al.. (1971). New class of semisynthetic penicillins and cephalosporins derived from D-2-(1,4-cyclohexadienyl)glycine. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 14(2). 117–119. 34 indexed citations

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Basch, Harold & Harry B. Gray. (1967). Molecular orbital theory for square-planar metal halide complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 6(2). 365–369. 94 indexed citations

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