Heath D. Watts

428 total citations
21 papers, 361 citations indexed

About

Heath D. Watts is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heath D. Watts has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 361 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Biomaterials and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heath D. Watts's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (9 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (3 papers). Heath D. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (9 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (3 papers). Heath D. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Heath D. Watts's co-authors include James D. Kubicki, M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, Seong H. Kim, Christopher M. Lee, Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Jing Guo, Zhen Zhao, Linghao Zhong, Oleg E. Shklyaev and Alan J. Benesi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Heath D. Watts

19 papers receiving 354 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heath D. Watts United States 11 192 159 97 50 42 21 361
M. Mohamed Naseer Ali India 11 172 0.9× 152 1.0× 111 1.1× 64 1.3× 30 0.7× 24 401
Junhong He United States 10 130 0.7× 95 0.6× 75 0.8× 87 1.7× 24 0.6× 14 361
Jürgen Röhrling Austria 7 326 1.7× 240 1.5× 91 0.9× 29 0.6× 28 0.7× 9 476
Marilú Pérez García United States 7 103 0.5× 73 0.5× 252 2.6× 88 1.8× 63 1.5× 10 445
Birger Lindström Sweden 9 75 0.4× 184 1.2× 65 0.7× 35 0.7× 69 1.6× 11 395
Andrea Borgards Austria 7 308 1.6× 242 1.5× 90 0.9× 26 0.5× 28 0.7× 8 441
Otto Mankinen Finland 12 53 0.3× 163 1.0× 55 0.6× 21 0.4× 169 4.0× 23 427
Douglas S. Burns United States 8 64 0.3× 207 1.3× 42 0.4× 104 2.1× 18 0.4× 15 346
Olav Smidsroed 7 68 0.4× 67 0.4× 102 1.1× 44 0.9× 22 0.5× 7 485
Terry J. Henderson United States 8 101 0.5× 54 0.3× 78 0.8× 119 2.4× 75 1.8× 12 430

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Watts, Heath D., et al.. (2025). Enhanced ion pairing of calcium, zinc, and lanthanum with acetate in silica nanopores. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 387. 113538–113538. 2 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D. & James D. Kubicki. (2025). An SN2 reaction mechanism for hydrolysis of siloxane linkages and the implications for dissolution of quartz. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 42484–42484.
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Watts, Heath D., James D. Kubicki, Nikolai Pedentchouk, & Katherine H. Freeman. (2024). Position-Specific 2H/H Equilibrium Isotopic Fractionation Factors in Alkane, Alkene, and Aromatic Molecules: A Density Functional Theory Approach. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 8(1). 21–35. 2 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., James D. Kubicki, & Nadine Kabengi. (2022). Connecting Thermodynamics of Alkali Ion Exchange on the Quartz (101) Surface with Density Functional Theory Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(26). 4286–4294. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Hui, et al.. (2018). Quantum Calculations on Plant Cell Wall Component Interactions. Interdisciplinary Sciences Computational Life Sciences. 11(3). 485–495. 10 indexed citations
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Kubicki, James D. & Heath D. Watts. (2018). Reaction Mechanisms and Solid–Gas Phase Reactions: Theory and Density Functional Theory Simulations. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 84(1). 85–101. 6 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., et al.. (2014). Towards lignin-protein crosslinking: amino acid adducts of a lignin model quinone methide. Cellulose. 21(3). 1395–1407. 11 indexed citations
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Shklyaev, Oleg E., James D. Kubicki, Heath D. Watts, & Vincent H. Crespi. (2014). Constraints on $${\rm I}\beta$$ I β cellulose twist from DFT calculations of $$^{13}\hbox {C}$$ 13 C NMR chemical shifts. Cellulose. 21(6). 3979–3991. 16 indexed citations
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Lee, Christopher M., et al.. (2013). Sum-Frequency-Generation Vibration Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations with Dispersion Corrections (DFT-D2) for Cellulose Iα and Iβ. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117(22). 6681–6692. 87 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, & James D. Kubicki. (2013). A DFT study of vibrational frequencies and 13C NMR chemical shifts of model cellulosic fragments as a function of size. Cellulose. 21(1). 53–70. 23 indexed citations
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Kubicki, James D., Heath D. Watts, Zhen Zhao, & Linghao Zhong. (2013). Quantum mechanical calculations on cellulose–water interactions: structures, energetics, vibrational frequencies and NMR chemical shifts for surfaces of Iα and Iβ cellulose. Cellulose. 21(2). 909–926. 27 indexed citations
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Guo, Jing, Jeffrey M. Catchmark, M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, et al.. (2013). Identification and Characterization of a Cellulose Binding Heptapeptide Revealed by Phage Display. Biomacromolecules. 14(6). 1795–1805. 32 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D.. (2012). Application of density functional theory calculations to elucidate the structure of lignin linkages and the intermolecular interactions among proxies of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose. 1 indexed citations
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Kubicki, James D., M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, & Heath D. Watts. (2012). Quantum mechanical modeling of the structures, energetics and spectral properties of Iα and Iβ cellulose. Cellulose. 20(1). 9–23. 37 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., Douglas D. Archibald, M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, & James D. Kubicki. (2012). In search of OH–π interactions between 1-methylimidazole and water using a combined computational quantum chemistry and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy approach. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1026. 78–87. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, & James D. Kubicki. (2011). Evaluation of potential reaction mechanisms leading to the formation of coniferyl alcohol α-linkages in lignin: a density functional theory study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(47). 20974–20974. 10 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., M. Mohamed Naseer Ali, & James D. Kubicki. (2011). Comparison of Multistandard and TMS-Standard Calculated NMR Shifts for Coniferyl Alcohol and Application of the Multistandard Method to Lignin Dimers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115(9). 1958–1970. 41 indexed citations
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Ali, M. Mohamed Naseer, Heath D. Watts, Jing Guo, Jeffrey M. Catchmark, & James D. Kubicki. (2010). MP2, density functional theory, and molecular mechanical calculations of C–H···π and hydrogen bond interactions in a cellulose-binding module–cellulose model system. Carbohydrate Research. 345(12). 1741–1751. 27 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D., et al.. (1960). THE INTERACTION OF GASES WITH CARBON SURFACES. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Heath D.. (1959). Etch Pits on Calcite Cleavage Faces. Nature. 183(4657). 314–314. 7 indexed citations

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