J. Olmsted

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

J. Olmsted is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Olmsted has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J. Olmsted's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (9 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (4 papers). J. Olmsted is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (9 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (4 papers). J. Olmsted collaborates with scholars based in United States, Lebanon and Russia. J. Olmsted's co-authors include David R. Kearns, Douglas Magde, James H. Brannon, T.L. Cremers, Chris H. J. Franco, Thomas J. Meyer, Amos S. Newton, K. Street, Mostafa A. El‐Sayed and Thomas A. Early and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

J. Olmsted

44 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Calorimetric determinations of absolute fluorescence quan... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1979 1977 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Calorimetric determinations of absolute fluorescence quantum yields
    1979 595 citations J. Olmsted The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
  2. Mechanism of ethidium bromide fluorescence enhancement on binding to nucleic acids
    1977 498 citations J. Olmsted et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Olmsted United States 21 1.1k 686 610 499 444 44 2.7k
Albert Fratini United States 19 841 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 402 0.7× 277 0.6× 204 0.5× 52 2.9k
Wiesław Wiczk Poland 28 666 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 450 0.7× 562 1.1× 553 1.2× 146 2.4k
S. Lifson Israel 19 939 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 923 1.5× 863 1.7× 738 1.7× 37 3.6k
Abil E. Aliev United Kingdom 31 916 0.9× 698 1.0× 1.1k 1.8× 501 1.0× 763 1.7× 143 3.3k
Fred E. Lytle United States 27 518 0.5× 392 0.6× 248 0.4× 275 0.6× 646 1.5× 104 2.5k
Jürgen‐Hinrich Fuhrhop Germany 28 1.6k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 2.0× 220 0.4× 452 1.0× 127 3.2k
Masahide Yamamoto Japan 28 1.4k 1.3× 595 0.9× 910 1.5× 1.1k 2.1× 206 0.5× 205 3.5k
Tamaichi Ashida Japan 30 1.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 863 1.4× 282 0.6× 457 1.0× 172 3.2k
O. W. Johnson United States 18 730 0.7× 321 0.5× 763 1.3× 421 0.8× 219 0.5× 53 2.3k
Isabelle Weissbuch Israel 29 1.5k 1.4× 815 1.2× 574 0.9× 666 1.3× 696 1.6× 73 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Olmsted

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stephenson, E. J., A.D. Bacher, C. Allgower, et al.. (2003). Observation of the Charge Symmetry Breakingd+d→He4+π0Reaction Near Threshold. Physical Review Letters. 91(14). 142302–142302. 32 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1994). Laboratory manual for Olmsted/Williams chemistry : the molecular science. Mosby eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1993). Organized collapse of fatty acid monolayers. Langmuir. 9(4). 1036–1039. 55 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1993). Chemistry, the molecular science. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 106 indexed citations
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Franco, Chris H. J. & J. Olmsted. (1990). Photochemical determination of the solubility of oxygen in various media. Talanta. 37(9). 905–909. 128 indexed citations
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Timpson, Cliff J., et al.. (1989). Mechanism of quenching of electronically excited ruthenium complexes by oxygen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 93(10). 4116–4120. 31 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J. & Thomas J. Meyer. (1987). Factors affecting cage escape yields following electron-transfer quenching. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 91(6). 1649–1655. 69 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1986). Is volume conserved?: A first general chemistry experiment. Journal of Chemical Education. 63(6). 538–538. 1 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1984). Teaching varied technical writing styles in the upper division laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education. 61(9). 798–798. 10 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1983). Photochemical storage potential of azobenzenes. Solar Energy. 30(3). 271–274. 66 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1983). Fluorescence of polymerized diacetylene bilayer films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(24). 4790–4792. 78 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1980). Photocalorimetric studies of singlet oxygen reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(1). 66–71. 13 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1979). Photon flux measurements using calorimetry. Review of Scientific Instruments. 50(10). 1256–1259. 6 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1975). Chemiemission from metal-oxygen surface reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 79(13). 1325–1326. 4 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1975). Photochemistry of 2-benzoyl-3-phenylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 79(21). 2214–2220. 1 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J.. (1974). Oxygen quenching of fluorescence of organic dye molecules. Chemical Physics Letters. 26(1). 33–36. 41 indexed citations
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El-Sayed, Mohamed A. & J. Olmsted. (1971). Intersystem crossing relative rates from pulsed-excitation phosphorescence microwave double resonance. Chemical Physics Letters. 11(5). 568–572. 17 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., et al.. (1971). Chemiemission from the cesium-oxygen surface reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 75(13). 1928–1936. 18 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J. & Mostafa A. El‐Sayed. (1971). Phosphorescence spectrum and mechanisms of benzaldehyde in methyl-cyclohexane at 4.2°K. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 40(1). 71–83. 38 indexed citations
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Olmsted, J., Amos S. Newton, & K. Street. (1965). Determination of the Excitation Functions for Formation of Metastable States of Some Rare Gases and Diatomic Molecules by Electron Impact. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 42(7). 2321–2327. 93 indexed citations

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