Jacob Shen

644 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Jacob Shen is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Shen has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Spectroscopy, 6 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jacob Shen's work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (4 papers) and Organic and Inorganic Chemical Reactions (4 papers). Jacob Shen is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (4 papers) and Organic and Inorganic Chemical Reactions (4 papers). Jacob Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jacob Shen's co-authors include George A. Olah, Yuval Halpern, Robert C. Dunbar, Yirong Mo, John R. DeMember, Richard H. Schlosberg, Gilles Klopman and Daniel J. Donovan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Shen

15 papers receiving 452 citations

Hit Papers

Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. XII. Hydrogen-de... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 40 80 120
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  1. Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. XII. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange, protolysis (deuterolysis), and oligocondensation of alkanes with superacids
    1973 144 citations George A. Olah, Yuval Halpern et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Jacob Shen
Z. Dolejšek Czechia
A. Vander Voet Canada
F. E. Saalfeld United States
L. Troxler France
Royal B. Freas United States
Shōji Shida Japan
T. J. Carlin United States
Dinko Tuhtar North Macedonia
Charles A. Kraus United States
M. Spoliti Italy
Z. Dolejšek Czechia
Jacob Shen
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Shen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jacob Shen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jacob Shen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jacob Shen. Jacob Shen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Shen, Jacob. (1981). Determination of carboxylic acids in oil samples by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 53(3). 475–477. 5 indexed citations
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Shen, Jacob. (1977). In-situ sampling system for thermal volatilization analysis of nonvolatile materials by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 49(6). 886–888. 9 indexed citations
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Shen, Jacob, et al.. (1977). Monitoring and identification of nonvolatile organic deposits in used catalysts. Analytical Chemistry. 49(14). 2374–2375. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Jacob, Robert C. Dunbar, & George A. Olah. (1974). Gas phase benzyl cations from toluene precursors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(19). 6227–6229. 57 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., Yuval Halpern, Jacob Shen, & Yirong Mo. (1973). Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. XII. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange, protolysis (deuterolysis), and oligocondensation of alkanes with superacids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(15). 4960–4970. 144 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olah, George A. & Jacob Shen. (1973). Chemistry in superacids. V. Evidence for the protonation of chlorine,romine, carbon dioxide, and xenon in fluoroantimonic acid solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(11). 3582–3584. 12 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., Jacob Shen, & Richard H. Schlosberg. (1973). Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. XI. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange of molecular hydrogen and deuterium in superacids involving isomeric triatomic (hydrogen, deuterium) (+) ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(15). 4957–4960. 19 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., John R. DeMember, & Jacob Shen. (1973). Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. X. Hydrogen transfer, alkylation, and alkylolysis of alkanes with methyl and ethyl fluoroantimonate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(15). 4952–4956. 34 indexed citations
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Dunbar, Robert C., et al.. (1973). Gas-phase methylenation of benzene and substituted benzenes by C2H5O+ ion. Novel electrophilic aromatic substitution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(22). 7200–7202. 22 indexed citations
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Dunbar, Robert C., Jacob Shen, & George A. Olah. (1972). I-Molecule Reactions of Ethane at Low Electron Energy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 56(8). 3794–3798. 11 indexed citations
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Dunbar, Robert C., Jacob Shen, & George A. Olah. (1972). Substituent effects in gas-phase ionic nitration and acetylation of aromatics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(19). 6862–6864. 30 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., Jacob Shen, & Richard H. Schlosberg. (1970). Chemistry in super acids. IV. Exchange of hydrogen and deuterium in HF (DF)-SbF5, FSO3H (FSO3D)-SbF5, and H2SO4 (D2SO4)-SbF5 solutions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(12). 3831–3832. 9 indexed citations

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