James C. W. Chien

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
334 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

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James C. W. Chien is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James C. W. Chien has authored 334 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Organic Chemistry, 88 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in James C. W. Chien's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (131 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (89 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (52 papers). James C. W. Chien is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (131 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (89 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (52 papers). James C. W. Chien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Japan. James C. W. Chien's co-authors include Marvin D. Rausch, L. Charles Dickinson, Frank E. Karasz, Chi‐I Kuo, Juan C. Flores, Jiun‐Chen Wu, Youliang Hu, Z. Salajka, C. Peter Lillya and Thomas E. Ready and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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James C. W. Chien

333 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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Isospecific polymerization of propylene catalyzed by rac-ethylenebis(indenyl)methylzirconium cation

1991 463 citations James C. W. Chien, Marvin D. Rausch et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James C. W. Chien United States	55	7.2k	2.5k	2.4k	2.3k	1.6k	334	10.7k
Duward F. Shriver United States	50	2.9k 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	350 0.1×	2.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	281	10.3k
Oskar Nuyken Germany	51	6.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	447 0.2×	809 0.4×	2.4k 1.5×	379	10.3k
Amy A. Sarjeant United States	59	3.5k 0.5×	789 0.3×	532 0.2×	9.0k 3.9×	8.1k 5.1×	171	14.2k
Masami Kamigaito Japan	67	16.5k 2.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	3.7k 2.3×	306	19.2k
Mitsuo Sawamoto Japan	72	20.6k 2.9×	4.8k 1.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	4.5k 2.8×	359	23.3k
Howard M. Colquhoun United Kingdom	42	4.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	297 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	200	7.4k
Steven C. Zimmerman United States	62	6.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	188 0.1×	1.0k 0.4×	3.7k 2.3×	220	13.5k
Kazuki Sada Japan	50	3.0k 0.4×	996 0.4×	145 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	4.1k 2.6×	280	9.1k
Jeffrey Schwartz United States	56	4.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	193 0.1×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.8×	258	10.9k
Akira Hirao Japan	49	7.1k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	192 0.1×	958 0.4×	2.3k 1.4×	310	9.2k

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Chen, You‐Xian, Marvin D. Rausch, & James C. W. Chien. (1995). C2v- and C2-Symmetric ansa-Bis(fluorenyl)zirconocene Catalysts: Synthesis and .alpha.-Olefin Polymerization Catalysis. Macromolecules. 28(16). 5399–5404. 13 indexed citations

Mallin, Daniel T., et al.. (1990). rac-[Ethylidene(1-.eta.5-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl)(1-.eta.5-indenyl)]dichlorotitanium and its homopolymerization of propylene to crystalline-amorphous block thermoplastic elastomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(5). 2030–2031. 194 indexed citations

Chien, James C. W., et al.. (1990). Metallocene‐methylaluminoxane catalysts for olefin polymerization. V. Comparison of Cp₂ZrCl₂ and CpZrCl₃. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 28(1). 15–38. 173 indexed citations

Chien, James C. W., et al.. (1989). Metallocene–methylaluminoxane catalysts for olefin polymerizations. III. Reduction of η⁵‐cyclopentadienyl trichlorides of titanium and zirconium. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 27(5). 1525–1538. 56 indexed citations

Chien, James C. W., et al.. (1988). Structure–property relationships in thermoplastic elastomers. IV. Dynamic mechanical relaxations in polydioxolane, polybutyltrioxocane, and poly(propylene oxide) polyurethanes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 36(6). 1387–1400. 4 indexed citations

Schlenoff, Joseph B. & James C. W. Chien. (1988). Practical limitations of polyacetylene used as a high-power-density cathode. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases. 84(4). 1123–1123. 1 indexed citations

Lillya, C. Peter, et al.. (1986). Structure‐property relationships in thermoplastic elastomers III. Segmented polyacetal‐polyurethanes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 31(1). 123–133. 4 indexed citations

Reynolds, John R., Frank E. Karasz, C. Peter Lillya, & James C. W. Chien. (1985). Electrically conducting transition metal complexes of tetrathio-oxalate. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 268–268. 28 indexed citations

Chien, James C. W., Frank E. Karasz, & Kaoru Shimamura. (1982). Crystal structure of pristine and iodine-doped cis-polyacetylene. Macromolecules. 15(4). 1012–1017. 64 indexed citations

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Shimamura, Kaoru, et al.. (1981). Crystal structure of trans‐polyacetylene. Die Makromolekulare Chemie Rapid Communications. 2(8). 473–480. 61 indexed citations

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Dickinson, L. Charles & James C. W. Chien. (1980). Electron paramagnetic resonance crystallography of ¹⁷ O-enriched oxycobaltomyoglobin: Stereoelectronic structure of the cobalt dioxygen system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 77(3). 1235–1239. 32 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W.. (1978). Correlation of electronic spectra of metalloporphyrins and metalloproteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 100(4). 1310–1312. 13 indexed citations

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Ziegler, K. & James C. W. Chien. (1975). Coordination polymerization : a memorial to Karl Ziegler. Academic Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Chang, E. P. & James C. W. Chien. (1973). The effect of ions on the superstructures of reconstituted collagen. Biopolymers. 12(5). 1063–1069. 10 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W., et al.. (1970). Contact hyperfine interaction and induced dynamic nuclear spin polarization. Chemical Physics Letters. 6(3). 245–248. 1 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W. & Walter Kruse. (1970). Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of some low-coordination amido compounds of titanium and chromium. Inorganic Chemistry. 9(11). 2615–2616. 3 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W., et al.. (1968). Polymer reactions. III. Structure of polypropylene hydroperoxide. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 6(2). 381–392. 110 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W.. (1968). Polymer reactions. II. Thermal decomposition of polyethylene hydroperoxide. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 6(2). 375–379. 58 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W.. (1967). Reactivity of Triplet States. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(5). 1275–1276. 5 indexed citations

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Chien, James C. W.. (1959). Kinetics of Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Bis-(cyclopentadienyl)-titanium Dichloride-Dimethylaluminum Chloride¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(1). 86–92. 197 indexed citations

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