James P. Kercher

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

James P. Kercher is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Kercher has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Spectroscopy and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in James P. Kercher's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (4 papers). James P. Kercher is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (4 papers). James P. Kercher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Switzerland. James P. Kercher's co-authors include Joel A. Thornton, Theran P. Riedel, Tomas Baer, Bálint Sztáray, András Bödi, J. S. Holloway, J. Cozic, Glenn M. Wolfe, Steven S. Brown and W. P. Dubé and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

James P. Kercher

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry

2010 482 citations Joel A. Thornton, James P. Kercher et al. Nature profile →

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A. Goddard United Kingdom

Mychel E. Varner United States

S.W. Hunt United States

Stephen B. Barone United States

Max R. McGillen United Kingdom

Timothy L. Guasco United States

Anna Novelli Germany

Tomislav Cvitaš Croatia

Jaron C. Hansen United States

N. I. Butkovskaya Russia

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16 of 16 papers shown

Voronova, Krisztina, et al.. (2018). Dissociative photoionization of chromium hexacarbonyl: A round-trip ticket to non-statisticality and a detective story in thermochemistry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 438. 63–71. 10 indexed citations

Bödi, András, et al.. (2015). Controlling tunnelling in methane loss from acetone ions by deuteration. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(43). 28505–28509. 22 indexed citations

Kercher, James P., et al.. (2013). From Iron Pentacarbonyl to the Iron Ion by Imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 117(22). 4556–4563. 11 indexed citations

Lopez‐Hilfiker, Felipe D., et al.. (2012). Temperature dependent halogen activation by N ₂ O ₅ reactions on halide-doped ice surfaces. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(11). 5237–5247. 33 indexed citations

Thornton, Joel A., James P. Kercher, Theran P. Riedel, et al.. (2010). A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry. Nature. 464(7286). 271–274. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

Kercher, James P., Theran P. Riedel, & Joel A. Thornton. (2009). Chlorine activation by N ₂ O ₅ : simultaneous, in situ detection of ClNO ₂ and N ₂ O ₅ by chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 2(1). 193–204. 153 indexed citations

Shuman, Nicholas S., James P. Kercher, & Tomas Baer. (2008). The dissociation dynamics of energy-selected neopentylamine ions: Heats of formation of neopentylamine and neopentyl alcohol. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 278(1). 26–31. 3 indexed citations

Kercher, James P., et al.. (2007). Modeling ionic unimolecular dissociations from a temperature controlled TPEPICO study on 1-C4H9I ions. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 267(1-3). 159–166. 19 indexed citations

Bödi, András, et al.. (2006). Photoion Photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy of Primary Amines RCH₂NH₂ (R = H, CH₃, C₂H₅, C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇): Alkylamine and Alkyl Radical Heats of Formation by Isodesmic Reaction Networks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(50). 13425–13433. 54 indexed citations

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Kercher, James P., Zsolt Gengeliczki, Bálint Sztáray, & Tomas Baer. (2006). Dissociation Dynamics of Sequential Ionic Reactions: Heats of Formation of Tri-, Di-, and Monoethylphosphine. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111(1). 16–26. 14 indexed citations

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Baer, Tomas, et al.. (2005). Threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence studies of parallel and sequential dissociation reactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 7(7). 1507–1513. 82 indexed citations

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Kercher, James P., et al.. (2005). Heats of Formation of the Propionyl Ion and Radical and 2,3-Pentanedione by Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 109(5). 939–946. 22 indexed citations

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Lago, A. F., James P. Kercher, András Bödi, et al.. (2005). Dissociative Photoionization and Thermochemistry of Dihalomethane Compounds Studied by Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 109(9). 1802–1809. 90 indexed citations

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Bödi, András, James P. Kercher, Tomas Baer, & Bálint Sztáray. (2005). On the Parallel Mechanism of the Dissociation of Energy-Selected P(CH₃)₃⁺ Ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109(17). 8393–8399. 14 indexed citations

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Kercher, James P., Bálint Sztáray, & Tomas Baer. (2005). On the dissociation of the 2-pentanone ion studied by threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 249-250. 403–411. 4 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Hideya, et al.. (2004). Heats of Formation of the Acetyl Radical and Ion Obtained by Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 108(24). 5288–5294. 53 indexed citations

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