Joel Bernstein

23.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
191 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Joel Bernstein is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Bernstein has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 74 papers in Materials Chemistry and 67 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Joel Bernstein's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (84 papers), Crystallization and Solubility Studies (38 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (35 papers). Joel Bernstein is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (84 papers), Crystallization and Solubility Studies (38 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (35 papers). Joel Bernstein collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Arab Emirates. Joel Bernstein's co-authors include R. Davis, Liat Shimoni, Ning‐Leh Chang, Margaret C. Etter, John C. MacDonald, Aurora J. Cruz‐Cabeza, Jack D. Dunitz, Susan M. Reutzel‐Edens, A. T. Hagler and James Y. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Joel Bernstein

191 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

Patterns in Hydrogen Bonding: Functionality and Graph Set... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1995 1990 2007 1995 2013 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Patterns in Hydrogen Bonding: Functionality and Graph Set Analysis in Crystals
    1995 6.7k citations Joel Bernstein et al. profile →
  2. Graph-set analysis of hydrogen-bond patterns in organic crystals
    1990 2.1k citations Joel Bernstein et al. profile →
  3. Polymorphism in Molecular Crystals
    2007 1.0k citations Joel Bernstein profile →
  4. Disappearing Polymorphs
    1995 726 citations Jack D. Dunitz, Joel Bernstein Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  5. Conformational Polymorphism
    2013 629 citations Joel Bernstein et al. profile →
  6. Facts and fictions about polymorphism
    2015 538 citations Joel Bernstein et al. profile →
  7. Polymorphism in Molecular Crystals
    2020 289 citations Joel Bernstein profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joel Bernstein Israel 42 8.2k 7.9k 7.5k 6.0k 2.5k 191 18.0k
Thomas Steiner Germany 42 7.1k 0.9× 5.2k 0.7× 5.9k 0.8× 4.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 156 17.1k
Elna Pidcock United Kingdom 31 6.6k 0.8× 9.3k 1.2× 8.5k 1.1× 6.8k 1.1× 4.1k 1.6× 65 20.0k
Jacco van de Streek Germany 28 5.9k 0.7× 7.7k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 3.3k 1.3× 97 16.8k
P.A. Wood United Kingdom 32 4.9k 0.6× 6.9k 0.9× 5.7k 0.8× 5.6k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 77 14.8k
Patrick McCabe United Kingdom 20 6.0k 0.7× 9.4k 1.2× 8.9k 1.2× 6.3k 1.1× 4.2k 1.7× 44 20.7k
Clare F. Macrae United Kingdom 8 6.4k 0.8× 9.9k 1.3× 9.5k 1.3× 6.3k 1.1× 4.3k 1.7× 8 21.2k
Dylan Jayatilaka Australia 48 8.3k 1.0× 7.6k 1.0× 8.5k 1.1× 7.3k 1.2× 4.7k 1.9× 137 21.6k
Elı́es Molins Spain 56 4.8k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 6.9k 0.9× 4.8k 0.8× 3.5k 1.4× 490 16.8k
Roland Boese Germany 63 4.3k 0.5× 7.9k 1.0× 13.9k 1.8× 4.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 790 20.6k
Jack D. Dunitz Switzerland 70 6.0k 0.7× 4.0k 0.5× 7.7k 1.0× 5.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 243 17.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buč̌ar, Dejan-Krešimir, Robert W. Lancaster, & Joel Bernstein. (2015). Disappearing Polymorphs Revisited. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(24). 6972–6993. 302 indexed citations
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Gražulis, S., Amy A. Sarjeant, Peter Moeck, et al.. (2015). Crystallographic education in the 21st century. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 48(6). 1964–1975. 28 indexed citations
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Naumov, Pancě, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Wael M. Rabeh, & Joel Bernstein. (2013). The elusive crystal structure of the neuraminidase inhibitor Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate): molecular details of action. Chemical Communications. 49(19). 1948–1948. 14 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, A., Catharine Esterhuysen, & Joel Bernstein. (2010). Synthesis Characterization Molecular Modeling of a Pharmaceutical Co-Crystal: (2-Chloro-4-Nitrobenzoic Acid):(Nicotinamide). Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 99(9). 4054–4071. 47 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, A., Joel Bernstein, & Volker Kahlenberg. (2010). One-pot covalent and supramolecular synthesis of pharmaceutical co-crystals using the API isoniazid: a potential supramolecular reagent. CrystEngComm. 12(10). 2856–2856. 80 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel, et al.. (2008). The study of the polymorphic system of 2-chloro-4-nitrobenzoic acid. New Journal of Chemistry. 32(10). 1747–1747. 25 indexed citations
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Deutsch, Zvicka & Joel Bernstein. (2008). Cocrystal of Urea and Imidazolidone: Formation of an Unexpected 1-D Substructure in a Plausibly Predictable Cocrystal. Crystal Growth & Design. 8(10). 3537–3542. 12 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel, J. D. Dunitz, & A. Gavezzotti. (2008). Polymorphic Perversity: Crystal Structures with Many Symmetry-Independent Molecules in the Unit Cell. Crystal Growth & Design. 8(6). 2011–2018. 89 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel, et al.. (2006). Designing a Cocrystal of γ‐Amino Butyric Acid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(47). 7966–7969. 57 indexed citations
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Becker, James Y., et al.. (2002). Copper Salts of Rigid N,N′-Dicyanoquinone Diimine Derivatives. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 168(2). 690–695. 2 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel & Riju Davis. (1996). Hydrogen-bond pattern functionality and graph sets. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 52(a1). C283–C283. 3 indexed citations
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Dunitz, Jack D. & Joel Bernstein. (1995). Disappearing Polymorphs. Accounts of Chemical Research. 28(4). 193–200. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aqad, Emad, James Y. Becker, Joel Bernstein, et al.. (1994). New η-electron donors containing two tetrathiafulvalene units fused to 1,4-dithiine and a conducting charge-transfer complex with tetracyanoquinodimethane. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 2775–2776. 28 indexed citations
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Ruíz, Eliseo, Santiago Álvarez, Roald Hoffmann, & Joel Bernstein. (1994). Crystal Orbital Displacement Analysis of Interactions in the Solid State. Application to the Study of Host-Guest Interactions in the Hofmann Clathrates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(18). 8207–8221. 45 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel, et al.. (1988). Mother-daughter in vitro fertilization triplet surrogate pregnancy. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 5(1). 31–34. 15 indexed citations
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Becker, James Y., et al.. (1988). Synthesis and properties of archetypical donor-acceptor-donor (D2A) molecules. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(8). 1689–1694. 25 indexed citations
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Bar, Ilana & Joel Bernstein. (1985). Conformational Polymorphism VI: The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Form II, Form 111, and Form V of 4-Amino-N-2-pyridinylbenzenesulfonamide (Sulfapyridine). Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 74(3). 255–263. 57 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Joel, F. H. Herbstein, P. C. Main, et al.. (1976). The crystal structure of the π -molecular compound pyrene : p -benzoquinone. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 347(1650). 419–434. 5 indexed citations
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Reisman, Robert E. & Joel Bernstein. (1975). Allergy and Secretory Otitis Media: Clinical and Immunologic Studies. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 22(1). 251–257. 36 indexed citations

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