John Connolly

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

John Connolly is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Connolly has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 18 papers in Organic Chemistry and 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Connolly's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (31 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (9 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers). John Connolly is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (31 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (9 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers). John Connolly collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Slovenia. John Connolly's co-authors include John R. Sabin, Brett I. Dunlap, A. R. Williams, Clifford Stoll, K. H. Johnson, Sven Larsson, Antonis N. Andriotis, Nektarios N. Lathiotakis, Madhu Menon and Grant Urry and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

John Connolly

109 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

On some approximations in applications of Xα theory

1979 1.2k citations John Connolly et al. profile →
Density-functional theory applied to phase transformations in transition-metal alloys

1983 781 citations John Connolly, A. R. Williams profile →
On first-row diatomic molecules and local density models

1979 533 citations John Connolly et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Connolly United States	24	2.5k	1.4k	582	547	477	117	4.4k
John F. Dobson Australia	28	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	605 1.0×	451 0.8×	420 0.9×	98	4.5k
Stefano Evangelisti Italy	26	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	558 1.0×	700 1.3×	791 1.7×	150	4.3k
John R. Sabin United States	28	3.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	629 1.1×	452 0.8×	316 0.7×	205	4.6k
J. Harrison United States	32	1.9k 0.8×	732 0.5×	587 1.0×	633 1.2×	335 0.7×	193	3.8k
Thomas M. Henderson United States	35	3.2k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	357 0.6×	536 1.0×	612 1.3×	98	5.4k
Takahito Nakajima Japan	35	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	535 0.9×	848 1.6×	493 1.0×	211	4.5k
Svein Sæbø United States	28	2.8k 1.1×	974 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	529 1.0×	440 0.9×	91	4.4k
Christoph R. Jacob Germany	38	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	480 0.8×	430 0.8×	434 0.9×	92	4.2k
Martin W. Feyereisen United States	19	2.5k 1.0×	979 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	537 1.0×	256 0.5×	21	4.1k
Jeffrey A. Nichols United States	28	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	834 1.4×	594 1.1×	336 0.7×	81	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by John Connolly

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All Works

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Mukherji, Soumyo, et al.. (2025). One health and contaminated estuarine ecosystems: a critical review of the status of Thane Creek, Mumbai, India. Environmental Earth Sciences. 84(3). 3 indexed citations

Connolly, John, et al.. (2025). ‘Mind the gaps’: stakeholder perspectives on addressing antimicrobial resistance in the environment in the Indian context. Global Health Action. 18(1). 2491200–2491200. 3 indexed citations

Connolly, John, et al.. (2023). “A modern research profession’: government social research, evidence-based policymaking and blind spots in contemporary governance research. Contemporary Social Science. 18(5). 674–685. 1 indexed citations

Connolly, John & Robert Pyper. (2023). Beyond levelling-up: labour’s response to regional inequalities and the challenge of governance. Contemporary Social Science. 18(3-4). 562–573. 7 indexed citations

Connolly, John, et al.. (2022). Bridging the gaps in the global governance of antimicrobial resistance: the UN sustainable development goals and global health security agenda. The UWS Academic Portal (University of the West of Scotland). 1. 8–8. 7 indexed citations

Connolly, John, Robert Pyper, & Arno Van Der Zwet. (2021). Governing ‘levelling-up’ in the UK: challenges and prospects. Contemporary Social Science. 16(5). 523–537. 21 indexed citations

Connolly, John. (2020). Public attitudes and the management of the COVID-19 crisis: the importance of personal responsibility. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

Connolly, John, et al.. (2020). The governance capacities of Brexit from a Scottish perspective: The case of fisheries policy. Public Policy and Administration. 37(3). 342–362. 7 indexed citations

Connolly, John. (2017). Governing Towards ‘One Health’: Establishing Knowledge Integration in Global Health Security Governance. Global Policy. 8(4). 483–494. 11 indexed citations

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Connolly, John. (2015). The “wicked problems” of governing UK health security disaster prevention. Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal. 24(3). 369–382. 12 indexed citations

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Connolly, John. (2014). Pandemic influenza in the UK and EU competence in health security policy. The UWS Academic Portal (University of the West of Scotland). 23–26. 2 indexed citations

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Connolly, John. (2014). Dynamics of Change in the Aftermath of the 2001 UK Foot and Mouth Crisis: Were Lessons Learned?. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 22(4). 209–222. 5 indexed citations

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Vanommeslaeghe, Kenno, et al.. (2011). Automation of the Charmm General Force Field for Drug-Like Molecules. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 611a–611a. 11 indexed citations

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Connolly, John. (2007). Europeanization, Uploading and Downloading. Public Policy and Administration. 23(1). 7–25. 8 indexed citations

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Connolly, John, D. S. Dudis, Satish Kumar, Leslie T. Gelbaum, & N. Venkatasubramanian. (1996). Structure of the Soluble Lewis Acid Poly(p-phenylenebenzobisthiazole) and Poly(p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) Complexes. Chemistry of Materials. 8(1). 54–59. 7 indexed citations

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Williams, A. R., C. D. Gelatt, John Connolly, & V. L. Moruzzi. (1982). Cohesion, Compound Formation and Phase Diagrams from First Principles. MRS Proceedings. 19. 1 indexed citations

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Michels, H. H., R. H. Hobbs, Lawrence A. Wright, & John Connolly. (1978). Electronic structure of excimer molecular lasers. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 13(2). 169–187. 10 indexed citations

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Larsson, Sven & John Connolly. (1973). Optical spectra of some octahedral transition metal fluorides as calculated by multiple scattering method. Chemical Physics Letters. 20(4). 323–328. 32 indexed citations

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Connolly, John, et al.. (1972). The Valence of Sulfur in Glass of Basaltic Composition Formed Under Conditions of low Oxidation Potential. American Mineralogist. 57. 1515–1517. 16 indexed citations

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Connolly, John. (1967). Energy Bands in Ferromagnetic Nickel. Physical Review. 159(2). 415–426. 240 indexed citations

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