John Finney

16.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

John Finney is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Finney has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 81 papers in Materials Chemistry and 55 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John Finney's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (74 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (45 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (37 papers). John Finney is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (74 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (45 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (37 papers). John Finney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. John Finney's co-authors include Alan K. Soper, Daniel T. Bowron, W. F. Kuhs, Jason Crain, Jeremy C. Smith, Roy M. Daniel, Surjit B. Dixit, Christoph G. Salzmann, Wilson C. K. Poon and C. Lobban and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Finney

212 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Random packings and the structure of simple liquids. I. The geometry of random close packing

1970 1.2k citations John Finney Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
Molecular segregation observed in a concentrated alcohol–water solution

2002 846 citations John Finney, Alan K. Soper et al. profile →
Modelling the structures of amorphous metals and alloys

1977 385 citations John Finney profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alan Mackay, J.D. Bernal, and the rewriting of the book of crystallography 2025 ·Structural Chemistry ·John Finney	0
2	STRUCTURES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ALCOHOLS: NEW RESULTS FROM NEUTRON SCATTERING. 2023 ·John Finney, Alan K. Soper, (unknown)	0
3	Water and Life : The Unique Properties of H2O 2010 ·CRC Press eBooks ·(unknown), Simon Conway Morris, John D. Barrow, John Finney, (unknown)	31
4	New hydrogen ordered phases of ice 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Christoph G. Salzmann, P. G. Radaelli, Andreas Hallbrucker, E. Mayer, John Finney	2
5	Experimental configurational landscapes in aqueous solutions. Discussion 2005 ·John Finney, Daniel T. Bowron, Peter G. Wolynes, P. Barnes, Martin Karplus, Paul F. McMillan, Félix Fernández-Alonso, C. Austen Angell	1
6	Dynamics of Immobilized and Native Escherichia coli Dihydrofolate Reductase by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering 2005 ·Biophysical Journal ·Moeava Tehei, Jeremy C. Smith, Colin R. Monk, Jacques Ollivier, (unknown), (unknown), John Finney, Roy M. Daniel	21
7	The molecular basis of life: is life possible without water? Discussion 2004 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), John Finney, (unknown)	1
8	The molecular basis of life: is life possible without water? 2004 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), John Finney, A.M. Stoneham	5
9	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences: 359 (1448) 2004 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Rhian Daniel, John Finney, Marshall Stoneham	182
10	The dynamic transition in proteins may have a simple explanation 2002 ·Faraday Discussions ·Roy M. Daniel, John Finney, Jeremy C. Smith	21
11	Enzyme Dynamics and Activity: Time-Scale Dependence of Dynamical Transitions in Glutamate Dehydrogenase Solution 1999 ·Biophysical Journal ·Roy M. Daniel, John Finney, Valérie Réat, Rachel V. Dunn, Michel Ferrand, Jeremy C. Smith	74
12	Overview lecture. Hydration processes in biological and macromolecular systems 1996 ·Faraday Discussions ·John Finney	86
13	HYDRATION OF METHANOL IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTION (VOL 71, PG 4346, 1993) 1994 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·A. K. Soper, John Finney	0
14	Water structure in aqueous solutions of tetramethylammonium chloride 1992 ·Molecular Physics ·J. Turner, Alan K. Soper, John Finney	57
15	Solute-solute correlations in aqueous solutions of tetramethylammonium chloride 1992 ·Molecular Physics ·Alan K. Soper, J. Turner, John Finney	19
16	PULSED NEUTRONS IN CHEMISTRY 1991 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·John Finney	1
17	Monte Carlo computer simulation of water–amino acid interactions 1982 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Julia M. Goodfellow, John Finney, P. Barnes	22
18	The organization and function of water in protein crystals 1977 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·John Finney	78
19	Random packings and the structure of simple liquids. I. The geometry of random close packing breakdown → 1970 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·John Finney	1184
20	Random packings and the structure of simple liquids II. The molecular geometry of simple liquids 1970 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·John Finney	167

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