K. P. Kerns

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

K. P. Kerns is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, K. P. Kerns has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in K. P. Kerns's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (20 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (10 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (5 papers). K. P. Kerns is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (20 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (10 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (5 papers). K. P. Kerns collaborates with scholars based in United States. K. P. Kerns's co-authors include Baochuan Guo, A. W. Castleman, Haiteng Deng, A. W. Castleman, S. J. Riley, E. K. Parks, A. W. Castleman, G. C. Nieman, Richard Bell and K. A. Zemski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. P. Kerns

29 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Ti ₈ C ¹² ⁺ -Metallo-Carbohedrenes: A New Class of Molecular Clusters?

1992 479 citations Baochuan Guo, K. P. Kerns et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. P. Kerns United States	23	1.1k	775	412	322	297	29	1.5k
C. Mijoule France	22	654 0.6×	685 0.9×	197 0.5×	199 0.6×	115 0.4×	55	1.3k
George V. Chertihin United States	33	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	259 0.6×	759 2.4×	647 2.2×	40	2.4k
Sunil R. Desai United States	16	658 0.6×	593 0.8×	122 0.3×	260 0.8×	187 0.6×	25	1.1k
Anil K. Kandalam United States	28	1.4k 1.2×	941 1.2×	305 0.7×	689 2.1×	225 0.8×	63	2.1k
Sandra M. Lang Germany	23	1.4k 1.2×	650 0.8×	149 0.4×	265 0.8×	753 2.5×	61	1.7k
T. H. Upton United States	22	635 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	148 0.4×	221 0.7×	189 0.6×	32	1.5k
Helmut Huber Canada	18	558 0.5×	410 0.5×	227 0.6×	225 0.7×	211 0.7×	47	1.1k
Ken Miyajima Japan	28	1.4k 1.2×	732 0.9×	410 1.0×	359 1.1×	385 1.3×	72	2.1k
Jonathan T. Lyon United States	26	1.2k 1.1×	973 1.3×	465 1.1×	667 2.1×	278 0.9×	48	1.9k
Deniz van Heijnsbergen Netherlands	15	428 0.4×	536 0.7×	131 0.3×	181 0.6×	161 0.5×	17	1.0k

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Parks, E. K., K. P. Kerns, & S. J. Riley. (2001). The structure of Ni46, Ni47, and Ni48. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 114(5). 2228–2236. 15 indexed citations

Parks, E. K., K. P. Kerns, & S. J. Riley. (2000). The binding of CO to nickel clusters. I. Determination of saturation coverages. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 112(7). 3384–3393. 30 indexed citations

Koretsky, Geoffrey M., K. P. Kerns, G. C. Nieman, Mark B. Knickelbein, & S. J. Riley. (1999). Reactivity and Photoionization Studies of Bimetallic Cobalt−Manganese Clusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103(13). 1997–2006. 51 indexed citations

Deng, Haiteng, K. P. Kerns, Baochuan Guo, Richard Bell, & A. W. Castleman. (1998). THE FORMATION OF TIO(H2O)N+ CLUSTER IONS. Croatica Chemica Acta. 71(4). 1105–1116. 6 indexed citations

Bell, Richard, K. A. Zemski, K. P. Kerns, Haiteng Deng, & A. W. Castleman. (1998). Reactivities and Collision-Induced Dissociation of Vanadium Oxide Cluster Cations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 102(10). 1733–1742. 131 indexed citations

Parks, E. K., K. P. Kerns, & S. J. Riley. (1998). The structure of Ni39. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 109(23). 10207–10216. 22 indexed citations

Parks, E. K., G. C. Nieman, K. P. Kerns, & S. J. Riley. (1998). The thermodynamics of nitrogen adsorption on nickel clusters: Ni19–Ni71. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 108(9). 3731–3739. 46 indexed citations

Deng, Haiteng, K. P. Kerns, Richard Bell, & A. W. Castleman. (1997). Oxidation induced ionization and reactions of metal carbide clusters (Nb, Zr, V, Ta). International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 167-168. 615–625. 10 indexed citations

Deng, Haiteng, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1996). Studies of Met-Car Adducts: Ti₈C₁₂⁺(M)_n (M = Halogens, π-Bonding Molecules, and Polar Molecules). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(2). 446–450. 44 indexed citations

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Kerns, K. P., Baochuan Guo, Haiteng Deng, & A. W. Castleman. (1996). Collision-Induced Dissociation of Vanadium−Carbon Cluster Cations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(42). 16817–16821. 22 indexed citations

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Deng, Haiteng, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1996). The oxidation induced formation of metallocarbohedrene ions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 104(12). 4862–4864. 8 indexed citations

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Deng, Haiteng, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1996). Formation, Structures, and Reactivities of Niobium Oxide Cluster Ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(32). 13386–13392. 70 indexed citations

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Kerns, K. P., Baochuan Guo, Haiteng Deng, & A. W. Castleman. (1995). Reactions of Titanium-Carbon Cluster Cations with Acetone: New Evidence for the Stability of the Met-Cars. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(14). 4026–4029. 25 indexed citations

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Deng, Haiteng, Baochuan Guo, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1994). Gas Phase Reactions of the Met-Cars Ti8C12+, Nb8C12+, and Ti7NbC12+ with Acetone and Methyl Iodide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 98(50). 13373–13378. 29 indexed citations

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Kerns, K. P., Baochuan Guo, Haiteng Deng, & A. W. Castleman. (1994). Collision induced dissociation of titanium–carbon cluster cations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 101(10). 8529–8534. 37 indexed citations

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Wei, S., Haiteng Deng, K. P. Kerns, et al.. (1994). Formation of Met-Cars and Face-Centered Cubic Structures: Thermodynamically or Kinetically Controlled?. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(10). 4475–4476. 73 indexed citations

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Guo, Baochuan, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1993). Reactivities of titanium metallo-carbohedrene Ti8C12+ at thermal energies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(16). 7415–7418. 53 indexed citations

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Guo, Baochuan, S. Wei, K. P. Kerns, et al.. (1992). Generation of metal–carbon and metal–nitrogen clusters with a laser induced plasma technique. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 97(7). 5243–5245. 38 indexed citations

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Kerns, K. P., et al.. (1992). Chemistry and kinetics of size-selected cobalt cluster cations at thermal energies. 2. Reactions with oxygen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(17). 6931–6937. 33 indexed citations

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Guo, Baochuan, K. P. Kerns, & A. W. Castleman. (1992). Ti ₈ C ¹² ⁺ -Metallo-Carbohedrenes: A New Class of Molecular Clusters?. Science. 255(5050). 1411–1413. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

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