Kent R. Wilson

16.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
156 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

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Kent R. Wilson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kent R. Wilson has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Spectroscopy and 18 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kent R. Wilson's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (62 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (46 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (37 papers). Kent R. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (62 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (46 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (37 papers). Kent R. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Kent R. Wilson's co-authors include Peter H. Berens, William C. Swope, Hans Christian Andersen, G. E. Busch, James T. Hynes, Robert M. Whitnell, Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Bradley J. Gertner, Jianshu Cao and Christopher J. Bardeen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kent R. Wilson

151 papers receiving 13.0k 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 computer simulation method for the calculation of equilibrium constants for the formation of physical clusters of molecules: Application to small water clusters

1982 3.0k citations Peter H. Berens, Kent R. Wilson et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
Triatomic Photofragment Spectra. I. Energy Partitioning in NO2 Photodissociation

1972 438 citations Kent R. Wilson et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kent R. Wilson United States	56	8.9k	3.1k	2.0k	1.5k	1.3k	156	13.5k
R. D. Levine Israel	62	11.8k 1.3×	5.2k 1.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	528	17.2k
Yukio Yamaguchi United States	50	6.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	297	9.9k
Y. R. Shen United States	63	12.4k 1.4×	3.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	2.6k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	190	17.8k
Ronnie Kosloff Israel	73	18.6k 2.1×	4.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	662 0.5×	328	23.9k
Ryogo Kubo Japan	45	13.7k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	6.2k 3.1×	1.6k 1.0×	660 0.5×	164	26.9k
R. J. Dwayne Miller Canada	65	8.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	386 0.3×	362	14.6k
D. R. Herschbach United States	65	11.8k 1.3×	5.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	288	14.6k
P. S. Pershan United States	56	8.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	4.3k 2.2×	859 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	187	15.5k
Stuart A. Rice United States	69	11.6k 1.3×	2.9k 1.0×	8.1k 4.1×	2.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	462	26.4k
E. Clementi United States	69	18.1k 2.0×	5.0k 1.6×	6.1k 3.1×	4.5k 3.0×	1.4k 1.1×	325	26.2k

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Cavalleri, A., C. W. Siders, K. Sokolowski-Tinten, et al.. (2001). Femtosecond X-Ray Diffraction. Optics and Photonics News. 12(5). 28–28. 4 indexed citations

Wiseman, Paul W., Jeffrey A. Squier, Mark H. Ellisman, & Kent R. Wilson. (2000). Two‐photon image correlation spectroscopy and image cross‐correlation spectroscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 200(1). 14–25. 143 indexed citations

Leitner, David M., Frank L. H. Brown, & Kent R. Wilson. (2000). Regulation of Protein Mobility in Cell Membranes: A Dynamic Corral Model. Biophysical Journal. 78(1). 125–135. 29 indexed citations

Siders, C. W., A. Cavalleri, Csaba Tóth, et al.. (2000). Direct Observation of Ultrafast Non-thermal Melting by Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction. TuE4–TuE4. 2 indexed citations

Cavalleri, A., C. W. Siders, Frank L. H. Brown, et al.. (2000). Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics in Germanium Measured with Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction. Physical Review Letters. 85(3). 586–589. 114 indexed citations

Brakenhoff, G. J., et al.. (1999). <title>Measurement of the chirp-dependent fluorescence response: a window to excited-state population dynamics</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3605. 40–47. 1 indexed citations

Brown, Frank L. H., Kent R. Wilson, & Jianshu Cao. (1999). Ultrafast extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)—theoretical considerations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 111(14). 6238–6246. 33 indexed citations

Cao, Jianshu, Michael Messina, & Kent R. Wilson. (1997). Quantum control of dissipative systems: Exact solutions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 106(12). 5239–5248. 40 indexed citations

Ráksi, F., Christoph Rose-Petruck, Kenneth J. Schäfer, et al.. (1995). Ultrafast x-ray absorbtion and diffraction. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2521. 246–246. 3 indexed citations

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Yakovlev, Vladislav V., Bern Kohler, & Kent R. Wilson. (1994). Broadly tunable 30-fs pulses produced by optical parametric amplification. Optics Letters. 19(23). 2000–2000. 88 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Ilan & Kent R. Wilson. (1991). Molecular dynamics simulation of spectral and dynamic solvent effects for electronic transitions of sodium iodide in argon. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(9). 3514–3518. 9 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Ilan, Antonio Liu, Kent R. Wilson, & R. D. Levine. (1990). Dynamical stereochemistry of elementary reactions in solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(10). 3937–3944. 20 indexed citations

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Magde, Douglas, Jean‐Louis Martin, Kent R. Wilson, et al.. (1985). Femtosecond Laser Studies Of Distal Side Effects In Myoglobin And Model Compounds. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 533. 2–2. 1 indexed citations

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Fredkin, D. R., Andrew Komornicki, Steven R. White, & Kent R. Wilson. (1983). Ab initio infrared and Raman spectra. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(12). 7077–7092. 29 indexed citations

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Berens, Peter H. & Kent R. Wilson. (1981). Molecular dynamics and spectra. I. Diatomic rotation and vibration. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 74(9). 4872–4882. 228 indexed citations

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Berens, Peter H., Steven R. White, & Kent R. Wilson. (1981). Molecular dynamics and spectra. II. Diatomic Raman. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 75(2). 515–529. 117 indexed citations

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Myrabo, Leik, et al.. (1976). SURVEY OF STATISTICAL MODELS FOR OXIDANT AIR QUALITY PREDICTION. Special report - Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. 5 indexed citations

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Wilson, Kent R., et al.. (1976). Molecular alignment and photofragment spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 65(3). 881–893. 55 indexed citations

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Birely, J. H., et al.. (1969). Molecular-Beam Kinetics: Reactions of Na with CH3I, Br2, and ICl. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 51(12). 5461–5466. 31 indexed citations

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Bell, Jerry A., et al.. (1958). Rate of Thermal Isomerization of cis-Butene-2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(10). 2384–2386. 11 indexed citations

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