Kevin E. Riley

8.9k citations

70 papers · 7.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.05%
- Crystallography and molecular interactions
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds

Papers in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 39
- Crystallography and molecular interactions 34
Catalysis 9
- Ionic liquids properties and applications 7

Co-authors: Pavel Hobza Jan Řezáč Jane S. Murray Peter Politzer Michal Pitoňák Kenneth M. Merz Timothy Clark Petr Jurečka
Journals: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (13 papers)Journal of Molecular Modeling (6 papers)Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (6 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (5 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Czechia Puerto Rico

In The Last Decade

Kevin E. Riley

69 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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σ-Holes, π-holes and electrostatically-driven interactions 2011 · 579 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Journal of Molecular Modeling
2011 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
2010 Chemical Reviews

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1	A Revival of Molecular Surface Electrostatic Potential Statistical Quantities: Ionic Solids and Liquids Crystals ·Jane S. Murray, Kevin E. Riley, Tore Brinck	2024	4
2	Experiences with an Inquiry-Based Ionic Liquid Module in an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory Journal of Chemical Education ·Kevin E. Riley, Samrat Dutta	2024	2
3	The quantum pencil revisited European Journal of Physics ·Kevin E. Riley, M. E. Riley	2021	0
4	Ionic Liquids as “Green Solvent and/or Electrolyte” for Energy Interface Engineered Science ·Zhe Wang, 園子渡辺, 帅强, Kevin E. Riley	2020	29
5	Computational approaches and sigma-hole interactions: general discussion Faraday Discussions ·Christer B. Aakeröy, Diego Caceres, Lee Brammer, David L. Bryce, Timothy Clark, Janet E. Del Bene, A.J. Edwards, Catharine Esterhuysen, Tayur N. Guru Row, Pierre Kennepohl, A. C. Legon, Gareth O. Lloyd, Jane S. Murray, William T. Pennington, Peter Politzer, Kevin E. Riley, Sergiy V. Rosokha, Steve Scheiner, Seiji Tsuzuki, Ignacio Vargas‐Baca	2017	19
6	Osteoinductive effects of glyceollins on adult mesenchymal stromal/stem cells from adipose tissue and bone marrow Phytomedicine ·Marjorie Bateman, Amy L. Strong, G. Bollettinari, Melyssa R. Bratton, Hussein Aliwi Nasser, Jayalakshmi Sridhar, Kevin E. Riley, Guangdi Wang, Daniel J. Hayes, Stephen M. Boué, Matthew E. Burow, Bruce A. Bunnell	2017	13
7	Comparison of hydrogen bonds, halogen bonds, C H⋯π interactions, and C X⋯π interactions using high-level ab initio methods Chemical Physics Letters ·Kevin E. Riley, George F. Kucera, JUERGEN MUELLER	2014	48
8	The relative roles of electrostatics and dispersion in the stabilization of halogen bonds Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Kevin E. Riley, Pavel Hobza	2013	127
9	Competition between halogen, dihalogen and hydrogen bonds in bromo- and iodomethanol dimers Journal of Molecular Modeling ·Kevin E. Riley, Jan Řezáč, Pavel Hobza	2013	19
10	MP2.5 and MP2.X: Approaching CCSD(T) Quality Description of Noncovalent Interaction at the Cost of a Single CCSD Iteration ChemPhysChem ·Róbert Sedlák, Kevin E. Riley, Jan Řezáč, Michal Pitoňák, Pavel Hobza	2013	67
11	The performance of MP2.5 and MP2.X methods for nonequilibrium geometries of molecular complexes Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Kevin E. Riley, Jan Řezáč, Pavel Hobza	2012	22
12	Halogen bond tunability I: the effects of aromatic fluorine substitution on the strengths of halogen-bonding interactions involving chlorine, bromine, and iodine Journal of Molecular Modeling ·Kevin E. Riley, Jane S. Murray, Jindřich Fanfrlík, Jan Řezáč, Ricardo J. Solá, Monica C. Concha, Dikshya Sapkota, Peter Politzer	2011	365
13	Evaluation of the performance of post‐Hartree‐Fock methods in terms of intermolecular distance in noncovalent complexes Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Jan Řezáč, Kevin E. Riley, Pavel Hobza	2011	16
14	MP2.X: a generalized MP2.5 method that produces improved binding energies with smaller basis sets Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Kevin E. Riley, Jan Řezáč, Pavel Hobza	2011	40
15	Polarization-induced σ-holes and hydrogen bonding Journal of Molecular Modeling ·Matthias Hennemann, Jane S. Murray, Peter Politzer, Kevin E. Riley, Timothy Clark	2011	123
16	σ-Holes, π-holes and electrostatically-driven interactions Journal of Molecular Modeling ·Jane S. Murray, Pat Lane, Timothy Clark, Kevin E. Riley, Peter Politzer Hit paper breakdown →	2011	579
17	On the Structure and Geometry of Biomolecular Binding Motifs (Hydrogen-Bonding, Stacking, X−H···π): WFT and DFT Calculations Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Kevin E. Riley, Michal Pitoňák, Jiří Černý, Pavel Hobza	2009	168
18	Another role of proline: stabilization interactions in proteins and protein complexes concerning proline and tryptophane Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Lada Biedermannová, Kevin E. Riley, Karel Berka, Pavel Hobza, Jiřı́ Vondrášek	2008	73
19	Highly Accurate CCSD(T) and DFT–SAPT Stabilization Energies of H‐Bonded and Stacked Structures of the Uracil Dimer ChemPhysChem ·Michal Pitoňák, Kevin E. Riley, Pavel Neogrády, Pavel Hobza	2008	109
20	Performance of the DFT-D method, paired with the PCM implicit solvation model, for the computation of interaction energies of solvated complexes of biological interest Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Kevin E. Riley, Jiřı́ Vondrášek, Pavel Hobza	2007	62

About Kevin E. Riley

Kevin E. Riley is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Catalysis, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 70 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (34 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (27 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (7 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (7 papers), Crystallization and Solubility Studies (6 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (4.3k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (1.9k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.0k citations), Spectroscopy (1.3k citations) and Organic Chemistry (2.0k citations). Kevin E. Riley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Puerto Rico. Frequent co-authors include Pavel Hobza, Jan Řezáč, Jane S. Murray, Peter Politzer, Michal Pitoňák, Kenneth M. Merz, Timothy Clark, Petr Jurečka, Pat Lane and Monica C. Concha. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

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