Kiet A. Nguyen

22.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Kiet A. Nguyen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiet A. Nguyen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kiet A. Nguyen's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (20 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (14 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (14 papers). Kiet A. Nguyen is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (20 papers), Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies (14 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (14 papers). Kiet A. Nguyen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and United Kingdom. Kiet A. Nguyen's co-authors include Mark S. Gordon, John A. Montgomery, Michael W. Schmidt, Stephen T. Elbert, Shiro Koseki, Michel Dupuis, Theresa L. Windus, Jan H. Jensen, Nikita Matsunaga and Shujun Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Kiet A. Nguyen

61 papers receiving 19.5k 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.

General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kiet A. Nguyen United States	29	8.4k	6.2k	5.7k	4.8k	3.3k	63	20.0k
Shiro Koseki Japan	28	9.4k 1.1×	5.8k 0.9×	5.9k 1.0×	4.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.1×	113	20.8k
Nikita Matsunaga United States	21	8.6k 1.0×	5.2k 0.8×	5.9k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	45	19.2k
Shujun Su China	7	7.8k 0.9×	4.9k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	4.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	12	17.9k
Jerry A. Boatz United States	42	9.0k 1.1×	6.7k 1.1×	7.3k 1.3×	5.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	164	23.0k
C. David Sherrill United States	73	10.2k 1.2×	5.3k 0.9×	5.0k 0.9×	6.1k 1.3×	4.1k 1.2×	218	20.1k
Stephen T. Elbert United States	18	9.0k 1.1×	5.1k 0.8×	5.6k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	36	19.6k
Aron J. Cohen United Kingdom	37	8.1k 1.0×	7.5k 1.2×	5.6k 1.0×	4.2k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	61	20.3k
Dennis R. Salahub Canada	65	10.8k 1.3×	7.9k 1.3×	5.0k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	312	22.8k
Giovanni Scalmani Italy	44	5.0k 0.6×	6.0k 1.0×	7.9k 1.4×	5.4k 1.1×	2.8k 0.8×	103	20.3k
David P. Tew United Kingdom	38	6.8k 0.8×	6.3k 1.0×	4.2k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	122	17.5k

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Nguyen, Kiet A., et al.. (2025). Unintentional amitriptyline overdose leading to coma and cardiac conduction impairment in an older adult: A case report. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports. 13. 2050313X251344032–2050313X251344032. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Kiet A., et al.. (2025). Digital competence and digital entrepreneurial intention: A social cognitive approach. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review. 13(2). 139–153.

Day, Paul N., Ruth Pachter, Kiet A. Nguyen, & Gongyi Hong. (2024). Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: Analysis of Density Functional Theory Calculations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(13). 5475–5486.

Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2022). Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic Spectra of Cadmium Chalcogenide 2D Nanoplatelets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(47). 8818–8825. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2021). Theoretical analysis of structures and electronic spectra of molecular colloidal cadmium sulfide clusters and nanoplatelets. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(9). 94302–94302. 4 indexed citations

Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2020). Systematic Study of the Properties of CdS Clusters with Carboxylate Ligands Using a Deep Neural Network Potential Developed with Data from Density Functional Theory Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(50). 10472–10481. 13 indexed citations

Day, Paul N., Ruth Pachter, Kiet A. Nguyen, & Rongchao Jin. (2019). Theoretical Prediction of Optical Absorption and Emission in Thiolated Gold Clusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(30). 6472–6481. 11 indexed citations

Day, Paul N., Ruth Pachter, & Kiet A. Nguyen. (2018). Theoretical Analysis of Optical Absorption and Emission in Mixed Noble Metal Nanoclusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(16). 4058–4066. 5 indexed citations

Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, Jie Jiang, & Paul N. Day. (2018). Systematic Study of Structure, Stability, and Electronic Absorption of Tetrahedral CdSe Clusters with Carboxylate and Amine Ligands. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(33). 6704–6712. 16 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2017). Calculations of One- and Two-Photon Absorption Spectra for Molecular Metal Chalcogenide Clusters with Electron-Acceptor Ligands. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(8). 1748–1759. 5 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2014). Density functional theory based generalized effective fragment potential method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140(24). 244101–244101. 4 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Kiet A., Ruth Pachter, & Paul N. Day. (2013). Computational Prediction of Structures and Optical Excitations for Nanoscale Ultrasmall ZnS and CdSe Clusters. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9(8). 3581–3596. 54 indexed citations

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Day, Paul N., Kiet A. Nguyen, & Ruth Pachter. (2011). Alternative Mechanisms in Hydrogen Production by Aluminum Anion Clusters. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 8(1). 152–161. 11 indexed citations

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Day, Paul N., Kiet A. Nguyen, & Ruth Pachter. (2010). Calculation of One- and Two-Photon Absorption Spectra of Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 6(9). 2809–2821. 46 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Kiet A., Joy E. Rogers, Jonathan E. Slagle, et al.. (2006). Effects of Conjugation in Length and Dimension on Spectroscopic Properties of Fluorene-Based Chromophores from Experiment and Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(49). 13172–13182. 38 indexed citations

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Davis, Steven R., Kiet A. Nguyen, Koop Lammertsma, Daniell L. Mattern, & James Walker. (2002). Ab Initio Study of the Thermal Isomerization of Tricyclo[3.1.0.0^2,6]hexane to (Z,Z)-1,3-Cyclohexadiene through the (E,Z)-1,3-Cyclohexadiene Intermediate. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 107(1). 198–203. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Bing, Kiet A. Nguyen, Charles L. Watkins, et al.. (1999). Addition of a Phenyl Phosphinidene Complex to Conjugated Diynes. Organometallics. 18(4). 796–799. 17 indexed citations

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Chaban, Galina M., Mark S. Gordon, & Kiet A. Nguyen. (1997). Potential Energy Surfaces for Dissociation Reactions of High-Energy Isomers of N₂O₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 101(23). 4283–4289. 19 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Kiet A. & Mark S. Gordon. (1995). Isomerization Of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane to Butadiene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(13). 3835–3847. 54 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Michael W., Kiet A. Nguyen, Mark S. Gordon, & John A. Montgomery. (1991). Systematic survey of cyclic silicon-oxygen compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(16). 5998–6001. 16 indexed citations

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