Klaus Ruedenberg

16.6k citations

196 papers · 11.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.05%
- Crystallography and molecular interactions
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.1%
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Atomic and Molecular Physics

Papers in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 69
- Crystallography and molecular interactions 26
- Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions 20
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 121
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 108
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 23

Co-authors: C. Edmiston Michael Schmidt Gregory J. Atchity Stephen T. Elbert Laimutis Bytautas Joseph Ivanic Sotiris S. Xantheas Michael W. Schmidt
Journals: The Journal of Chemical Physics (89 papers)Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (24 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (20 papers)International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (10 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany China

In The Last Decade

Klaus Ruedenberg

194 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Are atoms intrinsic to molecular electronic wavefunctions? I. The FORS model 1982 · 448 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.

1982 Chemical Physics
1979 The Journal of Chemical Physics
1963 Reviews of Modern Physics
1962 Reviews of Modern Physics

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1	Atoms and Bonds as Synergisms of Interacting Electrons and Nuclei. The Origin of Chemical Bonds in Polyatomic Molecules Journal of the American Chemical Society ·مسعود مهاجری, Mark S. Gordon, Klaus Ruedenberg	2025	1
2	Ushering in Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry Annual Review of Physical Chemistry ·Klaus Ruedenberg	2025	0
3	Multiple Bonding in Rhodium Monoboride. Quasi-atomic Analyses of the Ground and Low-Lying Excited States The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·George Schoendorff, Klaus Ruedenberg, Mark S. Gordon	2021	17
4	Why is Si₂H₂ Not Linear? An Intrinsic Quasi-Atomic Bonding Analysis Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Emilie B. Guidez, Mark S. Gordon, Klaus Ruedenberg	2020	28
5	Quasi-Atomic Bond Analyses in the Sixth Period: I. Relativistic Accurate Atomic Minimal Basis Sets for the Elements Cesium to Radon The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·George Schoendorff, Aaron C. West, Michael Schmidt, Klaus Ruedenberg, Mark S. Gordon	2019	10
6	Quasi-Atomic Bond Analyses in the Sixth Period: II. Bond Analyses of Cerium Oxides The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·George Schoendorff, Michael Schmidt, Klaus Ruedenberg, Mark S. Gordon	2019	23
7	Quasi-Atomic Bonding Analysis of Xe-Containing Compounds The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Amanda Leppert, Klaus Ruedenberg, Mark S. Gordon	2018	22
8	Identification and Characterization of Molecular Bonding Structures by ab initio Quasi-Atomic Orbital Analyses The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Aaron C. West, 邦男長田, Mark S. Gordon, Klaus Ruedenberg	2017	30
9	Relativisticab InitioAccurate Atomic Minimal Basis Sets: Quantitative LUMOs and Oriented Quasi-Atomic Orbitals for the Elements Li–Xe The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·George Schoendorff, Aaron C. West, Michael W. Schmidt, Klaus Ruedenberg, Angela K. Wilson, Mark S. Gordon	2017	19
10	Dispersion Interactions in QM/EFP The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Lyudmila V. Slipchenko, Mark S. Gordon, Klaus Ruedenberg	2017	22
11	Analysis of Bonding Patterns in the Valence Isoelectronic Series O₃, S₃, SO₂, and OS₂in Terms of Oriented Quasi-Atomic Molecular Orbitals^† The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Vassiliki‐Alexandra Glezakou, Stephen T. Elbert, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Klaus Ruedenberg	2010	27
12	The Range of Electron Correlation between Localized Molecular Orbitals. A Full Configuration Interaction Analysis for the NCCN Molecule^† The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Laimutis Bytautas, Klaus Ruedenberg	2010	20
13	Why does electron sharing lead to covalent bonding? A variational analysis Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Klaus Ruedenberg, Michael W. Schmidt	2006	84
14	Toward a physical understanding of electron‐sharing two‐center bonds. I. General aspects Journal of Computational Chemistry ·I. Chun Shih, Klaus Ruedenberg, W. H. Eugen Schwarz	2006	64
15	A MCSCF method for ground and excited states based on full optimizations of successive Jacobi rotations Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Joseph Ivanic, Klaus Ruedenberg	2003	15
16	Electron pairs, localized orbitals and electron correlation Molecular Physics ·Laimutis Bytautas, Klaus Ruedenberg	2002	25
17	Potential energy surfaces of carbon dioxide International Journal of Quantum Chemistry ·Sotiris S. Xantheas, Klaus Ruedenberg	1994	25
18	Pictorial representation of three‐dimensional electron distributions through a perspective view of contour diagrams in a set of parallel planes Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Mary Gilbert, 昌史毛利, Cody Best, Kenneth R. Sundberg, Klaus Ruedenberg	1985	2
19	Expansion of r₁₂ and r in terms of analytical functions International Journal of Quantum Chemistry ·Kristel Le Roux, Klaus Ruedenberg	1969	5
20	LOCALIZED SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD ORBITALS IN ATOMS AND MOLECULES University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Klaus Ruedenberg	1965	3

About Klaus Ruedenberg

Klaus Ruedenberg is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry and Applied Mathematics, having authored 196 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (108 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (32 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (26 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers), Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions (20 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (19 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (17 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (3.6k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (8.4k citations), Spectroscopy (2.5k citations), Organic Chemistry (2.7k citations) and Inorganic Chemistry (1.2k citations). Klaus Ruedenberg has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Frequent co-authors include C. Edmiston, Michael Schmidt, Gregory J. Atchity, Stephen T. Elbert, Laimutis Bytautas, Joseph Ivanic, Sotiris S. Xantheas, Michael W. Schmidt, Mary Gilbert and Mark S. Gordon. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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