Martin L. Kirk

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
173 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Martin L. Kirk is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin L. Kirk has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 66 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 64 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Martin L. Kirk's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (65 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (61 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (58 papers). Martin L. Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (65 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (61 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (58 papers). Martin L. Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Martin L. Kirk's co-authors include Vincent L. Pecoraro, Jeff W. Kampf, Curtis M. Zaleski, Ezra C. Depperman, David A. Shultz, Benjamin W. Stein, Edward I. Solomon, Daniel R. Gamelin, Jing Yang and William E. Hatfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Martin L. Kirk

167 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of a Large ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2020 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of a Large Lanthanide–Transition‐Metal Single‐Molecule Magnet
    2004 501 citations Martin L. Kirk et al. profile →
  2. Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science
    2020 395 citations Martin L. Kirk, David A. Shultz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin L. Kirk United States 43 3.0k 2.8k 2.8k 1.6k 1.2k 173 6.7k
Yasutaka Kitagawa Japan 39 2.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 563 0.5× 231 6.5k
Jordi Cirera Spain 32 2.8k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 418 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 61 5.6k
Róbert K. Szilágyi United States 32 1.0k 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 105 4.7k
Thomas C. Brunold United States 43 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 150 6.8k
Régis Guillot France 52 1.7k 0.6× 2.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 861 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 393 9.6k
Andrew Ozarowski United States 43 3.1k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 283 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 185 5.4k
Maren Pink United States 60 2.6k 0.9× 4.3k 1.5× 3.9k 1.4× 863 0.5× 773 0.6× 347 11.8k
Pierre Kennepohl Canada 28 969 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 65 5.5k
B.C. Noll United States 54 1.7k 0.6× 5.0k 1.8× 3.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 808 0.7× 280 10.5k
Maylis Orio France 32 886 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 866 0.7× 130 4.0k

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All Works

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Shultz, David A., et al.. (2025). Bridge connectivity effects on photoinduced ground-state electron spin polarization. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(8). 2 indexed citations
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Henderson, Ian, Curtis D. Mowry, John Watt, et al.. (2025). Precipitation of gadolinium from magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents may be the Brass tacks of toxicity. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 119. 110383–110383. 1 indexed citations
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Kirk, Martin L., Emily Hong, Jing Yang, et al.. (2024). The safety of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 1376587–1376587. 4 indexed citations
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Shultz, David A., et al.. (2024). Metal–Ligand Exchange Coupling Alters the Open-Shell Ligand Electronic Structure in a Bis(semiquinone) Complex. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(14). 6493–6499. 3 indexed citations
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Belaj, Ferdinand, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Carbyne Formation from C2H2 Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(47). 32392–32402. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2024). Active Site Characterization of a Campylobacter jejuni Nitrate Reductase Variant Provides Insight into the Enzyme Mechanism. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(29). 13191–13196. 3 indexed citations
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Burgmayer, Sharon J. Nieter & Martin L. Kirk. (2023). Advancing Our Understanding of Pyranopterin-Dithiolene Contributions to Moco Enzyme Catalysis. Molecules. 28(22). 7456–7456. 9 indexed citations
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Kirk, Martin L., et al.. (2022). Resonance Raman spectroscopy of pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 235. 111907–111907. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2020). Addressing Ligand-Based Redox in Molybdenum-Dependent Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(6). 2721–2725. 12 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alan K., Ryan S. Johnson, Benjamin W. Stein, et al.. (2017). Charge Transfer Doping Induced Conformational Ordering of a Non-Crystalline Conjugated Polymer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(42). 23817–23826. 9 indexed citations
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Stein, Benjamin W. & Martin L. Kirk. (2013). Orbital contributions to CO oxidation in Mo–Cu carbon monoxide dehydrogenase. Chemical Communications. 50(9). 1104–1106. 24 indexed citations
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Kirk, Martin L. & David A. Shultz. (2012). Transition metal complexes of donor–acceptor biradicals. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 257(1). 218–233. 60 indexed citations
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Rothery, Richard A., Benjamin W. Stein, Matthew Solomonson, Martin L. Kirk, & Joël H. Weiner. (2012). Pyranopterin conformation defines the function of molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(37). 14773–14778. 81 indexed citations
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Kirk, Martin L., et al.. (2011). Bridges, short and long term solutions for the London 2012 Games. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Perera, Eranda, et al.. (2011). A Valence Bond Description of Dizwitterionic Dithiolene Character in an Oxomolybdenum–Bis(dithione) Complex. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2011(36). 5467–5470. 22 indexed citations
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Kirk, Martin L.. (2005). Spin Crossover in Transition Metal Compounds II. Topics in Current Chemistry, 234. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(21). 7961. 19 indexed citations
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Shultz, David A., et al.. (2005). Valence tautomerization and exchange coupling in a cobalt–nitronylnitroxide–semiquinone complex. Polyhedron. 24(16-17). 2876–2879. 20 indexed citations
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Solomon, Edward I., Martin L. Kirk, Daniel R. Gamelin, & Sabine Coates Pulver. (1995). [5] Bioinorganic spectroscopy. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 246. 71–110. 171 indexed citations
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