Neil R. Champness

29.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
298 papers, 25.5k citations indexed

About

Neil R. Champness is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil R. Champness has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 25.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 147 papers in Materials Chemistry and 79 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Neil R. Champness's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (156 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (72 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (57 papers). Neil R. Champness is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (156 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (72 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (57 papers). Neil R. Champness collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Neil R. Champness's co-authors include Martin Schröder, Alexander J. Blake, Peter Hubberstey, Xiang Lin, Peter H. Beton, Claire Wilson, Wan‐Sheung Li, M.A. Withersby, Sarah A. Barnett and Andrei N. Khlobystov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neil R. Champness

297 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Inorganic crystal engineering using self-assembly of tailored building-blocks

1999 1.6k citations Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
Supramolecular design of one-dimensional coordination polymers based on silver(I) complexes of aromatic nitrogen-donor ligands

2001 1.1k citations Andrei N. Khlobystov, Alexander J. Blake et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)

2013 1.0k citations Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
Controlling molecular deposition and layer structure with supramolecular surface assemblies

2003 993 citations Neil R. Champness, Peter H. Beton et al. profile →
High Capacity Hydrogen Adsorption in Cu(II) Tetracarboxylate Framework Materials: The Role of Pore Size, Ligand Functionalization, and Exposed Metal Sites

2009 705 citations Xiang Lin, Alexander J. Blake et al. profile →
Recent advances in crystal engineering

2009 689 citations Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
High H₂ Adsorption by Coordination‐Framework Materials

2006 665 citations Xiang Lin, Alexander J. Blake et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
New Approaches to the Analysis of High Connectivity Materials: Design Frameworks Based upon 4⁴- and 6³-Subnet Tectons

2005 503 citations De‐Liang Long, Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines

2012 460 citations Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
Anion Control in Bipyridylsilver(I) Networks: A Helical Polymeric Array

1997 451 citations Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
A partially interpenetrated metal–organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide

2012 430 citations Sihai Yang⧫, Xiang Lin et al. profile →
Exceptional Thermal Stability in a Supramolecular Organic Framework: Porosity and Gas Storage

2010 416 citations Xiang Lin, Alexander J. Blake et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil R. Champness United Kingdom	82	18.1k	12.7k	8.7k	4.6k	3.8k	298	25.5k
Martin Schröder United Kingdom	93	23.4k 1.3×	16.3k 1.3×	11.0k 1.3×	7.0k 1.5×	3.6k 0.9×	594	32.9k
Xiao‐Zeng You China	78	12.4k 0.7×	12.4k 1.0×	11.0k 1.3×	5.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	707	24.8k
Maochun Hong China	104	22.1k 1.2×	24.2k 1.9×	17.4k 2.0×	6.0k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	798	40.1k
Lan‐Sun Zheng China	91	11.8k 0.7×	23.5k 1.8×	12.0k 1.4×	5.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	797	36.3k
Simon J. Teat United States	77	12.6k 0.7×	14.4k 1.1×	9.5k 1.1×	6.3k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	625	25.0k
Ryo Kitaura Japan	45	15.0k 0.8×	13.5k 1.1×	6.3k 0.7×	3.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	177	20.8k
Jaheon Kim South Korea	49	23.7k 1.3×	18.3k 1.4×	8.2k 0.9×	5.4k 1.2×	3.6k 0.9×	105	30.5k
Jagadese J. Vittal Singapore	77	13.3k 0.7×	10.6k 0.8×	6.8k 0.8×	9.2k 2.0×	4.1k 1.1×	539	24.7k
Xian‐He Bu China	100	23.0k 1.3×	19.6k 1.5×	14.1k 1.6×	3.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	717	36.0k
Davide Μ. Proserpio Italy	74	18.5k 1.0×	11.7k 0.9×	9.5k 1.1×	4.5k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	261	23.3k

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Griffin, Sarah L., et al.. (2025). A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3209–3209. 2 indexed citations

Champness, Neil R., et al.. (2025). Supramolecular Chemistry in Metal–Organic Framework Materials. Advanced Materials. 37(52). e2414509–e2414509. 9 indexed citations

Clarke, M, et al.. (2025). Inter- and Intramolecular On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Based Nanostructures on Au(111) and Cu(111). ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(24). 12608–12618.

Young, Rosemary J., Michael T. Huxley, Jack Hart, et al.. (2023). Studying manganese carbonyl photochemistry in a permanently porous metal–organic framework. Chemical Science. 14(35). 9409–9417. 8 indexed citations

Champness, Neil R., et al.. (2022). Order, disorder, and metalation of tetraphenylporphyrin (2H-TPP) on Au(111). Chemical Communications. 58(42). 6247–6250. 9 indexed citations

Hanson‐Heine, Magnus W. D., E. Stephen Davies, Michael W. George, et al.. (2020). Influence of molecular design on radical spin multiplicity: characterisation of BODIPY dyad and triad radical anions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(8). 4429–4438. 2 indexed citations

Aliyev, Elvin, Begüm Tokay, Sergey Shishatskiy, et al.. (2020). Gas Transport Properties of the Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)-Assisted Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) Thin-Film Composite Membranes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(2). 684–694. 47 indexed citations

Jarvis, Samuel, S. Taylor, Jakub D. Baran, et al.. (2015). Physisorption Controls the Conformation and Density of States of an Adsorbed Porphyrin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(50). 27982–27994. 39 indexed citations

Bloch, Witold M., Neil R. Champness, & Christian J. Doonan. (2015). X‐ray Crystallography in Open‐Framework Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(44). 12860–12867. 78 indexed citations

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Wong, H.L.S., David R. Allan, Neil R. Champness, et al.. (2013). Bowing to the Pressure of π⋅⋅⋅π Interactions: Bending of Phenyl Rings in a Palladium(II) Thioether Crown Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(19). 5093–5095. 19 indexed citations

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Argent, Stephen P., et al.. (2012). Supramolecular isomers of metal–organic frameworks: the role of a new mixed donor imidazolate-carboxylate tetradentate ligand. Dalton Transactions. 41(14). 4020–4020. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, David J., Alexander J. Blake, Claire Wilson, & Neil R. Champness. (2011). Inhibiting copper(i) iodide aggregate assembly in the solid state via macrocyclic encapsulation. Dalton Transactions. 40(45). 12257–12257. 6 indexed citations

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Champness, Neil R.. (2009). Koordinationspolymere: von metall‐organischen Gerüsten zu Kugeln. Angewandte Chemie. 121(13). 2309–2310. 7 indexed citations

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Yang⧫, Sihai, Xiang Lin, Alexander J. Blake, et al.. (2009). Cation-induced kinetic trapping and enhanced hydrogen adsorption in a modulated anionic metal–organic framework. Nature Chemistry. 1(6). 487–493. 375 indexed citations

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Chamberlain, Thomas W., Rudolf Pfeiffer, Herwig Peterlik, et al.. (2008). Polyarene‐Functionalized Fullerenes in Carbon Nanotubes: Towards Controlled Geometry of Molecular Chains. Small. 4(12). 2262–2270. 19 indexed citations

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Staniec, Paul A., Luı́s M. A. Perdigão, Alex Saywell, Neil R. Champness, & Peter H. Beton. (2007). Hierarchical Organisation on a Two‐Dimensional Supramolecular Network. ChemPhysChem. 8(15). 2177–2181. 60 indexed citations

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Barnett, Sarah A., Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, & Claire Wilson. (2005). Structural diversity in two-dimensional coordination polymers constructed from simple building-blocks; a rare example of coordination polymer polymorphs structurally characterised from multiple crystals. Dalton Transactions. 3852–3852. 23 indexed citations

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Barnett, Sarah A. & Neil R. Champness. (2003). Structural diversity of building-blocks in coordination framework synthesis—combining M(NO3)2 junctions and bipyridyl ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 246(1-2). 145–168. 435 indexed citations

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Barnett, Sarah A., et al.. (2001). 曲がったジピリジル架橋配位子をもつカドミウム(II)及び亜鉛(II)配位ポリマの合成及び構造キャラクタリゼーション 4.82トポロジーによる二次元層の平行挿入. 567–573. 1 indexed citations

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Long, De‐Liang, Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, Claire Wilson, & Martin Schröder. (2001). Unprecedented Seven- and Eight-Connected Lanthanide Coordination Networks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(13). 2443–2447. 158 indexed citations

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