Neil R. Kestner

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Neil R. Kestner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil R. Kestner has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 17 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 13 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Neil R. Kestner's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (33 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (31 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (21 papers). Neil R. Kestner is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (33 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (31 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (21 papers). Neil R. Kestner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Neil R. Kestner's co-authors include Joshua Jortner, Henry Margenau, Jean Logan, Jaime E. Combariza, Oktay Sǐnanoğlu, Stuart A. Rice, David A. Copeland, Morrel H. Cohen, Marshall D. Newton and B. K. Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Neil R. Kestner

70 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thermal electron transfer reactions in polar solvents

1974 538 citations Neil R. Kestner, Jean Logan et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
Theory of intermolecular forces

1969 438 citations Henry Margenau, Neil R. Kestner CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil R. Kestner United States	28	2.8k	900	473	468	425	71	3.6k
John L. Magee United States	29	1.2k 0.4×	470 0.5×	479 1.0×	463 1.0×	303 0.7×	81	2.7k
G. Wilse Robinson United States	33	1.9k 0.7×	945 1.1×	784 1.7×	919 2.0×	268 0.6×	91	3.2k
A. Mozumder United States	27	1.3k 0.4×	524 0.6×	264 0.6×	433 0.9×	410 1.0×	104	2.3k
Richard A. Holroyd United States	26	1.3k 0.5×	704 0.8×	330 0.7×	315 0.7×	344 0.8×	138	2.4k
Jaroslav Koutecký Germany	34	2.5k 0.9×	836 0.9×	341 0.7×	1.3k 2.7×	727 1.7×	66	3.8k
John C. Slater United States	18	2.7k 1.0×	626 0.7×	390 0.8×	1.2k 2.5×	716 1.7×	27	4.2k
G. A. Gallup United States	31	2.3k 0.8×	683 0.8×	1.0k 2.1×	275 0.6×	392 0.9×	133	3.1k
Harry F. King United States	29	2.4k 0.9×	666 0.7×	882 1.9×	599 1.3×	316 0.7×	58	3.4k
J. B. Hopkins United States	25	1.9k 0.7×	837 0.9×	880 1.9×	500 1.1×	285 0.7×	65	2.7k
J. C. Decius United States	26	1.6k 0.6×	559 0.6×	989 2.1×	1.2k 2.6×	345 0.8×	73	3.6k

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Kestner, Neil R., et al.. (2009). Potential energy calculations for various water dimer configurations. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 24(S17). 431–439. 1 indexed citations

Hall, Randall W., Leslie G. Butler, Neil R. Kestner, & Patrick A. Limbach. (1999). Combining feedback and assessment via Web‐based homework. Campus-Wide Information Systems. 16(1). 24–26. 3 indexed citations

Combariza, Jaime E., Neil R. Kestner, & Joshua Jortner. (1994). Surface and interior states of iodide—water clusters. Chemical Physics Letters. 221(1-2). 156–160. 25 indexed citations

Rao, B. K., et al.. (1985). Existence of helical forms of polyacetylene. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 31(2). 1187–1190. 20 indexed citations

Kestner, Neil R., et al.. (1983). Calculations on spin-paired species in metal-ammonia solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(8). 1464–1466. 4 indexed citations

Kestner, Neil R.. (1980). Theory of electron transfer reactions of solvated electrons. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 84(10). 1270–1275. 6 indexed citations

Kestner, Neil R.. (1977). An improved model of the localized electron in polar fluids. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 55(11). 1937–1939. 11 indexed citations

Kestner, Neil R.. (1977). Electrons in liquid ammonia. Nature. 266(5604). 751–751. 114 indexed citations

Kestner, Neil R. & Jean Logan. (1975). Theoretical studies on the composition of the absorption spectrum of the solvated electron. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 79(26). 2815–2819. 12 indexed citations

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Jortner, Joshua, et al.. (1973). Electrons in fluids : the nature of metal-ammonia solutions. Springer eBooks. 16 indexed citations

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Jortner, Joshua & Neil R. Kestner. (1973). Electrons in Fluids. 122 indexed citations

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Kestner, Neil R., Joshua Jortner, & Ariel Gaathon. (1973). Temperature dependence, oscillator strength and line shape of the allowed transition of the solvated electron. Chemical Physics Letters. 19(3). 328–331. 4 indexed citations

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Kestner, Neil R., et al.. (1971). Error in the correlation corrections for neon polarizability due to the use of a commuting potential. Chemical Physics Letters. 12(2). 396–398. 1 indexed citations

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Margenau, Henry & Neil R. Kestner. (1969). Theory of intermolecular forces. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 438 indexed citations breakdown →

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Young, Ralph H., Walter J. Deal, & Neil R. Kestner. (1969). Quasi-periodic states of an oscillatory hamiltonian. Molecular Physics. 17(4). 369–376. 36 indexed citations

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Deal, Walter J. & Neil R. Kestner. (1966). Effect of Intra-atomic Correlation on London Dispersion Interactions: Use of Double-Perturbation Theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 45(11). 4014–4019. 25 indexed citations

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Kestner, Neil R.. (1966). Long-Range Interaction of Helium Atoms. A. Calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 45(1). 208–212. 26 indexed citations

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Kestner, Neil R., Joshua Jortner, Morrel H. Cohen, & Stuart A. Rice. (1965). Low-Energy Elastic Scattering of Electrons and Positrons from Helium Atoms. Physical Review. 140(1A). A56–A66. 121 indexed citations

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Hiroike, Kazuo, Neil R. Kestner, Stuart A. Rice, & Joshua Jortner. (1965). Study of the Properties of an Excess Electron in Liquid Helium. II. A Refined Description of Configuration Changes in the Liquid. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 43(8). 2625–2632. 80 indexed citations

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Kestner, Neil R. & Oktay Sǐnanoğlu. (1962). Study of Electron Correlation in Helium-Like Systems Using an Exactly Soluble Model. Physical Review. 128(6). 2687–2692. 179 indexed citations

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