Ralph G. Pearson

48.6k citations

181 papers · 39.7k indexed · 18 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.02%
- Free Radicals and Antioxidants
- Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.02%
- Crystallography and molecular interactions

Papers in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 66
- Various Chemistry Research Topics 33
- History and advancements in chemistry 27
Electrochemistry 24
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications 24

Co-authors: Robert G. Parr Arthur A. Frost John W. Moore Jon Songstad Fred Basolo John O. Edwards Harold R. Sobel Paul W. Ayers
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (71 papers)Inorganic Chemistry (32 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry (10 papers)The Journal of Chemical Physics (6 papers)Inorganica Chimica Acta (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Ralph G. Pearson

180 papers receiving 37.8k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Chemical hardness and density functional theory 2005 · 707 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2005 Journal of Chemical Sciences
1997 Chemical Hardness
1993 Accounts of Chemical Research
1990 Coordination Chemistry Reviews
1989 The Journal of Organic Chemistry
1988 Inorganic Chemistry
1987 Journal of Chemical Education
1986 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1985 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1983 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1968 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1968 Journal of Chemical Education
1968 Journal of Chemical Education
1967 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1966 Science
1963 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1962 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1961 Andalas University Repository (Andalas University)

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Electronic properties of some inorganic solids Inorganica Chimica Acta ·Ralph G. Pearson	1998	20
2	Cohesive energies of simple ionic and covalent solids Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM ·Ralph G. Pearson	1992	6
3	Symmetry rules for chemical reactions Computers & Mathematics with Applications ·Ralph G. Pearson	1986	105
4	Moessbauer and infrared studies of matrix-isolated iron-carbonyl complexes The Journal of Physical Chemistry ·Charles H. F. Peden, Stewart F. Parker, Paul H. Barrett, Ralph G. Pearson	1983	43
5	Semiclassical model for atoms Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ralph G. Pearson	1981	8
6	Homogeneous catalysis of the water gas shift reaction by ruthenium and other metal carbonyls. Studies in alkaline solutions Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Charles B. Ungermann, Lubaba Maaz, Sergio A. Moya, Haim Cohen, Howard W. Walker, Ralph G. Pearson, Robert G. Rinker, Peter C. Ford	1979	112
7	Structure of lithium dimethylcuprate and mechanism of the Corey-Posner reaction Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ralph G. Pearson, X D Liu	1976	110
8	trans-Bis(tetracarbonylcobaltato)bis(pyridine)platinum(II) and trans-bis(pentacarbonylmanganato)bis(pyridine)- platinum(II) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry ·Ralph G. Pearson, J. Dehand	1969	14
9	Formation of an unstable dinitrogen complex of ruthenium(II) Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Leon A. P. Kane‐Maguire, Peter S. Sheridan, Fred Basolo, Ralph G. Pearson	1968	23
10	Nucleophilic reactivity constants toward methyl iodide and trans-dichlorodi(pyridine)platinum(II) Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ralph G. Pearson, Harold R. Sobel, Jon Songstad Hit paper breakdown →	1968	374
11	The Rates and Mechanism of Hydrolysis Reactions of Some Metal Acetylacetonates Inorganic Chemistry ·Ralph G. Pearson, John W. Moore	1966	8
12	Inorganic Substitution Reaction: Ligand Substitution Processes . Cooper H. Langford and Harry B. Gray. Benjamin, New York, 1965. 119 pp., illus. $8.50. Science ·Ralph G. Pearson	1966	1
13	Nucleophilic Constants and Substrate Discrimination Factors for Substitution Reactions of Platinum(II) Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·U. Belluco, Lucio Cattalini, Fred Basolo, Ralph G. Pearson, Nelson Orlando Vargas-Montañez	1965	95
14	Kinetik und Mechanismen homogener chemischer Reaktionen Arthur A. Frost, Ralph G. Pearson, Friedrich G. Helfferich, U. Schindewolf	1964	124
15	Kinetics of the Acid and Base Hydrolyses of the Chloropentaammineruthenium(III) Ion Inorganic Chemistry ·John A. Broomhead, Fred Basolo, Ralph G. Pearson	1964	52
16	Partial Ionic Character of Metal-Chlorine Bonds Inorganic Chemistry ·Ralph G. Pearson, Harry B. Gray	1963	19
17	Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ralph G. Pearson Hit paper breakdown →	1963	8436
18	The Effect of Chelation and of Alkyl Substitution on the Rate of Hydrogen Exchange in Cobalt(III) Ammines Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Fred Basolo, Lin Yuan, Ralph G. Pearson	1960	17
19	Timber engineering design handbook. Ralph G. Pearson, E. Moissenet, J. D. Boyd	1958	8
20	Mechanism of Substitution Reactions in Complex Ions. IV. Kinetics of the Reactions of cis- and trans-Chloronitro-bis-(ethylenediamine)-cobalt(III) and Aquonitro-bis-(ethylenediamine)-cobalt(III) Ions with Various Reagents in Aqueous Solutions^1,2 Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Fred Basolo, 俊夫石黒, John G. Bergmann, Ralph G. Pearson	1954	10

About Ralph G. Pearson

Ralph G. Pearson is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 181 papers that have together received 39.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (51 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (33 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (27 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (24 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (22 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (20 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (19 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (17.1k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (4.7k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (7.2k citations), Electrochemistry (2.0k citations) and Metals and Alloys (770 citations). Ralph G. Pearson has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Robert G. Parr, Arthur A. Frost, John W. Moore, Jon Songstad, Fred Basolo, John O. Edwards, Harold R. Sobel, Paul W. Ayers, William E. Palke and Harry B. Gray. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Inorganica Chimica Acta.

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