Richard D. Adams

15.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
640 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Adams is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Adams has authored 640 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 512 papers in Organic Chemistry, 295 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 136 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Adams's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (380 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (146 papers) and Inorganic Chemistry and Materials (114 papers). Richard D. Adams is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (380 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (146 papers) and Inorganic Chemistry and Materials (114 papers). Richard D. Adams collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Richard D. Adams's co-authors include Burjor Captain, F. Albert Cotton, Mark D. Smith, James E. Babin, Wengan Wu, Nancy M. Golembeski, Wei Fu, Bo Qu, Daniel F. Chodosh and E. Trufan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Adams

633 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

Catalysis by di- and poly... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400
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. Catalysis by di- and polynuclear metal cluster complexes
    1998 472 citations Richard D. Adams, F. Albert Cotton Wiley-VCH eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard D. Adams United States 47 9.3k 6.5k 2.6k 1.9k 1.4k 640 12.6k
Kenneth G. Caulton United States 55 9.4k 1.0× 7.4k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 441 13.2k
Heinz Berke Switzerland 49 6.2k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 710 0.4× 740 0.5× 306 9.0k
Richard A. Andersen United States 65 9.0k 1.0× 7.3k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 704 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 258 11.9k
Nigam P. Rath United States 49 7.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 519 11.2k
William E. Geiger United States 45 6.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 224 11.2k
Christopher C. Cummins United States 65 9.8k 1.1× 8.5k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 642 0.3× 930 0.7× 271 13.2k
Karsten Meyer Germany 68 8.7k 0.9× 8.0k 1.2× 5.1k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 364 15.6k
Richard J. Puddephatt Canada 66 14.3k 1.5× 8.3k 1.3× 4.2k 1.6× 4.8k 2.6× 3.8k 2.8× 685 19.1k
Angelo Sironi Italy 58 5.2k 0.6× 7.7k 1.2× 5.0k 1.9× 2.2k 1.2× 3.9k 2.8× 384 12.7k
Jeff W. Kampf United States 70 7.6k 0.8× 7.1k 1.1× 5.6k 2.1× 1.6k 0.9× 4.4k 3.1× 329 15.5k

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All Works

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Leith, Gabrielle A., Allison M. Rice, Brandon J. Yarbrough, et al.. (2021). “Broken-hearted” carbon bowl via electron shuttle reaction: energetics and electron coupling. Chemical Science. 12(19). 6600–6606. 8 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., et al.. (2019). Multiple C−H Bond Activations in Corannulene by a Dirhenium Complex. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(16). 4234–4239. 2 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., et al.. (2019). Activation of Heteroaromatic C–H Bonds in Furan and 2,5-Dimethylfuran. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(9). 6008–6015. 5 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., et al.. (2019). Multiple activations of CH bonds in arenes and heteroarenes. Dalton Transactions. 48(24). 8530–8540. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., et al.. (2018). Multiple aromatic C–H bond activations by a dirhenium carbonyl complex. Chemical Communications. 54(26). 3255–3257. 8 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., et al.. (2018). Substituent‐Directed Activation of CH Bonds in Activated Olefins by Ru5(µ5‐C)(CO)15. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2018(25). 2984–2986. 4 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D., Burjor Captain, & Mark D. Smith. (2006). A Highly Unsaturated Platinum–Rhenium Cluster Complex Activates Hydrogen Reversibly. Angewandte Chemie. 118(7). 1127–1130. 10 indexed citations
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Hungría, Ana B., Robert Raja, Richard D. Adams, et al.. (2006). Single‐Step Conversion of Dimethyl Terephthalate into Cyclohexanedimethanol with Ru5PtSn, a Trimetallic Nanoparticle Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie. 118(29). 4900–4903. 14 indexed citations
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Braunstein, Pierre, et al.. (2005). Iron, silicon, tin polymetallic complexes: formation of trans, cis, cis-[Fe(CO)2(dppm-P,P)(SnClPh2)2] by silicon–tin exchange and its crystal structure. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 8(11-12). 1873–1877. 8 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D. & Bo Qu. (2000). Effect of Metals on the Electronic Communication through a Molecular Wire Model. Organometallics. 19(13). 2411–2413. 76 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D. & F. Albert Cotton. (1998). Catalysis by di- and polynuclear metal cluster complexes. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adams, Richard D.. (1995). Comprehensive organometallic chemistry II. Pergamon eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Abel, E. W., F. Gordon A. Stone, Geoffrey Wilkinson, & Richard D. Adams. (1995). Heteronuclear metal-metal bonds. Pergamon eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard D. & Stephen B. Falloon. (1995). Catalytic Cyclooligomerization of Thietane by Dirhenium Carbonyl Complexes. Organometallics. 14(4). 1748–1755. 29 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael, Richard D. Adams, John W. Cell, et al.. (1994). ALB volume 26 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 26(2). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael, Richard D. Adams, Walter L. Arnstein, et al.. (1993). ALB volume 25 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 25(3). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael S., Richard D. Adams, John W. Cell, et al.. (1989). ALB volume 21 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. Albion A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 21(4). f1–f7. 1 indexed citations
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Matturro, Michael G., Richard D. Adams, & Kenneth B. Wiberg. (1981). X-Ray crystal structure of 1,5-dibromotetracyclo[4.2.2.2.2,502,6]dodecane. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 878–878. 7 indexed citations
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