S. A. Cotton

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

S. A. Cotton is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S. A. Cotton has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 49 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S. A. Cotton's work include Radioactive element chemistry and processing (47 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (38 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (25 papers). S. A. Cotton is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive element chemistry and processing (47 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (38 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (25 papers). S. A. Cotton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. S. A. Cotton's co-authors include Paul R. Raithby, J. F. Gibson, V. Franckevicius, John Fawcett, Simon J. Teat, M.B. Hursthouse, Alan J. Welch, F. A. Hart, B. Ahrens and Jack M. Harrowfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Coordination Chemistry Reviews and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. A. Cotton

78 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry

2006 720 citations S. A. Cotton profile →
Lanthanide probes in life, chemical and earth sciences theory and practice

1990 387 citations S. A. Cotton Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy profile →

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H. Hartl Germany

Peter Klüfers Germany

Avi Bino Israel

Charles F. Campana United States

Colin H. L. Kennard Australia

Dennis G. Tuck Canada

Richard L. Keiter United States

Terence J. Kemp United Kingdom

Β. Kanellakopulos Germany

G. Nardin Italy

H. Hartl Germany

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. A. Cotton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. A. Cotton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Chan, Lawrence, S. A. Cotton, Andrew W.G. Platt, et al.. (2022). Structural diversity in the series of lanthanide complexes [Ln(Ph3PO)n(NCS)3] (n = 3, 4). Polyhedron. 220. 115826–115826. 5 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A. & Jack M. Harrowfield. (2022). On the singularity of scandium. New Journal of Chemistry. 46(9). 4003–4013. 4 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A., et al.. (2022). A comparison of the structural chemistry of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum and lutetium: A contribution to the group 3 debate. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 455. 214366–214366. 22 indexed citations

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Scarpantonio, Luca, et al.. (2020). A luminescent europium hairpin for DNA photosensing in the visible, based on trimetallic bis-intercalators. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 209. 111119–111119. 5 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (2012). The actinides. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 108. 261–261.

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Cotton, S. A.. (2009). Scandium, yttrium, the lanthanides. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 105. 276–276. 2 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (2008). Titanium, zirconium and hafnium. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 104. 145–145. 1 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (2006). Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry. 720 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cotton, S. A.. (2005). Establishing coordination numbers for the lanthanides in simple complexes. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 8(2). 129–145. 120 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (2004). 15 Iron, cobalt and nickel. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 100. 229–252. 1 indexed citations

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Ahrens, B., et al.. (2002). Structural variety in nitrate complexes of the heavy lanthanides with 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine, and stereoselective replacement of nitrate. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 2027–2030. 35 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A. & Paul R. Raithby. (1999). The synthesis and structure of [Er(terpy)(NO3)3·(C2H5OH)]; an example of preference for monodentate over bidentate coordination for the nitrate group. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 2(3). 86–88. 19 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (1994). Elements of Magnetochemistry. Polyhedron. 13(10). 1659–1659. 360 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (1993). Chapter 17. Sc, Y, the lanthanides, and the actinides. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 90. 251–251.

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Cotton, S. A.. (1993). Chapter 10. Ti, Zr, and Hf. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 90. 119–119.

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Cotton, S. A.. (1991). Chapter 9. Ti, Zr, Hf. Annual Reports Section A (Inorganic Chemistry). 88. 93–93. 1 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A.. (1990). Lanthanide probes in life, chemical and earth sciences theory and practice. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy. 46(12). 1797–1797. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cotton, S. A.. (1976). EPR spectra of seven coordinate iron(III) complexes. Chemical Physics Letters. 41(3). 606–608. 7 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A., et al.. (1975). The Heavy Transition Elements. 31 indexed citations

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Cotton, S. A. & J. F. Gibson. (1971). Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of iron(III) complexes of sulphur-containing ligands. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 803–803. 31 indexed citations

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