S. F. Mason

8.0k total citations
199 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

S. F. Mason is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S. F. Mason has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Spectroscopy, 68 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 67 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S. F. Mason's work include Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (88 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (50 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (24 papers). S. F. Mason is often cited by papers focused on Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (88 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (50 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (24 papers). S. F. Mason collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. S. F. Mason's co-authors include G.E. Tranter, Anthony J. McCaffery, Reiko Kuroda, Brian Stewart, Robert D. Peacock, David Roberts, Alex F. Drake, R.E. Ballard, D. J. Brown and C.M. Kemp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

S. F. Mason

196 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. F. Mason United Kingdom 40 2.3k 2.1k 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 199 6.1k
Frank A. L. Anet United States 38 1.7k 0.7× 2.6k 1.3× 863 0.5× 800 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 146 5.0k
Kurt Mislow United States 46 2.9k 1.3× 6.5k 3.1× 1.2k 0.7× 775 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 244 9.0k
Leland C. Allen United States 49 2.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 3.4k 2.4× 840 0.7× 152 7.7k
Bernard Pullman France 49 1.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 4.6k 3.5× 250 8.1k
S. P. McGlynn United States 42 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.6× 2.9k 2.1× 648 0.5× 222 7.7k
Günther W. Spitznagel Germany 7 1.4k 0.6× 3.1k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 2.6k 1.9× 666 0.5× 8 7.3k
Géza Fogarasi Hungary 32 2.7k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1000 0.6× 3.4k 2.5× 859 0.7× 67 7.1k
Anthony P. Scott Australia 12 1.7k 0.8× 3.3k 1.6× 1.4k 0.8× 2.8k 2.0× 559 0.4× 15 7.4k
Thomas J. Katz United States 54 1.8k 0.8× 7.2k 3.5× 2.8k 1.7× 626 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 154 8.8k
Martin Saunders United States 48 1.5k 0.7× 5.3k 2.6× 3.5k 2.1× 2.3k 1.7× 1.2k 0.9× 178 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. F. Mason

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. F. Mason

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mason, S. F.. (2000). Extraterrestrial Handedness Revisited. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 30(5). 435–437. 12 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1989). The development of concepts of chiral discrimination. Chirality. 1(3). 183–191. 17 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1988). Biomolecular handedness. Biochemical Pharmacology. 37(1). 1–7. 12 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F. & G.E. Tranter. (1985). The electroweak origin of biomolecular handedness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 397(1812). 45–65. 101 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1977). The absorption and circular dichroism spectra of chiral olefins. Tetrahedron. 33(9). 937–949. 31 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1971). π-SCF studies of the circular dichroism and electronic spectra of alkaloids containing the aniline chromophore. The stereochemical configuration of calycanthine and caracurine-II. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 0(0). 691–695. 4 indexed citations
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Hollebone, Bryan R., S. F. Mason, & Andrew Thomson. (1969). Magnetic circular dichroism of charge-transfer and coupled-chromophore systems. 3. 146–146. 4 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1967). General principles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 297(1448). 3–15. 5 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1967). The circular dichroism and absolute configuration of Tröger's base. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 0(0). 553–556. 30 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1967). The correlation of empirical and non-empirical optical methods for the determination of absolute configuration. Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 3(8). 285–288. 12 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1967). The circular dichroism and absolute configuration of argemonine. Tetrahedron. 23(10). 4087–4094. 20 indexed citations
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Homer, Roger B. & S. F. Mason. (1966). Helix formation by guanosine-5? phosphate. Chemical Communications (London). 332–332. 4 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1966). Optical rotatory power of co-ordination compounds. Part VI. The effects of ion-association on the circular-dichroism spectra of tris-diamine complex metal ions. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 307–307. 23 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F., et al.. (1966). The circular dichroism and absorption spectra of alkaloids containing the aniline chromophore. The absolute configuration of calycanthine. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 370–370. 18 indexed citations
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Ballard, R.E., Anthony J. McCaffery, & S. F. Mason. (1966). Electronic spectrum, optical activity, and structure of the acridine orange complex with poly‐α,L‐glutamic acid. Biopolymers. 4(1). 97–106. 63 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1963). The use of general models for the interpretation of the electronic spectra of complex organic molecules. Tetrahedron. 19. 265–276. 4 indexed citations
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McCaffery, Anthony J. & S. F. Mason. (1963). The electronic spectra, optical rotatory power and absolute configuration of metal complexes the dextro-tris (ethylenediamine)cobalt (III) ion. Molecular Physics. 6(4). 359–371. 89 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1959). 244. Reactivities of aromatic hydrocarbons. Part II. Chlorination. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1233–1233. 7 indexed citations
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Mason, S. F.. (1957). The Structure of the Amide Ion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 61(3). 384–384. 13 indexed citations

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