Stéphane Humbel

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Stéphane Humbel is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stéphane Humbel has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stéphane Humbel's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (18 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (8 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (8 papers). Stéphane Humbel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (18 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (8 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (8 papers). Stéphane Humbel collaborates with scholars based in France, Algeria and China. Stéphane Humbel's co-authors include Keiji Morokuma, Stefan Sieber, Mats Svensson, Robert D. J. Froese, Toshiaki Matsubara, Philippe C. Hiberty, Joop H. van Lenthe, Norbert Hoffmann, James Bouquant and Laurence Charles and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Stéphane Humbel

74 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

ONIOM: A Multilayered Integrated MO + MM Method for Geometry Optimizations and Single Point Energy Predictions. A Test for Diels−Alder Reactions and Pt(P(t-Bu)₃)₂ + H₂ Oxidative Addition

1996 1.7k citations Stéphane Humbel et al. profile →
The IMOMO method: Integration of different levels of molecular orbital approximations for geometry optimization of large systems: Test for n-butane conformation and S N2 reaction: RCl+Cl−

1996 607 citations Stéphane Humbel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stéphane Humbel France	22	1.5k	1.3k	918	825	749	77	4.0k
Massimiliano Aschi Italy	34	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	996 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	693 0.9×	216	5.1k
Philippe Y. Ayala United States	16	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	564 0.7×	611 0.8×	21	4.8k
Robin Chaudret France	13	1.7k 1.2×	781 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	553 0.7×	992 1.3×	27	4.1k
Tobias Schwabe Germany	20	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	398 0.5×	569 0.8×	31	3.6k
Ricardo A. Mata Germany	32	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	715 0.8×	731 0.9×	840 1.1×	136	3.4k
Damian Moran United States	25	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	391 0.5×	471 0.6×	37	4.3k
Hans Martin Senn United Kingdom	27	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	997 1.1×	2.1k 2.6×	791 1.1×	55	5.2k
Nathalie Godbout United States	14	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	491 0.6×	876 1.2×	14	3.5k
Sı́lvia Simon Spain	21	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	720 0.8×	383 0.5×	568 0.8×	55	3.3k
Sebastian Spicher Germany	19	1.2k 0.8×	945 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	589 0.7×	525 0.7×	34	4.0k

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Rodrigues, Jéssica Ferreira, et al.. (2025). Rational Control of C–N Axial Chirality in Bis‐Pentatomic N‐Pyrazolyl Maleimides through an Experimental and Computational Approach. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(31).

Castillo, Juan‐Carlos, Stéphane Humbel, Michel Giorgi, et al.. (2025). Stereocontrol in Conformationally Stable C(sp ² )─C(sp ³ ) Atropisomers. Angewandte Chemie. 137(28). 1 indexed citations

Chilkuri, Vijay Gopal, et al.. (2024). Spectroscopy of End-On Copper(II) Superoxido Complexes: A Wave Function-Based Analysis. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(18). 8038–8049.

Nava, Paola, et al.. (2024). Atropisomeric N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Palladium(II) Complexes: Influence of the Backbone Substitution. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 27(12).

Morvan, Jennifer, Lingyu Kong, Thomas Vivès, et al.. (2023). Chiral Atropisomeric‐NHC Catechodithiolate Ruthenium Complexes for Z ‐Selective Asymmetric Ring‐Opening Cross Metathesis of Exo ‐Norbornenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(28). e202300341–e202300341. 6 indexed citations

Kong, Lingyu, Marion Jean, Nicolas Vanthuyne, et al.. (2023). C ₂-Symmetric atropisomeric N-heterocyclic carbene–palladium(ii) complexes: synthesis, chiral resolution, and application in the enantioselective α-arylation of amides. Dalton Transactions. 52(25). 8728–8736. 1 indexed citations

Kong, Lingyu, Marion Jean, Nicolas Vanthuyne, et al.. (2021). C₁‐Symmetric Atropisomeric NHC Palladium(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Resolution and Characterization. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 363(17). 4229–4238. 6 indexed citations

Oliva, Josep M., Stéphane Humbel, Juan Z. Dávalos, Josef Holub, & Dráhomír Hnyk. (2018). Proton affinities of amino group functionalizing 2D and 3D boron compounds. Afinidad. 75(584). 260–266. 1 indexed citations

Rahmouni, Ali, et al.. (2017). Methylenecyclopropene: local vision of the first 1B2 excited state. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 23(1). 22–22. 2 indexed citations

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Carissan, Yannick, et al.. (2016). Weight Watchers electronique : calculez votre poids de formes resonantes. 406. 36–40. 1 indexed citations

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Humbel, Stéphane, et al.. (2014). Hyperconjugation in Carbocations, a BLW Study with DFT approximation. Frontiers in Chemistry. 1. 37–37. 12 indexed citations

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Braı̈da, Benoı̂t, Étienne Derat, Stéphane Humbel, Philippe C. Hiberty, & Sason Shaik. (2012). The Valence Bond Workshop in Paris: The Phoenix Rises from the Ashes or, Has a Love Story with MO‐Based Theories Begun?. ChemPhysChem. 13(18). 4029–4030. 6 indexed citations

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Nava, Paola, Denis Hagebaum‐Reignier, & Stéphane Humbel. (2012). Bonding of Gold with Unsaturated Species. ChemPhysChem. 13(8). 2090–2096. 23 indexed citations

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Sassi, Michel, Vincent Oison, Jean‐Marc Debierre, & Stéphane Humbel. (2009). Modelling the Two‐Dimensional Polymerization of 1,4‐Benzene Diboronic Acid on a Ag Surface. ChemPhysChem. 10(14). 2480–2485. 13 indexed citations

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Nava, Paola, Yannick Carissan, & Stéphane Humbel. (2009). Labile ligands on some Lewis super acids: a computational study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(33). 7130–7130. 7 indexed citations

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Girod, Marion, Stéphane Viel, Trang N. T. Phan, et al.. (2009). Role of the Adducted Cation in the Release of Nitroxide End Group of Controlled Polymer in Mass Spectrometry. Macromolecules. 42(6). 1849–1859. 33 indexed citations

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Tintaru, Aura, et al.. (2008). Differentiation of heterocyclic regioisomers: a combined tandem mass spectrometry and computational study of N ‐acridin‐4‐ylbenzylamide and N ‐acridin‐2‐yl‐benzylamide. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22(5). 687–693. 4 indexed citations

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Linares, Mathieu, Stéphane Humbel, & Benoı̂t Braı̈da. (2006). Quantifying resonance through a Lewis Valence Bond approach: application to haloallyl and carbonylcations. Faraday Discussions. 135. 273–283. 11 indexed citations

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Bouquant, James, et al.. (2001). Theoretical description of [2+2] photocycloadditions: enone and ethylene as a model of the reactivity of cycloenones. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 538(1-3). 165–177. 13 indexed citations

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Humbel, Stéphane, et al.. (2000). Substituent Effects on Two-Center Three-Electron Bonds and Hydrogen Bonds Involving Unsaturated Organic Functional Groups and an Ammonia Radical Cation-The Resonance Contribution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(9). 1592–1600. 18 indexed citations

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