Steve Scheiner

28.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
517 papers, 25.2k citations indexed

About

Steve Scheiner is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Scheiner has authored 517 papers receiving a total of 25.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 326 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 211 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 152 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Steve Scheiner's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (260 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (173 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (92 papers). Steve Scheiner is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (260 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (173 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (92 papers). Steve Scheiner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and China. Steve Scheiner's co-authors include Tapas Kar, Meng‐Sheng Liao, Zdzisław Latajka, Upendra Adhikari, M. M. Szczȩśniak, Wiktor Zierkiewicz, Mariusz Michalczyk, Ibón Alkorta, A. C. Legon and Gautam R. Desiraju and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steve Scheiner

512 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)

2011 1.5k citations Gautam R. Desiraju, Steve Scheiner et al. Pure and Applied Chemistry profile →
Hydrogen Bonding

1997 1.2k citations Steve Scheiner profile →
Fundamental Properties of the CH···O Interaction: Is It a True Hydrogen Bond?

1999 900 citations Steve Scheiner et al. profile →
Hydrogen Bonding: A Theoretical Perspective

1997 874 citations Steve Scheiner profile →
Defining the hydrogen bond: An account (IUPAC Technical Report)

2011 860 citations Gautam R. Desiraju, Steve Scheiner et al. Pure and Applied Chemistry profile →
The Pnicogen Bond: Its Relation to Hydrogen, Halogen, and Other Noncovalent Bonds

2012 528 citations Steve Scheiner profile →
Electronic structure and bonding in metal phthalocyanines, Metal=Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mg

2001 527 citations Steve Scheiner et al. profile →
Definition of the chalcogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

2019 428 citations Christer B. Aakeröy, David L. Bryce et al. Pure and Applied Chemistry profile →
Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023)

2024 63 citations Giuseppe Resnati, David L. Bryce et al. Pure and Applied Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Scheiner United States	79	13.7k	8.8k	7.2k	7.0k	6.3k	517	25.2k
Ibón Alkorta Spain	72	14.9k 1.1×	6.6k 0.7×	11.9k 1.6×	7.5k 1.1×	8.4k 1.3×	885	28.3k
Timothy Clark Germany	70	10.3k 0.8×	6.9k 0.8×	11.4k 1.6×	4.2k 0.6×	8.1k 1.3×	582	31.2k
Jane S. Murray United States	85	18.1k 1.3×	7.0k 0.8×	10.8k 1.5×	4.2k 0.6×	8.3k 1.3×	302	31.9k
Dieter Cremer Sweden	72	6.7k 0.5×	9.2k 1.1×	11.9k 1.6×	5.4k 0.8×	6.8k 1.1×	384	26.4k
José Elguero Spain	80	15.4k 1.1×	6.7k 0.8×	20.0k 2.8×	8.8k 1.2×	9.1k 1.4×	1.5k	37.0k
Fernando Bernardi Italy	57	10.0k 0.7×	14.5k 1.6×	8.6k 1.2×	6.9k 1.0×	5.0k 0.8×	259	30.6k
Roberto Cammi Italy	52	8.6k 0.6×	8.7k 1.0×	11.2k 1.6×	4.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.5×	145	28.8k
Jerry A. Boatz United States	42	5.1k 0.4×	9.0k 1.0×	7.3k 1.0×	3.6k 0.5×	4.0k 0.6×	164	23.0k
C. David Sherrill United States	73	6.1k 0.4×	10.2k 1.2×	5.0k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.4×	218	20.1k
Kim K. Baldridge Switzerland	52	5.2k 0.4×	9.6k 1.1×	10.7k 1.5×	4.3k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	244	26.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Scheiner

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zierkiewicz, Wiktor, Mariusz Michalczyk, & Steve Scheiner. (2025). Dual Noncovalent Bonding to Planar Tetracoordinated Oxygen. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 129(46). 10694–10703.

Scheiner, Steve, et al.. (2024). Halogen Bonding to the π‐Systems of Polycyclic Aromatics. ChemPhysChem. 25(18). e202400482–e202400482. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, et al.. (2024). Triel Bonds with Methyl Groups as Electron Donors. A Pentacoordinate Carbon Atom. ChemPhysChem. 26(3). e202400931–e202400931. 2 indexed citations

Resnati, Giuseppe, David L. Bryce, Gautam R. Desiraju, et al.. (2024). Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 96(1). 135–145. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Michalczyk, Mariusz, Steve Scheiner, & Wiktor Zierkiewicz. (2024). Attraction versus Repulsion between Methyl and Related Groups: (CH₃NHCH₃)₂ and (CH₃SeBr₂CH₃)₂. ChemPhysChem. 25(22). e202400495–e202400495. 1 indexed citations

Zierkiewicz, Wiktor, et al.. (2023). Pd and Pt metal atoms as electron donors in σ-hole bonded complexes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(38). 26172–26184. 4 indexed citations

Scheiner, Steve, et al.. (2023). Heavy pnicogen atoms as electron donors in sigma-hole bonds. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(35). 23530–23537. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, et al.. (2023). Search for Osme Bonds with π Systems as Electron Donors. Molecules. 29(1). 79–79. 5 indexed citations

Wysokiński, Rafał, et al.. (2023). Trapping of Small Molecules within Single or Double Cyclo[18]carbon Rings. Molecules. 28(5). 2157–2157. 2 indexed citations

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Ovens, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2023). Tuneable tetrel bonds between tin and heavy pnictogens. Chemical Communications. 59(58). 9001–9004. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Shanshan, Tao Zhang, Xin Yang, et al.. (2021). Fabricating Flexible Packaging Batteries in General Chemistry Laboratories. Journal of Chemical Education. 98(7). 2471–2475. 3 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve. (2021). Comparison of Bifurcated Halogen with Hydrogen Bonds. Molecules. 26(2). 350–350. 14 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve, et al.. (2020). The balance between side‐chain and backbone‐driven association in folding of the α‐helical influenza A transmembrane peptide. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 41(25). 2177–2188. 3 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve. (2018). An Updated Description of the Hydrogen Bond and Related Noncovalent Bonds. The Chemical Educator. 23(1). 192–197. 2 indexed citations

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Aakeröy, Christer B., Lee Brammer, David L. Bryce, et al.. (2017). Computational approaches and sigma-hole interactions: general discussion. Faraday Discussions. 203. 131–163. 19 indexed citations

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Driver, Russell W., Timothy D. W. Claridge, Steve Scheiner, & Martin D. Smith. (2016). Torsional and Electronic Factors Control the C−H⋅⋅⋅O Interaction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(46). 16513–16521. 21 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve. (2014). The interplay between charge transfer, rehybridization, and atomic charges in the internal geometry of subunits in noncovalent interactions. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 115(1). 28–33. 16 indexed citations

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Kryachko, Eugene S. & Steve Scheiner. (2004). CH··F Hydrogen Bonds. Dimers of Fluoromethanes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 108. 1 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve. (2000). Calculation of isotope effects from first principles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1458(1). 28–42. 60 indexed citations

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Scheiner, Steve. (1981). Quantum Chemical Studies of Proton Transport in Biomembranes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 367. 1 indexed citations

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