Steven E. Wheeler

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
121 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Steven E. Wheeler is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven E. Wheeler has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Organic Chemistry, 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 32 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steven E. Wheeler's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (33 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (23 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (22 papers). Steven E. Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (33 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (23 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (22 papers). Steven E. Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Steven E. Wheeler's co-authors include K. N. Houk, Jacob W. G. Bloom, Trevor J. Seguin, Wesley D. Allen, Yanfei Guan, Henry F. Schaefer, Rajat Maji, Analise C. Doney, Tongxiang Lu and Paul von Ragué Schleyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Steven E. Wheeler

118 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

A Hierarchy of Homodesmotic Reactions for Thermochemistry

2009 506 citations Steven E. Wheeler, K. N. Houk et al. profile →
Understanding Substituent Effects in Noncovalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings

2012 489 citations Steven E. Wheeler Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
Substituent Effects in the Benzene Dimer are Due to Direct Interactions of the Substituents with the Unsubstituted Benzene

2008 452 citations Steven E. Wheeler, K. N. Houk profile →
Noncovalent Interactions in Organocatalysis and the Prospect of Computational Catalyst Design

2016 330 citations Steven E. Wheeler et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven E. Wheeler United States	44	4.0k	2.1k	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	121	7.6k
Éric Cancès France	13	4.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	23	8.8k
Cherumuttathu H. Suresh India	49	3.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	897 0.6×	892 0.7×	266	7.8k
Jordi Poater Spain	47	5.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	819 0.6×	186	8.3k
B. Miehlich Germany	15	3.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	965 0.8×	20	7.2k
Krzysztof Woźniak Poland	42	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	768 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	447	8.1k
Yirong Mo United States	50	3.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	2.9k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	243	8.3k
Chérif F. Matta Canada	39	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	846 0.7×	141	5.7k
Tadafumi Uchimaru Japan	49	3.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	2.8k 2.0×	1.8k 1.4×	206	8.8k
Sebastian Kozuch Israel	40	4.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	550 0.4×	106	8.4k
Ute Becker Germany	12	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	989 0.8×	15	7.9k

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Wheeler, Steven E., et al.. (2025). Stacking Interactions of Druglike Heterocycles with Nucleobases. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(7). 3502–3516. 3 indexed citations

Wheeler, Steven E., et al.. (2024). Unmet Caregiver Needs After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Study Exploring OT’s Important Role in Rural Communities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 78(Supplement_2). 7811500306p1–7811500306p1.

Gu, Jun, Chenglei Liu, Yan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Systematic Study of Heteroarene Stacking Using a Congeneric Set of Molecular Glues for Procaspase-6. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(14). 9784–9796. 7 indexed citations

Mallojjala, Sharath Chandra, et al.. (2020). Topomeric aza/thia cryptands: synthesis and theoretical aspects of in/out isomerism using n-alkyl bridging. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(9). 1164–1176. 7 indexed citations

Maji, Rajat, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Reactivity and Selectivity of Fluxional Chiral DMAP‐Catalyzed Kinetic Resolutions of Axially Chiral Biaryls. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(17). 4452–4459. 10 indexed citations

Mallojjala, Sharath Chandra, Michael Täschner, James T. Engle, et al.. (2018). Lone-Pair-Induced Topicity Observed in Macrobicyclic Tetra-thia Lactams and Cryptands: Synthesis, Spectral Identification, and Computational Assessment. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(17). 10025–10036. 4 indexed citations

Maji, Rajat, Sharath Chandra Mallojjala, & Steven E. Wheeler. (2018). Chiral phosphoric acid catalysis: from numbers to insights. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(4). 1142–1158. 280 indexed citations

Zhu, Congzhi, Zihao Guo, Anthony U. Mu, et al.. (2016). Low Band Gap Coplanar Conjugated Molecules Featuring Dynamic Intramolecular Lewis Acid–Base Coordination. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(10). 4347–4352. 78 indexed citations

Kurra, Yadagiri, Yan‐Jiun Lee, Yanyan Yang, et al.. (2014). Two Rapid Catalyst-Free Click Reactions for In Vivo Protein Labeling of Genetically Encoded Strained Alkene/Alkyne Functionalities. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 25(9). 1730–1738. 62 indexed citations

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An, Yi, Rajesh K. Raju, Tongxiang Lu, & Steven E. Wheeler. (2014). Aromatic Interactions Modulate the 5′-Base Selectivity of the DNA-Binding Autoantibody ED-10. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 118(21). 5653–5659. 9 indexed citations

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Lee, Se Ryeon, Jacob W. G. Bloom, Steven E. Wheeler, & Anne J. McNeil. (2013). Accelerating Ni(ii) precatalyst initiation using reactive ligands and its impact on chain-growth polymerizations. Dalton Transactions. 42(12). 4218–4218. 36 indexed citations

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Raju, Rajesh K., Jacob W. G. Bloom, & Steven E. Wheeler. (2013). Broad Transferability of Substituent Effects in π-Stacking Interactions Provides New Insights into Their Origin. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9(8). 3479–3490. 32 indexed citations

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Voronine, Dmitri V., Alexander M. Sinyukov, Hua Xia, et al.. (2012). Time-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Coherent Sensing of Nanoscale Molecular Complexes. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 891–891. 46 indexed citations

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Wodrich, Matthew D., Clémence Corminbœuf, & Steven E. Wheeler. (2012). Accurate Thermochemistry of Hydrocarbon Radicals via an Extended Generalized Bond Separation Reaction Scheme. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116(13). 3436–3447. 30 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Steven E.. (2012). Understanding Substituent Effects in Noncovalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings. Accounts of Chemical Research. 46(4). 1029–1038. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Goong, Jaan Laane, Steven E. Wheeler, & Zhigang Zhang. (2011). Greenhouse Gas Molecules: A Mathematical Perspective. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 58(10). 1421–1434. 6 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Steven E., Daniel H. Ess, & K. N. Houk. (2008). Thinking Out of the Black Box: Accurate Barrier Heights of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Ozone with Acetylene and Ethylene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 112(8). 1798–1807. 68 indexed citations

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Ess, Daniel H., Steven E. Wheeler, Robert G. Iafe, et al.. (2008). Bifurkationen auf den Potentialenergiehyperflächen organischer Reaktionen. Angewandte Chemie. 120(40). 7704–7713. 42 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Steven E., Andrew C. Simmonett, & Henry F. Schaefer. (2007). Renner−Teller Bending Frequencies of the Ã ²Π State of OCS⁺. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111(20). 4551–4555. 5 indexed citations

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Luo, Qiong, Li Ji, Qian Shu Li, et al.. (2005). Electron affinities of the radicals derived from cytosine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 7(5). 861–861. 19 indexed citations

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