W. E. Watts

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

W. E. Watts is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Watts has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Organic Chemistry, 36 papers in Spectroscopy and 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. E. Watts's work include Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (60 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (41 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (28 papers). W. E. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (60 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (41 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (28 papers). W. E. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. W. E. Watts's co-authors include Peter L. Pauson, I. U. KHAND, G. R. Knox, Michael Foreman, Trevor S. Abram, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Clifford A. Bunton, S. Braun, Melvin B. Comisarow and Raymond C. Fort and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Atmospheric Environment and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Watts

125 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Organocobalt complexes. Part II. Reaction of acetylenehexacarbonyldicobalt complexes, (R1C2R2)Co2(CO)6, with norbornene and its derivatives

1973 327 citations I. U. KHAND, G. R. Knox et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. E. Watts United Kingdom	28	2.1k	480	284	233	223	135	2.5k
Piero Pino Switzerland	27	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 2.1×	263 0.9×	69 0.3×	117 0.5×	91	3.1k
David S. Breslow United States	23	1.8k 0.9×	670 1.4×	98 0.3×	105 0.5×	76 0.3×	50	2.3k
H. H. Freedman United States	21	1.0k 0.5×	233 0.5×	176 0.6×	56 0.2×	202 0.9×	47	1.4k
Yoshinori Tominaga Japan	29	2.7k 1.3×	167 0.3×	409 1.4×	105 0.5×	63 0.3×	282	3.4k
Kurt Moedritzer United States	20	955 0.5×	723 1.5×	157 0.6×	63 0.3×	129 0.6×	96	1.7k
Rosa López Spain	25	2.0k 1.0×	528 1.1×	123 0.4×	127 0.5×	157 0.7×	65	2.6k
Piera Sabatino Italy	28	1.3k 0.6×	622 1.3×	121 0.4×	47 0.2×	269 1.2×	105	2.1k
Liqun Deng Canada	22	1.6k 0.8×	659 1.4×	179 0.6×	99 0.4×	114 0.5×	46	2.2k
Johann T. B. H. Jastrzebski Netherlands	38	3.5k 1.7×	1.7k 3.6×	146 0.5×	150 0.6×	269 1.2×	145	4.3k
Roy G. Miller United States	22	961 0.5×	366 0.8×	83 0.3×	51 0.2×	135 0.6×	47	1.5k

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Watts, W. E., John L. Crompton, Kate J. Heesom, et al.. (2025). Brief transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation causes lasting modifications to the synaptic circuitry of the hippocampus. Brain stimulation. 18(5). 1587–1599.

Yang, Huimin, Chi Lai, David W. Gjertson, et al.. (2008). Has the 2004 revision of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation grading system improved the reproducibility of the diagnosis and grading of cardiac transplant rejection?. Cardiovascular Pathology. 18(4). 198–204. 39 indexed citations

Kittelson, David B., et al.. (2005). Source apportionment of diesel and spark ignition exhaust aerosol using on-road data from the Minneapolis metropolitan area. Atmospheric Environment. 39(11). 2111–2121. 33 indexed citations

Watts, W. E., et al.. (1990). America and Japan : how we see each other. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

Behrens, Ulrich, et al.. (1984). The crystal and molecular structure of tricarbonyl(η-methoxytropylium)chromium tetrafluoroborate. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 276(2). 193–198. 6 indexed citations

Bunton, Clifford A., et al.. (1984). A kinetic study of the hydrolysis of ferrocenyliminium lons. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 395–395.

Bunton, Clifford A., et al.. (1983). The relative electrophilic reactivities of the tropylium cation and its CR(CO)3, Mo(CO)3, and W(CO)3 complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 247(1). c14–c16. 7 indexed citations

Watts, W. E., et al.. (1979). Stable carbocations. Part 19. A kinetic study of the fragmentation of ferrocenyldiarylmethylium ions in aqueous acidic acetonitrile. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1148–1148. 2 indexed citations

Abram, Trevor S. & W. E. Watts. (1976). Intramolecular ferrocenylvinyl cation cyclisation to stable 9-barbaralyl and 8-bicyclo[3.2.2]nona-2,6-dienyl cations. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 105(1). C16–C18. 4 indexed citations

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Khan, Mohammad Mansoob & W. E. Watts. (1976). Hydride-transfer reactions of [(h5-cyclohexadienyl)(h5-cyclopentadienyl)iron] alkylium ions. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 108(2). C11–C14. 5 indexed citations

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Abram, Trevor S. & W. E. Watts. (1975). Stable carbocations. Part VIII. Fragmentation reactions of ferrocenylalkylium ions. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 113–113. 5 indexed citations

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Watts, W. E., et al.. (1974). Stable carbonium ions. Part VII. Cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenylalkylium ions with cyclopentadiene. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 195–195. 1 indexed citations

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KHAND, I. U., G. R. Knox, Peter L. Pauson, & W. E. Watts. (1974). ChemInform Abstract: ORGANOCOBALT COMPOUNDS PART 6, SOME OXIDATIVE AND THERMAL DEGRADATIONS OF METHINYLNONACARBONYLTRICOBALTS AND (PHENYLACETYLENE)HEXACARBONYLDICOBALT. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 5(45). 1 indexed citations

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Watts, W. E., et al.. (1974). Stable carbonium ions. Part IV. Torsional barriers in secondary and tertiary ferrocenylalkylium ions. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 177–177. 53 indexed citations

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Watts, W. E., et al.. (1972). Bridged ferrocenes—XI. Tetrahedron. 28(5). 1227–1235. 39 indexed citations

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Watts, W. E., et al.. (1969). Bridged ferrocenes—IV. Tetrahedron. 25(4). 861–869. 10 indexed citations

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Pauson, Peter L., Manbir Sandhu, & W. E. Watts. (1966). Ferrocene derivatives. Part XV. New routes to symmetrically disubstituted ferrocenes. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 251–251. 14 indexed citations

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Schleyer, Paul von Ragué, W. E. Watts, Raymond C. Fort, Melvin B. Comisarow, & George A. Olah. (1964). Stable Carbonium Ions. X.¹ Direct Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Observation of the 2-Norbornyl Cation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(24). 5679–5680. 41 indexed citations

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Cupas, Chris A., W. E. Watts, & Paul von Ragué Schleyer. (1964). Valence isomerization of cis-1,2-divinylcyclopropanes: A simple synthesis of bicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene. Tetrahedron Letters. 5(36). 2503–2507. 10 indexed citations

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Schleyer, Paul von Ragué, W. E. Watts, & Chris A. Cupas. (1964). Estimation of Nonassisted Solvolysis Rates. The Structures of the “Nopinyl p-Bromobenzenesulfonates”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(13). 2722–2723. 10 indexed citations

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