W. Simon

20.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
350 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

W. Simon is a scholar working on Bioengineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Simon has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Bioengineering, 147 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 133 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in W. Simon's work include Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (223 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (133 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (118 papers). W. Simon is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (223 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (133 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (118 papers). W. Simon collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Canada. W. Simon's co-authors include Ernö Pretsch, Daniel Ammann, Werner E. Morf, Joseph Seibl, U. Oesch, K. Seiler, Bruno Rusterholz, Eric Bakker, Ursula E. Spichiger and Thomas Rosatzin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

W. Simon

347 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

Tables of Spectral Data for Structure Determination of Or... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1993 250 500 750
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.

  1. Tables of Spectral Data for Structure Determination of Organic Compounds
    1989 941 citations Ernö Pretsch, W. Simon et al. profile →
  2. Lipophilic and immobilized anionic additives in solvent polymeric membranes of cation-selective chemical sensors
    1993 409 citations W. Simon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Simon Switzerland 69 10.6k 8.0k 6.3k 3.1k 2.4k 350 17.0k
Ernö Pretsch Switzerland 69 14.3k 1.4× 11.7k 1.5× 9.1k 1.5× 3.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 249 21.6k
Philippe Bühlmann United States 56 10.1k 1.0× 8.9k 1.1× 5.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 182 16.3k
Yoshio Umezawa Japan 54 5.1k 0.5× 4.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 677 0.3× 272 11.2k
Malcolm R. Smyth Ireland 57 3.2k 0.3× 5.4k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 425 0.2× 288 10.7k
George S. Wilson United States 55 3.2k 0.3× 6.4k 0.8× 3.7k 0.6× 642 0.2× 803 0.3× 183 12.0k
Eric Bakker Switzerland 75 19.5k 1.8× 15.6k 1.9× 11.8k 1.9× 2.9k 0.9× 476 0.2× 384 23.8k
Theodore Kuwana United States 55 3.1k 0.3× 6.0k 0.8× 5.9k 0.9× 607 0.2× 546 0.2× 166 9.6k
Frank Marken United Kingdom 63 3.1k 0.3× 7.4k 0.9× 6.8k 1.1× 807 0.3× 2.0k 0.8× 603 17.8k
Richard P. Buck United States 50 6.8k 0.6× 5.7k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 492 0.2× 201 0.1× 242 10.0k
Christian Amatore France 83 4.1k 0.4× 6.9k 0.9× 8.7k 1.4× 689 0.2× 11.3k 4.6× 545 27.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Simon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Simon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Simon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Simon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W. Simon. W. Simon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spichiger, Ursula E., Daniel Citterio, Hans Bühler, et al.. (1995). From molecular recognition to analytical information using chemical sensors: Development of a combined catheter gastric pH‐probe. Electroanalysis. 7(9). 859–863. 7 indexed citations
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Simon, W., L Raptis, Stephen C. Pang, & Brian M. Bennett. (1993). Comparison of liposome fusion and electroporation for the intracellular delivery of nonpermeant molecules to adherent cultured cells. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods. 29(1). 29–35. 8 indexed citations
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Simon, W., Werner E. Morf, K. Seiler, & Ursula E. Spichiger‐Keller. (1990). Ion carrier based optodes. Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 337(1). 26–27. 4 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1988). NH 4 + ion-selective microelectrode based on the antibiotics nonactin/monactin. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 412(4). 359–362. 18 indexed citations
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Pretsch, Ernö, et al.. (1985). Barium-selective electrodes based on neutral carriers and their use in the titration of sulfate in combustion products. Analytical Chemistry. 57(14). 2756–2758. 28 indexed citations
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Viet, Pham Hung, Dieter H. Welti, Andras. Bezegh, et al.. (1984). Tin organic compounds as neutral carriers for anion selective electrodes. Analytical Chemistry. 56(3). 535–538. 125 indexed citations
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Simon, W., Daniel Ammann, P. Anker, U. Oesch, & D. M. Band. (1984). Ion‐Selective Electrodes and Their Clinical Application in the Continuous Ion Monitoringa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 428(1). 279–285. 15 indexed citations
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Erne, Daniel, Daniel Ammann, & W. Simon. (1979). Liquid Membrane <i>p</i>H Electrode Based on a Synthetic Proton Carrier. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 33(3). 88–88. 2 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1978). Changes in the intracellular electrochemical potentials of Na+, K+ and Cl- in single cells of the proximal tubule of the Necturous kidney induced by rapid changes in the extracellular perfusion fluids [proceedings].. PubMed. 28(5). 879–879. 4 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1976). Instrumentation for curie-point pyrolysis/gas chromatography using high-resolution glass open-tubular columns. Chromatographia. 9(12). 597–600. 19 indexed citations
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Ammann, Daniel, Ernö Pretsch, & W. Simon. (1974). A Sodium Ion-Selective Electrode Based on a Neutral Carrier. Analytical Letters. 7(1). 23–32. 32 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1972). Membranelektrode zur selektiven, potentiometrischen Erfassung organischer Kationen. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 55(5). 1801–1809. 51 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1970). Kernresonanz‐spektroskopische Untersuchung protonierter Stickstoffverbindungen in Trifluoressigsäure. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 53(7). 1609–1611. 6 indexed citations
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Pioda, Lavinia A. R. & W. Simon. (1969). Antibiotika-Membranelektroden zur selektiven Erfassung von Kaliumionenaktivitäten. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 23(2). 72–72. 5 indexed citations
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Pioda, Lavinia A. R., Veronika Staňková, & W. Simon. (1969). Highly Selective Potassium Ion Responsive Liquid-Membrane Electrode. Analytical Letters. 2(12). 665–674. 127 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1969). Bestimmung scheinbarer Aciditätskonstanten von schwachen Säuren in flüssigem Ammoniak durch Titration mit Hilfe von Glaselektroden. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 52(7). 2060–2064. 2 indexed citations
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Völlmin, J. A., et al.. (1969). Pyrolysis gas chromatography of aromatic carboxylic acids. Chromatographia. 2(1). 14–16. 1 indexed citations
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Simon, W.. (1964). Structure and Acidity of Organic Compounds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 3(10). 661–668. 16 indexed citations
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Simon, W.. (1964). Struktur und Acidität organischer Verbindungen. Angewandte Chemie. 76(18). 772–780. 12 indexed citations
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Simon, W., et al.. (1960). Notiz �ber einen Str�mungsmesser f�r kleine Grasdurchflu�mengen. Microchimica Acta. 48(1). 113–117. 3 indexed citations

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