Walter S. Matthews

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 937 citations indexed

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Walter S. Matthews is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Filtration and Separation. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter S. Matthews has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 937 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 4 papers in Filtration and Separation. Recurrent topics in Walter S. Matthews's work include Various Chemistry Research Topics (5 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (4 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (2 papers). Walter S. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Various Chemistry Research Topics (5 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (4 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (2 papers). Walter S. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter S. Matthews's co-authors include F. G. Bordwell, Noel R. Vanier, John E. Bartmess, Gregory J. McCollum, Joseph E. Bares, George E. Drucker, Z. Margolin, Cal Y. Meyers, Michael Van Der Puy and James B. Hendrickson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron Letters.

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Walter S. Matthews

12 papers receiving 866 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.

Equilibrium acidities of carbon acids. VI. Establishment of an absolute scale of acidities in dimethyl sulfoxide solution

1975 483 citations Walter S. Matthews, Joseph E. Bares et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter S. Matthews United States	10	780	135	132	125	114	12	937
Z. Margolin United States	5	678 0.9×	105 0.8×	181 1.4×	109 0.9×	107 0.9×	7	891
Joseph E. Bares United States	7	592 0.8×	96 0.7×	124 0.9×	109 0.9×	79 0.7×	7	737
Noel R. Vanier Germany	13	964 1.2×	153 1.1×	180 1.4×	126 1.0×	199 1.7×	16	1.2k
Gregory J. McCollum United States	6	553 0.7×	93 0.7×	113 0.9×	100 0.8×	77 0.7×	10	683
John A. Harrelson United States	11	668 0.9×	98 0.7×	178 1.3×	143 1.1×	94 0.8×	13	904
Alfred Fischer Canada	14	619 0.8×	133 1.0×	84 0.6×	164 1.3×	135 1.2×	70	862
L. A. SUMMERS Australia	15	473 0.6×	129 1.0×	116 0.9×	151 1.2×	98 0.9×	103	749
Manfred Schulz Germany	13	548 0.7×	66 0.5×	86 0.7×	83 0.7×	100 0.9×	91	655
Yutaka Ohnishi Japan	14	475 0.6×	160 1.2×	92 0.7×	56 0.4×	181 1.6×	34	708
Dorothy Z. Denney United States	18	747 1.0×	85 0.6×	236 1.8×	101 0.8×	96 0.8×	67	907

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Meyers, Cal Y., et al.. (2002). Unexpected Differences in the α-Halogenation and Related Reactivity of Sulfones with Perhaloalkanes in KOH−t-BuOH. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 68(2). 500–511. 13 indexed citations

Meyers, Cal Y., et al.. (1978). Substituent Effects on the Disposition of Thiirane 1,1-Dioxides and Thiirene 1,1-Dioxides in KOH-t-BuOH. Heterocycles. 9(10). 1486–1486. 1 indexed citations

Bordwell, F. G., Joseph E. Bares, John E. Bartmess, et al.. (1977). Carbon acids. 12. Acidifying effects of phenyl substituents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(2). 321–325. 61 indexed citations

Bordwell, F. G., Joseph E. Bares, John E. Bartmess, et al.. (1977). Carbon acids. 13. Acidifying effects of phenylthio substituents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(2). 326–332. 71 indexed citations

Bordwell, F. G., Noel R. Vanier, Walter S. Matthews, James B. Hendrickson, & Paul L. Skipper. (1975). Acidities of carbon acids. VII. Conjugation and strain in some cyclopropyl anions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(24). 7160–7162. 69 indexed citations

Bordwell, F. G., John E. Bartmess, George E. Drucker, Z. Margolin, & Walter S. Matthews. (1975). Acidities of carbon acids. V. Correlation of acidities in dimethyl sulfoxide with gas-phase acidities. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(11). 3226–3227. 33 indexed citations

Bordwell, F. G., Walter S. Matthews, & Noel R. Vanier. (1975). Acidities of carbon acids. IV. Kinetic vs. equilibrium acidities as measures of carbanion stabilities. Relative effects of phenylthio, diphenylphosphino, and phenyl groups. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(2). 442–443. 39 indexed citations

Matthews, Walter S., Joseph E. Bares, John E. Bartmess, et al.. (1975). Equilibrium acidities of carbon acids. VI. Establishment of an absolute scale of acidities in dimethyl sulfoxide solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(24). 7006–7014. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

Bordwell, F. G. & Walter S. Matthews. (1974). Equilibrium acidities of carbon acids. II. Hydrocarbon indicators, phenylacetylene, and other carbon acids in the 20-27 pK region. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(4). 1214–1216. 30 indexed citations

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Matthews, Walter S., et al.. (1974). Equilibrium acidities of carbon acids. III. Carbon acids in the membrane series. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(4). 1216–1217. 14 indexed citations

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Meyers, Cal Y., et al.. (1974). The rapid reaction of benzhydryl sulfones with CCl4-KOH. A new route to 1,1-diarylalkenes. Tetrahedron Letters. 15(13). 1105–1108. 3 indexed citations

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Meyers, Cal Y., et al.. (1969). Ionic reactions of carbon tetrachloride. Survey of reactions with ketones, alcohols, and sulfones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(26). 7510–7512. 120 indexed citations

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