Walter Thiel

57.1k total citations · 11 hit papers
725 papers, 46.0k citations indexed

About

Walter Thiel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Thiel has authored 725 papers receiving a total of 46.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 293 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 225 papers in Organic Chemistry and 148 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Walter Thiel's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (242 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (105 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (76 papers). Walter Thiel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (242 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (105 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (76 papers). Walter Thiel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Walter Thiel's co-authors include Michael J. S. Dewar, Hans Martin Senn, Dirk Bakowies, Sason Shaik, Mario R. Silva‐Junior, Devesh Kumar, Stephan P. A. Sauer, Marko Schreiber, Ganglong Cui and Manuel Alcarazo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter Thiel

717 papers receiving 44.8k 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.

Ground states of molecules. 38. The MNDO method. Approximations and parameters

1977 4.4k citations Walter Thiel et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
QM/MM Methods for Biomolecular Systems

2009 2.1k citations Hans Martin Senn, Walter Thiel profile →
Ground states of molecules. 39. MNDO results for molecules containing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen

1977 1.2k citations Walter Thiel et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Hybrid Models for Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Approaches

1996 1.1k citations Walter Thiel et al. profile →
Theoretical Perspective on the Structure and Mechanism of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

2005 1.1k citations Ahmet Altun, Walter Thiel et al. profile →
P450 Enzymes: Their Structure, Reactivity, and Selectivity—Modeled by QM/MM Calculations

2009 896 citations Walter Thiel et al. profile →
Benchmarks for electronically excited states: CASPT2, CC2, CCSD, and CC3

2008 822 citations Walter Thiel et al. profile →
Coordination chemistry at carbon

2009 617 citations Walter Thiel et al. profile →
Die Konservierung ganzer Leichen in natürlichen Farben

1992 611 citations Walter Thiel profile →
DL-FIND: An Open-Source Geometry Optimizer for Atomistic Simulations

2009 532 citations Johannes Kästner, Walter Thiel et al. profile →
Benchmarks for electronically excited states: Time-dependent density functional theory and density functional theory based multireference configuration interaction

2008 472 citations Walter Thiel et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Probing Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia with Water on the Rutile TiO₂ (110) Surface by First-Principles Calculations 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Xiaoying Xie, Pin Xiao, Wei‐Hai Fang, Ganglong Cui, Walter Thiel	66
2	Mechanism of the Visible-Light-Mediated Copper-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of Phenols and Alkynes 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Pin Xiao, Chun‐Xiang Li, Wei‐Hai Fang, Ganglong Cui, Walter Thiel	54
3	The rotation–vibration spectrum of methyl fluoride from first principles 2018 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·A. Owens, Andrey Yachmenev, Jochen Küpper, S. N. Yurchenko, Walter Thiel	11
4	Vibrational relaxation as the driving force for wavelength conversion in the peridinin–chlorophyll a-protein 2015 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Jan P. Götze, Bora Karasulu, Mahendra Patil, Walter Thiel	7
5	Mechanism for the Nonadiabatic Photooxidation of Benzene to Phenol: Orientation‐Dependent Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer 2015 ·ChemPhysChem ·Xue‐Ping Chang, Ganglong Cui, Wei‐Hai Fang, Walter Thiel	17
6	Structure and mechanism 2014 ·Wiley eBooks ·Peter R. Schreiner, Wesley D. Allen, Modesto Orozco, Walter Thiel, Peter Willett	2
7	Theoretical and physical chemistry 2014 ·Wiley eBooks ·Peter R. Schreiner, Wesley D. Allen, Modesto Orozco, Walter Thiel, Peter Willett	0
8	Reactivity of Metal Catalysts in Glucose–Fructose Conversion 2014 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), Jeaphianne van Rijn, (unknown), Qiong Tong, Ferdi Schüth, Walter Thiel	26
9	The Electronic Nature of the 1,4‐β‐Glycosidic Bond and Its Chemical Environment: DFT Insights into Cellulose Chemistry 2013 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), Roberto Rinaldi, Walter Thiel	83
10	Isomerization mechanism of the HcRed fluorescent protein chromophore 2012 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Qiao Sun, Zhen Li, Zhenggang Lan, (unknown), Markus Doerr, Stefan Fischer, Sean C. Smith, Walter Thiel	21
11	QM/MM studies of structural and energetic properties of the far-red fluorescent protein HcRed 2010 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Qiao Sun, Markus Doerr, Zhen Li, Sean C. Smith, Walter Thiel	25
12	Finite-temperature effects in enzymatic reactions — Insights from QM/MM free-energy simulations 2009 ·Canadian Journal of Chemistry ·Hans Martin Senn, Johannes Kästner, Jürgen Breidung, Walter Thiel	61
13	QM–MM interactions in simulations of liquid water using combined semi-empirical/classical Hamiltonians 2007 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Daan P. Geerke, Stephan Thiel, Walter Thiel, Wilfred F. van Gunsteren	19
14	Common system setup for the entire catalytic cycle of cytochrome P450_cam in quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical studies 2007 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Jingjing Zheng, Ahmet Altun, Walter Thiel	44
15	Metallocene/MAO Catalyzed Polymerizations of Functionalized Norbornene Derivatives: Copolymerizations Using Ethene, and Terpolymerizations Using Ethene and Norbornene 2001 ·Max Planck Digital Library ·Gerhard Fink, (unknown), Klaus Angermund, Vidar R. Jensen, Walter Thiel	1
16	Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Approaches 1998 ·CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry ·Tiziana Mordasini, Walter Thiel	56
17	N-メチルメタンスルホンアミドのab initio計算による回転及び反転障壁の決定 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Structure ·(unknown), Walter Thiel, William P. Weber	3
18	Mast-cell tumours in dogs: histopathological findings between 1980 and 1986, with reference to the TNM classification of tumours of domestic animals. 1990 ·Kleintierpraxis ·Walter Thiel	3
19	Resistance of Gram-negative Bacilli and Staphylococci from Blood Cultures to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Comparison of 3 in vitro Investigations from Austria 1982–1988 1990 ·Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie ·H. Mittermayer, M. Rotter, G Breitfellner, (unknown), Walter Thiel, (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	[Equivalence of oral and intramuscular premedication. III. Effect of premedication on anesthesia and postoperative pain]. 1986 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Walter Thiel, (unknown)	1

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