William A. Goddard

176.0k total citations · 47 hit papers
1.7k papers, 140.4k citations indexed

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William A. Goddard is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Goddard has authored 1.7k papers receiving a total of 140.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 666 papers in Materials Chemistry, 414 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 355 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in William A. Goddard's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (256 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (159 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (114 papers). William A. Goddard is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (256 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (159 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (114 papers). William A. Goddard collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. William A. Goddard's co-authors include Adri C. T. van Duin, Anthony K. Rappé, Siddharth Dasgupta, Barry D. Olafson, Stephen L. Mayo, Hai Xiao, C. J. Casewit, W. M. Skiff, Tao Cheng and Tahir Çağın and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William A. Goddard

1.6k papers receiving 137.4k citations

Hit Papers

UFF, a full periodic table force field for molecula... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1992 1990 2001 1991 1990 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. UFF, a full periodic table force field for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations
    1992 8.6k citations William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. DREIDING: a generic force field for molecular simulations
    1990 5.5k citations Stephen L. Mayo, Barry D. Olafson et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
  3. ReaxFF:  A Reactive Force Field for Hydrocarbons
    2001 4.9k citations Adri C. T. van Duin, Siddharth Dasgupta et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
  4. Charge equilibration for molecular dynamics simulations
    1991 2.9k citations William A. Goddard et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
  5. Starburst Dendrimers: Molecular‐Level Control of Size, Shape, Surface Chemistry, Topology, and Flexibility from Atoms to Macroscopic Matter
    1990 2.8k citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  6. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials
    2008 2.2k citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  7. ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hydrocarbon Oxidation
    2008 2.1k citations Kimberly Chenoweth, Adri C. T. van Duin et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
  8. Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction
    2016 1.4k citations Zipeng Zhao, Tao Cheng et al. profile →
  9. High-performance bifunctional porous non-noble metal phosphide catalyst for overall water splitting
    2018 1.0k citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  10. Accurate First Principles Calculation of Molecular Charge Distributions and Solvation Energies from Ab Initio Quantum Mechanics and Continuum Dielectric Theory
    1994 977 citations William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes
    2000 868 citations Tahir Çağın, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  12. The X3LYP extended density functional for accurate descriptions of nonbond interactions, spin states, and thermochemical properties
    2004 830 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  13. ReaxFFSiO Reactive Force Field for Silicon and Silicon Oxide Systems
    2003 814 citations Adri C. T. van Duin, William A. Goddard et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
  14. Covalent Organic Frameworks as Exceptional Hydrogen Storage Materials
    2008 808 citations William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  15. Field-effect transistors made from solution-grown two-dimensional tellurene
    2018 727 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  16. Benzene Forms Hydrogen Bonds with Water
    1992 656 citations Siddharth Dasgupta, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  17. Theoretical predictions for hot-carrier generation from surface plasmon decay
    2014 632 citations Ravishankar Sundararaman, Prineha Narang et al. profile →
  18. Nonradiative Plasmon Decay and Hot Carrier Dynamics: Effects of Phonons, Surfaces, and Geometry
    2015 585 citations Ana M. Brown, Ravishankar Sundararaman et al. ACS Nano profile →
  19. Calculation of Solvation Free Energies of Charged Solutes Using Mixed Cluster/Continuum Models
    2008 585 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  20. Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles
    2005 582 citations William A. Goddard, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  21. Predictions of Hole Mobilities in Oligoacene Organic Semiconductors from Quantum Mechanical Calculations
    2004 576 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  22. Origin of low sodium capacity in graphite and generally weak substrate binding of Na and Mg among alkali and alkaline earth metals
    2016 550 citations Boris V. Merinov, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  23. Temperature Dependence of Blue Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes
    2009 548 citations William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  24. Excited States of H2O using improved virtual orbitals
    1969 542 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  25. Schottky-Barrier-Free Contacts with Two-Dimensional Semiconductors by Surface-Engineered MXenes
    2016 536 citations Hai Xiao, William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  26. Full atomistic reaction mechanism with kinetics for CO reduction on Cu(100) from ab initio molecular dynamics free-energy calculations at 298 K
    2017 534 citations Tao Cheng, Hai Xiao et al. profile →
  27. Recent advances on simulation and theory of hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks
    2009 530 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  28. Cu metal embedded in oxidized matrix catalyst to promote CO 2 activation and CO dimerization for electrochemical reduction of CO 2
    2017 523 citations Hai Xiao, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  29. Accurate Band Gaps for Semiconductors from Density Functional Theory
    2011 520 citations Hai Xiao, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  30. Phosphofructokinase 1 Glycosylation Regulates Cell Growth and Metabolism
    2012 514 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  31. Shock Waves in High-Energy Materials: The Initial Chemical Events in Nitramine RDX
    2003 510 citations Adri C. T. van Duin, Siddharth Dasgupta et al. profile →
  32. Synergy between Fe and Ni in the optimal performance of (Ni,Fe)OOH catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
    2018 479 citations Hai Xiao, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  33. Highly active and stable stepped Cu surface for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4
    2020 475 citations Soonho Kwon, Tao Cheng et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  34. Nature of the chemical bond
    1986 471 citations William A. Goddard profile →
  35. Oxidative Aliphatic C-H Fluorination with Fluoride Ion Catalyzed by a Manganese Porphyrin
    2012 466 citations Mu‐Jeng Cheng, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  36. Oxygen‐Vacancy Abundant Ultrafine Co3O4/Graphene Composites for High‐Rate Supercapacitor Electrodes
    2018 460 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  37. ReaxFF-lg: Correction of the ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for London Dispersion, with Applications to the Equations of State for Energetic Materials
    2011 452 citations Sergey V. Zybin, William A. Goddard et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A profile →
  38. Starburst dendrimers. 5. Molecular shape control
    1989 439 citations William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  39. Research opportunities on clusters and cluster-assembled materials—A Department of Energy, Council on Materials Science Panel Report
    1989 428 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  40. Generalized valence bond description of bonding in low-lying states of molecules
    1973 395 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  41. Mechanically bonded macromolecules
    2009 390 citations William A. Goddard, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. profile →
  42. Unexpected discovery of low-cost maricite NaFePO4as a high-performance electrode for Na-ion batteries
    2015 337 citations William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  43. Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports
    2023 303 citations Jianjun Su, Charles B. Musgrave et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  44. Radically enhanced molecular recognition
    2009 274 citations William A. Goddard, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. profile →
  45. Potential-dependent transition of reaction mechanisms for oxygen evolution on layered double hydroxides
    2023 187 citations William A. Goddard, Hai Xiao et al. profile →
  46. Understanding hydrogen electrocatalysis by probing the hydrogen-bond network of water at the electrified Pt–solution interface
    2023 162 citations Soonho Kwon, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
  47. Manipulating the diffusion energy barrier at the lithium metal electrolyte interface for dendrite-free long-life batteries
    2024 113 citations Moon Young Yang, William A. Goddard et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Goddard United States 166 59.3k 29.4k 25.5k 25.1k 22.1k 1.7k 140.4k
Stefan Grimme Germany 128 71.0k 1.2× 31.9k 1.1× 37.7k 1.5× 53.5k 2.1× 18.1k 0.8× 817 171.5k
Weitao Yang United States 87 45.5k 0.8× 21.2k 0.7× 41.7k 1.6× 47.4k 1.9× 8.4k 0.4× 416 139.0k
Axel D. Becke Canada 55 62.2k 1.0× 24.7k 0.8× 56.9k 2.2× 68.7k 2.7× 10.8k 0.5× 93 190.6k
Kieron Burke United States 59 140.3k 2.4× 66.5k 2.3× 49.1k 1.9× 16.2k 0.6× 27.7k 1.3× 179 217.7k
Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 32 142.9k 2.4× 68.6k 2.3× 45.4k 1.8× 15.7k 0.6× 29.3k 1.3× 92 216.1k
Donald G. Truhlar United States 169 41.4k 0.7× 16.0k 0.5× 79.5k 3.1× 54.9k 2.2× 8.4k 0.4× 1.5k 180.2k
Gustavo E. Scuseria United States 114 58.9k 1.0× 23.8k 0.8× 36.8k 1.4× 15.8k 0.6× 7.1k 0.3× 488 101.6k
Peidong Yang United States 179 88.6k 1.5× 57.5k 2.0× 12.5k 0.5× 6.8k 0.3× 35.7k 1.6× 499 133.0k
Stephan Ehrlich Germany 12 32.3k 0.5× 16.0k 0.5× 11.1k 0.4× 16.8k 0.7× 10.6k 0.5× 15 68.6k
Galen D. Stucky United States 139 63.9k 1.1× 15.8k 0.5× 5.1k 0.2× 11.7k 0.5× 12.5k 0.6× 820 98.0k

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All Works

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Donnelly, Daniel J, Moon Young Yang, Nicholas Dimakis, et al.. (2025). Atomistic characterization of hydration-dependent fuel cell ionomer nanostructure: validation by vibrational spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(30). 24495–24510. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yong, Honglei Wang, Yun Song, et al.. (2025). Deformed One-Dimensional Covalent Organic Polymers for Enhanced CO Electroreduction to Methanol. ACS Nano. 19(25). 23370–23378. 1 indexed citations
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Powar, Niket S., Soonho Kwon, Chaitanya B. Hiragond, et al.. (2025). Defect-Driven Dynamics in Gas-Phase Photocatalytic CO 2 Conversion to Solar Fuels Using Ti 3 + /Ti 4 + Containing TiO 2 and Nonstoichiometric Ag 2 S Nanowires. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 18474–18483.
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Kazemi, Amir, Mohsen Tamtaji, Faranak Manteghi, et al.. (2024). Eco-Friendly Synthesis and Morphology Control of MOF-74 for Exceptional CO2 Capture Performance with DFT Validation. Separation and Purification Technology. 361. 131328–131328. 16 indexed citations
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Kim, Hong Soo, Junho Lee, Sang‐hun Lee, et al.. (2024). Multiple-year battery based on highly efficient and stable dual-site radioactive isotope dye-sensitized betavoltaic cell. Journal of Power Sources. 606. 234427–234427. 9 indexed citations
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Nian, Yao, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into the evolution of Cu active center in acetylene hydrochlorination. Journal of Catalysis. 442. 115926–115926. 3 indexed citations
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Cho, Jinwon, Arturo Aburto‐Medina, Ji Il Choi, et al.. (2024). 2D Metal/Graphene and 2D Metal/Graphene/Metal Systems for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Formic Acid. Angewandte Chemie. 136(12). 7 indexed citations
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Tamtaji, Mohsen, Wenting Wu, Tongchao Liu, et al.. (2023). Single and dual metal atom catalysts for enhanced singlet oxygen generation and oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(14). 7513–7525. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haochen, Chunsong Li, Guangsheng Luo, et al.. (2023). Activation of light alkanes at room temperature and ambient pressure. Nature Catalysis. 6(8). 666–675. 20 indexed citations
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Tamtaji, Mohsen, Qiuming Peng, Tongchao Liu, et al.. (2023). Non-bonding interaction of dual atom catalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Energy. 108. 108218–108218. 48 indexed citations
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Cheng, Tao, et al.. (2020). Atomistic Explanation of the Dramatically Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction of Jagged Platinum Nanowires, 50 Times Better than Pt. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(19). 8625–8632. 64 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zipeng, Md Delowar Hossain, Chunchuan Xu, et al.. (2020). Tailoring a Three-Phase Microenvironment for High-Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Matter. 3(5). 1774–1790. 128 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuping, Tao Cheng, Junling Sun, et al.. (2018). Neighboring Component Effect in a Tri-stable [2]Rotaxane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(42). 13827–13834. 26 indexed citations
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Zheng, Fan, Hai Xiao, Yiliu Wang, et al.. (2017). Layer-by-Layer Degradation of Methylammonium Lead Tri-iodide Perovskite Microplates. Joule. 1(3). 548–562. 235 indexed citations
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Brown, Ana M., Ravishankar Sundararaman, Prineha Narang, William A. Goddard, & Harry A. Atwater. (2015). Nonradiative Plasmon Decay and Hot Carrier Dynamics: Effects of Phonons, Surfaces, and Geometry. ACS Nano. 10(1). 957–966. 585 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Wei-Guang, Shiqing Wang, Siddharth Dasgupta, et al.. (2013). Experimental and quantum mechanics investigations of early reactions of monomethylhydrazine with mixtures of NO2 and N2O4. Combustion and Flame. 160(5). 970–981. 32 indexed citations
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Uludoğan, M., et al.. (2008). DFT Studies on Ferroelectric Ceramics and Their Alloys: BaTiO_3, PbTiO_3, SrTiO_3, AgNbO_3, AgTaO_3, Pb_xBa_1-x TiO_3 and Sr_xBa_1-xTiO_3. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 24(3). 215–238. 4 indexed citations
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Chenoweth, Kimberly, Adri C. T. van Duin, & William A. Goddard. (2008). ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hydrocarbon Oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 112(5). 1040–1053. 2137 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fijany, Amir, Andrés Jaramillo-Botero, Tahir Çağın, & William A. Goddard. (1997). A Massively Parallel Algorithm for Solution of Constrained Equations of Motion in Molecular Dynamics. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Mayo, Stephen L., Barry D. Olafson, & William A. Goddard. (1990). DREIDING: a generic force field for molecular simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(26). 8897–8909. 5474 indexed citations breakdown →

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