William A. Goddard

176.0k citations

1.7k papers · 140.4k indexed · 47 hit papers · h-index 166

Impact in

Catalysis top 0.01%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.01%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Papers in

Catalysis 163
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 78
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 253
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 159
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts 78

Co-authors: Adri C. T. van Duin Anthony K. Rappé Siddharth Dasgupta Barry D. Olafson Stephen L. Mayo Hai Xiao C. J. Casewit W. M. Skiff
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (242 papers)The Journal of Chemical Physics (89 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (78 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (68 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (63 papers)
Partner nations: United States China South Korea

In The Last Decade

William A. Goddard

1.6k papers receiving 137.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Manipulating the diffusion energy barrier at the lithium metal electrolyte interface for dendrite-free long-life batteries 2024 · 113 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Communications
2023 Nature Energy
2023 Nature Catalysis
2023 Nature Communications
2020 Nature Catalysis
2018 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018 Advanced Science
2018 Nature Communications
2018 Nature Electronics
2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016 Science
2015 Energy & Environmental Science
2015 ACS Nano
2014 Nature Communications
2012 Science
2012 Science
2011 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2011 The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2009 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2009 Nature Chemistry
2009 Chemical Society Reviews
2009 Chemical Society Reviews
2008 Nature
2008 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2008 The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2008 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2005 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2004 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2003 Physical Review Letters
2003 The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2001 The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2000 Nanotechnology
1994 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1992 Science
1992 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1991 The Journal of Physical Chemistry
1990 Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
1990 The Journal of Physical Chemistry
1989 Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
1989 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1986 CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology)
1973 Accounts of Chemical Research
1969 Chemical Physics Letters

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1	Enhancing CO₂ selectivity in MOFs through a dual-ligand strategy: Experimental and theoretical insights Journal of CO2 Utilization ·Amir Kazemi, Akram Karbalaee Hosseini, Mahyar Ashourzadeh Pordsari, Mohsen Tamtaji, Saber Keshavarz, Faranak Manteghi, Azadeh Tadjarodi, Ahad Ghaemi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard	2025	9
2	Environmentally friendly synthesis and morphology engineering of mixed-metal MOF for outstanding CO2 capture efficiency Chemical Engineering Journal ·Amir Kazemi, Mahyar Ashourzadeh Pordsari, Mohsen Tamtaji, Faranak Manteghi, Ahad Ghaemi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard	2025	20
3	Eco-Friendly Synthesis and Morphology Control of MOF-74 for Exceptional CO2 Capture Performance with DFT Validation Separation and Purification Technology ·Amir Kazemi, Mahyar Ashourzadeh Pordsari, Mohsen Tamtaji, Fatemeh Zainali, Saber Keshavarz, Hasan Baesmat, Faranak Manteghi, Ahad Ghaemi, Sohrab Rohani, William A. Goddard	2024	16
4	Multiple-year battery based on highly efficient and stable dual-site radioactive isotope dye-sensitized betavoltaic cell Journal of Power Sources ·Hong Soo Kim, Junho Lee, Sang‐hun Lee, Niket S. Powar, Muhammad Bilal Naseem, Chol Hyun Kim, Haoran Zhou, Hwan Kyu Kim, William A. Goddard, Su‐Il In	2024	9
5	Mechanistic insights into the evolution of Cu active center in acetylene hydrochlorination Journal of Catalysis ·Tiantong Zhang, Yao Nian, Bao Wang, Jinli Zhang, William A. Goddard, You Han	2024	3
6	2D Metal/Graphene and 2D Metal/Graphene/Metal Systems for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Formic Acid Angewandte Chemie ·Jinwon Cho, Arturo Aburto‐Medina, Ines Saih, Ji Il Choi, Matthew Drexler, William A. Goddard, Faisal M. Alamgir, Seung Soon Jang	2024	7
7	Single and dual metal atom catalysts for enhanced singlet oxygen generation and oxygen reduction reaction Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Mohsen Tamtaji, Songhhua Cai, Wenting Wu, Tongchao Liu, Zhimin Li, Hsun‐Yun Chang, Patrick Ryan Galligan, Shin‐ichi Iida, Xiangrong Li, Faisal Rehman, Khalil Amine, William A. Goddard, Zhengtang Luo	2023	37
8	Non-bonding interaction of dual atom catalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction Nano Energy ·Mohsen Tamtaji, Qiuming Peng, Tongchao Liu, Xue Zhao, Zhihang Xu, Patrick Ryan Galligan, Md Delowar Hossain, Zhenjing Liu, Hoilun Wong, Hongwei Liu, Khalil Amine, Ye Zhu, William A. Goddard, Wenting Wu, Zhengtang Luo	2023	48
9	Design of a One-Dimensional Stacked Spin Peierls System with Room-Temperature Switching from Quantum Mechanical Predictions The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Hao Yang, Tao Cheng, William A. Goddard, Xiao‐Ming Ren	2019	1
10	Role of solvent-anion charge transfer in oxidative degradation of battery electrolytes Nature Communications ·Eric Fadel, Francesco Faglioni, Ge. G. Samsonidze, Nicola Molinari, Boris V. Merinov, William A. Goddard, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Jonathan P. Mailoa, Boris Kozinsky	2019	61
11	Neighboring Component Effect in a Tri-stable [2]Rotaxane Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yuping Wang, Tao Cheng, Junling Sun, Zhichang Liu, Marco Frasconi, William A. Goddard, J. Fraser Stoddart	2018	26
12	Predicted Structures of the Active Sites Responsible for the Improved Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by Gold Nanoparticles The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Tao Cheng, Yufeng Huang, Hai Xiao, William A. Goddard	2017	45
13	Mechanical-Bond-Protected, Air-Stable Radicals Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Junling Sun, Zhichang Liu, Wei-Guang Liu, Yilei Wu, Yuping Wang, Jonathan C. Barnes, Keith Hermann, William A. Goddard, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Fraser Stoddart	2017	44
14	Nucleation of Graphene Layers on Magnetic Oxides: Co₃O₄(111) and Cr₂O₃(0001) from Theory and Experiment The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·John Beatty, Tao Cheng, Yuan Cao, M. Sky Driver, William A. Goddard, Jeffry A. Kelber	2016	9
15	Mechanism and kinetics of the electrocatalytic reaction responsible for the high cost of hydrogen fuel cells Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Tao Cheng, William A. Goddard, Qi An, Hai Xiao, Boris V. Merinov, Sergey I. Morozov	2016	48
16	Phosphofructokinase 1 Glycosylation Regulates Cell Growth and Metabolism Science ·Wen Yi, Peter M. Clark, Daniel E. Mason, Marie C. Keenan, Collin Hill, William A. Goddard, Eric C. Peters, Edward M. Driggers, Linda C. Hsieh‐Wilson Hit paper breakdown →	2012	514
17	Entropy and the driving force for the filling of carbon nanotubes with water Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tod A. Pascal, William A. Goddard, Yousung Jung	2011	285
18	Elucidating glycosaminoglycan–protein–protein interactions using carbohydrate microarray and computational approaches Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Claude J. Rogers, Peter M. Clark, Sarah E. Tully, Ravinder Abrol, K. Christopher García, William A. Goddard, Linda C. Hsieh‐Wilson	2011	91
19	Dynamic behavior of fully solvated β2-adrenergic receptor, embedded in the membrane with bound agonist or antagonist Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Peter Spijker, Nagarajan Vaidehi, Peter L. Freddolino, P.A.J. Hilbers, William A. Goddard	2006	39
20	Antibody Catalysis of the Oxidation of Water Science ·Paul Wentworth, Lyn H. Jones, Anita D. Wentworth, Xueyong Zhu, Nicholas Larsen, Ian A. Wilson, Xin Xu, William A. Goddard, Kim D. Janda, Albert Eschenmoser, Richard A. Lerner	2001	228

About William A. Goddard

William A. Goddard is a scholar working on Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 1.7k papers that have together received 140.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (256 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (159 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (114 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (113 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (107 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (78 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (78 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (70 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (11.8k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (22.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (59.3k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (16.2k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (8.5k citations). William A. Goddard has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

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