William G. Becker

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 909 citations indexed

About

William G. Becker is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Becker has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 909 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 7 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in William G. Becker's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (8 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (5 papers). William G. Becker is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (8 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (5 papers). William G. Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. William G. Becker's co-authors include Allen J. Bard, Guilford Jones, D. EGE, Henry S. White, Richard Stern, Nicholas J. Turro, Linda A. George, Hans‐Jürgen Hamann, Klaus Teuchner and S. Daehne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William G. Becker

20 papers receiving 864 citations

Hit Papers

Photoluminescence and photoinduced oxygen adsorption of c... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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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. Photoluminescence and photoinduced oxygen adsorption of colloidal zinc sulfide dispersions
    1983 409 citations William G. Becker, Allen J. Bard The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William G. Becker United States 14 526 353 196 138 134 20 909
Craig Wall United States 10 462 0.9× 173 0.5× 149 0.8× 70 0.5× 130 1.0× 19 799
Colin L. Honeybourne United Kingdom 15 372 0.7× 252 0.7× 35 0.2× 57 0.4× 109 0.8× 58 747
Hideaki Monjushiro Japan 16 254 0.5× 215 0.6× 48 0.2× 62 0.4× 118 0.9× 68 731
Megan L. Shelby United States 16 412 0.8× 182 0.5× 327 1.7× 58 0.4× 129 1.0× 29 828
Joel N. Schrauben United States 10 490 0.9× 349 1.0× 287 1.5× 44 0.3× 55 0.4× 15 978
А. Г. Кривенко Russia 17 215 0.4× 332 0.9× 198 1.0× 385 2.8× 29 0.2× 110 781
C. Fischer Germany 19 517 1.0× 490 1.4× 72 0.4× 58 0.4× 48 0.4× 63 948
Jeremy Monat United States 7 423 0.8× 165 0.5× 304 1.6× 93 0.7× 53 0.4× 14 899
Noritsugu Kometani Japan 18 437 0.8× 115 0.3× 108 0.6× 43 0.3× 139 1.0× 56 1.1k
T. Dhanasekaran United States 10 580 1.1× 191 0.5× 481 2.5× 47 0.3× 44 0.3× 13 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Becker, William G., et al.. (2023). Hyper-Local Weather Predictions with the Enhanced General Urban Area Microclimate Predictions Tool. Drones. 7(7). 428–428. 7 indexed citations
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George, Linda A. & William G. Becker. (2003). Investigating the Urban Heat Island Effect with a Collaborative Inquiry Project. Journal of Geoscience Education. 51(2). 237–243. 8 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1989). Interfacial factors that affect the photoefficiency of semiconductor-sensitized oxidations in nonaqueous media. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 93(12). 4882–4886. 18 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1984). Electrogenerated chemiluminescence. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 167(1-2). 127–140. 22 indexed citations
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White, Henry S., William G. Becker, & Allen J. Bard. (1984). Photochemistry of the tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-peroxydisulfate system in aqueous and mixed acetonitrile-water solutions. Evidence for a long-lived photoexcited ion pair. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 88(9). 1840–1846. 92 indexed citations
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EGE, D., William G. Becker, & Allen J. Bard. (1984). Electrogenerated chemiluminescent determination of tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium ion (Ru(bpy)32+) at low levels. Analytical Chemistry. 56(13). 2413–2417. 135 indexed citations
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Becker, William G. & Allen J. Bard. (1983). Photoluminescence and photoinduced oxygen adsorption of colloidal zinc sulfide dispersions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(24). 4888–4893. 409 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, Guilford, et al.. (1983). Variations in mechanism for photoinduced valence isomerization of an electron-donor nonconjugated diene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(5). 1269–1276. 16 indexed citations
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Jones, Guilford & William G. Becker. (1983). Photoisomerization of charge-transfer complexes of hexamethyl(Dewar benzene). Contrasting paths for rearrangement involving adiabatic reaction and ionic photodissociation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(5). 1276–1283. 21 indexed citations
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Jones, Guilford & William G. Becker. (1982). Wavelength effects on ionic photodissociation of charge-transfer complexes: the quadricyclene system. Chemical Physics Letters. 85(3). 271–274. 13 indexed citations
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Jones, Guilford, et al.. (1982). Intramolecular alkene cycloaddition via excited donor—acceptor complexes. Journal of Photochemistry. 19(3). 245–251. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, Guilford & William G. Becker. (1981). Wavelength and solvent effects on ionic photodissociation of charge-transfer complexes. The hexamethyl (Dewar benzene) system. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(15). 4630–4632. 14 indexed citations
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Jones, Guilford, et al.. (1980). Structure–reactivity factors for exciplex isomerization of quadricyclene and related compounds. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 681–683. 13 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1974). Electron scattering by TIF dimer. Chemical Physics Letters. 24(1). 105–107. 5 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1974). Scattering of alkali halides by electrons. II. CsCl. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 61(6). 2283–2289. 23 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1974). Scattering of alkali halides by electrons. I. CsF. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(12). 4697–4709. 28 indexed citations
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Becker, William G., et al.. (1974). Scattering of alkali halides by electrons. III. KI. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 61(6). 2290–2293. 22 indexed citations

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