William J. Evans

35.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
612 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

William J. Evans is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Evans has authored 612 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 466 papers in Organic Chemistry, 378 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 159 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Evans's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (392 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (243 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (192 papers). William J. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (392 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (243 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (192 papers). William J. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. William J. Evans's co-authors include Joseph W. Ziller, Jeffrey R. Long, Jerry L. Atwood, Ming Fang, Stosh A. Kozimor, Jeffrey D. Rinehart, Filipp Furche, Pawel Keblinski, Tamara A. Ulibarri and William E. Hunter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

William J. Evans

602 papers receiving 29.1k 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.

Strong exchange and magnetic blocking in N23−-radical-bridged lanthanide complexes

2011 977 citations William J. Evans et al. profile →
A N₂^3– Radical-Bridged Terbium Complex Exhibiting Magnetic Hysteresis at 14 K

2011 901 citations William J. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William J. Evans	19.2k	16.3k	11.3k	6.8k	1.6k	612	29.8k
Jerry L. Atwood	24.1k 1.3×	16.8k 1.0×	11.2k 1.0×	4.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	778	34.6k
Joseph W. Ziller	22.9k 1.2×	15.1k 0.9×	8.6k 0.8×	4.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	665	30.9k
Alan J. Lough	18.1k 0.9×	13.6k 0.8×	5.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.3×	2.6k 1.7×	810	27.1k
Karl A. Scheidt	18.0k 0.9×	10.5k 0.6×	6.7k 0.6×	3.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	235	28.8k
Alexander J. Blake	16.0k 0.8×	25.7k 1.6×	15.4k 1.4×	12.0k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k	40.6k
Rosario Scopelliti	13.5k 0.7×	8.0k 0.5×	8.6k 0.8×	3.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	559	24.6k
W. Clegg	19.4k 1.0×	13.7k 0.8×	6.5k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k	28.9k
A.G. Orpen	18.6k 1.0×	13.4k 0.8×	4.9k 0.4×	2.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	532	26.7k
Jaheon Kim	5.4k 0.3×	23.7k 1.5×	18.3k 1.6×	8.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	105	30.5k
Carolyn B. Knobler	7.9k 0.4×	12.3k 0.8×	9.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.4×	677 0.4×	351	22.6k

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Ma, Ernest, et al.. (2025). Four-electron oxidation and one-electron reduction of the bis(terphenylthiolate) U(ii) complex, U(SAr^iPr6)₂ [Ar^iPr6 = C₆H₃-2,6-(C₆H₂-2,4,6-ⁱPr₃)₂]. Chemical Communications. 61(56). 10319–10322. 1 indexed citations

Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2024). The Scandium(II) Carbonyl Complex (C₅H₂^tBu₃)₂Sc(CO) and Its Isocyanide Analog (C₅H₂^tBu₃)₂Sc(CNC₆H₃Me₂-2,6). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(36). 24770–24775. 5 indexed citations

Capet, Frédéric, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of borohydride rare-earth complexes supported by 2-pyridinemethanamido ligands and their application in the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters. Dalton Transactions. 54(4). 1433–1453.

Wedal, Justin C., et al.. (2024). Investigating Steric and Electronic Effects in the Synthesis of Square Planar 6d¹ Th(III) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(14). 6217–6230. 6 indexed citations

Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Crystallographically Characterizable Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Sc(II) Complexes: (C₅H₂^tBu₃)₂Sc and {[C₅H₃(SiMe₃)₂]₂ScI}^1–. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(5). 3279–3292. 13 indexed citations

Wedal, Justin C., et al.. (2024). Perplexing EPR Signals from 5f ³ 6d ¹ U(II) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(6). 2945–2953. 8 indexed citations

Smith, Patrick W., et al.. (2024). Identification of an X-Band Clock Transition in Cp′₃Pr^–Enabled by a 4f²5d¹Configuration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(9). 5781–5785. 17 indexed citations

Windorff, Cory J., Conrad A. P. Goodwin, Joseph M. Sperling, et al.. (2023). Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr₄(OPCy₃)₂ and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX₄(OPR₃)₂ (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(44). 18136–18149. 2 indexed citations

Fujimoto, Cy, et al.. (2023). Lessons Learned: Benzene Distillation Vapor Explosion and Fire. ACS Chemical Health & Safety. 30(4). 146–150. 2 indexed citations

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Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2023). Replacing Trimethylsilyl with Triisopropylsilyl Provides Crystalline (C₅H₄SiR₃)₃Th Complexes of Th(III) and Th(II). Organometallics. 42(19). 2927–2937. 15 indexed citations

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Rappoport, Dmitrij, et al.. (2022). Solid-State End-On to Side-On Isomerization of (N═N)^2– in {[(R₂N)₃Nd]₂N₂}^2– (R = SiMe₃) Connects In Situ Ln^III(NR₂)₃/K and Isolated [Ln^II(NR₂)₃]^1– Dinitrogen Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(37). 17064–17074. 13 indexed citations

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Wedal, Justin C., Joseph W. Ziller, Filipp Furche, & William J. Evans. (2022). Synthesis and Reduction of Heteroleptic Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Uranium(III) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(19). 7365–7376. 19 indexed citations

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Wedal, Justin C., Filipp Furche, & William J. Evans. (2021). Density Functional Theory Analysis of the Importance of Coordination Geometry for 5f³6d¹ versus 5f⁴ Electron Configurations in U(II) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(21). 16316–16325. 18 indexed citations

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Huh, Daniel N., et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Ln^II‐in‐Cryptand Complexes by Chemical Reduction of Ln^III‐in‐Cryptand Precursors: Isolation of a Nd^II‐in‐Cryptand Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(37). 16141–16146. 26 indexed citations

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Windorff, Cory J., Joseph M. Sperling, Thomas E. Albrecht‐Schmitt, et al.. (2020). A Single Small-Scale Plutonium Redox Reaction System Yields Three Crystallographically-Characterizable Organoplutonium Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(18). 13301–13314. 26 indexed citations

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Fleischauer, Valerie E., G. Ganguly, David H. Woen, et al.. (2019). Insight into the Electronic Structure of Formal Lanthanide(II) Complexes using Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. Organometallics. 38(16). 3124–3131. 20 indexed citations

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Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2019). Synthesis and Reduction of Bimetallic Methyl-Bridged Rare-Earth Metal Complexes, [(C₅H₄SiMe₃)₂Ln(μ-CH₃)]₂ (Ln = Y, Tb, Dy). ACS Omega. 4(1). 398–402. 5 indexed citations

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Palumbo, Chad T., Dominik P. Halter, Vamsee K. Voora, et al.. (2018). Using Diamagnetic Yttrium and Lanthanum Complexes to Explore Ligand Reduction and C–H Bond Activation in a Tris(aryloxide)mesitylene Ligand System. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(20). 12876–12884. 18 indexed citations

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Cross, Justin N., Jing Su, Enrique R. Batista, et al.. (2017). Covalency in Americium(III) Hexachloride. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(25). 8667–8677. 94 indexed citations

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Windorff, Cory J., et al.. (2017). Small-Scale Metal-Based Syntheses of Lanthanide Iodide, Amide, and Cyclopentadienyl Complexes as Analogues for Transuranic Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(19). 11981–11989. 25 indexed citations

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