William M. Davis

12.5k citations

146 papers · 9.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Process Chemistry and Technology top 0.2%
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.2%
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Papers in

Inorganic Chemistry 72
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 29
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds 26
Organic Chemistry 116
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 81
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 28
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry 20
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics 17
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 11

Co-authors: Richard R. Schrock Christopher C. Cummins David C. White Janet S. Nickels Ronald J. Bobbie John D. King Stephen L. Buchwald Robert Baumann
Journals: Organometallics (40 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (38 papers)Inorganic Chemistry (13 papers)Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (6 papers)Inorganica Chimica Acta (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

William M. Davis

146 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS 2016 · 321 citations

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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.

2016 ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1997 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1990 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1990 Organometallics
1979 Oecologia

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1	Variation of terpene alkaloids in Daphniphyllum macropodum across plants and tissues New Phytologist ·Kaouthar Eljounaidi, Natalie P. Smithers, Caragh Whitehead, R. Garavaglia, Susana Conde, William M. Davis, Adam Dowle, Swen Langer, Sally James, William P. Unsworth, Daphne Ezer, Tony R. Larson, Benjamin R. Lichman	2024	5
2	Pyrolysis Products of Linear Alkylbenzenes— Implications in Fire Debris Analysis* Journal of Forensic Sciences ·L. Li, F. Klezl-Norberg, William M. Davis, Jorn Yu	2012	11
3	Synthesis and characterization in solution and in the solid State of the palladium aryl bromide complexes [Pd(Ar)Br{(S)-BINAP}]: formation of cyclopalladated complexes and direct observation of a C-N reductive elimination to form heterocycles Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society ·Adriano L. Monteiro, William M. Davis	2004	10
4	Reactions of molybdenum and tungsten alkyl and aryl complexes that contain a triamidoamine ligand with carbon monoxide Journal of Organometallic Chemistry ·Richard R. Schrock, 定一吉田, Scott W. Seidel, 高木潤一, William M. Davis, Aaron L. Odom	2001	10
5	Hexakisamidokomplexe des Urans Angewandte Chemie ·Karsten Meyer, Daniel J. Mindiola, Thomas A. Baker, William M. Davis, Christopher C. Cummins	2000	12
6	Synthesis of [(Me₃SiNCH₂CH₂)₃N]³^- and [(C₆F₅NCH₂CH₂)₃N]³^- Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten That Contain CO, Isocyanides, or Ethylene Organometallics ·George E. Greco, Myra B. O'Donoghue, Scott W. Seidel, William M. Davis, Richard R. Schrock	2000	29
7	Synthesis of Group 4 Complexes that Contain the Diamidoamine Ligands, [(2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂NCH₂CH₂)₂NR]^2- ([Mes₂N₂NR]²^-; R = H or CH₃), and Polymerization of 1-Hexene by Activated [Mes₂N₂NR]ZrMe₂ Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Lan‐Chang Liang, Richard R. Schrock, William M. Davis, David H. McConville	1999	113
8	Neutral and Cationic Group 4 Complexes Containing Bis(borylamide) Ligands, [R₂BNCH₂CH₂NBR₂]²^-(R = 2,4,6-i-Pr₃C₆H₂, M = Zr; R = Cyclohexyl, M = Ti, Zr, Hf) Organometallics ·Timothy H. Warren, Richard R. Schrock, William M. Davis	1998	84
9	Synthesis of Yttrium Complexes that Contain the [NON]²^-Ligand, [(t-Bu-d₆-N-o-C₆H₄)₂O]^2- Organometallics ·David D. Graf, William M. Davis, Richard R. Schrock	1998	31
10	In situ detection of trinitrotoluene and other nitrated explosives in soils Analytica Chimica Acta ·William Buttner, Sarah Röhrig, Zara Gough, William M. Davis, 정재웅, Stephen F. Thomas, Jane W. Adams	1997	43
11	Preparation of Well-Defined, Metathetically Active Oxo Alkylidene Complexes of Tungsten Organometallics ·Myra B. O'Donoghue, Richard R. Schrock, Anne M. LaPointe, William M. Davis	1996	49
12	Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization with Binaphtholate or Biphenolate Complexes of Molybdenum Macromolecules ·Letícia Provedel, Thomas J. Boyd, Gino G. Lavoie, William M. Davis, Richard R. Schrock	1996	82
13	Preparation and X-ray structure of a novel chiral methylene bridged titanocene complex Journal of Organometallic Chemistry ·Christopher A. Willoughby, William M. Davis, Stephen L. Buchwald	1995	11
14	A Molybdenum–Phosphorus Triple Bond: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Terminal Phosphido (P³⁻) Complex [Mo(P)(NRAr)₃] Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English ·Catalina E. Laplaza, William M. Davis, Christopher C. Cummins	1995	141
15	Soil Amendments for Reducing Phosphorus Concentration of Drainage Water from Histosols Soil Science Society of America Journal ·F. J. Coale, C. Karthik, William M. Davis	1994	24
16	Preparation and X-ray Structure of Cp2Ti(Ph2SiH2)(PMe3) Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xingwen Yang, Pilar Palma, Kristina A. Kreutzer, Christopher A. Willoughby, William M. Davis, Stephen L. Buchwald	1994	69
17	Preparation of Osmium Hydrazido Complexes by Interception of an Osmium(IV) Imido Intermediate Journal of the American Chemical Society ·George M. Coia, Peter S. White, Thomas J. Meyer, David A. Wink, Larry K. Keefer, William M. Davis	1994	23
18	Synthesis and crystal structure of barium titanyl oxalate, BaTi(O)(C2O4)2.5H2O: a molecular precursor for barium titanate (BaTiO3) Chemistry of Materials ·Wendell E. Rhine, R. B. Hallock, William M. Davis, W. Wong‐Ng	1992	35
19	1,2‐Dimethyl‐1,2‐disila‐closo‐dodecaboran(12), das erste Silicium‐Analogon eines ortho‐Carborans Angewandte Chemie ·Dietmar Seyferth, S. Sjögren, William S. Rees, William M. Davis	1990	21
20	Determination of the sedimentary microbial biomass by extractible lipid phosphate Oecologia ·David C. White, William M. Davis, Janet S. Nickels, John D. King, Ronald J. Bobbie Hit paper breakdown →	1979	1443

About William M. Davis

William M. Davis is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 146 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (81 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (29 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (28 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (26 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (20 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (17 papers), Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (11 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Process Chemistry and Technology (868 citations), Inorganic Chemistry (3.7k citations), Organic Chemistry (6.2k citations), Catalysis (435 citations) and Soil Science (530 citations). William M. Davis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard R. Schrock, Christopher C. Cummins, David C. White, Janet S. Nickels, Ronald J. Bobbie, John D. King, Stephen L. Buchwald, Robert Baumann, Lan‐Chang Liang and Myra B. O'Donoghue. Their work appears in journals such as Organometallics, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry and Inorganica Chimica Acta.

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