Yuan Cha

766 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Yuan Cha is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuan Cha has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yuan Cha's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (5 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (4 papers). Yuan Cha is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (5 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (4 papers). Yuan Cha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Yuan Cha's co-authors include Christopher J L Murray, Judith P. Klinman, Nicholas J. Turro, Ian R. Gould, David C. Mauzerall, Ian R. Gould, Robert A. Moss, W. LAWRYNOWICZ, Miguel Tomás and Albert Padwa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Yuan Cha

13 papers receiving 581 citations

Hit Papers

Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzyme Reactions 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzyme Reactions
    1989 375 citations Yuan Cha, Christopher J L Murray et al. Science profile →

Peers

Yuan Cha
Milan Hodošček Slovenia
W. Phillip Huskey United States
Parvinder Hothi United Kingdom
Simon J. Dunne Australia
Philip M. Kiefer United States
W. F. Reynolds Canada
Z. T. Chu United States
R. Srinivasan India
K. Barbara Schowen United States
James S. Vincent United States
Milan Hodošček Slovenia
Yuan Cha
Citations per year, relative to Yuan Cha Yuan Cha (= 1×) peers Milan Hodošček

Countries citing papers authored by Yuan Cha

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuan Cha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuan Cha

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuan Cha. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuan Cha based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yuan Cha. Yuan Cha is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
1.
Cha, Yuan. (2014). Method for Local Community Mining in the Complex Networks. 2 indexed citations
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Cha, Yuan. (2000). Geochemical characteristics and tectonic implications of North Kuda Pluton, West Kunlun Mountains. 2 indexed citations
3.
Cha, Yuan & David C. Mauzerall. (1992). Energy Storage of Linear and Cyclic Electron Flows in Photosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 100(4). 1869–1877. 40 indexed citations
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Cha, Yuan, Christopher J L Murray, & Judith P. Klinman. (1989). Hydrogen Tunneling in Enzyme Reactions. Science. 243(4896). 1325–1330. 375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Turro, Nicholas J., Yuan Cha, Ian R. Gould, & Robert A. Moss. (1987). Direct photochemical population of triplet diazirines: comparison of triplet energies by direct excitation and by energy transfer. Journal of Photochemistry. 37(1). 81–86. 4 indexed citations
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Turro, Nicholas J. & Yuan Cha. (1987). Carbonyl ylide formation in the reaction of methylene with acetone. Tetrahedron Letters. 28(16). 1723–1724. 10 indexed citations
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Turro, Nicholas J., Yuan Cha, & Ian R. Gould. (1987). Reactivity and intersystem crossing of singlet methylene in solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(7). 2101–2107. 41 indexed citations
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Moss, Robert A., W. LAWRYNOWICZ, Nicholas J. Turro, Ian R. Gould, & Yuan Cha. (1986). Activation parameters for the additions of arylhalocarbenes to alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(22). 7028–7032. 49 indexed citations
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Turro, Nicholas J. & Yuan Cha. (1986). Spectroscopic and chemical evidence for methylene singlet-triplet intersystem crossing in solution. Tetrahedron Letters. 27(51). 6149–6152. 2 indexed citations
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Padwa, Albert, John R. Gasdaska, Miguel Tomás, et al.. (1986). Carbene and silicon routes as methods for the generation and dipolar cycloaddition reactions of methyl nitrile ylide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(21). 6739–6746. 36 indexed citations
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Moss, Robert A., W. LAWRYNOWICZ, L. M. HADEL, et al.. (1986). Are phenylhalocarbenes ambiphilic?. Tetrahedron Letters. 27(35). 4125–4128. 11 indexed citations
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Turro, Nicholas J., Yuan Cha, Ian R. Gould, et al.. (1985). Carbene and silicon routes toward a simple nitrile ylide. Spectroscopic, kinetic, and chemical characterization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 50(22). 4415–4417. 18 indexed citations
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Turro, Nicholas J., Yuan Cha, & Ian R. Gould. (1985). Temperature dependence of the reactions of singlet and triplet diphenylcarbene.. Tetrahedron Letters. 26(48). 5951–5954. 6 indexed citations

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