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Christopher J. Cramer

Christopher J. Cramer

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
123
Citations
89402
World Ranking
429
National Ranking
183

Christopher J. Cramer publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher J. Cramer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 594 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Christopher J. Cramer D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher J. Cramer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher J. Cramer is affiliated with UL Research Institutes in the United States with a research focus spanning Materials Science and Chemistry. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions

Christopher J. Cramer has published extensively in various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Recent papers authored by or associated with Cramer include:

  • Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Copper-catalysed benzylic C-H coupling with alcohols via radical relay enabled by redox buffering, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Copper-zirconia interfaces in UiO-66 enable selective catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Site-Selective Copper-Catalyzed Azidation of Benzylic C-H Bonds, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Hypervalent Iodine(III) Compounds as Biaxial Halogen Bond Donors, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mukunda Mandal
  • Laura Gagliardi
  • Yernaidu Reddi
  • Theresa M. Reineke
  • Donald G. Truhlar

Best Publications

  • Universal solvation model based on solute electron density and on a continuum model of the solvent defined by the bulk dielectric constant and atomic surface tensions.

    Aleksandr V. Marenich;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Essentials of Computational Chemistry: Theories and Models

    Christopher J. Cramer

  • Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package

    Yihan Shao;Zhengting Gan;Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T. B. Gilbert

  • Implicit Solvation Models: Equilibria, Structure, Spectra, and Dynamics.

    Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Consistent van der Waals Radii for the Whole Main Group

    Manjeera Mantina;Adam C. Chamberlin;Rosendo Valero;Christopher J. Cramer

  • Density functional theory for transition metals and transition metal chemistry

    Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package

    Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Xintian Feng;Xintian Feng;Joonho Lee

  • Aqueous solvation free energies of ions and ion-water clusters based on an accurate value for the absolute aqueous solvation free energy of the proton.

    Casey P. Kelly;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Use of Solution-Phase Vibrational Frequencies in Continuum Models for the Free Energy of Solvation

    Raphael F. Ribeiro;Aleksandr V. Marenich;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Parametrized Models of Aqueous Free Energies of Solvation Based on Pairwise Descreening of Solute Atomic Charges from a Dielectric Medium

    Gregory D. Hawkins;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Charge Model 5: An Extension of Hirshfeld Population Analysis for the Accurate Description of Molecular Interactions in Gaseous and Condensed Phases.

    Aleksandr V. Marenich;Steven V. Jerome;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks

    Joseph E. Mondloch;Michael J. Katz;William C. Isley;Pritha Ghosh

  • Pairwise solute descreening of solute charges from a dielectric medium

    Gregory D. Hawkins;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Mechanically Activated, Catalyst-Free Polyhydroxyurethane Vitrimers

    David J. Fortman;Jacob P. Brutman;Christopher J. Cramer;Marc A. Hillmyer

  • NWChem: Past, Present, and Future

    E. Aprà;E. J. Bylaska;W. A. de Jong;N. Govind

  • A hafnium-based metal-organic framework as an efficient and multifunctional catalyst for facile CO2 fixation and regioselective and enantioretentive epoxide activation.

    M. Hassan Beyzavi;Rachel C. Klet;Samat Tussupbayev;Joshua Borycz

  • NWChem: Past, present, and future

    E. Aprà;E. J. Bylaska;W. A. de Jong;N. Govind

  • Performance of SM6, SM8, and SMD on the SAMPL1 test set for the prediction of small-molecule solvation free energies.

    Aleksandr V. Marenich;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • A Universal Approach to Solvation Modeling

    Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Single-Ion Solvation Free Energies and the Normal Hydrogen Electrode Potential in Methanol, Acetonitrile, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide

    Casey P. Kelly;Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • General parameterized SCF model for free energies of solvation in aqueous solution

    Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

  • An SCF Solvation Model for the Hydrophobic Effect and Absolute Free Energies of Aqueous Solvation.

    Christopher J. Cramer;Donald G. Truhlar

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi University of Chicago
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
William B. Tolman
William B. Tolman Washington University in St. Louis
Joseph T. Hupp
Joseph T. Hupp Northwestern University
Antoni Llobet
Antoni Llobet Autonomous University of Barcelona
Johannes A. Lercher
Johannes A. Lercher Technical University of Munich
Alfred D. French
Alfred D. French United States Department of Agriculture
Karena W. Chapman
Karena W. Chapman Stony Brook University
Scott E. Denmark
Scott E. Denmark University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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