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Claude Leforestier

Claude Leforestier

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8833
World Ranking
13593
National Ranking
554

Claude Leforestier 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 Claude Leforestier sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 120 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claude Leforestier 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 Claude Leforestier sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Claude Leforestier is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their academic career is centered at this institution, contributing to the research environment there.

There is no publicly listed record of recent papers by Claude Leforestier, nor are there details available on frequent co-authors or publication venues in the provided data.

Similarly, no information is available regarding book publications authored or edited by Claude Leforestier, or specific awards recognizing their contributions to the scientific community.

The data does not specify particular fields or subfields of study, nor does it identify main topics of research or areas of expertise for Claude Leforestier.

Best Publications

  • A comparison of different propagation schemes for the time dependent Schro¨dinger equation

    C. Leforestier;R. H. Bisseling;C. Cerjan;M. D. Feit

  • Development of a "First Principles" Water Potential with Flexible Monomers: Dimer Potential Energy Surface, VRT Spectrum, and Second Virial Coefficient.

    Volodymyr Babin;Claude Leforestier;Francesco Paesani

  • Spectroscopic Determination of the Water Pair Potential

    R. S. Fellers;C. Leforestier;L. B. Braly;M. G. Brown

  • Optical potential for laser induced dissociation

    Claude Leforestier;Robert E. Wyatt

  • Sudden Polarization in the Zwitterionic Z1 Excited States of Organic Intermediates. Photochemical Implications

    Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký;Peter Bruckmann;Philippe Hiberty;Jaroslav Koutecký

  • Grid representation of rotating triatomics

    Claude Leforestier

  • Fully coupled six-dimensional calculations of the water dimer vibration-rotation-tunneling states with a split Wigner pseudo spectral approach

    Claude Leforestier;Linda B. Braly;Kun Liu;Matthew J. Elrod

  • Avoided surface crossings

    Lionel Salem;Claude Leforestier;Gerald Segal;Ross Wetmore

  • Classical trajectories using the full abinitio potential energy surface H−+CH4→CH4+H−

    Claude Leforestier

  • Water dimers in the atmosphere III: equilibrium constant from a flexible potential.

    Yohann Scribano;Nir Goldman;R. J. Saykally;Claude Leforestier

  • Grid method for the Wigner functions. Application to the van der Waals system Ar–H2O

    Claude Leforestier

  • Quantum exact three‐dimensional study of the photodissociation of the ozone molecule

    Frédéric Le Quéré;Claude Leforestier

  • Spectra of water dimer from a new ab initio potential with flexible monomers.

    Claude Leforestier;Krzysztof Szalewicz;Ad van der Avoird

  • Expansion of molecular orbital wave functions into valence bond wave functions. A simplified procedure

    Unknown

  • Accurate determination of a potential energy surface for CD3H

    Christophe Iung;Claude Leforestier

  • Spectroscopic determination of the water dimer intermolecular potential-energy surface

    N. Goldman;R. S. Fellers;M. G. Brown;L. B. Braly

  • Determination of a flexible (12D) water dimer potential via direct inversion of spectroscopic data

    Claude Leforestier;Fabien Gatti;Raymond S. Fellers;Richard J. Saykally

  • Adiabatic pseudospectral methods for multidimensional vibrational potentials

    Richard A. Friesner;Joseph A. Bentley;Michel Menou;Claude Leforestier

  • Quantum mechanical calculation of the rate constant for the reaction H+O2→OH+O

    Alexandra Viel;Claude Leforestier;William H. Miller

  • Towards the complete understanding of water by a first-principles computational approach

    Krzysztof Szalewicz;Claude Leforestier;Ad van der Avoird

  • New ab initio potential surfaces and three-dimensional quantum dynamics for transition state spectroscopy in ozone photodissociation

    Koichi Yamashita;Keiji Morokuma;Frederic Le Quéré;Claude Leforestier

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Saykally
Richard J. Saykally University of California, Berkeley
Krzysztof Szalewicz
Krzysztof Szalewicz University of Delaware
Ad van der Avoird
Ad van der Avoird Radboud University
Frank N. Keutsch
Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University
Philippe C. Hiberty
Philippe C. Hiberty University of Paris-Saclay
Koichi Yamashita
Koichi Yamashita University of Tokyo
Richard A. Friesner
Richard A. Friesner Columbia University
Gert von Helden
Gert von Helden Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University

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