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D-Index
76
Citations
28901
World Ranking
4168
National Ranking
1317

D. A. Shirley 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 D. A. Shirley sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 359 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D. A. Shirley 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 D. A. Shirley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

D. A. Shirley was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to academic research but no specific papers or publication venues are documented in the available data.

The scientist's fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work are not detailed in the records provided. Likewise, there is no information about coauthors or book publications associated with their name.

Their career was recognized by several professional organizations through multiple fellowships and memberships. The honors included:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1978
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1976

These distinctions reflect formal acknowledgement by the scientific community at large during their active years.

Best Publications

  • High-Resolution X-Ray Photoemission Spectrum of the Valence Bands of Gold

    D. A. Shirley

  • Paramagnetic Resonance of Fe3+ in Polycrystalline Ferrichrome A

    H. Hollis Wickman;Melvin P. Klein;D. A. Shirley

  • Multiplet splitting of core-electron binding energies in transition-metal ions

    C. S. Fadley;D. A. Shirley;A. J. Freeman;P. S. Bagus

  • Paramagnetic Hyperfine Structure and Relaxation Effects in Mössbauer Spectra: Fe 57 in Ferrichrome A

    H. H. Wickman;M. P. Klein;D. A. Shirley

  • The effect of atomic and extra-atomic relaxation on atomic binding energies☆

    D.A. Shirley

  • Chemical Effects on Core‐Electron Binding Energies in Iodine and Europium

    C. S. Fadley;S. B. M. Hagstrom;M. P. Klein;D. A. Shirley

  • L 2 , 3 M 45 M 45 Auger Spectra of Metallic Copper and Zinc: Theory and Experiment

    S. P. Kowalczyk;R. A. Pollak;F. R. McFeely;L. Ley

  • The electronic structure of SrTiO3 and some simple related oxides (MgO, Al2O3, SrO, TiO2)

    S.P. Kowalczyk;F.R. McFeely;L. Ley;V.T. Gritsyna

  • Relative effect of extra-atomic relaxation on Auger and binding-energy shifts in transition metals and salts

    S. P. Kowalczyk;L. Ley;F. R. McFeely;R. A. Pollak

  • Hyperfine Fields at Solutes in Ferromagnets: Cadmium and Ruthenium in Nickel

    D. A. Shirley;S. S. Rosenblum;E. Matthias

  • Observation of a surface magnetic phase transition on Cr(100)

    L. E. Klebanoff;S. W. Robey;G. Liu;D. A. Shirley

  • High resolution UV photoelectron spectroscopy of CO+2, COS+ and CS+2 using supersonic molecular beams

    Lai-Sheng Wang;J.E. Reutt;Y.T. Lee;D.A. Shirley

  • Molecular beam photoelectron spectroscopy and femtosecond intramolecular dynamics of H2O+ and D2O+

    J. E. Reutt;L. S. Wang;Y. T. Lee;D. A. Shirley

  • A relaxation correction to core-level binding-energy shifts in small molecules☆

    D.W. Davis;D.A. Shirley

  • DIRECT SURFACE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION WITH PHOTOELECTRON DIFFRACTION

    J.J. Barton;C.C. Bahr;Z. Hussain;S.W. Robey

  • Multiplet splitting of the manganese 2p and 3p levels in MnF/sub 2/ single crystals

    S. P. Kowalczyk;L. Ley;F. R. McFeely;D. A. Shirley

  • High-resolution measurements of near-edge resonances in the core-level photoionization spectra of SF 6

    E. Hudson;E. Hudson;D. A. Shirley;D. A. Shirley;M. Domke;G. Remmers

  • Rotationally resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of n‐H2, p‐H2, HD, and D2

    J. E. Pollard;D. J. Trevor;J. E. Reutt;Y. T. Lee

  • Correlation satellites in the atomic photoelectron spectra of group-IIA and -IIB elements

    Sefik Süzer;S. T. Lee;D. A. Shirley

  • Theory of the neon 1 s correlation-peak intensities

    R. L. Martin;D. A. Shirley

  • CORE-LEVEL BINDING ENERGY SHIFTS IN SMALL MOLECULES

    D. W. Davis;M. S. Banna;D. A. Shirley

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert F. Davis
Robert F. Davis Carnegie Mellon University
Yuan-Pern Lee
Yuan-Pern Lee Academia Sinica
Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Lothar Ley
Lothar Ley University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael G. White
Michael G. White Stony Brook University
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan T. Lee Academia Sinica
Joachim Stöhr
Joachim Stöhr SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Charles S. Fadley
Charles S. Fadley University of California, Davis
R. Stanley Williams
R. Stanley Williams Texas A&M University
Seong H. Kim
Seong H. Kim Pennsylvania State University

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