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Jack Simons

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
28801
World Ranking
2905
National Ranking
987

Jack Simons 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 Jack Simons sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 599 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.

Jack Simons 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 Jack Simons sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jack Simons is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry and physics, specifically within the fields of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy. The scientist has contributed extensively to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their main research topics include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, History and Advancements in Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Various Chemistry Research Topics, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Jack Simons has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Molecular Anions Perspective," 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Why Is Quantum Chemistry So Complicated?", 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Fate of Dipole-Bound Anion States when Hydrated," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Ejecting Electrons from Molecular Anions via Shine, Shake/Rattle, and Roll," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Analysis of Stabilization and Extrapolation Methods for Determining Energies and Lifetimes of Metastable Electronic States," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Jack Simons frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (8 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (2 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (2 publications)
  • Quality Management in Health Care (1 publication)

Collaborative efforts with other researchers have involved multiple co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Piotr Skurski (5 co-authored works)
  • Iwona Anusiewicz (3 co-authored works)
  • Mark Beaumont (2 co-authored works)
  • Dawid Faron (1 co-authored work)
  • Jakub Brzeski (1 co-authored work)

Best Publications

  • Search for stationary points on surfaces

    Ajit Banerjee;Noah Adams;Jack Simons;Ron Shepard

  • Second Quantization-based Methods in Quantum Chemistry

    John Peter Simons;Paul Jorgensen;Poul Jørgensen

  • Walking on potential energy surfaces

    Jack Simons;Poul Jørgensen;Poul Jørgensen;Hugh Taylor;Judy Ozment

  • Passing the one-billion limit in full configuration-interaction (FCI) calculations

    Jeppe Olsen;Poul Jørgensen;Jack Simons

  • Ab initio electronic structure of anions

    Jack. Simons;Kenneth D. Jordan

  • How do low-energy (0.1-2 eV) electrons cause DNA-strand breaks?

    Jack Simons

  • Tetracoordinated Planar Carbon in the Al4C- Anion. A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Study

    Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Jack Simons

  • Mechanism for Damage to DNA by Low-Energy Electrons †

    Robyn Barrios;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • The Only Stable State of O2- Is the X 2Πg Ground State and It (Still!) Has an Adiabatic Electron Detachment Energy of 0.45 eV

    Kent M. Ervin;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • Theory of electron affinities of small molecules

    Jack Simons;Wesley D. Smith

  • FIRST EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA OF SUPERHALOGENS AND THEIR THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS

    Xue-Bin Wang;Chuan-Fan Ding;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Experimental Observation of Pentaatomic Tetracoordinate Planar Carbon-Containing Molecules

    Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Xi Li;Jack Simons

  • Conformational landscapes of aromatic amino acids in the gas phase : infrared and ultraviolet ion dip spectroscopy of tryptophan

    L. C. Snoek;R. T. Kroemer;M. R. Hockridge;J. P. Simons

  • Geometrical derivatives of energy surfaces and molecular properties

    Poul Jørgensen;Jack Simons

  • Damage to model DNA fragments from very low-energy (<1 eV) electrons.

    Joanna Berdys;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • A unitary multiconfigurational coupled‐cluster method: Theory and applications

    Mark R. Hoffmann;Jack Simons

  • A nomenclature for Λ‐doublet levels in rotating linear molecules

    M. H. Alexander;P. Andresen;R. Bacis;R. Bersohn

  • Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of methyl-substituted phenols: correlations of kinetic parameters with molecular properties.

    F. E. Massoth;P. Politzer;M. C. Concha;J. S. Murray

  • Molecular anions.

    Unknown

  • The coupled‐cluster method with a multiconfiguration reference state

    Ajit Banerjee;Jack Simons

  • Understanding heterolytic bond cleavage

    P. B. Armentrout;Jack Simons

Frequent Co-Authors

Piotr Skurski
Piotr Skurski University of Gdańsk
Alexander I. Boldyrev
Alexander I. Boldyrev Utah State University
Maciej Gutowski
Maciej Gutowski Heriot-Watt University
Kenneth D. Jordan
Kenneth D. Jordan University of Pittsburgh
Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Mark Brouard
Mark Brouard University of Oxford
Xi Li
Xi Li Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Martin Fleischmann
Martin Fleischmann University of Southampton
Poul Jo
Poul Jo Aarhus University
Poul Jørgensen
Poul Jørgensen Aarhus University

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