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Karl O. Christe

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
13355
World Ranking
10531
National Ranking
2909

Karl O. Christe 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 Karl O. Christe sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 587 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.

Karl O. Christe 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 Karl O. Christe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2009 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Karl O. Christe is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science with a specialization in Materials Chemistry, alongside notable contributions in Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies

Karl O. Christe has published extensively, with a strong presence in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers demonstrate the scope and depth of their research interests:

  • "Difluorochloronium(III) Fluoridometallates - from Molecular Building Blocks to (Helical) Chains," 2020, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • "The Crucial Role of Sb2F10 in the Chemical Synthesis of F2," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "High resolution NMR spectra of fluorotrimethylsilane," 2023, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
  • "Fluoro-nitrogen Cations," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Further Insights into the Chemical Synthesis of F2 and on Drying moist HF," 2024, Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ralf Haiges
  • Ross I. Wagner
  • David A. Dixon
  • Florian Kraus
  • Antti J. Karttunen

Karl O. Christe has been recognized by several awards and distinctions, which include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2011
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society, 2006
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • On a Quantitative Scale for Lewis Acidity and Recent Progress in Polynitrogen Chemistry

    Karl O. Christe;Karl O. Christe;David A. Dixon;Douglas McLemore;William W. Wilson

  • Syntheses, properties, and structures of anhydrous tetramethylammonium fluoride and its 1:1 adduct with trans-3-amino-2-butenenitrile

    Karl O. Christe;William W. Wilson;Richard D. Wilson;Robert Bau

  • Experimental Detection of the Pentaazacyclopentadienide (Pentazolate) Anion, cyclo‐N5−

    Ashwani Vij;Ashwani Vij;James G. Pavlovich;William W. Wilson;William W. Wilson;Vandana Vij;Vandana Vij

  • Polynitrogen chemistry. Synthesis, characterization, and crystal structure of surprisingly stable fluoroantimonate salts of N5+.

    Ashwani Vij;William W Wilson;Vandana Vij;Fook S Tham

  • N5+: A Novel Homoleptic Polynitrogen Ion as a High Energy Density Material

    Karl O. Christe;William W. Wilson;Jeffrey A. Sheehy;Jerry A. Boatz

  • Enthalpies of Formation of Gas-Phase N3, N3-, N5+, and N5- from Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory, Stability Predictions for N5+N3- and N5+N5-, and Experimental Evidence for the Instability of N5+N3-

    David A. Dixon;David F. Feller;Karl O. Christe;william W. wilson

  • Recent Advances in the Chemistry of N5+, N5− and High-Oxygen Compounds

    Karl O. Christe

  • Synthesis of AgN 5 and its extended 3D energetic framework

    Chengguo Sun;Chong Zhang;Chao Jiang;Chen Yang

  • Synthesis and Characterization of cyclo-Pentazolate Salts of NH4+, NH3OH+, N2H5+, C(NH2)3+, and N(CH3)4+

    Chen Yang;Chong Zhang;Zhansheng Zheng;Chao Jiang

  • High-Energy-Density Materials: Synthesis and Characterization of N5+[P(N3)6]−, N5+ [B(N3)4]−, N5+ [HF2]−⋅n HF, N5+ [BF4]−, N5+ [PF6]−, and N5+ [SO3F]−†

    Ralf Haiges;Stefan Schneider;Thorsten Schroer;Karl O. Christe

  • A Renaissance in Noble Gas Chemistry.

    Karl O. Christe

  • Energetic high-nitrogen compounds: 5-(trinitromethyl)-2H-tetrazole and -tetrazolates, preparation, characterization, and conversion into 5-(dinitromethyl)tetrazoles.

    Ralf Haiges;Karl O. Christe

  • Third Row Transition Metal Hexafluorides, Extraordinary Oxidizers, and Lewis Acids: Electron Affinities, Fluoride Affinities, and Heats of Formation of WF6, ReF6, OsF6, IrF6, PtF6, and AuF6

    Raluca Craciun;Désireé Picone;Rebecca T. Long;Shenggang Li

  • The pentafluoroxenate(IV) anion, XeF5- : the first example of a pentagonal planar AX5 species

    Karl O. Christe;Earl C. Curtis;David A. Dixon;Helene P. Mercier

  • Long‐Lived Trifluoromethanide Anion: A Key Intermediate in Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylations

    G. K. Surya Prakash;Fang Wang;Zhe Zhang;Ralf Haiges

  • The Dinitramide Anion, N(NO2)2- ∇

    Karl O. Christe;William W. Wilson;Mark A. Petrie;Harvey H. Michels

  • Polynitrogen chemistry enters the ring.

    Karl O. Christe

  • Oxygen-Balanced Energetic Ionic Liquid**

    C. Bigler Jones;Ralf Haiges;Thorsten Schroer;Karl O. Christe

  • Polyazide Chemistry: Preparation and Characterization of Te(N3)4 and [P(C6H5)4]2[Te(N3)6] and Evidence for [N(CH3)4][Te(N3)5]

    Ralf Haiges;Jerry A. Boatz;Ashwani Vij;Michael Gerken

  • Novel High-Energy Density Materials. Synthesis and Characterization of Triazidocarbenium Dinitramide, -Perchlorate, and -Tetrafluoroborate

    Mark A. Petrie;Jeffrey A. Sheehy;Jerry A. Boatz;Golam Rasul

  • Polynitrogen Chemistry. Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structure of Surprisingly Stable Fluoroantimonate Salts of N5+.

    Ashwani Vij;William W. Wilson;Vandana Vij;Fook S. Tham

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Haiges
Ralf Haiges University of Southern California
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
Gary J. Schrobilgen
Gary J. Schrobilgen McMaster University
Robert Bau
Robert Bau University of Southern California
G. K. Surya Prakash
G. K. Surya Prakash University of Southern California
George A. Olah
George A. Olah University of Southern California
Kirk A. Peterson
Kirk A. Peterson Washington State University
Thomas M. Klapötke
Thomas M. Klapötke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fook S. Tham
Fook S. Tham University of California, Riverside
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University

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