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D-Index
53
Citations
10273
World Ranking
13057
National Ranking
3445

Lionel Goodman 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 Lionel Goodman sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 414 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lionel Goodman 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 Lionel Goodman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% 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

  • 1963 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lionel Goodman is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their academic career is marked by an association with this institution, contributing to the broader scientific community through research and teaching activities.

Goodman was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1963, a distinction awarded for outstanding capacity for productive scholarship.

Best Publications

  • Hyperconjugation not steric repulsion leads to the staggered structure of ethane

    Vojislava Pophristic;Lionel Goodman

  • A benchmark vibrational potential surface : ground-state benzene

    Lionel Goodman;Ali G. Ozkabak;Surya N. Thakur

  • Gauche effect in 1,2-difluoroethane. Hyperconjugation, bent bonds, steric repulsion.

    Lionel Goodman;Hongbing Gu;Vojislava Pophristic

  • Solvent Effects on the Fluorescence Spectra of Diazines. Dipole Moments in the (n,π*) Excited States1

    Hiroaki Baba;Lionel Goodman;Peter C. Valenti

  • Charge Distributions in Positive Ions and Ionization Energies of Conjugated Hydrocarbons

    J. R. Hoyland;Lionel Goodman

  • Radiationless Paths in the Diazines

    Beverly J. Cohen;Lionel Goodman

  • Polarization of Aromatic Carbonyl Spectra

    Ryoichi Shimada;Lionel Goodman

  • Calculation of n→II Transition Energies in N‐Heterocyclic Molecules by a One‐Electron Approximation

    Lionel Goodman;Robert W. Harrell

  • Assignment of out-of-plane vibrational modes in benzaldehyde

    R. Zwarich;J. Smolarek;L. Goodman

  • Flexing analysis of ethane internal rotation energetics

    Lionel Goodman;Hongbing Gu;Vojislava Pophristic

  • Infrared bands of isotopic benzenes : ν13 and ν14 of 13C6D6

    J. Plíva;J.W.C. Johns;L. Goodman

  • Coupling of electronic and vibrational motions in molecules

    Ilker. Ozkan;Lionel. Goodman

  • Polarization of T→S Emission Spectra of Azines

    V. G. Krishna;Lionel Goodman

  • The benzene ground state potential surface. I. Fundamental frequencies for the planar vibrations

    Surya N. Thakur;Lionel Goodman;Ali G. Ozkabak

  • The observation and assignment of the lowest multiplicity-forbidden transition in pyrazine

    Lionel Goodman;Michael Kasha

  • The benzene ground state potential surface. II. Harmonic force field for the planar vibrations

    Ali G. Ozkabak;Lionel Goodman

  • Simultaneous pair electronic transitions in ytterbium oxide

    Harvey J. Schugar;Edward I. Solomon;William L. Cleveland;Lionel Goodman

  • Synthesis of 2-thio-D-ribose and 2'-thioadenosine derivatives.

    Edward M. Acton;Kenneth J. Ryan;Leon Goodman

  • Multiphoton ionization photoelectron spectroscopy of phenol: Vibrational frequencies and harmonic force field for the 2B1 cation

    Scott L. Anderson;Lionel Goodman;Karsten Krogh-Jespersen;Ali G. Ozkabak

  • Substituted Benzene Spectra

    Lionel Goodman;Harrison Shull

  • Origin of Methyl Internal Rotation Barriers

    Lionel Goodman;Vojislava Pophristic;Frank Weinhold

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten Krogh-Jespersen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jerzy Leszczynski
Jerzy Leszczynski Jackson State University
Robert W. Taft
Robert W. Taft University of California, Irvine
Kevin K. Lehmann
Kevin K. Lehmann University of Virginia
Michael G. White
Michael G. White Stony Brook University
Kenneth B. Wiberg
Kenneth B. Wiberg Yale University
Leonid Gorb
Leonid Gorb Jackson State University
Frank Weinhold
Frank Weinhold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Leo H. Sommer
Leo H. Sommer University of California, Davis
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University

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