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Michael L. McKee

Michael L. McKee

Auburn University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
8065
World Ranking
16013
National Ranking
4001

Michael L. McKee 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 Michael L. McKee sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 317 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael L. McKee 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 Michael L. McKee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael L. McKee is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Materials Science, Medicine, and Chemistry. Their research spans notable subfields including Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Surgery.

Their scholarly output frequently addresses topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Boron Compounds in Chemistry, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Crystallography and Molecular Interactions, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, and Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry.

Michael L. McKee's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Access to cationic polyhedral carboranes via dynamic cage surgery with N-heterocyclic carbenes" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Interactions of Multiple Water Molecules with MIL-53(Al) and Understanding the Mechanism of Breathing: The DFT Study" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Interaction of a Porphyrin Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework with Volatile Organic Sulfur Compound Diethyl Sulfide Studied via In Situ and Ex Situ Experiments and DFT Computations" (2023) published in Nanomaterials
  • "Bromination Mechanism of closo-1,2-C2B10H12 and the Structure of the Resulting 9-Br-closo-1,2-C2B10H11 Determined by Gas Electron Diffraction" (2020) published in ChemPlusChem
  • "Reactions of Experimentally Known Closo-C2B8H10 with Bases. A Computational Study" (2020) published in Crystals

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with multiple publications in The Cambridge Structural Database and contributions also appearing in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Nature Communications, Nanomaterials, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Frequent co-authors associated with Michael L. McKee include:

  • Josef Holub
  • Drahomír Hnyk
  • Jindřich Fanfrlík
  • Zdeňka Růžičková
  • Aleš Růžička

Best Publications

  • MNDO parameters for third period elements

    Michael J. S. Dewar;Michael L. McKee;Henry S. Rzepa

  • Theoretical investigation of the thermal ring opening of bicyclobutane to butadiene. Evidence for a nonsynchronous process

    Philip B. Shevlin;Michael L. McKee

  • Ab initio study of rearrangements on the nitromethane potential energy surface.

    Michael L. McKee

  • Aspects of cyclic conjugation

    M. J. S. Dewar;M. L. McKee

  • Calculations of band gaps in polyaniline from theoretical studies of oligomers

    Ohyun Kwon and;Michael L. McKee

  • SEMIEMPIRICAL CALCULATIONS OF MOLECULAR VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES: THE MNDO METHOD

    Michael J. S. Dewar;George P. Ford;Michael L. McKee;Henry S. Rzepa

  • Theoretical Study of Tetramethyl- and Tetra-tert-butyl-Substituted Cyclobutadiene and Tetrahedrane

    Metin Balci;Michael L. McKee;Paul von Ragué Schleyer

  • Study of additivity of correlation and polarization effects in relative energies

    Michael L. McKee;William N. Lipscomb

  • Ab Initio Study of the N2O4 Potential Energy Surface. Computational Evidence for a New N2O4 Isomer

    Michael L. McKee

  • Theoretical Study of OH and H2O Addition to SO2

    Wai-Kee Li;Michael L. McKee

  • Computational study of addition and abstraction reactions between hydroxyl radical and dimethyl sulfide: a difficult case

    Michael L. McKee

  • Ab initio study of the CO2 dimer and the CO2 ion complexes (CO2)2+ and (CO2)3+

    Andreas J. Illies;Michael L. McKee;H. Bernhard. Schlegel

  • The Cope rearrangement. MINDO/3 studies of the rearrangements of 1,5-hexadiene and bicyclo[2.2.0]hexane

    Michael J. S. Dewar;George P. Ford;Michael L. McKee;Henry S. Rzepa

  • The Stabilities of N-Cl Bonds in Biocidal Materials.

    Akin Akdag;Serife Okur;Michael L. McKee;S. D. Worley

  • MCSCF study of the rearrangement of nitromethane to methyl nitrite

    Michael L. McKee

  • A Definitive Investigation of the Gas-Phase Two-Center Three-Electron Bond in [H2S-SH2]+, [Me2S-SMe2]+, and [Et2S-SEt2]+: Theory and Experiment

    Ying Deng;Andreas J. Illies;Mary A. James;Michael L. McKee

  • Computational Study of the Mono- and Dianions of SO2, SO3, SO4, S2O3, S2O4, S2O6, and S2O8

    Michael L. McKee

  • Density Functional Study of Neutral and Charged Silver Clusters Agn with n = 2–22. Evolution of Properties and Structure

    Michael L. McKee;Alexander Samokhvalov

  • Mechanistic Study of LiNH2BH3 Formation from (LiH)4 + NH3BH3 and Subsequent Dehydrogenation

    Tae Bum Lee;Michael L. McKee

  • Reactions of 1,3-cyclohexadiene with singlet oxygen. A theoretical study.

    and Fatma Sevin;Michael L. McKee

  • Theoretical Calculations of Band Gaps in the Aromatic Structures of Polythieno[3,4-b]benzene and Polythieno[3,4-b]pyrazine

    Ohyun Kwon;Michael L. McKee

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
Michael J. S. Dewar
Michael J. S. Dewar The University of Texas at Austin
William N. Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb Harvard University
Paul H. Wine
Paul H. Wine Georgia Institute of Technology
Shelby D. Worley
Shelby D. Worley Auburn University
Henry S. Rzepa
Henry S. Rzepa Imperial College London
Alan H. Cowley
Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt Florida State University
Werner Massa
Werner Massa Philipp University of Marburg
Rodney J. Bartlett
Rodney J. Bartlett University of Florida

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