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Weston Thatcher Borden

Weston Thatcher Borden

University of North Texas
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
15253
World Ranking
5672
National Ranking
1748

Weston Thatcher Borden 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 Weston Thatcher Borden sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 358 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.

Weston Thatcher Borden 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 Weston Thatcher Borden sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Weston Thatcher Borden is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their recent scholarly work includes a publication titled Correction to "Why Are Addition Reactions to N2 Thermodynamically Unfavorable?", published in 2024 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Borden has contributed to The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, which is also the primary venue for their research publications.

  • Correction to "Why Are Addition Reactions to N2 Thermodynamically Unfavorable?" (2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)

Throughout their career, Borden has been recognized by several scientific organizations. The awards received include:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2004)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1981)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1976)

Best Publications

  • Effects of electron repulsion in conjugated hydrocarbon diradicals

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Ernest R. Davidson

  • Proton-coupled electron transfer versus hydrogen atom transfer in benzyl/toluene, methoxyl/methanol, and phenoxyl/phenol self-exchange reactions

    James M Mayer;David A Hrovat;Jennie L Thomas;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Violations of Hund's Rule in Non-Kekule Hydrocarbons: Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Verification

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Hiizu Iwamura;Jerome A. Berson

  • Symmetry breaking in polyatomic molecules: real and artifactual

    Ernest R. Davidson;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Transition-State Spectroscopy of Cyclooctatetraene

    PG Wenthold;DA Hrovat;WT Borden;WC Lineberger

  • The interplay of theory and experiment in the study of phenylnitrene.

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Nina P. Gritsan;Christopher M. Hadad;William L. Karney

  • Carbon Tunneling from a Single Quantum State

    Peter S. Zuev;Robert S. Sheridan;Titus V. Albu;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Calculations on Open-Shell Molecules: A Beginner's Guide

    Thomas Bally;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Ab Initio Study of the Ring Expansion of Phenylnitrene and Comparison with the Ring Expansion of Phenylcarbene

    William L. Karney;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Dioxygen: What Makes This Triplet Diradical Kinetically Persistent?

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Roald Hoffmann;Thijs Stuyver;Thijs Stuyver;Bo Chen

  • Theoretical studies of diradicals containing four .pi. electrons

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Ernest R. Davidson

  • Ab Initio Calculations Show Why m-Phenylene Is Not Always a Ferromagnetic Coupler

    Shu Fang;Ming-Shi Lee;David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • The Cope Rearrangement Revisited Again. Results of Ab Initio Calculations beyond the CASSCF Level

    David A. Hrovat;Keiji Morokuma;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Ab initio calculations of the singlet-triplet energy difference in phenylnitrene

    David A. Hrovat;Edward E. Waali;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • The Synergy Between Qualitative Theory, Quantitative Calculations, and Direct Experiments in Understanding, Calculating, and Measuring the Energy Differences Between the Lowest Singlet and Triplet States of Organic Diradicals

    W. Carl Lineberger;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • CASSCF calculations find that a D8h geometry is the transition state for double bond shifting in cyclooctatetraene

    David A. Hrovat;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • A Computational Study of Reductive Elimination Reactions to Form C−H Bonds from Pt(II) and Pt(IV) Centers. Why Does Ligand Loss Precede Reductive Elimination from Six-Coordinate but Not Four-Coordinate Platinum?

    Kevin L. Bartlett;and Karen I. Goldberg;Weston Thatcher Borden

  • Transition structures for the Claisen rearrangement

    Robert L. Vance;Nelson G. Rondan;K. N. Houk;Frank. Jensen

  • The potential surfaces for the lowest singlet and triplet states of cyclobutadiene

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Ernest R. Davidson;Paul Hart

  • Synchronicity in Multibond Reactions

    Unknown

  • Potential surfaces for the planar cyclopentadienyl radical and cation

    Weston Thatcher Borden;Ernest R. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Hrovat
David A. Hrovat University of North Texas
Ernest R. Davidson
Ernest R. Davidson University of Washington
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
David Feller
David Feller Washington State University
William L. Jorgensen
William L. Jorgensen Yale University
James M. Mayer
James M. Mayer Yale University
Xue-Bin Wang
Xue-Bin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Avram Gold
Avram Gold University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Josef Michl
Josef Michl University of Colorado Boulder
Matthew S. Platz
Matthew S. Platz University of Hawaii at Hilo

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