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William H. Orme-Johnson

William H. Orme-Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
12434
World Ranking
6056
National Ranking
1841

William H. Orme-Johnson 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 William H. Orme-Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 195 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Orme-Johnson 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 William H. Orme-Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. Orme-Johnson was affiliated with MIT in the United States during their academic career. They contributed to scientific research primarily in association with this institution. Their work was recognized by the American scientific community, as evidenced by their election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1980.

Throughout their career, Orme-Johnson focused on areas within scientific research but specific fields of study and subfields have not been documented in available data. Similarly, detailed records of their publications, including journals or conferences, have not been listed in the available sources.

Frequent collaborations and co-authorships in Orme-Johnson's research were not documented, nor were any prominent research topics noted. Additionally, no specific book publications by Orme-Johnson have been recorded in the sources provided.

Orme-Johnson's published works and scientific contributions are not detailed in the accessible records, so there is no information on the titles, years, or venues of any academic papers they authored.

Their career has since concluded, and Orme-Johnson is listed as deceased. The available documentation provides recognition primarily through their AAAS fellowship, with no further award records detailed.

Best Publications

  • SPIN-STATE CHANGES IN CYTOCHROME P-450cam ON BINDING OF SPECIFIC SUBSTRATES

    R. Tsai;C. A. Yu;I. C. Gunsalus;J. Peisach

  • Mitochondrial Cytochrome P450 A COMPONENT OF CHICK KIDNEY 25-HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL-1α-HYDROXYLASE

    Jacob G. Ghazarian;Colin R. Jefcoate;Joyce C. Knutson;William H. Orme-Johnson

  • Novel metal cluster in the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase. Spectroscopic evidence.

    J Rawlings;V K Shah;J R Chisnell;W J Brill

  • On the nature of the iron-sulfur centers in a ferredoxin from Azotobacter vinelandii. Mössbauer studies and cluster displacement experiments.

    M H Emptage;T A Kent;B H Huynh;J Rawlings

  • Mössbauer, EPR, and magnetization studies of the Azotobacter vinelandii Fe protein. Evidence for a [4Fe-4S]1+ cluster with spin S = 3/2.

    P A Lindahl;E P Day;T A Kent;W H Orme-Johnson

  • Nitrogenase X: Mössbauer and EPR studies on reversibly oxidized MoFe protein from Azotobacter vinelandii OP. Nature of the iron centers.

    Reinhart Zimmermann;Eckard Münck;Winston J. Brill;Vinod K. Shah

  • Nitrogenase. VIII. Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopy. The MoFe protein component from Azotobacter vinelandii OP.

    E Münck;H Rhodes;W H Orme-Johnson;L C Davis

  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Nitrogenase and Nitrogenase Components from Clostridium pasteurianum W5 and Azotobacter vinelandii OP

    W. H. Orme-Johnson;W. D. Hamilton;T. L. Jones;M.-Y. W. Tso

  • Two components of an extracellular protein aggregate of Clostridium thermocellum together degrade crystalline cellulose

    J. H. David Wu;William H. Orme-Johnson;Arnold L. Demain

  • Nitrogenase. III. Nitrogenaseless mutants of Azotobacter vinelandii: Activities, cross-reactions and epr spectra

    Vinod K. Shah;L.C. Davis;Joyce K. Gordon;W.H. Orme-Johnson

  • Purification and properties of an 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.

    F S Jacobson;L Daniels;J A Fox;C T Walsh

  • 8-Hydroxy-5-deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum: 1. Purification and characterization.

    Judith A. Fox;David J. Livingston;William H. Orme-Johnson;Christopher T. Walsh

  • Moessbauer and integer-spin EPR of the oxidized P-clusters of nitrogenase: POX is a non-Kramers system with a nearly degenerate ground doublet

    Kristene K. Surerus;Michael P. Hendrich;Patricia D. Christie;Dirk Rottgardt

  • Oxidation-reduction properties of several low potential iron-sulfur proteins and of methylviologen.

    N A Stombaugh;J E Sundquist;R H Burris;W H Orme-Johnson

  • The two-iron ferredoxins in spinach, parsley, pig adrenal cortex, Azotobacter vinelandii, and Clostridium pasteurianum: Studies by magnetic field Mössbauer spectroscopy

    William Richard Dunham;Alan J. Bearden;Irving T. Salmeen;Graham Palmer

  • The iron electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) of two-iron ferredoxins from spinach, parsley, pig adrenal cortex and Pseudomonas putida.

    J. Fritz;R. Anderson;James A. Fee;Graham Palmer

  • Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopy on protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Larry Que;John D Lipscomb;R. Zimmermann;E. Münck

  • Identification of the iron-sulfur center of spinach ferredoxin-nitrite reductase as a tetranuclear center, and preliminary EPR studies of mechanism.

    J R Lancaster;J M Vega;H Kamin;N R Orme-Johnson

  • A hydrogenase-linked gene in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain delta H encodes a polyferredoxin

    John N. Reeve;Gregory S. Beckler;David S. Cram;Paul T. Hamilton

  • Paramagnetic centers in the nickel-containing, deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

    Nakao Kojima;Judith A. Fox;Robert P. Hausinger;Lacy Daniels

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Beinert
Helmut Beinert University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Eckard Münck
Eckard Münck Carnegie Mellon University
Brian M. Hoffman
Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University
Stephen K Chapman
Stephen K Chapman University of Edinburgh
Paul A. Lindahl
Paul A. Lindahl Texas A&M University
Vinod K. Shah
Vinod K. Shah University of Wisconsin–Madison
Irwin C. Gunsalus
Irwin C. Gunsalus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert P. Hausinger
Robert P. Hausinger Michigan State University
Robert H. Burris
Robert H. Burris University of Wisconsin–Madison

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