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William J. Evans

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Chemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
40833
World Ranking
914
National Ranking
363

William J. Evans 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 J. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 732 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William J. Evans 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 J. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William J. Evans is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans significant fields within materials science and chemistry, with a total of 166 publications in materials science and 159 in chemistry.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several subfields of study, particularly in materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and physical and theoretical chemistry. These areas reflect a broad interdisciplinary approach within the chemical sciences.

Key topics covered in their work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, radioactive element chemistry and processing, coordination chemistry and organometallics, and magnetism in coordination complexes.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Joseph W. Ziller, Justin C. Wedal, Filipp Furche, Daniel N. Huh, and Austin J. Ryan, indicating a network of partnerships that contribute to the scope of their scientific output.

Regarding publication venues, William J. Evans has consistently published in specialized journals and databases, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (58 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (19 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (15 publications)
  • Organometallics (13 publications)
  • Chemical Science (6 publications)

Some recent research papers document a range of topics related to rare-earth metal chemistry, molecular spin qubits, and magnetism in coordination complexes:

  • A 9.2-GHz clock transition in a Lu(II) molecular spin qubit arising from a 3,467-MHz hyperfine interaction, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • A Rare-Earth Metal Retrospective to Stimulate All Fields, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Isolation and characterization of a californium metallocene, 2021, Nature
  • The importance of the counter-cation in reductive rare-earth metal chemistry: 18-crown-6 instead of 2,2,2-cryptand allows isolation of [YII(NR2)3]1− and ynediolate and enediolate complexes from CO reactions, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Strong Ferromagnetic Exchange Coupling and Single-Molecule Magnetism in MoS43--Bridged Dilanthanide Complexes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Strong exchange and magnetic blocking in N₂³⁻-radical-bridged lanthanide complexes.

    Jeffrey D. Rinehart;Ming Fang;William J. Evans;Jeffrey R. Long

  • A N23– Radical-Bridged Terbium Complex Exhibiting Magnetic Hysteresis at 14 K

    Jeffrey D. Rinehart;Ming Fang;William J. Evans;Jeffrey R. Long

  • Completing the Series of +2 Ions for the Lanthanide Elements: Synthesis of Molecular Complexes of Pr2+, Gd2+, Tb2+, and Lu2+

    Matthew R. MacDonald;Jefferson E. Bates;Joseph W. Ziller;Filipp Furche

  • The organometallic chemistry of the lanthanide elements in low oxidation states

    William J. Evans

  • Isolation and X-ray crystal structure of the first dinitrogen complex of an f-element metal, [(C5Me5)2Sm]2N2

    William J. Evans;Tamara A. Ulibarri;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Giant coercivity and high magnetic blocking temperatures for N23- radical-bridged dilanthanide complexes upon ligand dissociation.

    Selvan Demir;Selvan Demir;Miguel I. Gonzalez;Lucy E. Darago;William J. Evans

  • Chemistry of Tris(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) f-Element Complexes, (C5Me5)3M

    William J. Evans;Benjamin L. Davis

  • The importance of questioning scientific assumptions: some lessons from f element chemistry.

    William J. Evans

  • Solution synthesis and crystallographic characterization of the divalent organosamarium complexes (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2 and [(C5Me5)Sm(.mu.-I)(THF)2]2

    William J. Evans;Jay W. Grate;Henry W. Choi;Ira Bloom

  • Magnetic Susceptibility of Uranium Complexes

    Douglas R. Kindra;William J. Evans

  • Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of an unsolvated, monomeric samarium bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) organolanthanide complex, (C5Me5)2Sm

    William J. Evans;Laura A. Hughes;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • Identification of the +2 Oxidation State for Uranium in a Crystalline Molecular Complex, [K(2.2.2-Cryptand)][(C5H4SiMe3)3U]

    Matthew R. MacDonald;Megan E. Fieser;Jefferson E. Bates;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Perspectives in reductive lanthanide chemistry

    William J. Evans

  • Tutorial on the Role of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands in the Discovery of Molecular Complexes of the Rare-Earth and Actinide Metals in New Oxidation States136†

    William J. Evans

  • Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) complexes of samarium and europium: (C5Me5)2Sm and (C5Me5)2Eu

    William J. Evans;Laura A. Hughes;Timothy P. Hanusa

  • SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF THE FIRST MOLECULAR THULIUM(II) COMPLEX: TMI2(MEOCH2CH2OME)3

    Mikhail N. Bochkarev;Igor L. Fedushkin;Anatoly A. Fagin;Tatyana V. Petrovskaya

  • Investigation of organolanthanide-based carbon-carbon bond formation: synthesis, structure, and coupling reactivity of organolanthanide alkynide complexes, including the unusual structures of the trienediyl complex [(C5Me5)2Sm]2[.mu.-.eta.2:.eta.2-Ph(CH2)2C:C:C:C-(CH2)2Ph] and the unsolvated alkynide [(C5Me5)2Sm(C.tplbond.CCMe3)]2

    William J. Evans;Roy A. Keyer;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Structure, Reactivity, and Density Functional Theory Analysis of the Six-Electron Reductant, [(C5Me5)2U]2(μ-η6:η6-C6H6), Synthesized via a New Mode of (C5Me5)3M Reactivity

    William J. Evans;Stosh A. Kozimor;Joseph W. Ziller;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Reactivity of trimethylaluminum with (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2: synthesis, structure, and reactivity of the samarium methyl complexes (C5Me5)2Sm[(.mu.-Me)AlMe2(.mu.-Me)]2Sm(C5Me5)2 and (C5Me5)2SmMe(THF)

    William J. Evans;L. R. Chamberlain;Tamara A. Ulibarri;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Unsolvated Lanthanide Metallocene Cations [(C5Me5)2Ln][BPh4]: Multiple Syntheses, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity Including the Formation of (C5Me5)3Nd1

    William J. Evans;Christopher A. Seibel;Joseph W. Ziller

  • Reactivity of samarium complex [(C5Me5)2Sm(.mu.-H)]2 in ether and arene solvents. X-ray crystal structures of the internally metalated complex (C5Me5)2Sm(.mu.-H)(.mu.-CH2C5Me4)Sm(C5Me5), the benzyl complex (C5Me5)2Sm(CH2C6H5)(THF), and the siloxide complex [(C5Me5)2Sm(THF)]2(.mu.-OSiMe2OSiMe2O)

    William J. Evans;Tamara A. Ulibarri;Joseph W. Ziller

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine
Filipp Furche
Filipp Furche University of California, Irvine
Stosh A. Kozimor
Stosh A. Kozimor Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jerry L. Atwood
Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri
Arnold L. Rheingold
Arnold L. Rheingold University of California, San Diego
M. Frederick Hawthorne
M. Frederick Hawthorne University of Missouri
William E. Hunter
William E. Hunter University of Alabama
Jeffrey R. Long
Jeffrey R. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jay W. Grate
Jay W. Grate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Choong-Shik Yoo
Choong-Shik Yoo Washington State University

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