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D-Index
54
Citations
10095
World Ranking
12638
National Ranking
3353

Willis B. Person 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 Willis B. Person sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 233 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willis B. Person 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 Willis B. Person sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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

  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Willis B. Person is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States.

The researcher has been recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1960.

Best Publications

  • Properties of Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes Obtained from the B3LYP Functional with 6-31G(d,p) and 6-31+G(d,p) Basis Sets: Comparison with MP2/6-31+G(d,p) Results and Experimental Data

    Janet E. Del Bene;Willis B. Person;Krystyna Szczepaniak

  • Dipole moment derivatives and infrared intensities. I. Polar tensors

    Willis B. Person;James H. Newton

  • <i>Molecular Interactions and Electronic Spectra</i>

    Unknown

  • Matrix isolation infrared studies of nucleic acid constituents. 5. Experimental matrix-isolation and theoretical ab initio SCF molecular orbital studies of the infrared spectra of cytosine monomers

    M. Szczesniak;K. Szczepaniak;J. S. Kwiatkowski;K. KuBulat

  • Donor-Acceptor Complexes

    R. S. Mulliken;Willis B. Person

  • A Criterion for Reliability of Formation Constants of Weak Complexes

    Willis B. Person

  • Absolute infrared intensities and band shapes in pure solid CO and CO in some solid matrices

    George J. Jiang;Willis B. Person;Kenneth G. Brown

  • MATRIX ISOLATION STUDIES OF NUCLEIC ACID CONSTITUENTS. I. INFRARED SPECTRA OF URACIL MONOMERS

    M. Szczesniak;M. J. Nowak;H. Rostkowska;Krystyna Szczepaniak

  • Dipole moment derivatives and infrared intensities. II. Polar tensors in methyl halide molecules

    James H. Newton;Willis B. Person

  • Interpretation of infrared intensity changes on molecular complex formation. I. Water dimer

    Barbara A. Zilles;Willis B. Person

  • Electron Affinities of Some Halogen Molecules and the Charge‐Transfer Frequency

    Willis B. Person

  • Quantitative Analysis of Glass Structure with the Use of Infrared Reflection Spectra

    D. M. Sanders;W. B. Person;L. L. Hench

  • Vibrational Intensities. VI. Ethylene and Its Deuteroisotopes

    R. C. Golike;I. M. Mills;W. B. Person;Bryce Crawford

  • Infrared Spectra of Charge‐Transfer Complexes. VI. Theory

    H. Bruce Friedrich;Willis B. Person

  • Transition moments in infrared‐active fundamentals of spherical‐top molecules

    Kenneth Fox;Willis B. Person

  • Raman and Infrared Spectra of Thymine. A Matrix Isolation and DFT Study

    Krystyna Szczepaniak;and M. Martin Szczesniak;Willis B. Person

  • Contributions from electron correlation to the relative stabilities of the tautomers of nucleic acid bases

    Jozef S. Kwiatkowski;Rodney J. Bartlett;Willis B. Person

  • Matrix isolation studies of nucleic acid constituents. 2. Quantitative ab initio prediction of the infrared spectrum of in-plane modes of uracil

    Steven Chin;Ismael Scott;Krystyna Szczepani;Willis B. Person

  • Thiouracils. 2. Tautomerism and infrared spectra of thiouracils. Matrix-isolation and ab initio studies

    H. Rostkowska;K. Szczepaniak;M. J. Nowak;J. Leszczynski

  • Infrared and Raman Spectra, Force Constants, and the Structures of Some Polyhalide Ions: ICl2−, ICl4−, BrCl2−, and Br3−

    Willis B. Person;George R. Anderson;James N. Fordemwalt;H. Stammreich

  • Liquid‐Gas Infrared Intensities, Pressure‐Induced Absorption, and the Temperature Dependence of Infrared Intensities in Liquids

    Willis B. Person

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet E. Del Bene
Janet E. Del Bene Youngstown State University
Rodney J. Bartlett
Rodney J. Bartlett University of Florida
Alexander I. Popov
Alexander I. Popov Michigan State University
Ian G. Mills
Ian G. Mills University of Oxford
George C. Pimentel
George C. Pimentel University of California, Berkeley
Jerzy Leszczynski
Jerzy Leszczynski Jackson State University
Larry L. Hench
Larry L. Hench Florida Institute of Technology
Ludwik Adamowicz
Ludwik Adamowicz University of Arizona
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Kenneth S. Pitzer University of California, Berkeley
David Shugar
David Shugar Polish Academy of Sciences

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