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D-Index
60
Citations
12299
World Ranking
9733
National Ranking
2737

Willis H. Flygare 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 H. Flygare sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 206 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willis H. Flygare 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 H. Flygare sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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

  • 1981 - Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1975 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1968 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1964 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Willis H. Flygare is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Over the course of their career, they have been recognized with multiple awards and fellowships from prestigious organizations.

The awards received include the Irving Langmuir Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1981, the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1975, and election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, in 1971 and again in 1978. Other fellowships include those from the American Physical Society (APS) in 1968 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1964.

Best Publications

  • Outer‐Shell Overlap Integrals as a Function of Distance for Halogen—Halogen, Halogen—Alkali, and Alkali—Alkali Ions in the Alkali Halide Lattices

    D. W. Hafemeister;W. H. Flygare

  • Measurement of the dispersion in polarizability anisotropies

    G. R. Alms;A.K. Burnham;W. H. Flygare

  • Spin—Rotation Interaction and Magnetic Shielding in Molecules

    W. H. Flygare

  • A new method for observing the rotational spectra of weak molecular complexes: KrHCl

    T. J. Balle;E. J. Campbell;M. R. Keenan;W. H. Flygare

  • The simultaneous measurement of the electrophoretic mobility and diffusion coefficient in bovine serum albumin solutions by light scattering

    B.R. Ware;W.H. Flygare

  • The microwave spectrum and molecular structure of the acetylene-HF complex

    W. G. Read;W. H. Flygare

  • The rotational spectrum and molecular structure of the acetylene–HCl dimer

    A. C. Legon;P. D. Aldrich;W. H. Flygare

  • The vibrational ground state rotational spectroscopic constants and structure of the HCN dimer

    L.W. Buxton;E.J. Campbell;W.H. Flygare

  • Pulsed microwave Fourier transform spectrometer

    Jan Ekkers;W. H. Flygare

  • Calculation of molecular electric dipole and quadrupole moments

    T. D. Gierke;H. L. Tigelaar;W. H. Flygare

  • The microwave rotational spectrum, molecular geometry, 14N nuclear quadrupole coupling constants, and H, 19F nuclear spin–nuclear spin coupling constant of the nitrogen–hydrogen fluoride dimer

    P. D. Soper;A. C. Legon;W. G. Read;W. H. Flygare

  • Rotational spectrum, structure, and intramolecular force field of the ArClCN van der Waals complex

    M. R. Keenan;D. B. Wozniak;W. H. Flygare

  • The rotational spectrum, H, 19F nuclear spin–nuclear spin coupling, D nuclear quadrupole coupling, and molecular geometry of a weakly bound dimer of carbon monoxide and hydrogen fluoride

    A. C. Legon;P. D. Soper;W. H. Flygare

  • The rotational spectrum, structure, and molecular properties of the ethylene–HCl dimer

    P. D. Aldrich;A. C. Legon;W. H. Flygare

  • Localized magnetic susceptibility anisotropies

    T. G. Schmalz;C. L. Norris;W. H. Flygare

  • Estimation of local and nonlocal magnetic susceptibilities and a comparison of magnetic and thermodynamic criteria of aromaticity for 2-methoxypyridine and 1-methyl-2-pyridone.

    A. K. Burnham;Jae Keun Lee;T. G. Schmalz;P. Beak

  • The local electric field. I. The effect on isotropic and anisotropic Rayleigh scattering

    A. K. Burnham;G. R. Alms;W. H. Flygare

  • Microwave rotational spectrum, molecular geometry, and intermolecular interaction potential of the hydrogen‐bonded dimer OC–HCl

    P. D. Soper;A. C. Legon;W. H. Flygare

  • Rotational spectra and molecular structures of ArHBr and KrHBr

    M. R. Keenan;E. J. Campbell;T. J. Balle;L. W. Buxton

  • Diffusion studies of bovine serum albumin by quasielastic light scattering.

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  • Molecular structure of ArDF: An analysis of the bending mode in the rare gas–hydrogen halides

    M. R. Keenan;L. W. Buxton;E. J. Campbell;A. C. Legon

  • The gas dynamics of a pulsed supersonic nozzle molecular source as observed with a Fabry–Perot cavity microwave spectrometer

    E. J. Campbell;L. W. Buxton;T. J. Balle;M. R. Keenan

  • Microwave Spectrum, Barrier to Internal Rotation, 14N Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction, and Normal‐Coordinate Analysis in Methylisocyanate, Methylisothiocyanate, and Methylthiocyanate

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Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony C. Legon
Anthony C. Legon University of Bristol
Timothy K. Minton
Timothy K. Minton University of Colorado Boulder
Peter Beak
Peter Beak University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alan K. Burnham
Alan K. Burnham Stanford University
Rolf Gleiter
Rolf Gleiter Heidelberg University

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