Research field · part of Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Branch of physical science concerned with the composition, structure and properties of matter.
Also known as: chemical sciences
7.0M
Works (OpenAlex)
85.6M
Citations (OpenAlex)
6
Subfields
Counts: OpenAlex snapshot, March 2026. They cover every work OpenAlex has classified in this field, not only papers in our index.
Most-cited papers in Chemistry
From our index (snapshot, October 2026): papers whose primary topic falls in this field, ranked by citation count. Counts that fail a plausibility check are left out.
Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents
Vernon L. Singleton, Joseph A. Rossi
1965American Journal of Enology and Viticulture23,794 citations
Introduction to Solid State Physics
C. Kittel, Heng Fan
1957American Journal of Physics22,357 citations
General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
Michael W. Schmidt, Kim K. Baldridge, Jerry A. Boatz, Stephen T. Elbert, Mark S. Gordon et al.
1993Journal of Computational Chemistry20,111 citations
Hierarchical Grouping to Optimize an Objective Function
Joe H. Ward
1963Journal of the American Statistical Association18,957 citations
C60: Buckminsterfullerene
Harold W. Kroto, J. R. Heath, Sean C. O’Brien, R. F. Curl, R. E. Smalley
1985Nature15,775 citations
Self—Consistent Molecular Orbital Methods. XII. Further Extensions of Gaussian—Type Basis Sets for Use in Molecular Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules
Warren J. Hehre, R. Ditchfield, John A. Pople
1972The Journal of Chemical Physics15,556 citations
Ground State of the Electron Gas by a Stochastic Method
David M. Ceperley, B. J. Alder
1980Physical Review Letters14,143 citations
Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboron Compounds
Norio Miyaura, Akira Suzuki
1995Chemical Reviews12,607 citations