E. E. Nikitin

4.1k citations

192 papers · 3.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

Impact in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.5%
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
Spectroscopy top 0.5%
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 151
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 73
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 60
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 60
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 31
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research 21
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics 18
Spectroscopy 57
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications 33

Co-authors: J. Troe (55 shared papers)R. Stephen Berry (1 shared paper)E. I. Dashevskaya (55 shared papers)A. I. Maergoiz (15 shared papers)V. G. Ushakov (10 shared papers)I. Litvin (23 shared papers)E. Fridman (20 shared papers)Konstantin Mikityuk (8 shared papers)
Journals: The Journal of Chemical Physics (39 papers)Chemical Physics Letters (12 papers)Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (12 papers)Molecular Physics (11 papers)Chemical Physics (11 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Israel Russia

In The Last Decade

E. E. Nikitin

184 papers receiving 3.3k citations

E. E. Nikitin's Hit Papers

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Theory of Elementary Atomic and Molecular Processes in Gases 1975 · 430 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1975 Physics Today

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1	Theory of Elementary Atomic and Molecular Processes in Gases Physics Today ·E. E. Nikitin, R. Stephen Berry Hit paper breakdown →	1975	430
2	The Theory of Nonadiabatic Transitions: Recent Development with Exponential Models Advances in quantum chemistry ·E. E. Nikitin	1970	151
3	Energy transfer in collisions of an excited sodium atom with a nitrogen molecule Chemical Physics Letters ·Anders Bjerre, E. E. Nikitin	1967	146
4	Nonadiabatic Transitions between Fine-Structure Components of Alkali Atoms upon Collision with Inert-Gas Atoms The Journal of Chemical Physics ·E. E. Nikitin	1965	135
5	N ONADIABATIC T RANSITIONS : What We Learned from Old Masters and How Much We Owe Them Annual Review of Physical Chemistry ·E. E. Nikitin	1999	83
6	Resonance and non-resonance intermolecular energy exchange in molecular collisions Discussions of the Faraday Society ·E. E. Nikitin	1962	70
7	Effect of vibronic interaction upon the vibrational relaxation of diatomic molecules Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society ·E. E. Nikitin, S. Ya. Umanski	1972	68
8	Theory of excitation transfer in collisions between alkali atoms. I. Identical partners Canadian Journal of Physics ·E. I. Dashevskaya, A. I. Voronin, E. E. Nikitin	1969	66
9	Classical trajectory and statistical adiabatic channel study of the dynamics of capture and unimolecular bond fission. IV. Valence interactions between atoms and linear rotors The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. I. Maergoiz, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe, V. G. Ushakov	1998	63
10	Modelling low-energy electron–molecule capture processes Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·E. I. Dashevskaya, I. Litvin, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe	2008	58
11	Theory of Collisionally Induced Intramultiplet Mixing in Excited Alkali Atoms The Journal of Chemical Physics ·E. I. Dashevskaya, E. E. Nikitin, Alexandre I. Reznikov	1970	55
12	Low-temperature behavior of capture rate constants for inverse power potentials The Journal of Chemical Physics ·E. I. Dashevskaya, A. I. Maergoiz, J. Troe, I. Litvin, E. E. Nikitin	2003	54
13	Classical trajectory and adiabatic channel study of the transition from adiabatic to sudden capture dynamics. III. Dipole–dipole capture The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. I. Maergoiz, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe, V. G. Ushakov	1996	52
14	Theory of excitation transfer in collisions between alkali atoms. II. Dissimilar partners Canadian Journal of Physics ·E. I. Dashevskaya, E. E. Nikitin, A. I. Voronin, Alexander A. Zembekov	1970	50
15	Solution of the OECD/NEA neutronic SFR benchmark with Serpent-DYN3D and Serpent-PARCS code systems Annals of Nuclear Energy ·E. E. Nikitin, E. Fridman, Konstantin Mikityuk	2014	50
16	Statistical theory of endothermic reactions Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry ·E. E. Nikitin	1966	50
17	Classical trajectory and adiabatic channel study of the transition from adiabatic to sudden capture dynamics. II. Ion–quadrupole capture The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. I. Maergoiz, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe, V. G. Ushakov	1996	48
18	Classical trajectory and adiabatic channel study of the transition from adiabatic to sudden capture dynamics. I. Ion–dipole capture The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. I. Maergoiz, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe, V. G. Ushakov	1996	47
19	70 years of Landau–Teller theory for collisional energy transfer. Semiclassical three-dimensional generalizations of the classical collinear model Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe	2008	45
20	Classical trajectory and statistical adiabatic channel study of the dynamics of capture and unimolecular bond fission. V. Valence interactions between two linear rotors The Journal of Chemical Physics ·A. I. Maergoiz, E. E. Nikitin, J. Troe, V. G. Ushakov	1998	44

About E. E. Nikitin

E. E. Nikitin is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Radiation, having authored 192 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (73 papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (60 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (60 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (33 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (31 papers), Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (21 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (19 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.9k citations), Spectroscopy (1.2k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (304 citations), Atmospheric Science (503 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (316 citations). E. E. Nikitin has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Israel and Russia. Frequent co-authors include J. Troe, R. Stephen Berry, E. I. Dashevskaya, A. I. Maergoiz, V. G. Ushakov, I. Litvin, E. Fridman, Konstantin Mikityuk, M. Ya. Ovchinnikova and Richard N. Zare. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics.

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