Alan Ford

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Ford is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Ford has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Alan Ford's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (15 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (11 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers). Alan Ford is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (15 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (11 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers). Alan Ford collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Belgium and United States. Alan Ford's co-authors include Anita R. Maguire, Catherine N. Slattery, Aoife Ring, M. Anthony McKervey, Hugues Miel, Nora M. O’Brien, Mikhail Konoplyannikov, Simon E. Lawrence, Anthony L. Spek and Á. Rodríguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alan Ford

37 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Modern Organic Synthesis with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Modern Organic Synthesis with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds
    2015 1.4k citations Alan Ford, Hugues Miel et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Ford Ireland 17 1.9k 223 216 105 85 37 2.2k
Pedro de March Spain 26 1.7k 0.9× 396 1.8× 136 0.6× 188 1.8× 22 0.3× 110 2.0k
Mona Patel United States 20 764 0.4× 304 1.4× 70 0.3× 81 0.8× 28 0.3× 36 1.1k
Vikas N. Telvekar India 21 1.2k 0.6× 257 1.2× 129 0.6× 29 0.3× 9 0.1× 98 1.3k
Moira L. Bode South Africa 16 629 0.3× 482 2.2× 81 0.4× 25 0.2× 7 0.1× 44 1.1k
Fritz Theil Germany 24 753 0.4× 1.0k 4.6× 96 0.4× 55 0.5× 11 0.1× 65 1.6k
Abbas Hassan Pakistan 20 1.1k 0.6× 255 1.1× 459 2.1× 50 0.5× 9 0.1× 57 1.4k
Joseph Cs. Jászberényi United States 24 1.3k 0.7× 276 1.2× 112 0.5× 94 0.9× 7 0.1× 58 1.4k
Bapurao B. Shingate India 31 2.7k 1.4× 567 2.5× 73 0.3× 20 0.2× 10 0.1× 127 3.0k
M. F. GORDEEV United States 22 968 0.5× 562 2.5× 74 0.3× 45 0.4× 25 0.3× 67 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Ford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Ford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Ford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Ford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Ford based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Ford. Alan Ford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ford, Alan, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and Evaluation of Prodrugs of α-Carboxy Nucleoside Phosphonates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(21). 14793–14808. 7 indexed citations
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Lynch, Denis, et al.. (2021). Exploiting Continuous Processing for Challenging Diazo Transfer and Telescoped Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transformations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(20). 13955–13982. 6 indexed citations
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Ford, Alan, et al.. (2020). Localized Partitioning of Enantiomers in Solid Samples of Sulfoxides: Importance of Sampling Method in Determination of Enantiopurity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(15). 10216–10221. 4 indexed citations
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Ford, Alan, et al.. (2020). Synthetic and mechanistic aspects of sulfonyl migrations. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(14). 2549–2610. 41 indexed citations
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Ford, Alan, et al.. (2016). Exploring the role of the α-carboxyphosphonate moiety in the HIV-RT activity of α-carboxy nucleoside phosphonates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(8). 2454–2465. 13 indexed citations
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Balzarini, Jan, Kalyan Das, Jean Bernatchez, et al.. (2015). Alpha-carboxy nucleoside phosphonates as universal nucleoside triphosphate mimics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(11). 3475–3480. 25 indexed citations
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Ford, Alan, Hugues Miel, Aoife Ring, et al.. (2015). Modern Organic Synthesis with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds. Chemical Reviews. 115(18). 9981–10080. 1353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ring, Aoife, et al.. (2014). Enantioselective copper catalysed C–H insertion reaction of 2-sulfonyl-2-diazoacetamides to form γ-lactams. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(38). 7612–7628. 24 indexed citations
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Maguire, Anita R., Catherine N. Slattery, Alan Ford, K.S. Eccles, & Simon E. Lawrence. (2014). Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects on the Competition between C–H Insertion and Hydride Transfer in Copper-Mediated Transformations of α-Diazo-β-Keto Sulfones. Synlett. 25(4). 591–595. 3 indexed citations
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Ford, Alan, et al.. (2012). Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(7). 3288–3296. 57 indexed citations
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Murphy, Maureen E., Denis Lynch, Marie Kissane, et al.. (2007). Investigation of the synthetic and mechanistic aspects of the highly stereoselective transformation of α-thioamides to α-thio-β-chloroacrylamides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(8). 1228–1241. 22 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Florence O., Alan Ford, Sean A. Hogan, et al.. (2005). Synthesis, isolation and characterisation of β-sitosterol and β-sitosterol oxide derivatives. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(16). 3059–3059. 50 indexed citations
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Konoplyannikov, Mikhail, et al.. (2003). Comparison of the cytotoxic effects of β-sitosterol oxides and a cholesterol oxide, 7β-hydroxycholesterol, in cultured mammalian cells. British Journal Of Nutrition. 90(4). 767–775. 86 indexed citations
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Maguire, Anita R., et al.. (2002). New methods for the synthesis of N-benzoylated uridine and thymidine derivatives; a convenient method for N-debenzoylation. Carbohydrate Research. 337(4). 369–372. 17 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Á., Martin Albrecht, Alan Ford, et al.. (2002). Bifunctional Pincer-type Organometallics as Substrates for Organic Transformations and as Novel Building Blocks for Polymetallic Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(18). 5127–5138. 90 indexed citations
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Maguire, Anita R., et al.. (2001). Enantioselective Synthesis of Sulindac. Synlett. 2001(1). 41–44. 50 indexed citations

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