Alan H. Cowley

18.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
504 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

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Alan H. Cowley is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan H. Cowley has authored 504 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 391 papers in Organic Chemistry, 306 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 64 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan H. Cowley's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (242 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (188 papers) and Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (81 papers). Alan H. Cowley is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (242 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (188 papers) and Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (81 papers). Alan H. Cowley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alan H. Cowley's co-authors include Richard A. Jones, R.R. Butorac, Nicholas C. Norman, Marek Pakulski, Richard A. Kemp, Charles L. B. Macdonald, Christine M. Nunn, M. L. P. Reddy, David A. Atwood and Kalyan V. Vasudevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Alan H. Cowley

498 papers receiving 14.1k citations

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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.

Synthesis and reaction chemistry of stable two-coordinate phosphorus cations (phosphenium ions)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan H. Cowley United States	58	11.0k	9.5k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	504	14.8k
Carl Krüger Germany	58	14.7k 1.3×	9.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	644	17.5k
John A. Gladysz United States	65	14.0k 1.3×	6.9k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	555	17.7k
Joseph C. Calabrese United States	68	11.1k 1.0×	5.9k 0.6×	4.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	2.8k 1.9×	258	16.0k
Odile Eisenstein France	75	14.3k 1.3×	9.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	339	20.0k
Kenneth G. Caulton United States	55	9.4k 0.9×	7.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	441	13.2k
Lawrence F. Dahl United States	59	6.7k 0.6×	5.6k 0.6×	3.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	258	10.6k
Robert J. Angelici United States	51	8.4k 0.8×	4.9k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	849 0.6×	394	11.3k
Gottfried Hüttner Germany	50	11.9k 1.1×	9.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	579	14.5k
Gerard Parkin United States	63	10.7k 1.0×	7.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	356	15.4k
Melvyn Rowen Churchill United States	52	9.4k 0.9×	6.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	488	12.8k

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Zhu, Xunjin, et al.. (2018). Luminescent Electropolymerizable Ruthenium Complexes and Corresponding Conducting Metallopolymers. Macromolecules. 51(20). 8217–8228. 9 indexed citations

Cowley, Alan H., et al.. (2018). Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes with a Polymerizable Phosphorus/Nitrogen/Phosphorus Ligand and Corresponding Conducting Metallopolymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 219(22). 1 indexed citations

Krishnamoorthy, P., P. Sathyadevi, R.R. Butorac, et al.. (2012). Variation in the biomolecular interactions of nickel(ii) hydrazone complexes upon tuning the hydrazide fragment. Dalton Transactions. 41(22). 6842–6842. 68 indexed citations

Krishnamoorthy, P., P. Sathyadevi, Alan H. Cowley, R.R. Butorac, & N. Dharmaraj. (2011). Evaluation of DNA binding, DNA cleavage, protein binding and in vitro cytotoxic activities of bivalent transition metal hydrazone complexes. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46(8). 3376–3387. 303 indexed citations

Sathyadevi, P., P. Krishnamoorthy, R.R. Butorac, et al.. (2011). Effect of substitution and planarity of the ligand on DNA/BSA interaction, free radical scavenging and cytotoxicity of diamagnetic Ni(ii) complexes: A systematic investigation. Dalton Transactions. 40(38). 9690–9690. 162 indexed citations

Powell, Adam B., Christopher W. Bielawski, & Alan H. Cowley. (2010). Design, Synthesis, and Study of Main Chain Poly(N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Complexes: Applications in Electrochromic Devices. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(29). 10184–10194. 91 indexed citations

Vasudevan, Kalyan V., Ignacio Vargas‐Baca, & Alan H. Cowley. (2009). Naphthalene‐Mediated Electronic Communication in Tetrakis(imino)pyracene Complexes. Angewandte Chemie. 121(44). 8519–8521. 5 indexed citations

Findlater, Michael, Nicholas J. Hill, & Alan H. Cowley. (2008). Synthesis and structure of two new (guanidinate)boron dichlorides and their attempted conversion to boron(i) derivatives. Dalton Transactions. 4419–4419. 57 indexed citations

Jones, Jamie N. & Alan H. Cowley. (2005). π-Indenyl tin(ii) and lead(ii) compounds. Chemical Communications. 1300–1302. 15 indexed citations

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Findlater, Michael, Nicholas J. Hill, & Alan H. Cowley. (2005). Amidinate-substituted boron halides: Synthesis and structure. Polyhedron. 25(4). 983–988. 28 indexed citations

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Battle, Scott L., Alan H. Cowley, A. Decken, Richard A. Jones, & Stefan U. Koschmieder. (1999). The first beryllium diorganoarsenide: synthesis and structure of (η5-C5Me5)BeAs(t-Bu)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 582(1). 66–69. 15 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., François P. Gabbaı̈, & A. Decken. (1994). Synthese und Koordinationsverhalten eines Gallacyclopentadiens. Angewandte Chemie. 106(13). 1429–1431. 9 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., François P. Gabbaı̈, & A. Decken. (1994). Synthesis and Ligative Behavior of a Gallacyclopentadiene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 33(13). 1370–1372. 23 indexed citations

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Atwood, David A., Alan H. Cowley, Richard A. Jones, & Miguel A. Mardones. (1993). An indium-phosphorus heterocubane as a new type of indium phosphide precursor. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 449(1-2). C1–C2. 22 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., et al.. (1990). Synthese und Struktur eines Diphosphadigalletans: ein neuartiges, basenstabilisiertes Ga₂ P₂‐Ringsystem. Angewandte Chemie. 102(10). 1169–1171. 17 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., Stephen W. Hall, Christine M. Nunn, & John M. Power. (1988). Synthesis and structure of a phosphagermirene. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 753–753. 23 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., et al.. (1988). Organometallic chemical vapor deposition of III/V compound semiconductors with novel organometallic precursors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(18). 6248–6249. 49 indexed citations

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Jones, Richard A., et al.. (1988). Potential sources of the electronic materials GaP and AlAs. Synthesis and X-ray structures of [t-Bu2 Ga(μ-(C5H9)PH)]2 and [Et2Al(μ-t-Bu2As)]2 (C5H9 = cyclopentyl). Polyhedron. 7(19-20). 1901–1908. 29 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., et al.. (1974). Sign changes in the nitrogen-15-phosphorus-31 directly bonded coupling constant. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(22). 7122–7123. 10 indexed citations

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Cowley, Alan H., et al.. (1970). The sign of the¹⁵N–³¹P coupling constant. Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications. 0(22). 1491–1492. 1 indexed citations

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