Alan R. Kennedy

17.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
584 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Kennedy is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Kennedy has authored 584 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 465 papers in Organic Chemistry, 230 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 71 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Kennedy's work include Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (297 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (175 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (109 papers). Alan R. Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (297 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (175 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (109 papers). Alan R. Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Alan R. Kennedy's co-authors include Robert E. Mulvey, Eva Hevia, Charles T. O’Hara, Stuart D. Robertson, David R. Armstrong, W. Clegg, J. Klett, R.B. Rowlings, Joaquín García‐Álvarez and Alberto Hernán‐Gómez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Kennedy

569 papers receiving 14.5k 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.

Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan R. Kennedy United Kingdom	54	11.4k	5.4k	2.0k	1.2k	1.0k	584	14.7k
Feliu Maseras Spain	64	11.4k 1.0×	5.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	898 0.7×	667 0.7×	314	16.2k
Agustı́ Lledós Spain	55	8.7k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	891 0.7×	605 0.6×	384	12.3k
Thomas R. Cundari United States	65	10.2k 0.9×	6.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.8×	819 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	445	15.9k
Ulli Englert Germany	49	7.1k 0.6×	6.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	540	11.1k
Michael Bolte Germany	57	11.6k 1.0×	6.2k 1.1×	4.3k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k	15.9k
David J. Watson United Kingdom	24	5.5k 0.5×	3.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	58	9.0k
Curtis E. Moore United States	49	4.4k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	796 0.6×	869 0.8×	285	7.9k
Mikhail Yu. Antipin Russia	48	5.4k 0.5×	2.9k 0.5×	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	541	9.3k
Lev N. Zakharov United States	62	8.3k 0.7×	4.3k 0.8×	5.1k 2.5×	818 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	381	13.4k
Richard Goddard Germany	66	14.7k 1.3×	6.1k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	830 0.7×	714 0.7×	433	17.2k

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Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2025). Coordination chemistry of alkali metals in a modified β-diketiminate ligand scaffold. Polyhedron. 273. 117461–117461.

Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2025). Divergent reduction chemistry of NHC-aluminium(iii) hydrides. Dalton Transactions. 54(15). 6038–6042. 1 indexed citations

Li, Tai‐De, et al.. (2025). 2D Interfacial Crystallization Stabilized by Short-Chain Aliphatic Interfaces. Langmuir. 41(11). 7376–7385. 1 indexed citations

Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2025). Fluorenyl-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of the heavy alkali metals. Chemical Communications. 62(4). 1157–1160.

Navarro, Marta, et al.. (2024). Diverse Multinuclear Alkali Metallated (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) Family of the 1,3,5‐tris‐2‐aminopyridyl‐2,4,6‐triethylbenzene Framework. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(5). e202403544–e202403544.

Gentner, Thomas Xaver, et al.. (2024). Application of Bis(amido)alkyl Magnesiates toward the Synthesis of Molecular Rubidium and Cesium Hydrido-magnesiates. Organometallics. 43(12). 1393–1401. 1 indexed citations

Kennedy, Alan R., Teodor Serban, Sven Knecht, et al.. (2023). Reducing the burden of inconclusive smart device single-lead ECG tracings via a novel artificial intelligence algorithm. PubMed. 5(1). 29–35. 4 indexed citations

Burke, David, et al.. (2023). PO-04-182 NOVEL AI ALGORITHM IMPROVES THE AUTOMATED DETECTION OF ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS FROM THE APPLE WATCH. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S613–S614. 1 indexed citations

Legrand, Alexandre, Catherine Weetman, Alan R. Kennedy, et al.. (2023). Porous Metal‐Organic Cages Based on Rigid Bicyclo[2.2.2]oct‐7‐ene Type Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Gas Uptake Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(32). e202300732–e202300732. 8 indexed citations

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Orr, Samantha A., et al.. (2022). Hydrocarbon Soluble Alkali‐Metal‐Aluminium Hydride Surrog[ATES]. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(55). e202201085–e202201085. 14 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2022). A Chemo- and Regioselective Tandem [3 + 2]Heteroannulation Strategy for Carbazole Synthesis: Combining Two Mechanistically Distinct Bond-Forming Processes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(7). 4603–4616. 6 indexed citations

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Shaw, Paul, et al.. (2022). Oxygenated Cyclopentenones via the Pauson–Khand Reaction of Silyl Enol Ether Substrates. Organic Letters. 24(14). 2750–2755. 5 indexed citations

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Ballmann, Gerd, Thomas Xaver Gentner, Alan R. Kennedy, Eva Hevia, & Robert E. Mulvey. (2022). Heavy Alkali Metal Manganate Complexes: Synthesis, Structures and Solvent‐Induced Dissociation Effects. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(55). e202201716–e202201716. 10 indexed citations

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Gentner, Thomas Xaver, Matthew J. Evans, Alan R. Kennedy, et al.. (2022). Rubidium and caesium aluminyls: synthesis, structures and reactivity in C–H bond activation of benzene. Chemical Communications. 58(9). 1390–1393. 50 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2021). Inhibition of (dppf)nickel-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions by α-halo-N-heterocycles. Chemical Science. 12(42). 14074–14082. 13 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Alan R., et al.. (2020). The Natural Product Lepidiline A as an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand Precursor in Complexes of the Type [Ir(cod)(NHC)PPh3)]X: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application in Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Catalysis. Catalysts. 10(2). 161–161. 11 indexed citations

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Veiga, Amanda G., Christian Ruzié, Guillaume Garbay, et al.. (2018). [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivatives: Influence in the molecular orientation and charge delocalization dynamics. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 221. 295–300. 12 indexed citations

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Calvo‐Castro, Jesus, G.C. Morris, Alan R. Kennedy, & Callum J. McHugh. (2016). Effects of Fluorine Substitution on the Intermolecular Interactions, Energetics, and Packing Behavior of N-Benzyl Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrroles. Crystal Growth & Design. 16(4). 2371–2384. 25 indexed citations

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Álvarez‐Dorta, Dimitri, et al.. (2008). Sequential Norrish Type II Photoelimination and Intramolecular Aldol Cyclization of 1,2‐Diketones in Carbohydrate Systems: Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopentitols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(46). 8917–8919. 26 indexed citations

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Graham, David V., Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey, & Charles T. O’Hara. (2006). A polymeric solvent-free variant of a hydridomagnesium inverse crown. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 62(8). m366–m368. 26 indexed citations

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