Alison Thompson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Alison Thompson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Thompson has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Organic Chemistry and 23 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Alison Thompson's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (45 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (20 papers). Alison Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (45 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (20 papers). Alison Thompson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Alison Thompson's co-authors include Tabitha E. Wood, Bi‐Zeng Zhan, David Dolphin, Ian S. Young, Paul D. Thornton, T. Stanley Cameron, Sarah M. Crawford, Steven J. Rettig, Travis Lundrigan and Deborah A. Smithen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alison Thompson

115 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Advances in the Chemistry of Dipyrrins and Their Complexes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Thompson Canada	32	1.8k	1.6k	868	466	402	118	3.6k
Rosa Santillán Mexico	36	1.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.7×	687 0.8×	274 0.6×	691 1.7×	259	4.6k
Pier Lucio Anelli Italy	29	1.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	798 0.9×	212 0.5×	629 1.6×	77	3.9k
Axel G. Griesbeck Germany	38	1.2k 0.7×	4.6k 3.0×	415 0.5×	563 1.2×	841 2.1×	273	6.0k
Kyu‐Sung Jeong South Korea	42	1.5k 0.8×	3.6k 2.3×	2.2k 2.5×	228 0.5×	2.2k 5.5×	133	6.0k
Kazuhiko Saigo Japan	41	1.8k 1.0×	4.6k 3.0×	1.4k 1.6×	278 0.6×	1.4k 3.6×	325	6.8k
Carlos Jaime Spain	29	797 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	243 0.5×	873 2.2×	166	3.2k
Placido Neri Italy	35	1.4k 0.8×	3.3k 2.1×	2.0k 2.3×	114 0.2×	1.1k 2.7×	205	4.4k
James K. Whitesell United States	35	1.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.8×	718 0.8×	341 0.7×	1.0k 2.5×	111	4.5k
А.Т. Губайдуллин Russia	26	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	719 0.8×	225 0.5×	498 1.2×	484	3.9k
Paul G. Williard United States	42	639 0.4×	3.8k 2.4×	748 0.9×	132 0.3×	479 1.2×	173	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Thompson

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Robertson, Katherine N., et al.. (2024). BODIPYs α-appended with distyryl-linked aryl bisboronic acids: single-step cell staining and turn-on fluorescence binding with d-glucose. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(36). 7448–7459. 1 indexed citations

Smithen, Deborah A., Susan Monro, Mitch Pinto, et al.. (2020). Bis[pyrrolyl Ru( ii )] triads: a new class of photosensitizers for metal–organic photodynamic therapy. Chemical Science. 11(44). 12047–12069. 28 indexed citations

Savoie, Huguette, et al.. (2018). Photo-induced anticancer activity and singlet oxygen production of prodigiosenes. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 17(5). 599–606. 4 indexed citations

Robertson, Katherine N., et al.. (2017). Synthesis and characterization of pyrrolyldipyrrin F-BODIPYs. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 17(1). 89–98. 1 indexed citations

Robertson, Andrew, Deborah A. Smithen, H. Yin, et al.. (2015). Eight-Membered Ring-Containing Jadomycins: Implications for Non-enzymatic Natural Products Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(9). 3271–3275. 35 indexed citations

Lundrigan, Travis, T. Stanley Cameron, & Alison Thompson. (2014). Activation and deprotection of F-BODIPYs using boron trihalides. Chemical Communications. 50(53). 7028–7028. 32 indexed citations

Marchal, Estelle, et al.. (2013). Synthetic prodigiosenes and the influence of C-ring substitution on DNA cleavage, transmembrane chloride transport and basicity. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(23). 3834–3834. 39 indexed citations

Crawford, Sarah M., et al.. (2012). Synthesis and characterisation of the unsubstituted dipyrrin and 4,4-dichloro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene: improved synthesis and functionalisation of the simplest BODIPY framework. Chemical Communications. 49(8). 816–818. 33 indexed citations

Smithen, Deborah A., Dale Corkery, Graham Dellaire, et al.. (2012). Investigations regarding the utility of prodigiosenes to treat leukemia. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(1). 62–68. 22 indexed citations

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Lundrigan, Travis, Sarah M. Crawford, T. Stanley Cameron, & Alison Thompson. (2011). Cl-BODIPYs: a BODIPY class enabling facile B-substitution. Chemical Communications. 48(7). 1003–1005. 50 indexed citations

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Young, Ian S., Paul D. Thornton, & Alison Thompson. (2010). Synthesis of natural products containing the pyrrolic ring. Natural Product Reports. 27(12). 1801–1801. 288 indexed citations

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Thompson, Alison, et al.. (2009). Amido‐Functionalised Prodigiosenes: Synthesis and Anticancer Properties. ChemMedChem. 4(5). 742–745. 19 indexed citations

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Santacroce, Paul V., et al.. (2007). Chloride anion transport and copper-mediated DNA cleavage by C-ring functionalized prodigiosenes. Chemical Communications. 2701–2703. 45 indexed citations

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Thompson, Alison, et al.. (2006). Pyrrole protection. Tetrahedron. 62(50). 11531–11563. 83 indexed citations

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Zhan, Bi‐Zeng & Alison Thompson. (2004). Recent developments in the aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Tetrahedron. 60(13). 2917–2935. 341 indexed citations

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Dilmanian, F. Avraham, H. Rarback, Mark L. Rivers, et al.. (2003). CT imaging of small animals using monochromatized synchrotron X-rays. IEEE Conference on Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging. 1298–1300. 3 indexed citations

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Thompson, Alison, et al.. (2001). Synthesis, structure and properties of 1,19-disubstituted tetradehydrocorrin cobalt complexes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 83(2-3). 133–138. 13 indexed citations

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Suortti, P., Stefan Fiedler, Alberto Bravin, et al.. (2000). Fixed-exit monochromator for computed tomography with synchrotron radiation at energies 18–90 keV. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 7(5). 340–347. 48 indexed citations

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Gmür, Nicholas F., D. Chapman, W. Thomlinson, et al.. (1995). NSLS transvenous coronary angiography beamline upgrade and advanced technology initiatives. Review of Scientific Instruments. 66(2). 1357–1360. 5 indexed citations

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Kirby, John A., et al.. (1981). State of manganese in the photosynthetic apparatus. 1. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure studies on chloroplasts and di-.mu.-oxo-bridged dimanganese model compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(18). 5529–5537. 107 indexed citations

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