Benjamin R. Lichman

2.0k total citations
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin R. Lichman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin R. Lichman has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin R. Lichman's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (17 papers), Berberine and alkaloids research (9 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (7 papers). Benjamin R. Lichman is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (17 papers), Berberine and alkaloids research (9 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (7 papers). Benjamin R. Lichman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Benjamin R. Lichman's co-authors include John M. Ward, Sarah E. O’Connor, Jianxiong Zhao, C. Robin Buell, Grant T. Godden, Mohamed O. Kamileen, Thomas Pesnot, Altin Sula, N.H. Keep and Dongyan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin R. Lichman

34 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin R. Lichman United Kingdom 19 972 341 293 252 178 37 1.4k
Fu‐Shuang Li China 17 1.1k 1.1× 275 0.8× 94 0.3× 538 2.1× 183 1.0× 43 1.6k
Teigo Asai Japan 25 818 0.8× 800 2.3× 309 1.1× 271 1.1× 74 0.4× 62 1.6k
Da‐Le Guo China 18 454 0.5× 316 0.9× 141 0.5× 256 1.0× 121 0.7× 94 937
Scott C. Farrow Canada 16 650 0.7× 400 1.2× 227 0.8× 344 1.4× 285 1.6× 23 1.1k
Zhifeng Li China 19 608 0.6× 192 0.6× 97 0.3× 225 0.9× 88 0.5× 69 1.0k
Min‐Juan Xu China 23 518 0.5× 439 1.3× 291 1.0× 152 0.6× 76 0.4× 55 1.2k
Weijia Xie China 23 659 0.7× 109 0.3× 817 2.8× 194 0.8× 80 0.4× 82 1.5k
Pema‐Tenzin Puno China 17 474 0.5× 231 0.7× 152 0.5× 173 0.7× 146 0.8× 78 771
Pengcheng Yan China 21 342 0.4× 250 0.7× 176 0.6× 109 0.4× 78 0.4× 62 1.0k
Kai‐Bo Wang China 21 735 0.8× 199 0.6× 305 1.0× 116 0.5× 94 0.5× 49 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Newling, Katherine, et al.. (2026). Parallel evolution of plant alkaloid biosynthesis from bacterial‐like decarboxylases. New Phytologist. 249(6). 2954–2973.
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Kamileen, Mohamed O., Benke Hong, Klaus Gase, et al.. (2025). Oxidative Rearrangements of the Alkaloid Intermediate Geissoschizine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202501323–e202501323. 2 indexed citations
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Eljounaidi, Kaouthar, Caragh Whitehead, Elizabeth Radley, et al.. (2025). Discovery and characterisation of terpenoid biosynthesis enzymes from Daphniphyllum macropodum. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 483–483.
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Czechowski, Tomasz, Yi Li, Alison D. Gilday, et al.. (2025). Evolution of linear triterpenoid biosynthesis within the Euphorbia genus. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5602–5602. 1 indexed citations
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Eljounaidi, Kaouthar, Caragh Whitehead, Susana Conde, et al.. (2024). Variation of terpene alkaloids in Daphniphyllum macropodum across plants and tissues. New Phytologist. 243(1). 299–313. 5 indexed citations
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Grzech, Dagny, Yoko Nakamura, Benke Hong, et al.. (2024). Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(1). 131–142. 15 indexed citations
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Hamilton, John P., Swen Langer, William P. Unsworth, et al.. (2024). The genomic and enzymatic basis for iridoid biosynthesis in cat thyme (Teucrium marum). The Plant Journal. 118(5). 1589–1602. 7 indexed citations
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Whitehead, Caragh, Sally James, Daniel Jeffares, et al.. (2024). Pseudomolecule-scale genome assemblies of Drepanocaryum sewerzowii and Marmoritis complanata. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(10). 1 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). Beyond co-expression: pathway discovery for plant pharmaceuticals. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 88. 103147–103147. 1 indexed citations
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Grogan, Gideon, et al.. (2023). Structure and mutation of deoxypodophyllotoxin synthase (DPS) from Podophyllum hexandrum. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations
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Lozada, Néstor J. Hernández, Benke Hong, Joshua C. Wood, et al.. (2022). Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4718–4718. 15 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R.. (2022). Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction for Exploring Alkaloid Evolution. Methods in molecular biology. 2505. 165–179. 1 indexed citations
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Kamileen, Mohamed O., Matthew D. DeMars, Benke Hong, et al.. (2022). Recycling Upstream Redox Enzymes Expands the Regioselectivity of Cycloaddition in Pseudo-Aspidosperma Alkaloid Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(43). 19673–19679. 18 indexed citations
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Sula, Altin, Daniel Méndez‐Sánchez, Fabiana Subrizi, et al.. (2020). Single step syntheses of (1S)-aryl-tetrahydroisoquinolines by norcoclaurine synthases. Communications Chemistry. 3(1). 170–170. 18 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R.. (2020). The scaffold-forming steps of plant alkaloid biosynthesis. Natural Product Reports. 38(1). 103–129. 139 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R., Grant T. Godden, & C. Robin Buell. (2020). Gene and genome duplications in the evolution of chemodiversity: perspectives from studies of Lamiaceae. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 55. 74–83. 45 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R., Mohamed O. Kamileen, Gerhard Saalbach, et al.. (2018). Uncoupled activation and cyclization in catmint reductive terpenoid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(1). 71–79. 61 indexed citations
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Sherden, Nathaniel H., Benjamin R. Lichman, Lorenzo Caputi, et al.. (2017). Identification of iridoid synthases from Nepeta species: Iridoid cyclization does not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry. Phytochemistry. 145. 48–56. 34 indexed citations
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Lichman, Benjamin R., et al.. (2017). Enzyme catalysed Pictet-Spengler formation of chiral 1,1’-disubstituted- and spiro-tetrahydroisoquinolines. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14883–14883. 79 indexed citations
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Wensley, Beth G., et al.. (2013). The Folding of a Family of Three-Helix Bundle Proteins: Spectrin R15 Has a Robust Folding Nucleus, Unlike Its Homologous Neighbours. Journal of Molecular Biology. 426(7). 1600–1610. 9 indexed citations

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