Bernard Wathey

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bernard Wathey is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Wathey has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Bernard Wathey's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers), Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications (4 papers) and Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (4 papers). Bernard Wathey is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers), Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications (4 papers) and Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles (4 papers). Bernard Wathey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Sweden. Bernard Wathey's co-authors include Jason Tierney, Jacob Westman, Pelle Lidström, Catherine McCusker, Jiaqiang Cai, David J. Bentley, John Ambler, S.J. Miller, A. Bom and John Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters and Drug Discovery Today.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Wathey

9 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Microwave assisted organic synthesis—a review 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Microwave assisted organic synthesis—a review
    2001 2.3k citations Pelle Lidström, Jason Tierney et al. Tetrahedron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Wathey United Kingdom 6 2.0k 532 378 241 183 12 2.5k
Pelle Lidström Sweden 9 2.3k 1.2× 614 1.2× 439 1.2× 277 1.1× 226 1.2× 11 3.0k
Jason Tierney United Kingdom 10 2.4k 1.2× 677 1.3× 510 1.3× 284 1.2× 244 1.3× 15 3.0k
Richard Gedye Canada 13 1.5k 0.8× 397 0.7× 274 0.7× 311 1.3× 179 1.0× 38 2.1k
Katia Martina Italy 26 1.0k 0.5× 421 0.8× 447 1.2× 340 1.4× 150 0.8× 82 1.9k
Kiumars Bahrami Iran 30 2.9k 1.5× 412 0.8× 196 0.5× 545 2.3× 313 1.7× 120 3.4k
Alexander Stadler Austria 18 1.4k 0.7× 391 0.7× 226 0.6× 122 0.5× 170 0.9× 28 1.6k
Mohammad Mahdi Doroodmand Iran 27 1.6k 0.8× 384 0.7× 255 0.7× 608 2.5× 177 1.0× 108 2.5k
Zhi Li China 29 1.3k 0.7× 601 1.1× 532 1.4× 411 1.7× 561 3.1× 109 2.5k
Babak Kaboudin Iran 31 3.0k 1.5× 592 1.1× 228 0.6× 433 1.8× 550 3.0× 197 3.7k
Ali Reza Sardarian Iran 32 2.0k 1.0× 369 0.7× 141 0.4× 451 1.9× 291 1.6× 108 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Wathey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Wathey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bernard Wathey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bernard Wathey 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 Bernard Wathey. Bernard Wathey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Wathey, Bernard, Jason Tierney, Pelle Lidström, & Jacob Westman. (2003). The Impact of Microwave‐Assisted Organic Chemistry on Drug Discovery. ChemInform. 34(12). 2 indexed citations
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Wathey, Bernard, Jason Tierney, Pelle Lidström, & Jacob Westman. (2002). The impact of microwave-assisted organic chemistry on drug discovery. Drug Discovery Today. 7(6). 373–380. 175 indexed citations
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Tierney, Jason, et al.. (2002). ChemInform Abstract: Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis. ChemInform. 33(8). 1 indexed citations
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Bom, A., et al.. (2001). Parallel solid-Phase synthesis of zatebradine analogues as potential If channel blockers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(17). 2351–2354. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Jiaqiang & Bernard Wathey. (2001). A novel traceless solid phase tertiary amine synthesis based on Merrifield resin. Tetrahedron Letters. 42(7). 1383–1385. 9 indexed citations
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Lidström, Pelle, Jason Tierney, Bernard Wathey, & Jacob Westman. (2001). Microwave assisted organic synthesis—a review. Tetrahedron. 57(45). 9225–9283. 2271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christopher, John B., et al.. (2000). Perkin 1 Abstracts: Solid Phase Organic Synthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. vii–xiii.
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McCusker, Catherine, et al.. (2000). Solid Phase Organic Synthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. ix–xiv. 32 indexed citations
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Christopher, John B., et al.. (2000). Perkin 1 Abstracts: Solid Phase Organic Synthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. xi–xvii.
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McCusker, Catherine, et al.. (2000). Perkin 1 Abstracts:Solid Phase Organic Synthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. vii–xi.
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Ambler, John, et al.. (1999). The discovery of orally available thrombin inhibitors: Optimisation of the P1 pharmacophore. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(8). 1103–1108. 6 indexed citations
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Ambler, John, Xiaoling Cockcroft, Markus G. Grütter, et al.. (1999). Optimisation of the P2 pharmacophore in a series of thrombin inhibitors: Ion-dipole interactions with lysine 60G. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(9). 1317–1322. 5 indexed citations

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