B.J. O'Keefe

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

B.J. O'Keefe is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, B.J. O'Keefe has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in B.J. O'Keefe's work include Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (3 papers). B.J. O'Keefe is often cited by papers focused on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (3 papers). B.J. O'Keefe collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand and United States. B.J. O'Keefe's co-authors include Marc A. Hillmyer, William B. Tolman, Peter J. Steel and Luis M. Alcazar‐Roman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Molecules and Dalton Transactions.

In The Last Decade

B.J. O'Keefe

11 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Polymerization of lactide and related cyclic esters by di... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750
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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. Polymerization of lactide and related cyclic esters by discrete metal complexes
    2001 771 citations B.J. O'Keefe, Marc A. Hillmyer et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B.J. O'Keefe New Zealand 9 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 161 145 11 1.3k
Bor‐Hunn Huang Taiwan 25 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 244 1.5× 228 1.6× 32 1.8k
M.D. Lunn United Kingdom 12 797 0.7× 803 0.8× 741 0.7× 212 1.3× 150 1.0× 13 1.1k
Chi‐Tien Chen Taiwan 20 847 0.8× 762 0.8× 939 0.9× 172 1.1× 163 1.1× 39 1.3k
Rachel H. Platel United Kingdom 14 942 0.9× 910 0.9× 987 1.0× 186 1.2× 215 1.5× 20 1.3k
B.M. Chamberlain United States 7 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 199 1.2× 225 1.6× 7 1.9k
D.R. Billodeaux United States 13 586 0.5× 858 0.9× 532 0.5× 125 0.8× 303 2.1× 27 1.2k
Andrés Garcés Spain 20 687 0.6× 774 0.8× 875 0.9× 104 0.6× 275 1.9× 48 1.2k
Andrea L. Phelps United States 11 431 0.4× 665 0.7× 361 0.4× 75 0.5× 194 1.3× 14 854
A. Arbaoui United Kingdom 9 470 0.4× 518 0.5× 585 0.6× 164 1.0× 113 0.8× 12 772
A.J. Chmura United Kingdom 6 691 0.6× 687 0.7× 579 0.6× 142 0.9× 84 0.6× 6 844

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.J. O'Keefe

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

All Works

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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (2006). Metallosupramolecular isomerism: Switching from a cyclic to a chain assembly induced by benzo-fusion within a bridging ligand. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 10(2). 247–249. 4 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (2006). Synthesis and Characterisation of Eight Isomeric Bis(2-pyridyloxy)naphthalenes. Molecules. 11(9). 684–692. 3 indexed citations
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Alcazar‐Roman, Luis M., B.J. O'Keefe, Marc A. Hillmyer, & William B. Tolman. (2003). Electronic influence of ligand substituents on the rate of polymerization of ε-caprolactone by single-site aluminium alkoxide catalysts. Dalton Transactions. 3082–3087. 157 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J., et al.. (2002). Mechanistic Comparison of Cyclic Ester Polymerizations by Novel Iron(III)−Alkoxide Complexes:  Single vs Multiple Site Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(16). 4384–4393. 272 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J., Marc A. Hillmyer, & William B. Tolman. (2001). Polymerization of lactide and related cyclic esters by discrete metal complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 2215–2224. 771 indexed citations breakdown →
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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (2000). Self-assembly and X-ray structure of a triple helicate with two trigonal silver(I) termini. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 3(9). 473–475. 25 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (2000). Cyclometallated compounds. XV.. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 56(12). 1440–1441. 21 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J., et al.. (1999). Cyclometallated compounds. XIII. Cyclopalladation of 2-phenoxypyridine and structurally-related compounds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 579(1-2). 97–105. 46 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (1999). Cyclometallated compounds XIV. Kinetic versus thermodynamic control in the reversible cyclopalladation of 2-(2-naphthyloxy)pyridine. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 2(1). 10–13. 9 indexed citations
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O'Keefe, B.J. & Peter J. Steel. (1998). Self-assembly and X-ray crystal structure of a six-component metallosupramolecular box. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 1(4). 147–149. 13 indexed citations

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