Bruce M. Novak

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
136 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Bruce M. Novak is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce M. Novak has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Organic Chemistry, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Bruce M. Novak's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (43 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (34 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (22 papers). Bruce M. Novak is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (43 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (34 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (22 papers). Bruce M. Novak collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and France. Bruce M. Novak's co-authors include Lisa S. Boffa, Thomas I. Wallow, Timothy J. Deming, Robert H. Grubbs, Timothy E. Patten, Felix E. Goodson, Mark W. Ellsworth, Gonglu Tian, James F. Reuther and Januka Budhathoki-Uprety and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Bruce M. Novak

134 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Hybrid Nanocomposite Materials—between inorganic glasses and organic polymers

1993 1.2k citations Bruce M. Novak Advanced Materials profile →
Copolymerization of Polar Monomers with Olefins Using Transition-Metal Complexes

2000 849 citations Lisa S. Boffa, Bruce M. Novak profile →
Catalytic organometallic chemistry in water: the aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives

1988 169 citations Bruce M. Novak, Robert H. Grubbs Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
The ring opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene derivatives: a new acyclic polymeric ionophore

1988 155 citations Bruce M. Novak, Robert H. Grubbs Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce M. Novak United States	43	4.8k	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	800	136	7.3k
Akikazu Matsumoto Japan	42	4.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	350 0.4×	336	6.9k
Fumio Sanda Japan	46	6.8k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	3.1k 2.4×	2.0k 2.5×	407	9.6k
Eva Harth United States	38	5.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	408 0.5×	104	7.6k
Makoto Ouchi Japan	36	5.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	475 0.6×	158	6.6k
Kenneth B. Wagener United States	51	6.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.6×	525 0.7×	245	8.7k
Oskar Nuyken Germany	51	6.2k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	447 0.6×	379	10.3k
Nicolay V. Tsarevsky United States	38	7.8k 1.6×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	227 0.3×	83	9.7k
Xinhua Wan China	46	4.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	209 0.3×	219	6.4k
Franck D’Agosto France	46	6.1k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	298 0.4×	181	7.5k
Akira Hirao Japan	49	7.1k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	3.3k 2.0×	1.4k 1.1×	192 0.2×	310	9.2k

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Kulikov, Oleg V., et al.. (2024). Electrospinning of alkyne polycarbodiimide fibers. Results in Chemistry. 7. 101356–101356. 1 indexed citations

Reuther, James F., et al.. (2017). Developments in synthesis, characterization, and self‐assembly of polycarbodiimide systems. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 55(18). 2915–2934. 3 indexed citations

Kulikov, Oleg V., et al.. (2016). Self-assembly studies on triazolepolycarbodiimide- g -polystyrene copolymers. Polymer. 92. 94–101. 5 indexed citations

Kulikov, Oleg V., James F. Reuther, Gregory T. McCandless, et al.. (2015). Characterization of Fibrous Aggregated Morphologies and Other Complex Architectures Self-Assembled from Helical Alkyne and Triazole Polycarbodiimides (R)- and (S)-Families in the Bulk and Thin Film. Macromolecules. 48(12). 4088–4103. 20 indexed citations

Kulikov, Oleg V., et al.. (2015). Plasticization for melt viscosity reduction of melt processable carbon fiber precursor. Carbon. 98. 681–688. 19 indexed citations

Novak, Bruce M.. (2015). Metanoia and the Erotic Catharsis of the Human Soul: The Full-SOUL Orgasm at the True, Deep “Common Core” of True, Deep Democratic Education. Philosophy of education. 71. 518–521. 1 indexed citations

Kennemur, Justin G., et al.. (2010). A New, More Versatile, Optical Switching Helical Polycarbodiimide Capable of Thermally Tuning Polarizations ±359°. Macromolecules. 43(4). 1867–1873. 42 indexed citations

Jhurry, Dhanjay, et al.. (2005). Synthesis and Characterization of Random and Block Copolypeptides Derived from γ-Methylglutamate and Leucine N-Carboxyanhydrides. Biomacromolecules. 6(4). 1987–1991. 14 indexed citations

Jin, Xin & Bruce M. Novak. (2000). Synthesis of β-Iminoaminate Zirconium Complexes and Their Application in Ethylene Polymerization. Macromolecules. 33(17). 6205–6207. 32 indexed citations

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Lim, Ae Ran & Bruce M. Novak. (1999). 13C NMR study on helix inversion barrier in polyguanidines. Solid State Communications. 112(8). 459–464. 1 indexed citations

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Keller, Harald, et al.. (1998). Opalescent Cholesteric Networks from Chiral Polyisocyanates in Polystyrene. Advanced Materials. 10(4). 341–345. 44 indexed citations

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Wallow, Thomas I., Felix E. Goodson, & Bruce M. Novak. (1996). New Methods for the Synthesis of ArPdL₂I (L = Tertiary Phosphine) Complexes. Organometallics. 15(17). 3708–3716. 33 indexed citations

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Boffa, Lisa S. & Bruce M. Novak. (1994). Bimetallic Samarium(III) Initiators for the Living Polymerization of Methacrylates and Lactones. A New Route into Telechelic, Triblock, and "Link-Functionalized" Polymers. Macromolecules. 27(23). 6993–6995. 95 indexed citations

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Patten, Timothy E. & Bruce M. Novak. (1993). Organotitanium(IV) compounds as catalysts for the polymerization of isocyanates: the polymerization of isocyanates with functionalized side chains. Macromolecules. 26(3). 436–439. 75 indexed citations

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Deming, Timothy J. & Bruce M. Novak. (1993). Preparation and reactivity studies of highly versatile, nickel-based polymerization catalyst systems. Macromolecules. 26(25). 7089–7091. 63 indexed citations

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Novak, Bruce M., et al.. (1993). Air- and water-stable 1,2-vinyl-insertion polymerizations of bicyclic olefins: a simple precursor route to polyacetylene. Macromolecules. 26(15). 4072–4073. 30 indexed citations

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Benedicto, Alto D., Bruce M. Novak, & Robert H. Grubbs. (1992). Microstructural studies of poly(7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene) derivatives prepared from selected ruthenium catalysts. Macromolecules. 25(22). 5893–5900. 37 indexed citations

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Patten, Timothy E. & Bruce M. Novak. (1991). "Living" titanium(IV) catalyzed coordination polymerizations of isocyanates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(13). 5065–5066. 103 indexed citations

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Williams, A. O. & Bruce M. Novak. (1974). Normal-mode analysis of underwater-sound propagation with directional sources and receivers. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 55(1). 80–83. 6 indexed citations

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Novak, Bruce M., et al.. (1963). Zur Thermodynamik von Platinoxydelektroden. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 94(3). 607–620. 2 indexed citations

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