Cathleen M. Crudden

13.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
193 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Cathleen M. Crudden is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cathleen M. Crudden has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Organic Chemistry, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 39 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cathleen M. Crudden's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (76 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (44 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (30 papers). Cathleen M. Crudden is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (76 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (44 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (30 papers). Cathleen M. Crudden collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and United States. Cathleen M. Crudden's co-authors include Masakazu Nambo, Daryl P. Allen, Ben W. Glasspoole, David Edwards, Patrick Eisenberger, Mina R. Narouz, Eric C. Keske, Mutyala Sateesh, Olena V. Zenkina and Roxanne Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Cathleen M. Crudden

187 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

Stability and reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2019 2014 2019 2022 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Stability and reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
    2004 912 citations Cathleen M. Crudden et al. profile →
  2. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry
    2019 546 citations Christene A. Smith, Mina R. Narouz et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  3. Ultra stable self-assembled monolayers of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold
    2014 450 citations Cathleen M. Crudden, Zhe She et al. profile →
  4. N-heterocyclic carbene-functionalized magic-number gold nanoclusters
    2019 420 citations Mina R. Narouz, Shinjiro Takano et al. profile →
  5. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Hydrido Au24 Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2
    2022 139 citations Shinjiro Takano, Sami Malola et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters
    2024 95 citations Emily L. Albright, Tetyana I. Levchenko et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cathleen M. Crudden Canada 57 8.8k 2.7k 2.3k 911 850 193 11.4k
Victor N. Khrustalev Russia 41 5.7k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 744 0.9× 762 9.1k
Xavi Ribas Spain 57 6.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 4.2k 1.8× 642 0.7× 751 0.9× 172 9.6k
Lutz H. Gade Germany 60 10.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 5.8k 2.5× 763 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 377 13.2k
Karen I. Goldberg United States 51 7.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 4.9k 2.1× 662 0.7× 743 0.9× 148 11.1k
Masaya Sawamura Japan 74 14.3k 1.6× 2.8k 1.0× 4.6k 2.0× 1.9k 2.0× 801 0.9× 274 15.9k
Cherumuttathu H. Suresh India 49 3.8k 0.4× 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 855 0.9× 954 1.1× 266 7.8k
M.R.J. Elsegood United Kingdom 53 8.3k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 4.1k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 708 0.8× 530 11.6k
David B. Cordes United Kingdom 48 4.5k 0.5× 4.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.1× 859 0.9× 2.3k 2.7× 367 10.1k
Anny Jutand France 57 10.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 3.2k 1.4× 947 1.0× 447 0.5× 180 12.4k
Michael W. Day United States 49 5.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 490 0.6× 124 7.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Albright, Emily L., Juan Chen, Lili Ding, et al.. (2025). Impact of Ligand Structure on Biological Activity and Photophysical Properties of NHC-Protected Au13 Nanoclusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4017–4025. 8 indexed citations
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Takano, Shinjiro, Juan Chen, Sami Malola, et al.. (2025). Diving into Unknown Waters: Water-Soluble Clickable Au13 Nanoclusters Protected with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Bio-Medical Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4230–4238. 11 indexed citations
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Bakiro, Maram, et al.. (2025). Atomic Layer Restructuring of Gold Surfaces by N -Heterocyclic Carbenes over Large Surface Areas. ACS Nano. 19(16). 15617–15626.
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Hedberg, Yolanda S., et al.. (2025). Analysis of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Their Monolayers by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Peak-Fitting, Effects of Molecular Architecture and Impact of Possible Impurities. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(31). 14177–14189. 1 indexed citations
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Juneau, Antoine, et al.. (2025). Electrodeposition of N-heterocyclic carbene on mild steel surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(43). 37604–37613. 1 indexed citations
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Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2025). Tuning the surface chemistry of NHC-protected Au13 nanoclusters via a robust amide coupling procedure. Chemical Science. 16(39). 18278–18285.
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Kaur, Jashanpreet, Antoine Juneau, Jeffrey D. Henderson, et al.. (2025). N-Heterocyclic Carbene Deposition on a Copper Powder Surface Using Mechanochemistry. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(6). 10004–10013. 2 indexed citations
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Chandran, Aruna, Gurkiran Kaur, Phattananawee Nalaoh, et al.. (2025). Forming N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers: not all deposition methods are the same. Nanoscale. 17(9). 5413–5428. 4 indexed citations
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Yim, Jacky C.‐H., Hikaru Sotome, T. Okamoto, et al.. (2024). Visible-light-induced direct C–H alkylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with alkylsulfones. Chemical Science. 15(27). 10592–10599.
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Singh, Ishwar, et al.. (2023). Mesoionic carbene-based self-assembled monolayers on gold. Chemical Science. 15(7). 2480–2485. 9 indexed citations
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Nambo, Masakazu & Cathleen M. Crudden. (2021). Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Cross‐Couplings of Benzylic Sulfone Derivatives. The Chemical Record. 21(12). 3978–3989. 31 indexed citations
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Bordiga, Silvia, Sukbok Chang, Jingguang G. Chen, et al.. (2020). Excellence versus Diversity? Not an Either/Or Choice. ACS Catalysis. 10(13). 7310–7311. 2 indexed citations
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Nambo, Masakazu, et al.. (2019). Modular synthesis of α-fluorinated arylmethanes via desulfonylative cross-coupling. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4528–4528. 52 indexed citations
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She, Zhe, Mina R. Narouz, Christene A. Smith, et al.. (2019). N-Heterocyclic carbene and thiol micropatterns enable the selective deposition and transfer of copper films. Chemical Communications. 56(8). 1275–1278. 25 indexed citations
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Smith, Christene A., Mina R. Narouz, Paul A. Lummis, et al.. (2019). N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry. Chemical Reviews. 119(8). 4986–5056. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Narouz, Mina R., Shinjiro Takano, Paul A. Lummis, et al.. (2019). Robust, Highly Luminescent Au13 Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(38). 14997–15002. 240 indexed citations
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Narouz, Mina R., Chien‐Hung Li, Ali Nazemi, & Cathleen M. Crudden. (2017). Amphiphilic N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles and Their Self-Assembly in Polar Solvents. Langmuir. 33(50). 14211–14219. 53 indexed citations
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Saunders, John, et al.. (2015). Aqueous Lead and Mercury Detection Using Mesoporous Silicate Coated Silicon-on-Insulator Ring Resonators. AIM2D.4–AIM2D.4. 1 indexed citations
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Crudden, Cathleen M., et al.. (2005). One‐Pot Carbon Monoxide‐Free Hydroformylation of Internal Olefins to Terminal Aldehydes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 347(1). 50–54. 54 indexed citations

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