Charles L. Liotta

19.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
213 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Charles L. Liotta is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles L. Liotta has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Organic Chemistry, 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 59 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Charles L. Liotta's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (42 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (34 papers) and Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes (26 papers). Charles L. Liotta is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (42 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (34 papers) and Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes (26 papers). Charles L. Liotta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Charles L. Liotta's co-authors include Charles A. Eckert, Jason P. Hallett, Philip G. Jessop, Charles M. Starks, Arthur J. Ragauskas, John Cairney, W.J. Frederick, Richard Murphy, Jonathan R. Mielenz and David J. Leak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Charles L. Liotta

210 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Path Forward for Biof... 1974 2026 1991 2008 2006 2005 1996 2006 1994 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials
    2006 4.6k citations Arthur J. Ragauskas, Charlotte K. Williams et al. Science profile →
  2. Reversible nonpolar-to-polar solvent
    2005 801 citations Philip G. Jessop, Charles A. Eckert et al. profile →
  3. Specific Intermolecular Interaction of Carbon Dioxide with Polymers
    1996 747 citations Charles L. Liotta, Charles A. Eckert et al. profile →
  4. Switchable Surfactants
    2006 726 citations Philip G. Jessop, Charles A. Eckert et al. Science profile →
  5. Phase-Transfer Catalysis
    1994 589 citations Charles L. Liotta et al. profile →
  6. Preparation and purification of 18-crown-6[1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane]
    1974 220 citations Charles L. Liotta et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
  7. Crown Ethers and Analogs (1989)
    1989 191 citations Edwin Weber, John L. Toner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles L. Liotta United States 49 6.8k 4.4k 3.1k 2.2k 2.1k 213 15.3k
Charles A. Eckert United States 63 10.4k 1.5× 4.4k 1.0× 3.9k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 273 18.5k
Martyn Poliakoff United Kingdom 60 6.3k 0.9× 5.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 4.5k 2.0× 1.8k 0.9× 379 16.1k
István T. Horváth Hungary 45 4.4k 0.7× 5.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 212 11.6k
Philip G. Jessop Canada 61 4.6k 0.7× 6.3k 1.4× 4.9k 1.6× 3.8k 1.7× 2.9k 1.4× 231 18.3k
Carlos A. M. Afonso Portugal 55 3.6k 0.5× 5.6k 1.3× 3.9k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 309 13.7k
Jason P. Hallett United Kingdom 54 11.4k 1.7× 5.3k 1.2× 10.2k 3.3× 3.2k 1.4× 4.1k 2.0× 203 25.7k
Jianji Wang China 80 5.8k 0.9× 6.7k 1.5× 10.5k 3.4× 7.0k 3.2× 3.9k 1.9× 706 28.0k
Changwei Hu China 65 8.2k 1.2× 3.7k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 5.7k 2.6× 3.4k 1.6× 537 16.7k
Valentine P. Ananikov Russia 67 3.0k 0.4× 11.7k 2.6× 2.7k 0.9× 2.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 422 18.3k
Qing‐Xiang Guo China 64 4.6k 0.7× 6.6k 1.5× 859 0.3× 2.8k 1.3× 2.1k 1.0× 304 14.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Krishnamurthy, Ramanarayanan, et al.. (2025). Abiotic aldol reactions of formaldehyde with ketoses and aldoses—Implications for the prebiotic synthesis of sugars by the formose reaction. Chem. 11(11). 102553–102553. 3 indexed citations
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Fahrenbach, Albert C., et al.. (2023). Carbonyl Migration in Uronates Affords a Potential Prebiotic Pathway for Pentose Production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). 2522–2535. 7 indexed citations
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Krishnamurthy, Ramanarayanan & Charles L. Liotta. (2023). The potential of glyoxylate as a prebiotic source molecule and a reactant in protometabolic pathways—The glyoxylose reaction. Chem. 9(4). 784–797. 15 indexed citations
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Pollet, Paméla, et al.. (2022). Erythrose and Threose: Carbonyl Migrations, Epimerizations, Aldol, and Oxidative Fragmentation Reactions under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(8). 11 indexed citations
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Martin, C, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Loren Dean Williams, et al.. (2022). Water-Based Dynamic Depsipeptide Chemistry: Building Block Recycling and Oligomer Distribution Control Using Hydration–Dehydration Cycles. JACS Au. 2(6). 1395–1404. 11 indexed citations
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Clowers, Brian H., et al.. (2021). Separations of Carbohydrates with Noncovalent Shift Reagents by Frequency-Modulated Ion Mobility-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 32(9). 2472–2480. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Li, et al.. (2020). Organic acid shift reagents for the discrimination of carbohydrate isobars by ion mobility-mass spectrometry. The Analyst. 145(24). 8008–8015. 3 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2019). The pH dependent mechanisms of non-enzymatic peptide bond cleavage reactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(1). 107–113. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Zhao, Li Li, Paméla Pollet, et al.. (2019). The Oligomerization of Glucose Under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 49(4). 225–240. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Li, A. G. Baker, Jakub Ujma, et al.. (2019). Carbohydrate isomer resolutionviamulti-site derivatization cyclic ion mobility-mass spectrometry. The Analyst. 144(24). 7220–7226. 28 indexed citations
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Castañeda, Alma D., Z. Li, Taekyu Joo, et al.. (2019). Prebiotic Phosphorylation of Uridine using Diamidophosphate in Aerosols. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13527–13527. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Li, Zhao Li, Mahipal Yadav, et al.. (2018). Rapid resolution of carbohydrate isomers via multi-site derivatization ion mobility-mass spectrometry. The Analyst. 143(4). 949–955. 24 indexed citations
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Yadav, Mahipal, Charles L. Liotta, & Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy. (2018). Effect of temperature modulations on TEMPO-mediated regioselective oxidation of unprotected carbohydrates and nucleosides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(16). 2759–2765. 3 indexed citations
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Reddy, Y. Jayasudhan, Charles L. Liotta, & Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy. (2017). Anchimeric‐Assisted Spontaneous Hydrolysis of Cyanohydrins Under Ambient Conditions: Implications for Cyanide‐Initiated Selective Transformations. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(36). 8756–8765. 12 indexed citations
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Ragauskas, Arthur J., Charlotte K. Williams, Brian H. Davison, et al.. (2006). The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials. Science. 311(5760). 484–489. 4635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ragauskas, Arthur J., Máté Nagy, Dongho Kim, et al.. (2006). From wood to fuels: Integrating biofuels and pulp production. Industrial Biotechnology. 2(1). 55–65. 184 indexed citations
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Weber, Edwin, John L. Toner, Israel Goldberg, et al.. (1989). Crown Ethers and Analogs (1989). 191 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liotta, Charles L., et al.. (1985). Omega-phase catalysis: A non-classical phase transfer system.. Preprints - American Chemical Society. Division of Petroleum Chemistry. 30(3). 367–373. 3 indexed citations

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