Charles Romain

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Charles Romain is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Romain has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 22 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Charles Romain's work include Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (24 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (22 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers). Charles Romain is often cited by papers focused on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (24 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (22 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers). Charles Romain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and New Zealand. Charles Romain's co-authors include Charlotte K. Williams, Yunqing Zhu, Prabhjot K. Saini, Samuel Dagorne, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, Andrew J. P. White, Mathias Winkler, Michaël A. R. Meier, Antoine Buchard and Henry S. Rzepa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Charles Romain

37 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Sustainable polymers from renewable resources
    2016 2.2k citations Yunqing Zhu, Charles Romain et al. Nature profile →
  2. Ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP): synthesis and properties of polyesters and polycarbonates
    2015 518 citations Yunqing Zhu, Charles Romain et al. Chemical Communications 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 Romain United Kingdom 27 3.2k 2.7k 2.5k 1.0k 859 38 5.1k
Étienne Grau France 34 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 1.7× 1.0k 1.2× 89 3.6k
Bruno Grignard Belgium 34 1.6k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.6k 1.6× 888 1.0× 125 4.5k
Gerrit A. Luinstra Germany 31 1.0k 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 472 0.5× 295 0.3× 109 2.9k
Carmine Capacchione Italy 31 925 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 244 0.2× 417 0.5× 108 3.0k
Bungo Ochiai Japan 26 994 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 853 0.9× 292 0.3× 144 2.5k
Karin Odelius Sweden 36 2.3k 0.7× 833 0.3× 884 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 97 3.5k
Coralie Jehanno Spain 19 1.3k 0.4× 718 0.3× 658 0.3× 686 0.7× 315 0.4× 25 2.5k
Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler United States 14 1.1k 0.3× 809 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 430 0.4× 182 0.2× 20 2.2k
Jacco van Haveren Netherlands 30 1.1k 0.3× 496 0.2× 651 0.3× 599 0.6× 1.9k 2.2× 66 3.2k
Nicholas A. Rorrer United States 24 1.9k 0.6× 381 0.1× 638 0.3× 856 0.9× 962 1.1× 59 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Romain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Long, Nicholas J., et al.. (2025). A pinch of silver salt to enable rac-lactide ring-opening polymerisation at room temperature using Ti-salen complexes. Polymer Chemistry. 16(13). 1503–1508. 1 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, et al.. (2021). Cation–π interactions enabling hard/soft Ti/Ag heterobimetallic cooperativity in lactide ring-opening polymerisation. Chemical Communications. 57(93). 12524–12527. 7 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, & Samuel Dagorne. (2020). Recent progress on NHC-stabilized early transition metal (group 3–7) complexes: Synthesis and applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 422. 213411–213411. 59 indexed citations
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White, Andrew J. P., et al.. (2018). Highly active aluminium catalysts for room temperature ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide. Dalton Transactions. 47(31). 10410–10414. 26 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Jennifer A. Garden, Gemma Trott, et al.. (2017). Di‐Zinc–Aryl Complexes: CO2 Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(30). 7367–7376. 41 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yunqing, Charles Romain, & Charlotte K. Williams. (2016). Sustainable polymers from renewable resources. Nature. 540(7633). 354–362. 2207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Romain, Charles, Yunqing Zhu, Paul Dingwall, et al.. (2016). Chemoselective Polymerizations from Mixtures of Epoxide, Lactone, Anhydride, and Carbon Dioxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(12). 4120–4131. 225 indexed citations
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Thevenon, Arnaud, et al.. (2016). Dizinc Lactide Polymerization Catalysts: Hyperactivity by Control of Ligand Conformation and Metallic Cooperativity. Angewandte Chemie. 128(30). 8822–8827. 26 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yunqing, Charles Romain, Valentin Poirier, & Charlotte K. Williams. (2015). Influences of a Dizinc Catalyst and Bifunctional Chain Transfer Agents on the Polymer Architecture in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone. Macromolecules. 48(8). 2407–2416. 26 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, et al.. (2015). Macrocyclic Dizinc(II) Alkyl and Alkoxide Complexes: Reversible CO2 Uptake and Polymerization Catalysis Testing. Inorganic Chemistry. 54(24). 11842–11851. 35 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles & Charlotte K. Williams. (2014). Chemoselective Polymerization Control: From Mixed‐Monomer Feedstock to Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(6). 1607–1610. 201 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles & Charlotte K. Williams. (2014). Chemoselective Polymerization Control: From Mixed‐Monomer Feedstock to Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie. 126(6). 1633–1636. 35 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Sylvie Choua, Jean‐Paul Collin, et al.. (2014). Redox and Luminescent Properties of Robust and Air-Stable N-Heterocyclic Carbene Group 4 Metal Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 53(14). 7371–7376. 55 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Benoı̂t Heinrich, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, & Samuel Dagorne. (2012). A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide. Chemical Communications. 48(16). 2213–2213. 113 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Vítor Rosa, Christophe Fliedel, et al.. (2012). Highly active zinc alkyl cations for the controlled and immortal ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Dalton Transactions. 41(12). 3377–3377. 56 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Karinne Miqueu, Jean‐Marc Sotiropoulos, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, & Samuel Dagorne. (2010). Non‐Innocent Behavior of a Tridentate NHC Chelating Ligand Coordinated onto a Zirconium(IV) Center. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(12). 2198–2201. 64 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Lydia Brelot, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, & Samuel Dagorne. (2010). Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Novel Family of Titanium Complexes Bearing a Tridentate Bis-phenolate-N-heterocyclic Carbene Dianionic Ligand and Their Use in the Controlled ROP ofrac-Lactide. Organometallics. 29(5). 1191–1198. 94 indexed citations
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Romain, Charles, Karinne Miqueu, Jean‐Marc Sotiropoulos, Stéphane Bellemin‐Laponnaz, & Samuel Dagorne. (2010). Non‐Innocent Behavior of a Tridentate NHC Chelating Ligand Coordinated onto a Zirconium(IV) Center. Angewandte Chemie. 122(12). 2244–2247. 10 indexed citations

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