Christopher N. Bowman

49.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
542 papers, 42.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher N. Bowman is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher N. Bowman has authored 542 papers receiving a total of 42.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 339 papers in Organic Chemistry, 134 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 109 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher N. Bowman's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (220 papers), Photopolymerization techniques and applications (219 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (105 papers). Christopher N. Bowman is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (220 papers), Photopolymerization techniques and applications (219 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (105 papers). Christopher N. Bowman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Australia. Christopher N. Bowman's co-authors include Charles E. Hoyle, Kristi S. Anseth, Christopher J. Kloxin, Neil B. Cramer, Timothy F. Scott, Jeffrey W. Stansbury, Andrew B. Lowe, Maciej Podgórski, Brian J. Adzima and Weixian Xi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Christopher N. Bowman

535 papers receiving 41.4k citations

Hit Papers

Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry 1994 2026 2004 2015 2010 2010 2013 2013 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry
    2010 3.5k citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Thiol-click chemistry: a multifaceted toolbox for small molecule and polymer synthesis
    2010 1.4k citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  3. The Thiol-Michael Addition Click Reaction: A Powerful and Widely Used Tool in Materials Chemistry
    2013 1.3k citations Maciej Podgórski, Weixian Xi et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  4. Covalent adaptable networks: smart, reconfigurable and responsive network systems
    2013 1.1k citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  5. Photoinitiated polymerization of PEG-diacrylate with lithium phenyl-2,4,6-trimethylbenzoylphosphinate: polymerization rate and cytocompatibility
    2009 975 citations Christopher N. Bowman, Kristi S. Anseth et al. profile →
  6. Mechanical properties of hydrogels and their experimental determination
    1996 940 citations Kristi S. Anseth, Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  7. Covalent Adaptable Networks (CANs): A Unique Paradigm in Cross-Linked Polymers
    2010 917 citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. Macromolecules profile →
  8. Photoinduced Plasticity in Cross-Linked Polymers
    2005 656 citations Wayne D. Cook, Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  9. A Versatile Synthetic Extracellular Matrix Mimic via Thiol‐Norbornene Photopolymerization
    2009 571 citations Benjamin D. Fairbanks, Christopher N. Bowman et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Click Chemistry in Materials Science
    2014 554 citations Weixian Xi, Christopher N. Bowman et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  11. Recent Advances and Developments in Composite Dental Restorative Materials
    2010 538 citations Jeffrey W. Stansbury, Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  12. Tailorable and programmable liquid-crystalline elastomers using a two-stage thiol–acrylate reaction
    2015 467 citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  13. Thiol-yne click chemistry: A powerful and versatile methodology for materials synthesis
    2010 449 citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. profile →
  14. Toward Stimuli‐Responsive Dynamic Thermosets through Continuous Development and Improvements in Covalent Adaptable Networks (CANs)
    2020 443 citations Maciej Podgórski, Benjamin D. Fairbanks et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  15. Covalent Adaptable Networks: Reversible Bond Structures Incorporated in Polymer Networks
    2012 430 citations Christopher N. Bowman et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  16. Kinetic evidence of reaction diffusion during the polymerization of multi(meth)acrylate monomers
    1994 296 citations Kristi S. Anseth, Christopher N. Bowman et al. Macromolecules profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christopher N. Bowman 21.3k 11.3k 11.1k 8.9k 6.3k 542 42.0k
Yen Wei 10.9k 0.5× 14.8k 1.3× 22.2k 2.0× 24.6k 2.8× 12.7k 2.0× 1.2k 60.7k
K. G. Neoh 6.7k 0.3× 10.8k 1.0× 11.3k 1.0× 7.6k 0.9× 5.8k 0.9× 648 34.9k
E. T. Kang 8.0k 0.4× 14.2k 1.3× 12.8k 1.2× 9.3k 1.0× 6.2k 1.0× 771 40.4k
Nancy R. Sottos 10.6k 0.5× 16.5k 1.5× 6.5k 0.6× 9.0k 1.0× 4.3k 0.7× 345 31.3k
Phillip B. Messersmith 5.5k 0.3× 7.5k 0.7× 13.0k 1.2× 7.4k 0.8× 11.8k 1.9× 206 40.4k
Cyrille Boyer 22.9k 1.1× 4.4k 0.4× 9.1k 0.8× 12.0k 1.4× 7.1k 1.1× 463 35.5k
Rolf Mülhaupt 11.5k 0.5× 12.8k 1.1× 7.3k 0.7× 7.5k 0.8× 6.7k 1.1× 485 32.0k
Kristi S. Anseth 7.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.2× 22.4k 2.0× 4.0k 0.4× 15.0k 2.4× 447 46.3k
Jan Feijén 7.8k 0.4× 3.8k 0.3× 11.5k 1.0× 2.7k 0.3× 18.8k 3.0× 548 34.7k
Haeshin Lee 3.4k 0.2× 5.1k 0.4× 14.1k 1.3× 6.7k 0.8× 10.0k 1.6× 283 37.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jain, Kanishk, Abid Khan, Anthony Holland, et al.. (2025). Histone H3 N-terminal recognition by the PHD finger of PHRF1 is required for proper DNA damage response. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(13).
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Hu, Yunfeng, et al.. (2025). Holographic Photopolymers via Two-Stage Orthogonal Thiol-Click Chemistries Leveraging Kinetic Selectivity. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(7). 4340–4347. 3 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Bruce E., Abhishek P. Dhand, Jason A. Burdick, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional dithiolane monomers for multi-scale, recyclable light-driven additive manufacturing. Polymer Chemistry. 16(18). 2108–2116. 4 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Bruce E., Jaroslaw Jacak, Kristi S. Anseth, et al.. (2025). Chalcones as Wavelength-Selective Cross-Linkers: Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing of Macro- and Microscopic Soft Active Devices. Chemistry of Materials. 37(8). 2699–2708.
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Dhand, Abhishek P., Bruce E. Kirkpatrick, Hannah M. Zlotnick, et al.. (2025). Digital light processing of photoresponsive and programmable hydrogels. Science Advances. 11(32). eadw9262–eadw9262. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Rachel, Alexa S. Kuenstler, & Christopher N. Bowman. (2024). Photopolymerizable semi-crystalline polymers for thermally reversible, 3D printable cast molds. Dental Materials. 40(6). 976–983. 2 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Bruce E., Matthew D. Davidson, Nathaniel P. Skillin, et al.. (2023). Photoinduced Dithiolane Crosslinking for Multiresponsive Dynamic Hydrogels. Advanced Materials. 36(43). e2211209–e2211209. 75 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Bruce E., Nathaniel P. Skillin, Timothy J. White, et al.. (2023). Facile Physicochemical Reprogramming of PEG‐Dithiolane Microgels. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(25). e2302925–e2302925. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiance, et al.. (2021). Functional Nanogels as a Route to Interpenetrating Polymer Networks with Improved Mechanical Properties. Macromolecules. 54(23). 10657–10666. 8 indexed citations
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Mavila, Sudheendran, et al.. (2021). Athermal, Chemically Triggered Release of RNA from Thioester Nucleic Acids. Angewandte Chemie. 134(1). 5 indexed citations
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Mavila, Sudheendran, et al.. (2021). Athermal, Chemically Triggered Release of RNA from Thioester Nucleic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(1). e202110741–e202110741. 9 indexed citations
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Han, Xun, Nancy Sowan, Xinpeng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Stress Relaxation via Covalent Dynamic Bonds in Nanogel-Containing Thiol–Ene Resins. ACS Macro Letters. 9(5). 713–719. 13 indexed citations
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Cox, Lewis M., Leiqing Hu, Haiqing Lin, et al.. (2020). Spatially Controlled Permeability and Stiffness in Photopatterned Two-Stage Reactive Polymer Films for Enhanced CO2 Barrier and Mechanical Toughness. Macromolecules. 54(1). 44–52. 7 indexed citations
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Alim, Marvin D., Sudheendran Mavila, David B. Miller, et al.. (2019). Realizing High Refractive Index Thiol-X Materials: A General and Scalable Synthetic Approach. ACS Materials Letters. 1(5). 582–588. 31 indexed citations
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Song, Han Byul, Austin Baranek, Brady T. Worrell, Wayne D. Cook, & Christopher N. Bowman. (2018). Glassy Polymer Networks: Photopolymerized Triazole‐Based Glassy Polymer Networks with Superior Tensile Toughness (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2018). Advanced Functional Materials. 28(22). 5 indexed citations
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Baranek, Austin, et al.. (2018). Formation of lipid vesiclesin situutilizing the thiol-Michael reaction. Soft Matter. 14(37). 7645–7652. 6 indexed citations
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Worrell, Brady T., Sudheendran Mavila, Chen Wang, et al.. (2018). A user's guide to the thiol-thioester exchange in organic media: scope, limitations, and applications in material science. Polymer Chemistry. 9(36). 4523–4534. 94 indexed citations
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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2018). Productive Exchange of Thiols and Thioesters to Form Dynamic Polythioester-Based Polymers. ACS Macro Letters. 7(11). 1312–1316. 57 indexed citations
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Woodruff, S., et al.. (2017). Adiabatic Compression of a Compact Torus. Fusion Science & Technology. 72(4). 705–712. 1 indexed citations
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Shah, Parag K., Jeffrey W. Stansbury, & Christopher N. Bowman. (2017). Application of an addition–fragmentation-chain transfer monomer in di(meth)acrylate network formation to reduce polymerization shrinkage stress. Polymer Chemistry. 8(30). 4339–4351. 65 indexed citations

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