Cian Kingston

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Cian Kingston is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cian Kingston has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cian Kingston's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (4 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (3 papers). Cian Kingston is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (4 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (3 papers). Cian Kingston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Cian Kingston's co-authors include Phil S. Baran, Julien C. Vantourout, Yu Kawamata, Byron K. Peters, Maximilian D. Palkowitz, Yusuke Takahira, Franziska Schoenebeck, Matthew S. Sigman, Mark Lautens and Theresa Sperger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Cian Kingston

12 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Survival Guide for the “Electro-curious”

2019 595 citations Cian Kingston, Maximilian D. Palkowitz et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cian Kingston United States	10	1.1k	241	237	178	116	13	1.5k
Martins S. Oderinde United States	23	2.1k 1.9×	146 0.6×	250 1.1×	207 1.2×	146 1.3×	48	2.3k
Eric C. Hansen United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	303 1.3×	190 0.8×	80 0.4×	65 0.6×	31	1.3k
Julio Piera Spain	17	1.5k 1.4×	307 1.3×	431 1.8×	104 0.6×	129 1.1×	23	1.8k
Andrey Shatskiy Sweden	17	676 0.6×	120 0.5×	122 0.5×	248 1.4×	50 0.4×	46	955
Scott D. McCann United States	12	1.4k 1.2×	83 0.3×	395 1.7×	112 0.6×	97 0.8×	15	1.5k
Alexander G. O’Brien United States	14	910 0.8×	237 1.0×	161 0.7×	97 0.5×	232 2.0×	22	1.3k
Serge Ruccolo United States	17	562 0.5×	84 0.3×	292 1.2×	149 0.8×	60 0.5×	26	799
Laura Buglioni Germany	11	895 0.8×	120 0.5×	142 0.6×	170 1.0×	181 1.6×	11	1.2k
Amanda E. King United States	14	1.3k 1.2×	141 0.6×	444 1.9×	372 2.1×	101 0.9×	14	1.8k
Ying Xie China	23	1.0k 0.9×	219 0.9×	224 0.9×	79 0.4×	116 1.0×	65	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cian Kingston

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

Kingston, Cian, et al.. (2025). Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of α-allyl-α-aryl 1-indanones via palladium-catalysed decarboxylative asymmetric allylic alkylation. Tetrahedron. 183. 134713–134713.

Li, Xin, et al.. (2022). Design and Synthesis of Pyrrolidinyl Ferrocene-Containing Ligands and Their Application in Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Olefin Hydrogenation. Molecules. 27(18). 6078–6078. 3 indexed citations

Kingston, Cian, Robert Doran, João Anes, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Activity of (+)-Tanikolide- and (+)-Malyngolide-Based Analogues Prepared by Asymmetric Synthesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(12). 6400–6400. 2 indexed citations

Crawford, Jennifer M., Cian Kingston, F. Dean Toste, & Matthew S. Sigman. (2021). Data Science Meets Physical Organic Chemistry. Accounts of Chemical Research. 54(16). 3136–3148. 74 indexed citations

Zell, Daniel, Cian Kingston, Sleight R. Smith, et al.. (2021). Stereoconvergent and -divergent Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Alkenes by Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(45). 19078–19090. 64 indexed citations

Flood, Dillon T., Cian Kingston, Julien C. Vantourout, Philip E. Dawson, & Phil S. Baran. (2020). DNA Encoded Libraries: A Visitor's Guide. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 60(3-4). 268–280. 52 indexed citations

Kingston, Cian, Maximilian D. Palkowitz, Yusuke Takahira, et al.. (2019). A Survival Guide for the “Electro-curious”. Accounts of Chemical Research. 53(1). 72–83. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

Ni, Shengyang, Natalia M. Padial, Cian Kingston, et al.. (2019). A Radical Approach to Anionic Chemistry: Synthesis of Ketones, Alcohols, and Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(16). 6726–6739. 182 indexed citations

Kingston, Cian, Michael A. Wallace, Alban J. Allentoff, et al.. (2019). Direct Carbon Isotope Exchange through Decarboxylative Carboxylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(2). 774–779. 72 indexed citations

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Knouse, Kyle W., Justine N. deGruyter, Michael A. Schmidt, et al.. (2018). Unlocking P(V): Reagents for chiral phosphorothioate synthesis. Science. 361(6408). 1234–1238. 201 indexed citations

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Kingston, Cian, Jinju James, & Patrick J. Guiry. (2018). Development of and Recent Advances in Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Protonation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(2). 473–485. 21 indexed citations

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Kingston, Cian & Patrick J. Guiry. (2017). Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Tertiary α-Aryl 1-Indanones: Evidence Toward Disparate Mechanisms in the Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Protonation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(7). 3806–3819. 30 indexed citations

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Ye, Juntao, Zhi‐Hao Shi, Theresa Sperger, et al.. (2016). Remote C−H alkylation and C−C bond cleavage enabled by an in situ generated palladacycle. Nature Chemistry. 9(4). 361–368. 166 indexed citations

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