Colm D. Duffy

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

Colm D. Duffy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colm D. Duffy has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colm D. Duffy's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers). Colm D. Duffy is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers). Colm D. Duffy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark. Colm D. Duffy's co-authors include John D. Sutherland, Bhavesh Patel, Claudia Percivalle, Dougal J. Ritson, Patrick J. Guiry, Jianfeng Xu, Surendra Singh, Saidul Islam, Matthew W. Powner and Béatrice Gerland and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Colm D. Duffy

10 papers receiving 933 citations

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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.

Common origins of RNA, protein and lipid precursors in a cyanosulfidic protometabolism

2015 643 citations Bhavesh Patel, Claudia Percivalle et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colm D. Duffy United Kingdom	9	667	540	270	104	78	10	955
Béatrice Gerland France	7	809 1.2×	739 1.4×	229 0.8×	115 1.1×	119 1.5×	13	1.1k
Rihe Liu United States	7	588 0.9×	563 1.0×	143 0.5×	56 0.5×	94 1.2×	7	846
Claudia Percivalle Italy	11	582 0.9×	673 1.2×	239 0.9×	311 3.0×	223 2.9×	13	1.2k
Kamila B. Muchowska France	14	705 1.1×	637 1.2×	234 0.9×	123 1.2×	217 2.8×	18	1.2k
Jianfeng Xu United Kingdom	16	510 0.8×	841 1.6×	174 0.6×	111 1.1×	113 1.4×	34	1.2k
Anastassia Kanavarioti United States	15	560 0.8×	736 1.4×	124 0.5×	94 0.9×	63 0.8×	44	1000
Dougal J. Ritson United Kingdom	19	1.0k 1.5×	831 1.5×	393 1.5×	407 3.9×	143 1.8×	28	1.8k
Saidul Islam United Kingdom	15	428 0.6×	557 1.0×	143 0.5×	364 3.5×	118 1.5×	24	1.0k
A. Ricardo United States	3	409 0.6×	391 0.7×	120 0.4×	42 0.4×	83 1.1×	3	641
Alonso Ricardo United States	14	457 0.7×	611 1.1×	87 0.3×	86 0.8×	82 1.1×	24	985

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Bonfio, Claudia, Cécile Caumes, Colm D. Duffy, et al.. (2019). Length-Selective Synthesis of Acylglycerol-Phosphates through Energy-Dissipative Cycling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(9). 3934–3939. 66 indexed citations

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Patel, Bhavesh, Claudia Percivalle, Dougal J. Ritson, Colm D. Duffy, & John D. Sutherland. (2015). Common origins of RNA, protein and lipid precursors in a cyanosulfidic protometabolism. Nature Chemistry. 7(4). 301–307. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duffy, Colm D., et al.. (2014). Self-Assembly of Phosphate Amphiphiles in Mixtures of Prebiotically Plausible Surfactants. Astrobiology. 14(6). 462–472. 31 indexed citations

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Xu, Jianfeng, et al.. (2014). Solid-Phase Synthesis and Hybrization Behavior of Partially 2′/3′-O-Acetylated RNA Oligonucleotides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(8). 3311–3326. 11 indexed citations

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Duffy, Colm D., Béatrice Gerland, Saidul Islam, et al.. (2013). Prebiotically plausible oligoribonucleotide ligation facilitated by chemoselective acetylation. Nature Chemistry. 5(5). 383–389. 83 indexed citations

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Duffy, Colm D.. (2012). Heteroaromatic Lipoxin A4 Analogues. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Doran, Robert, et al.. (2011). Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)‐Tanikolide and the β‐Methyl‐Substituted Analogues of (+)‐Tanikolide and (–)‐Malyngolide. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2011(35). 7097–7106. 20 indexed citations

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Duffy, Colm D., et al.. (2010). Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyridine‐Containing Lipoxin A₄ Analogues. ChemMedChem. 5(4). 517–522. 48 indexed citations

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Duffy, Colm D. & Patrick J. Guiry. (2010). Recent advances in the chemistry and biology of stable synthetic Lipoxin analogues. MedChemComm. 1(4). 249–249. 23 indexed citations

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Singh, Surendra, Colm D. Duffy, Syed Tasadaque Ali Shah, & Patrick J. Guiry. (2008). ZrCl₄ as an Efficient Catalyst for a Novel One-Pot Protection/Deprotection Synthetic Methodology. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(16). 6429–6432. 29 indexed citations

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