David Dolphin

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
149 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

David Dolphin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Dolphin has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Materials Chemistry, 58 papers in Organic Chemistry and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Dolphin's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (97 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (25 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (24 papers). David Dolphin is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (97 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (25 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (24 papers). David Dolphin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Korea. David Dolphin's co-authors include Christian Brückner, Ethan D. Sternberg, Ross W. Boyle, John B. Paine, Alison Thompson, Lifu Ma, Brian O. Patrick, Steven J. Rettig, Alexander Wick and Teddy G. Traylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David Dolphin

148 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Porphyrin-based photosensitizers for use in photodynamic ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1998 1997 250 500 750
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. Porphyrin-based photosensitizers for use in photodynamic therapy
    1998 840 citations Ethan D. Sternberg, David Dolphin et al. profile →
  2. Expanded Porphyrins and Their Heterologs
    1997 527 citations David Dolphin 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
David Dolphin Canada 40 4.4k 1.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.2k 149 6.2k
Chi K. Chang United States 51 5.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 3.1k 2.0× 2.0k 1.6× 239 8.5k
Michael R. Detty United States 46 2.4k 0.5× 3.0k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 865 0.6× 925 0.7× 220 7.3k
Shigenobu Yano Japan 42 2.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 254 6.1k
Yoshiaki Kobuke Japan 46 4.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 433 0.3× 1.6k 1.1× 997 0.8× 156 6.6k
Johan E. van Lier Canada 50 3.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 2.9k 1.8× 1.6k 1.1× 461 0.4× 244 7.4k
Bernhard Spingler Switzerland 47 2.0k 0.5× 2.5k 1.5× 695 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 222 7.2k
Atif Mahammed Israel 43 4.0k 0.9× 724 0.4× 526 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.7× 114 5.5k
Peter Hambright United States 33 3.0k 0.7× 580 0.3× 427 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 149 4.4k
Noboru Ono Japan 44 3.6k 0.8× 4.7k 2.8× 390 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 274 8.0k
Yoshio Hisaeda Japan 39 3.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 285 0.2× 2.5k 1.6× 1.2k 0.9× 305 6.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Dolphin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Dolphin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Zhan, Yakun Chen, & David Dolphin. (2012). Diastereoselective generation of triple-stranded helicates induced by gem-dimethyl groups on a linker. Dalton Transactions. 41(16). 4751–4751. 27 indexed citations
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Zamponi, Gerald W., Zhong‐Ping Feng, Lingyun Zhang, et al.. (2009). Scaffold-based design and synthesis of potent N-type calcium channel blockers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(22). 6467–6472. 60 indexed citations
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Miao, Qing, Ji‐Young Shin, Brian O. Patrick, & David Dolphin. (2009). Self-assembly of oligomeric linear dipyrromethene metal complexes. Chemical Communications. 2541–2541. 53 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Young, et al.. (2009). Oxidized forms of a tripyrrane: α-tripyrrinone, β-tripyrrinone and a C2 symmetric hexapyrrole. Chemical Communications. 2323–2323. 22 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Young, Takayuki Tanaka, Atsuhiro Osuka, Qing Miao, & David Dolphin. (2009). BODIPY–Hexaphyrin Hybrids. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(47). 12955–12959. 12 indexed citations
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Son, Seung Bae, Seung Jae Lee, Jae Ryang Hahn, et al.. (2009). Observation of coexistence of 1D and 2D nanostructures in cobalt dipyrromethene trimer complexes adsorbed on a graphite surface. Applied Surface Science. 256(4). 1176–1179. 1 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Young, et al.. (2009). Linear fully conjugated meso-aryl pentapyrrins. Tetrahedron Letters. 50(49). 6909–6912. 7 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Young, et al.. (2008). Structure, formation and catalytic studies of a meso-palladioporphyrin intermediate in a Heck reaction. Dalton Transactions. 2598–2598. 3 indexed citations
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Shin, Ji‐Young, Brian O. Patrick, & David Dolphin. (2008). Conformational flexibility of dipyrromethenes: supramolecular assemblies with hydroquinones. CrystEngComm. 10(8). 960–960. 20 indexed citations
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Sternberg, Ethan D., et al.. (2004). Cross-metathesis reactions of vinyl-chlorins and -porphyrins catalyzed by a “second generation” Grubbs' catalyst. Chemical Communications. 852–853. 19 indexed citations
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Oku, Naoto, Nobuko Saito, Yukihiro Namba, et al.. (1997). Application of Long-Circulating Liposomes to Cancer Photodynamic Therapy.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 20(6). 670–673. 34 indexed citations
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Boyle, Ross W. & David Dolphin. (1996). Structure and Biodistribution Relationships of Photodynamic Sensitizers*. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 64(3). 469–485. 428 indexed citations
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Dolphin, David, et al.. (1994). The biomimetic oxidation of β-1, β-0-4, β-5, and biphenyl lignin model compounds by synthetic iron porphyrins. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2(7). 735–742. 16 indexed citations
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Dolphin, David, et al.. (1991). Veratryl Alcohol as a Mediator in Lignin Model Compound Biodegradation. Holzforschung. 45(1). 31–35. 8 indexed citations
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Richter, Anna, et al.. (1990). Biodistribution of tritiated benzoporphyrin derivative (3H-BPD-MA), a new potent photosensitizer, in normal and tumor-bearing mice. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 5(2). 231–244. 113 indexed citations
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Tait, C. Drew, Dewey Holten, Mark H. Barley, David Dolphin, & Brian R. James. (1985). Picosecond studies of ruthenium(II) and ruthenium(III) porphyrin photophysics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(7). 1930–1934. 36 indexed citations
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Paine, John B. & David Dolphin. (1976). The use of ceric ammonium nitrate in pyrrole chemistry. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 54(3). 411–414. 15 indexed citations
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Gouterman, Martin, Louise Karle Hanson, Gamal E. Khalil, et al.. (1975). Porphyrins. XXXI. Chemical properties and electronic spectra of d0 transition-metal complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(11). 3142–3149. 36 indexed citations
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Silverman, Richard B. & David Dolphin. (1975). Mechanism of hydrolysis of .beta.-acetal cobalamins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(10). 2924–2925. 7 indexed citations
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Dolphin, David, A. W. Johnson, Ji‐Dong Leng, & P. van den Broek. (1966). The base-catalysed cyclisations of 1,19-dideoxybiladienes-ac. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 880–880. 26 indexed citations

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