Derek Johnston

877 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Derek Johnston is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Johnston has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Pharmacology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Derek Johnston's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (3 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (3 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Derek Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (3 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (3 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Derek Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Derek Johnston's co-authors include David J. Procter, David J. Edmonds, Kenneth W. Muir, Lee Mitchell, Catherine Breslin, Simon P. Mackay, Daniel Spinks, Jun Asano, Neil S. Cutshall and David R. Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Organic Letters and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

Derek Johnston

10 papers receiving 774 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Samarium(II)-Iodide-Mediated Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis

2004 523 citations David J. Edmonds, Derek Johnston et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Johnston United Kingdom	8	701	131	84	78	68	10	789
Gary D. Allred United States	6	709 1.0×	117 0.9×	70 0.8×	75 1.0×	87 1.3×	7	767
Yvan Guindon Canada	20	840 1.2×	228 1.7×	77 0.9×	76 1.0×	90 1.3×	28	941
Carlos Pérez‐Balado Spain	12	381 0.5×	104 0.8×	94 1.1×	50 0.6×	56 0.8×	16	529
Remo Kranich United States	12	764 1.1×	139 1.1×	99 1.2×	79 1.0×	186 2.7×	16	853
Matthias C. McIntosh United States	17	857 1.2×	211 1.6×	79 0.9×	64 0.8×	88 1.3×	33	953
Shigeru Isayama Singapore	9	748 1.1×	186 1.4×	97 1.2×	147 1.9×	193 2.8×	10	888
Ben Bradshaw Spain	18	807 1.2×	150 1.1×	132 1.6×	92 1.2×	130 1.9×	46	916
Gregory Hahn United States	7	465 0.7×	128 1.0×	34 0.4×	44 0.6×	56 0.8×	7	537
Paraselli Bheema Rao United States	12	731 1.0×	149 1.1×	84 1.0×	30 0.4×	110 1.6×	16	790
Yasuyuki Kita Japan	17	810 1.2×	99 0.8×	52 0.6×	51 0.7×	66 1.0×	34	884

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Johnston

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Derek Johnston's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Derek Johnston with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Derek Johnston more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Johnston

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Derek Johnston. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Derek Johnston. The network helps show where Derek Johnston may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Johnston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Johnston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Johnston based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Derek Johnston. Derek Johnston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

10 of 10 papers shown

1.

Onrust, René, Derek Johnston, Andrew P. Osnowski, et al.. (2011). N-Acylhydrazones as inhibitors of PDE10A. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(14). 4155–4159. 30 indexed citations

2.

Adams, David R., Jun Asano, Catherine Breslin, et al.. (2007). 2-Aryl-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxypropionic acids: A new class of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(23). 6579–6583. 26 indexed citations

3.

Edmonds, David J., Derek Johnston, & David J. Procter. (2004). Samarium(II)‐Iodide‐Mediated Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis. ChemInform. 35(39). 1 indexed citations

4.

Edmonds, David J., Derek Johnston, & David J. Procter. (2004). Samarium(II)-Iodide-Mediated Cyclizations in Natural Product Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 104(7). 3371–3404. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (2002). The first synthetic studies on pestalotiopsin A. A stereocontrolled approach to the functionalised bicyclic coreElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: crystal structure analysis of 18a. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/ob/b2/b209066j/. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(2). 328–337. 49 indexed citations

6.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (2001). Samarium(II)-Mediated 4-exo-trig Cyclization. A Stereocontrolled Approach to the Core of Pestalotiopsin A. Organic Letters. 3(13). 2001–2004. 58 indexed citations

7.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (2000). Samarium(II)-mediated 4-exo-trig cyclisations of unsaturated aldehydes. A stereoselective approach to functionalised cyclobutanols. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 681–695. 32 indexed citations

8.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (1999). Samarium(II)-mediated 4-exo trig ketyl-olefin cyclisation of unsaturated aldehydes. A general, stereoselective synthesis of functionalised cyclobutanols. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(26). 4913–4916. 58 indexed citations

9.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (1966). Heterocyclic organoboron compounds. Part II. Some 2-aryl-benzo- and -naphtho-1,3,2-di-azaborolines and -oxaborolens. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 314–314. 2 indexed citations

10.

Johnston, Derek, et al.. (1964). 83. Heterocyclic organoboron compounds. Part I. Five-membered ring systems from amino- and hydroxy-naphthalenes. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 466–466. 10 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact