Elaine O’Reilly

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Elaine O’Reilly is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine O’Reilly has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Elaine O’Reilly's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (23 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Elaine O’Reilly is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (23 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Elaine O’Reilly collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. Elaine O’Reilly's co-authors include Nicholas J. Turner, Andrew Gomm, Anthony P. Green, Sabine L. Flitsch, Valentin Köhler, César Iglesias, James L. Galman, Richard C. Lloyd, Diego Ghislieri and James P. Ryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Elaine O’Reilly

37 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Biocatalysis: landmark discoveries and applications in ch... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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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.

  1. Biocatalysis: landmark discoveries and applications in chemical synthesis
    2024 73 citations Ashleigh J. Burke, Elizabeth L. Bell et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elaine O’Reilly United Kingdom 19 1.3k 654 321 269 232 38 1.7k
Johann H. Sattler Austria 22 1.2k 1.0× 558 0.9× 280 0.9× 259 1.0× 129 0.6× 27 1.5k
Robert C. Simon Austria 26 1.1k 0.9× 705 1.1× 241 0.8× 248 0.9× 92 0.4× 41 1.5k
Diego Ghislieri United Kingdom 13 1.1k 0.9× 735 1.1× 337 1.0× 401 1.5× 103 0.4× 14 1.6k
Shahed Hussain United Kingdom 12 1.0k 0.8× 403 0.6× 264 0.8× 349 1.3× 135 0.6× 12 1.2k
Stephan C. Hammer Germany 19 1.1k 0.9× 486 0.7× 200 0.6× 259 1.0× 107 0.5× 38 1.5k
Tanja Knaus Netherlands 22 1.3k 1.0× 530 0.8× 366 1.1× 400 1.5× 154 0.7× 47 1.7k
Sarah L. Montgomery United Kingdom 16 1.1k 0.9× 489 0.7× 276 0.9× 430 1.6× 132 0.6× 18 1.4k
Peiyuan Yao China 22 929 0.7× 645 1.0× 178 0.6× 243 0.9× 112 0.5× 64 1.4k
Godwin A. Aleku United Kingdom 16 981 0.8× 371 0.6× 226 0.7× 340 1.3× 106 0.5× 27 1.3k
Hans Iding Switzerland 19 1.4k 1.1× 761 1.2× 322 1.0× 298 1.1× 95 0.4× 44 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elaine O’Reilly

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine O’Reilly

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elaine O’Reilly. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elaine O’Reilly 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 Elaine O’Reilly. Elaine O’Reilly is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ryan, James P., Xingxing Xu, Nadia Elghobashi‐Meinhardt, et al.. (2025). Transaminase‐Triggered Cascades for the Synthesis and Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Chiral N‐Heterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202422584–e202422584. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2024). Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(6). 2851–2862. 29 indexed citations
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Burke, Ashleigh J., et al.. (2024). Biocatalysis: landmark discoveries and applications in chemical synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(6). 2828–2850. 73 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2024). Commercial Transaminases for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Bulky Amines. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(23). 4 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2023). Enzyme‐Triggered Reactions for the Synthesis of Organic Molecules. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(47). 2 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2023). Hijacking a P450 for ketone synthesis. Nature Catalysis. 6(7). 561–562. 1 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2021). Combining bio- and organocatalysis for the synthesis of piperidine alkaloids. Chemical Communications. 58(11). 1697–1700. 12 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2020). Engineered biosynthetic pathways and biocatalytic cascades for sustainable synthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 58. 146–154. 23 indexed citations
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Gomm, Andrew, et al.. (2019). A Comprehensive Quantitative Assay for Amine Transaminases. ChemCatChem. 11(19). 4738–4743. 10 indexed citations
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Gomm, Andrew & Elaine O’Reilly. (2018). Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 43. 106–112. 150 indexed citations
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Green, Anthony P., Nicholas J. Turner, & Elaine O’Reilly. (2014). Chiral Amine Synthesis Using ω‐Transaminases: An Amine Donor that Displaces Equilibria and Enables High‐Throughput Screening. Angewandte Chemie. 126(40). 10890–10893. 33 indexed citations
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Green, Anthony P., Nicholas J. Turner, & Elaine O’Reilly. (2014). Chiral Amine Synthesis Using ω‐Transaminases: An Amine Donor that Displaces Equilibria and Enables High‐Throughput Screening. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(40). 10714–10717. 149 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, César Iglesias, Diego Ghislieri, et al.. (2014). A Regio‐ and Stereoselective ω‐Transaminase/Monoamine Oxidase Cascade for the Synthesis of Chiral 2,5‐Disubstituted Pyrrolidines. Angewandte Chemie. 126(9). 2479–2482. 55 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, César Iglesias, Diego Ghislieri, et al.. (2014). A Regio‐ and Stereoselective ω‐Transaminase/Monoamine Oxidase Cascade for the Synthesis of Chiral 2,5‐Disubstituted Pyrrolidines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(9). 2447–2450. 156 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine & Nicholas J. Turner. (2014). Enzymatic cascades for the regio- and stereoselective synthesis of chiral amines. Perspectives in Science. 4. 55–61. 31 indexed citations
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Turner, Nicholas J. & Elaine O’Reilly. (2013). Biocatalytic retrosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 9(5). 285–288. 276 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of a conformationally constrained δ-amino acid building block. Amino Acids. 44(2). 511–518. 5 indexed citations
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Köhler, Valentin, et al.. (2011). Chimeric self-sufficient P450cam-RhFRed biocatalysts with broad substrate scope. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 1494–1498. 35 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, Valentin Köhler, Sabine L. Flitsch, & Nicholas J. Turner. (2011). Cytochromes P450 as useful biocatalysts: addressing the limitations. Chemical Communications. 47(9). 2490–2490. 229 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Elaine, et al.. (2009). One-step diketopiperazine synthesis using phase transfer catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters. 50(15). 1748–1750. 19 indexed citations

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