Eugene Y.‐X. Chen

18.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
255 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Eugene Y.‐X. Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eugene Y.‐X. Chen has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Organic Chemistry, 111 papers in Biomaterials and 95 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Eugene Y.‐X. Chen's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (108 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (95 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (88 papers). Eugene Y.‐X. Chen is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (108 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (95 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (88 papers). Eugene Y.‐X. Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Eugene Y.‐X. Chen's co-authors include Miao Hong, Yuetao Zhang, Xiaoyan Tang, Jian‐Bo Zhu, Garret M. Miyake, Jiawei Chen, Luigi Cavallo, Michael L. McGraw, Changxia Shi and Laura Falivene and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Eugene Y.‐X. Chen

246 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers
    2022 911 citations Eugene Y.‐X. Chen et al. Nature profile →
  2. Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability
    2017 699 citations Miao Hong, Eugene Y.‐X. Chen Green Chemistry profile →
  3. A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability
    2018 566 citations Eugene Y.‐X. Chen et al. profile →
  4. Completely recyclable biopolymers with linear and cyclic topologies via ring-opening polymerization of γ-butyrolactone
    2015 544 citations Miao Hong, Eugene Y.‐X. Chen Nature Chemistry profile →
  5. Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties
    2021 529 citations Robin M. Cywar, Nicholas A. Rorrer et al. profile →
  6. Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy
    2024 192 citations Changxia Shi, Ethan C. Quinn et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  7. Dynamic crosslinking compatibilizes immiscible mixed plastics
    2023 155 citations Ryan W. Clarke, Tobias Sandmeier et al. Nature profile →
  8. Chemically circular, mechanically tough, and melt-processable polyhydroxyalkanoates
    2023 141 citations Li Zhou, Zhen Zhang et al. profile →
  9. Stereomicrostructure-regulated biodegradable adhesives
    2025 32 citations Zhen Zhang, Ethan C. Quinn 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
Eugene Y.‐X. Chen United States 64 9.0k 7.2k 5.7k 2.4k 2.0k 255 15.4k
Walter Kaminsky Germany 59 8.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 191 11.8k
Stanisław Penczek Poland 50 5.9k 0.6× 6.5k 0.9× 3.6k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 934 0.5× 257 10.1k
Henri Cramail France 48 3.2k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 2.8k 0.5× 3.4k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 217 7.9k
Yuezhong Meng China 70 1.5k 0.2× 3.2k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 4.9k 2.0× 2.7k 1.3× 459 18.0k
Michael P. Shaver United Kingdom 36 2.8k 0.3× 2.0k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 912 0.4× 539 0.3× 134 5.6k
Bo‐Geng Li China 51 3.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.3× 991 0.2× 3.0k 1.3× 1.9k 0.9× 302 8.4k
Frank A. Leibfarth United States 35 3.4k 0.4× 2.1k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 907 0.5× 69 6.4k
Wim Thielemans Belgium 51 1.4k 0.2× 6.3k 0.9× 603 0.1× 1.7k 0.7× 3.1k 1.6× 211 10.6k
Charles Romain United Kingdom 27 2.5k 0.3× 3.2k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 859 0.4× 38 5.1k
Michael R. Buchmeiser Germany 62 9.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.2× 904 0.2× 1.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 475 15.8k

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All Works

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Zhang, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Circular Polymer Designed by Regulating Entropy: Spiro-Valerolactone-Based Polyesters with High Gas Barriers and Adhesion Strength. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4511–4519. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Eugene Y.‐X., et al.. (2024). Synthesis of α-methylene-δ-valerolactone and its selective polymerization from a product mixture for concurrent separation and polymer production. Green Chemistry. 26(20). 10463–10472. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Changxia, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Ryan W. Clarke, et al.. (2024). Topology-Accelerated and Selective Cascade Depolymerization of Architecturally Complex Polyesters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(13). 9261–9271. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoyang, Liwei Ye, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Redesigned Nylon 6 Variants with Enhanced Recyclability, Ductility, and Transparency. Angewandte Chemie. 136(17). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoyang, et al.. (2024). Understanding ceiling temperature as a predictive design parameter for circular polymers. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(4). 101910–101910. 16 indexed citations
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An, Haiyan, et al.. (2024). Fully recyclable and tough thermoplastic elastomers from simple bio-sourced δ-valerolactones. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7904–7904. 22 indexed citations
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Zhou, Li, Liam T. Reilly, Changxia Shi, Ethan C. Quinn, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2024). Proton-triggered topological transformation in superbase-mediated selective polymerization enables access to ultrahigh-molar-mass cyclic polymers. Nature Chemistry. 16(8). 1357–1365. 27 indexed citations
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Shi, Changxia, Ethan C. Quinn, Wilfred T. Diment, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2024). Correction to Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy. Chemical Reviews. 124(20). 11637–11637. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Changxia, Ethan C. Quinn, Wilfred T. Diment, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2024). Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy. Chemical Reviews. 124(7). 4393–4478. 192 indexed citations breakdown →
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Quinn, Ethan C., Katrina M. Knauer, Gregg T. Beckham, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2023). Mono-material product design with bio-based, circular, and biodegradable polymers. One Earth. 6(6). 582–586. 26 indexed citations
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Cywar, Robin M., Ling Chen, Ryan W. Clarke, et al.. (2023). Elastomeric vitrimers from designer polyhydroxyalkanoates with recyclability and biodegradability. Science Advances. 9(47). eadi1735–eadi1735. 27 indexed citations
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Westlie, Andrea H., Xiaoyan Tang, Ethan C. Quinn, et al.. (2023). All-Polyhydroxyalkanoate Triblock Copolymers via a Stereoselective-Chemocatalytic Route. ACS Macro Letters. 12(5). 619–625. 15 indexed citations
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Clarke, Ryan W., Tobias Sandmeier, Dominik Reich, et al.. (2023). Dynamic crosslinking compatibilizes immiscible mixed plastics. Nature. 616(7958). 731–739. 155 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cywar, Robin M., Nicholas A. Rorrer, Heather B. Mayes, et al.. (2022). Redesigned Hybrid Nylons with Optical Clarity and Chemical Recyclability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(12). 5366–5376. 95 indexed citations
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Vidal, Fernando, Pilar Palma, Eleuterio Álvarez, et al.. (2019). Aluminium(iii) dialkyl 2,6-bisimino-4R-dihydropyridinates(−1): selective synthesis, structure and controlled dimerization. Dalton Transactions. 48(25). 9104–9116. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Xia, Miao Hong, Laura Falivene, Luigi Cavallo, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2019). Closed-Loop Polymer Upcycling by Installing Property-Enhancing Comonomer Sequences and Recyclability. Macromolecules. 52(12). 4570–4578. 52 indexed citations
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Gowda, Ravikumar R. & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2019). Regioselective Hydrogenation of Itaconic Acid to γ‐Isovalerolactone by Transition‐Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts. ChemSusChem. 12(5). 973–977. 5 indexed citations
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Vidal, Fernando, et al.. (2019). All-Methacrylic Stereoregular Triblock Co-polymer Thermoplastic Elastomers Toughened by Supramolecular Stereocomplexation. Macromolecules. 52(19). 7313–7323. 11 indexed citations
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Cywar, Robin M., Lu Wang, & Eugene Y.‐X. Chen. (2018). Thermally Regulated Recyclable Carbene Catalysts for Upgrading of Biomass Furaldehydes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(2). 1980–1988. 20 indexed citations

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