François Lévesque

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

François Lévesque is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, François Lévesque has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in François Lévesque's work include Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (23 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (6 papers). François Lévesque is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (23 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (6 papers). François Lévesque collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. François Lévesque's co-authors include Peter H. Seeberger, Daniel A. DiRocco, Alexander G. O’Brien, Daniel Kopetzki, John R. Naber, Amruta Joshi‐Pangu, David A. Nicewicz, Steven F. Oliver, Guillaume Bélanger and Jonathan P. McMullen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

François Lévesque

55 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Continuous‐Flow Synthesis of the Anti‐Malaria Drug Artemi... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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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. Continuous‐Flow Synthesis of the Anti‐Malaria Drug Artemisinin
    2012 434 citations François Lévesque, Peter H. Seeberger Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Lévesque United States 23 1.5k 1.0k 530 437 340 55 2.7k
Jonathan P. McMullen United States 19 913 0.6× 2.0k 2.0× 514 1.0× 431 1.0× 131 0.4× 41 2.6k
Joshua Britton United States 19 632 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 261 0.5× 561 1.3× 62 0.2× 26 1.7k
Bernhard Gutmann Austria 30 2.1k 1.4× 2.3k 2.2× 497 0.9× 746 1.7× 104 0.3× 49 3.7k
David Cantillo Austria 31 2.8k 1.9× 2.4k 2.3× 565 1.1× 821 1.9× 401 1.2× 106 4.4k
Shishi Lin United States 14 1.5k 1.0× 334 0.3× 664 1.3× 350 0.8× 263 0.8× 15 2.3k
Jason D. Williams Austria 21 627 0.4× 961 0.9× 291 0.5× 254 0.6× 187 0.6× 62 1.7k
Bartholomäus Pieber Germany 29 2.7k 1.8× 1.9k 1.8× 1.1k 2.1× 718 1.6× 1.0k 3.1× 55 4.6k
Kerry Gilmore Germany 30 3.0k 2.0× 2.1k 2.0× 641 1.2× 1.1k 2.5× 328 1.0× 52 4.9k
Guoqiang Wang China 39 2.8k 1.9× 279 0.3× 431 0.8× 537 1.2× 140 0.4× 138 4.0k
Roy Helmy United States 21 363 0.2× 613 0.6× 571 1.1× 437 1.0× 104 0.3× 64 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Lévesque

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Lévesque

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

All Works

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Chen, Longrui, et al.. (2025). A Scalable Flow Electrolysis of Heterogeneous Mixtures Using a Rotating Cylinder Electrode Reactor: Access to a Chiral Iminophosphorane. Organic Process Research & Development. 29(3). 872–880. 1 indexed citations
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Ruhl, Kyle E., Michael J. Di Maso, Danielle M. Schultz, et al.. (2024). Continuous-Flow Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis to Enable Rapid, Multigram Deliveries of Peptides. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(7). 2896–2905. 12 indexed citations
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Moschetta, Eric G., Gemma C. Cook, Lee J. Edwards, et al.. (2024). Photochemistry in Pharmaceutical Development: A Survey of Strategies and Approaches to Industry-wide Implementation. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(4). 831–846. 20 indexed citations
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Twilton, Jack, Cecilia Bottecchia, Dan Lehnherr, et al.. (2023). Quinone-mediated hydrogen anode for non-aqueous reductive electrosynthesis. Nature. 623(7985). 71–76. 48 indexed citations
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Bottecchia, Cecilia, Dan Lehnherr, François Lévesque, et al.. (2022). Kilo-Scale Electrochemical Oxidation of a Thioether to a Sulfone: A Workflow for Scaling up Electrosynthesis. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(8). 2423–2437. 46 indexed citations
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Ji, Yining, Cecilia Bottecchia, François Lévesque, et al.. (2021). Benzylic Photobromination for the Synthesis of Belzutifan: Elucidation of Reaction Mechanisms Using In Situ LED-NMR. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(4). 2055–2062. 22 indexed citations
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Bottecchia, Cecilia, François Lévesque, Jonathan P. McMullen, et al.. (2021). Manufacturing Process Development for Belzutifan, Part 2: A Continuous Flow Visible-Light-Induced Benzylic Bromination. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(3). 516–524. 68 indexed citations
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Hong, Cynthia, Yingju Xu, John Y. L. Chung, et al.. (2020). Development of a Commercial Manufacturing Route to 2-Fluoroadenine, The Key Unnatural Nucleobase of Islatravir. Organic Process Research & Development. 25(3). 395–404. 16 indexed citations
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Knauber, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Photons as a 21st century reagent. Nature Communications. 11(1). 147 indexed citations
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Lévesque, François, Michael J. Di Maso, Karthik Narsimhan, Michael K. Wismer, & John R. Naber. (2020). Design of a Kilogram Scale, Plug Flow Photoreactor Enabled by High Power LEDs. Organic Process Research & Development. 24(12). 2935–2940. 49 indexed citations
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Joshi‐Pangu, Amruta, et al.. (2016). Acridinium-Based Photocatalysts: A Sustainable Option in Photoredox Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(16). 7244–7249. 318 indexed citations
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Kopetzki, Daniel, François Lévesque, & Peter H. Seeberger. (2013). A Continuous‐Flow Process for the Synthesis of Artemisinin. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(17). 5450–5456. 166 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Alexander G., Zoltán Horváth, François Lévesque, et al.. (2012). Continuous Synthesis and Purification by Direct Coupling of a Flow Reactor with Simulated Moving‐Bed Chromatography. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(28). 7028–7030. 80 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Alexander G., Zoltán Horváth, François Lévesque, et al.. (2012). Kontinuierliche Synthese und Aufreinigung durch direkte Kopplung eines Durchflussreaktors mit “Simulated‐Moving‐Bed”‐ Chromatographie. Angewandte Chemie. 124(28). 7134–7137. 19 indexed citations
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Lévesque, François & Peter H. Seeberger. (2012). Continuous‐Flow Synthesis of the Anti‐Malaria Drug Artemisinin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(7). 1706–1709. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Brien, Alexander G., et al.. (2011). Safe use of azides in continuous flow. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 29(3). 57–60. 6 indexed citations
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Lévesque, François, et al.. (2011). Continuous flow photolysis of aryl azides: Preparation of 3H-azepinones. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 1124–1129. 69 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Alexander G., François Lévesque, & Peter H. Seeberger. (2010). Continuous flow thermolysis of azidoacrylates for the synthesis of heterocycles and pharmaceutical intermediates. Chemical Communications. 47(9). 2688–2690. 67 indexed citations
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Angers, Pierre & François Lévesque. (2010). Voltage dip immunity of PWM drives with ride-through capabilities. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Benyagoub, A. & François Lévesque. (2002). Dramatic change of the kinetics of the phase transition induced in pure zirconia by swift heavy-ion irradiation. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 60(4). 580–586. 11 indexed citations

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