George R. Lenz

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

George R. Lenz is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, George R. Lenz has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in George R. Lenz's work include Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (22 papers), Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (13 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Activity (11 papers). George R. Lenz is often cited by papers focused on Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (22 papers), Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (13 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Activity (11 papers). George R. Lenz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. George R. Lenz's co-authors include Hassan Pajouhesh, Arthur E. Martell, Arthur L. Campbell, N. C. YANG, Francis J. Koszyk, Arnon Shani, Hong Gan, John Masnovi, Bruce L. Hawkins and Harry H. Wasserman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

George R. Lenz

53 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Medicinal chemical properties of successful central nervo... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750 1000
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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. Medicinal chemical properties of successful central nervous system drugs
    2005 1.2k citations Hassan Pajouhesh, George R. Lenz PubMed profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George R. Lenz United States 16 891 659 341 310 200 56 2.0k
Saverio Cellamare Italy 29 747 0.8× 646 1.0× 515 1.5× 369 1.2× 181 0.9× 90 2.1k
Nabil El Tayar Switzerland 27 459 0.5× 888 1.3× 110 0.3× 368 1.2× 181 0.9× 54 2.2k
Gerd Dannhardt Germany 27 1.6k 1.8× 736 1.1× 742 2.2× 104 0.3× 108 0.5× 138 2.8k
Li Di United States 13 490 0.5× 767 1.2× 613 1.8× 533 1.7× 277 1.4× 18 2.0k
A.L. Johnson United States 29 984 1.1× 2.1k 3.2× 267 0.8× 214 0.7× 124 0.6× 62 4.2k
František Hubálek Denmark 28 868 1.0× 1.7k 2.5× 490 1.4× 239 0.8× 115 0.6× 55 3.3k
Nobuo Ikota Japan 26 1.2k 1.3× 682 1.0× 177 0.5× 90 0.3× 143 0.7× 105 2.1k
Wendel L. Nelson United States 28 547 0.6× 1.0k 1.6× 349 1.0× 134 0.4× 386 1.9× 134 2.7k
Marinella Roberti Italy 35 1.5k 1.7× 1.6k 2.5× 475 1.4× 284 0.9× 459 2.3× 111 3.6k
Valentina Onnis Italy 31 1.8k 2.0× 809 1.2× 524 1.5× 135 0.4× 314 1.6× 122 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George R. Lenz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George R. Lenz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lenz, George R., et al.. (2025). Rice bran as an agro-industrial by-product in aquaculture: types, properties, and applications. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 57(8). 402–402.
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Pajouhesh, Hassan & George R. Lenz. (2005). Medicinal chemical properties of successful central nervous system drugs. PubMed. 2(4). 541–553. 1152 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenz, George R., et al.. (1993). Oxidative rearrangements of alkyl substituted isoquinoline enamides to 1-hydroxymethyldihydroisoquinoline derivatives. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 745–745. 3 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R., et al.. (1992). The Synthesis of Oxoaporphines and Phenanthrenediones from 7-Hydroxydehydronoraporphines. Heterocycles. 34(3). 465–465. 2 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R., et al.. (1990). Oxidative cyclization of acyclic aryl-substituted N-vinylurethanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 55(6). 1753–1757. 3 indexed citations
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Lessor, Ralph A., et al.. (1989). Lead tetra-acetate oxidation of tetrahydrobenzazepine enamides: the synthesis of N-acyl substituted tetrahydro-3-benzazocin-2(1H)-ones. A chemical and crystallographic study. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1931–1931. 3 indexed citations
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Campbell, Arthur L. & George R. Lenz. (1987). The Ground State and Excited State Reactions of Enamides. Synthesis. 1987(5). 421–452. 59 indexed citations
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Watt, David S., et al.. (1985). Use of β-Chloropropionaldehyde as an Acrolein Equivalent in the Wadsworth-Emmons Modification of the Wittig Reaction. Synthesis. 1985(9). 887–891. 2 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1981). Photocycloaddition reactions of conjugated enones. 4(1-4). 369–404. 6 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R., et al.. (1981). Synthesis of the novel isoquinoline enamide alkaloid polycarpine. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 18(4). 691–693. 4 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1979). Steroid photochemistry. Facile [4 + 2] adduct formation in the photocycloaddition of an enedione to olefins and dienes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(10). 1597–1603. 4 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1979). Steroid photochemistry. Tetrahedron. 35(22). 2613–2621. 2 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1977). Formation of dihydropyrans in the photocycloaddition of a steroidal enedione to olefins and dienes. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 700–700. 1 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1976). Functionalization of a steroidal C-18 angular methyl group using a 21,20-chlorohydrin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(22). 3532–3537. 2 indexed citations
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Wasserman, Harry H. & George R. Lenz. (1976). The Reaction of Oxazoles with Singlet Oxygen. IV. Imino Anhydride Intermediates. Heterocycles. 5(1). 409–409. 3 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1972). Steroid photochemistry. Tetrahedron. 28(8). 2211–2219. 8 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1972). Fragmentation reactions catalysed by Fétizon's reagent (silver carbonate on Celite). Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 468–468. 5 indexed citations
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Lenz, George R.. (1972). Steroid photochemistry. Tetrahedron. 28(8). 2195–2209. 11 indexed citations
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YANG, N. C., Arnon Shani, & George R. Lenz. (1966). Intramolecular Photoacylation of Carbamates and Carbonates1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(22). 5369–5369. 23 indexed citations

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