Harkesh B. Singh

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
191 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

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Harkesh B. Singh is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Toxicology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Harkesh B. Singh has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Organic Chemistry, 128 papers in Toxicology and 50 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Harkesh B. Singh's work include Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry (128 papers), Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (48 papers) and Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (32 papers). Harkesh B. Singh is often cited by papers focused on Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry (128 papers), Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (48 papers) and Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (32 papers). Harkesh B. Singh collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Australia. Harkesh B. Singh's co-authors include Ray J. Butcher, Govindasamy Mugesh, Sanjio S. Zade, A. Panda, Raghavan B. Sunoj, Anna J. Mukherjee, Gotthelf Wolmershäuser, Narayan S. Punekar, Sangit Kumar and Snigdha Panda and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Harkesh B. Singh

184 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

Synthetic organoselenium compounds as antioxidants: glutathione peroxidase activity

2000 575 citations Harkesh B. Singh et al. profile →
Organoselenium Chemistry: Role of Intramolecular Interactions

2010 483 citations Sanjio S. Zade, Harkesh B. Singh et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harkesh B. Singh India	38	3.7k	3.4k	1.2k	776	525	191	5.4k
Wolf-Walther Du Μοnt Germany	25	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	367 0.5×	209 0.4×	125	3.8k
Lorenzo Testaferri Italy	36	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	598 0.5×	131 0.2×	126 0.2×	182	4.2k
Noboru Sonoda Japan	48	8.1k 2.2×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	224 0.3×	98 0.2×	396	8.8k
J. V. Comasseto Brazil	34	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	580 0.5×	148 0.2×	56 0.1×	202	4.1k
Sakae Uemura Japan	65	12.7k 3.5×	1.5k 0.4×	4.1k 3.3×	158 0.2×	233 0.4×	383	14.0k
Marcello Tiecco Italy	36	3.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	580 0.5×	118 0.2×	111 0.2×	169	4.0k
Carl H. Schiesser Australia	34	3.6k 1.0×	599 0.2×	462 0.4×	515 0.7×	34 0.1×	194	4.5k
Brindaban C. Ranu India	59	10.7k 2.9×	931 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	123 0.2×	94 0.2×	305	11.7k
Balasubramanian Sridhar India	44	6.1k 1.7×	165 0.0×	944 0.8×	684 0.9×	516 1.0×	527	7.7k
L. Brandsma Netherlands	35	5.6k 1.5×	230 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	293 0.4×	181 0.3×	359	6.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Singh, Harkesh B., et al.. (2025). Thio-iso-phthalamide pincer ligand-driven oxidative addition of a C–Br bond to gold( i ): synthesis and studies of SCS–gold( iii ) pincer complexes. Dalton Transactions. 54(35). 13235–13245.

Pizzi, Andrea, Arun Dhaka, Nicola Demitri, et al.. (2025). The Role of Chalcogen Bonding in Organic Dichalcogenides of Biological Interest. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(10). e202401846–e202401846.

Selvakumar, Karuthapandi, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like activity of selenocystine (SeC) bioconjugates of biotin and lipoic acid. Amino Acids. 55(12). 1981–1989. 2 indexed citations

Selvakumar, Karuthapandi, et al.. (2023). Studies on syntheses and self-assembly behaviour of homoseleno-peptides. Journal of Chemical Sciences. 135(4). 1 indexed citations

Singh, Harkesh B., et al.. (2021). Bis(2-nitrophenyl) selenide, bis(2-aminophenyl) selenide and bis(2-aminophenyl) telluride: structural and theoretical analysis. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 77(6). 271–280. 2 indexed citations

Butcher, Ray J., et al.. (2019). Isolation and structure of an 18-membered macrocycle containing two diselenide linkages and its precursor. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 75(3). 336–341.

Singh, Harkesh B., et al.. (2019). Synthesis of selenopeptides: an alternative way of incorporating selenocystine. Amino Acids. 51(4). 661–667. 8 indexed citations

Singh, Harkesh B., et al.. (2018). Hypervalent organoselenium compounds stabilized by intramolecular coordination: synthesis and crystal structures. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 75(1). 70–76. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Harkesh B., et al.. (2012). Isolation and molecular structures of novel organotellurium(iv) halides, oxyhalide and mixed halide. Dalton Transactions. 41(35). 10707–10707. 14 indexed citations

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Singh, J. K., et al.. (2011). FACILE S-MONODEMETHYLATION OF 3,4,5-TRIS(METHYLSULFANYL)-1,2-DITHIOLIUM IODIDE - CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF THE OBTAINED 4,5-BIS(METHYLSULFANYL)-1,2-DITHIOLE-3-THIONE. DSpace (IIT Bombay).

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Singh, Jay Shankar, P.C. Abhilash, Harkesh B. Singh, Rana P. Singh, & D. P. Singh. (2011). Genetically engineered bacteria: An emerging tool for environmental remediation and future research perspectives. Gene. 480(1-2). 1–9. 147 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, Karuthapandi, Poonam Shah, Harkesh B. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2011). Synthesis, Structure, and Glutathione Peroxidase‐Like Activity of Amino Acid Containing Ebselen Analogues and Diaryl Diselenides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(45). 12741–12755. 85 indexed citations

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Singh, Vijay P., Harkesh B. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2011). Synthesis of Cyclic Selenenate/Seleninate Esters Stabilized by ortho‐Nitro Coordination: Their Glutathione Peroxidase‐Like Activities. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 6(6). 1431–1442. 42 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, Karuthapandi, Harkesh B. Singh, Nidhi Goel, Udai P. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2011). Synthesis and structural characterization of pincer type bicyclic diacyloxy- and diazaselenuranes. Dalton Transactions. 40(38). 9858–9858. 22 indexed citations

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Tripathi, Santosh K., Sagar Sharma, Harkesh B. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2010). 2-Phenoxyethanol derived diselenide and related compounds; synthesis of a seven-membered seleninate ester. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(2). 581–587. 23 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sagar, et al.. (2009). Reaction of a Metallamacrocycle Leading to a Mercury(II)⋅⋅⋅Palladium(II)⋅⋅⋅Mercury(II) Interaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(11). 1987–1990. 23 indexed citations

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Srivastava, K. P., Sagar Sharma, Harkesh B. Singh, Udai P. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2009). Hydrolysis of 2-phenylazophenyltellurium trihalides: isolation of an unprecedented homometallic, discrete heptanuclear organotellurium oxidecluster. Chemical Communications. 46(7). 1130–1132. 24 indexed citations

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Patel, Upali, Harkesh B. Singh, & Gotthelf Wolmershäuser. (2005). Synthesis of a Metallophilic Metallamacrocycle: A Hg^II⋅⋅⋅Cu^I⋅⋅⋅Hg^II⋅⋅⋅Hg^II⋅⋅⋅Cu^I⋅⋅⋅Hg^II Interaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(11). 1715–1717. 43 indexed citations

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Zade, Sanjio S., Harkesh B. Singh, & Ray J. Butcher. (2004). The Isolation and Crystal Structure of a Cyclic Selenenate Ester Derived from Bis(2,6‐diformyl‐4‐tert‐butylphenyl)diselenide and its Glutathione Peroxidase‐Like Activity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(34). 4513–4515. 81 indexed citations

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Kandasamy, Krishnamoorthy, et al.. (2003). Synthesis, characterization and structural studies of metal complexes based on dmit, dmt and tbs ligands. Crystal structure of [PPN][Au(dmit)(2)].CH3CN. INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY- SECTION A. 42(9). 2344–2351.

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