Hee Nam Lim

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Hee Nam Lim is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hee Nam Lim has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Hee Nam Lim's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). Hee Nam Lim is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). Hee Nam Lim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Hee Nam Lim's co-authors include Guangbin Dong, Fanyang Mo, Michael C. Young, Zhongxing Huang, Kathlyn A. Parker, Inji Shin, Wan Pyo Hong, Zi‐Qiang Rong, Jin Song and James Glimm 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

Hee Nam Lim

46 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Transition metal-catalyzed ketone-directed or mediated C–... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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. Transition metal-catalyzed ketone-directed or mediated C–H functionalization
    2015 512 citations Hee Nam Lim, Guangbin Dong 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
Hee Nam Lim South Korea 16 1.0k 245 90 83 65 49 1.2k
Shih‐Ching Chuang Taiwan 25 1.4k 1.4× 141 0.6× 25 0.3× 60 0.7× 5 0.1× 83 2.0k
E. A. Shapiro Russia 17 383 0.4× 96 0.4× 88 1.0× 69 0.8× 7 0.1× 60 1.2k
Jacob N. Sanders United States 15 385 0.4× 99 0.4× 31 0.3× 213 2.6× 18 0.3× 29 748
David R. Dalton United States 16 556 0.5× 91 0.4× 47 0.5× 248 3.0× 44 0.7× 81 937
Alfonso Niño Spain 20 299 0.3× 64 0.3× 14 0.2× 107 1.3× 10 0.2× 68 1.1k
Bin Yan China 21 982 1.0× 72 0.3× 29 0.3× 79 1.0× 4 0.1× 70 1.6k
Thomas Jensen Denmark 18 616 0.6× 213 0.9× 9 0.1× 210 2.5× 4 0.1× 57 1.2k
Camelia Muñoz‐Caro Spain 19 292 0.3× 63 0.3× 14 0.2× 104 1.3× 7 0.1× 59 1.1k
Linh Hoang United States 13 917 0.9× 308 1.3× 22 0.2× 481 5.8× 6 0.1× 29 1.4k
Kerstin Zawatzky United States 16 213 0.2× 77 0.3× 41 0.5× 244 2.9× 10 0.2× 30 903

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hee Nam Lim

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All Works

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Lim, Hee Nam, et al.. (2025). Friedel–Crafts acylation via interrupted Beckmann fragmentation of activated ketones. Chemical Science. 17(4). 2378–2385.
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Akhtar, Muhammad Saeed, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in the transformation of maleimides via annulation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(2). 269–291. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Seongryong & Hee Nam Lim. (2024). Deacetylative cyanation: a cyanide-free route to thiocyanates and cyanamides. Chemical Communications. 60(92). 13542–13545.
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Lim, Hee Nam, et al.. (2024). Methyl Pyruvate Oxime as a Carbonyl Synthon: Synthesis of Ureas, Carbamates, Thiocarbamates, and Anilides. Organic Letters. 26(18). 3850–3854. 2 indexed citations
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Shin, Inji, et al.. (2023). A deconstruction–reconstruction strategy to access 1-naphthol derivatives: application to the synthesis of aristolactam scaffolds. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(44). 8936–8941. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Acyl Fluorides via DAST-Mediated Fluorinative C–C Bond Cleavage of Activated Ketones. Organic Letters. 22(19). 7465–7469. 33 indexed citations
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Dong, Guangbin, Hee Nam Lim, & Dong Xing. (2018). Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Ketone α-Alkylation and Alkenylation with Simple Alkenes and Alkynes through a Dual Activation Strategy. Synlett. 30(6). 674–684. 29 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam, Jae Young Choi, Yīng Fāng, et al.. (2017). Mosquitocidal activity of penfluridol as juvenile hormone antagonist. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 21(1). 130–133. 7 indexed citations
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Rana, Verinder S., et al.. (2017). Mixing with applications to inertial-confinement-fusion implosions. Physical review. E. 95(1). 13203–13203. 15 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam & Guangbin Dong. (2015). Catalytic Intramolecular Ketone Alkylation with Olefins by Dual Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(50). 15294–15298. 54 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam, et al.. (2013). Recent progress in turbulent mixing. Physica Scripta. T155. 14051–14051. 4 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam & Kathlyn A. Parker. (2012). Correction to Total Synthesis of the Potent Androgen Receptor Antagonist (−)-Arabilin: A Strategic, Biomimetic [1,7]-Hydrogen Shift. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(9). 4449–4449. 1 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam & Kathlyn A. Parker. (2011). Total Synthesis of the Potent Androgen Receptor Antagonist (−)-Arabilin: A Strategic, Biomimetic [1,7]-Hydrogen Shift. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(50). 20149–20151. 15 indexed citations
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Kim, Young‐Gi, Hee Nam Lim, & Kee‐Jung Lee. (2009). A new route to allyl thiols and allyl thiocarbamates from Baylis‐Hillman adducts. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 46(1). 23–27. 13 indexed citations
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Lim, Hee Nam, et al.. (2008). Application of the acetate of baylis‐hillman adducts of salicylaldehydes in the synthesis of methyl 2‐oxo‐2,3‐dihydrobenzo[b]oxepine‐4‐carboxylates. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 45(6). 1701–1706. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Nam Young, et al.. (1996). Discrimination of Substrate-Induced Artifact From Photoluminescence Peak of Heavily Doped GaAs. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 30(2). 79–80. 2 indexed citations

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