James B. Hendrickson

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

James B. Hendrickson is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James B. Hendrickson has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Organic Chemistry, 29 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James B. Hendrickson's work include Various Chemistry Research Topics (18 papers), Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (15 papers) and History and advancements in chemistry (15 papers). James B. Hendrickson is often cited by papers focused on Various Chemistry Research Topics (18 papers), Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (15 papers) and History and advancements in chemistry (15 papers). James B. Hendrickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Poland. James B. Hendrickson's co-authors include Daniel D. Sternbach, R. W. Rees, Kenneth W. Bair, Paul L. Skipper, John F. Templeton, James J. Sims, Jian Wang, Ping Huang, John H. Richards and Richard Göschke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

James B. Hendrickson

136 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular Geometry. I. Machine Computation of the Common ... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 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. Molecular Geometry. I. Machine Computation of the Common Rings
    1961 445 citations James B. Hendrickson Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James B. Hendrickson United States 35 3.0k 1.2k 730 533 474 137 4.6k
N. S. Zefirov Russia 35 3.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 695 1.0× 501 0.9× 721 1.5× 458 5.5k
Fausto Ramírez United States 38 4.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 618 0.8× 496 0.9× 1.3k 2.8× 219 6.4k
R. S. Cahn United States 7 1.7k 0.6× 715 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 460 0.9× 454 1.0× 19 2.9k
Eugene E. Van Tamelen United States 38 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 388 0.5× 401 0.8× 478 1.0× 212 5.0k
F. MOHAMADI United States 11 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 811 1.1× 291 0.5× 140 0.3× 14 4.1k
Walter M. F. Fabian Austria 32 2.4k 0.8× 844 0.7× 708 1.0× 584 1.1× 277 0.6× 216 4.1k
William G. Dauben United States 40 4.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 612 0.8× 762 1.4× 463 1.0× 291 6.5k
J. Peter Guthrie Canada 35 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 631 0.9× 694 1.3× 303 0.6× 127 4.5k
Mark A. Lipton United States 25 2.8k 0.9× 2.8k 2.5× 1.0k 1.4× 375 0.7× 298 0.6× 57 5.4k
Christopher Kelk Ingold United Kingdom 12 2.1k 0.7× 651 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 587 1.1× 538 1.1× 29 3.3k

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All Works

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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (2000). A Two-Component Pericyclic Reaction for Synthesis of Substituted Benzofurans and Aryl−Quaternary Carbon Bonds1. Organic Letters. 2(18). 2729–2731. 22 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1997). The application of computers to generate organic syntheses. The Knowledge Engineering Review. 12(4). 369–386. 2 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B. & Thomas Sander. (1995). COGNOS: A Beilstein-Type System for Organizing Organic Reactions. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 35(2). 251–260. 16 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B. & Todd Miller. (1991). Reaction classification and retrieval. A linkage between synthesis generation and reaction databases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(3). 902–910. 17 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B. & Todd Miller. (1990). Reaction indexing for reaction databases. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 30(4). 403–408. 10 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1990). Organische Synthese im Computerzeitalter. Angewandte Chemie. 102(11). 1328–1338. 21 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1989). Multiple constructions in synthesis design. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 29(3). 145–151. 14 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1988). Synthesis design logic and the SYNGEN (synthesis generation) program. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 60(11). 1563–1572. 11 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1985). A new synthesis of cyclopentenones: dihydrojasmone. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 50(12). 2110–2112. 20 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1984). An olefin polyanion equivalent: A new olefin synthesis from triflones. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(41). 4617–4618. 8 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B. & Daniel A. Pearson. (1983). Regioselective cycloaddition of a C-alkoxy-nitrone. Tetrahedron Letters. 24(43). 4657–4660. 10 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1975). Triphenyl phosphine ditriflate: A general oxygen activator. Tetrahedron Letters. 16(4). 277–280. 97 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1975). Systematic synthesis design. III. Scope of the problem. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(20). 5763–5784. 12 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1975). Dimethyl sulfide ditriflate: A new reagent for the facile oxidation of alcohols. Tetrahedron Letters. 16(4). 273–276. 34 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1973). The molecules of nature : a survey of the biosynthesis and chemistry of natural products. 2 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., et al.. (1973). A new thermal pericyclic carbon transfer capable of creating quaternary sites. Tetrahedron Letters. 14(37). 3609–3610. 14 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B., Richard Göschke, & R. W. Rees. (1964). Total synthesis of the calycanthaceous alkaloids. Tetrahedron. 20(3). 565–579. 79 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1964). Molecular Geometry. IV. The Medium Rings. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(22). 4854–4866. 143 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, James B.. (1959). Stereochemical implications in sesquiterpene biogenesis. Tetrahedron. 7(1-2). 82–89. 107 indexed citations

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