James E. Taylor

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James E. Taylor is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Taylor has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Organic Chemistry, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James E. Taylor's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (13 papers). James E. Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (13 papers). James E. Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. James E. Taylor's co-authors include Andrew D. Smith, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Steven D. Bull, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Thomas H. West, D. A. R. Kay, Mark D. Greenhalgh, David S. B. Daniels, Charlene Fallan and Matthew D. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

James E. Taylor

82 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Amidines, isothioureas, and guanidines as nucleophilic catalysts

2012 429 citations James E. Taylor, Steven D. Bull et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. Taylor United Kingdom	32	2.2k	670	527	203	178	84	2.9k
Masato Suzuki Japan	32	2.1k 1.0×	483 0.7×	436 0.8×	437 2.2×	186 1.0×	206	3.6k
Masakazu Tanaka Japan	35	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 2.9×	451 0.9×	290 1.4×	154 0.9×	173	3.5k
Ivan Keresztes United States	29	1.7k 0.8×	344 0.5×	611 1.2×	203 1.0×	172 1.0×	66	2.4k
Stephen G. Newman Canada	29	2.2k 1.0×	458 0.7×	658 1.2×	203 1.0×	81 0.5×	65	2.9k
Роман А. Новиков Russia	29	2.5k 1.1×	423 0.6×	176 0.3×	294 1.4×	54 0.3×	220	3.0k
Akira Sakakura Japan	35	2.8k 1.3×	876 1.3×	919 1.7×	201 1.0×	94 0.5×	116	3.5k
Jing Shi China	24	908 0.4×	773 1.2×	203 0.4×	412 2.0×	158 0.9×	122	2.0k
Marvin Charton United States	27	1.6k 0.8×	888 1.3×	288 0.5×	363 1.8×	524 2.9×	103	3.0k
Rex X. Ren United States	19	651 0.3×	1.3k 1.9×	115 0.2×	173 0.9×	111 0.6×	25	2.2k
Jiřı́ Ludvı́k Czechia	26	1.0k 0.5×	290 0.4×	338 0.6×	520 2.6×	152 0.9×	171	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taylor, James E., et al.. (2025). Interdigitated microband electrode arrays in paired organic electrosyntheses: Sustainability and practicality. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 50. 101664–101664.

Pereira, Ernesto C., et al.. (2024). Paired Electrosynthesis at Interdigitated Microband Electrodes: Exploring Diffusion and Reaction Zones in the Absence of a Supporting Electrolyte. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 294–306. 2 indexed citations

Giannoulis, Angeliki, Katrin Ackermann, Alexey V. Bogdanov, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of mono-nitroxides and of bis-nitroxides with varying electronic through-bond communication. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(2). 375–385. 4 indexed citations

Hockin, Bryony M., et al.. (2020). Arylboronic Acid Catalyzed C-Alkylation and Allylation Reactions Using Benzylic Alcohols. Organic Letters. 22(19). 7547–7551. 26 indexed citations

Collett, Christopher J., Richard S. Massey, James E. Taylor, et al.. (2015). Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Addition of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes into Benzaldehydes: A Remarkable 2‐Substituent Effect. Angewandte Chemie. 127(23). 6991–6996. 27 indexed citations

Belmessieri, Dorine, et al.. (2014). Stereodivergent Organocatalytic Intramolecular Michael Addition/Lactonization for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Substituted Dihydrobenzofurans and Tetrahydrofurans. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(31). 9762–9769. 43 indexed citations

Morrill, Louis C., Daniel G. Stark, James E. Taylor, et al.. (2014). Organocatalytic Michael addition–lactonisation of carboxylic acids using α,β-unsaturated trichloromethyl ketones as α,β-unsaturated ester equivalents. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(44). 9016–9027. 34 indexed citations

Green, Rachel, et al.. (2013). Solid-phase asymmetric synthesis using a polymer-supported chiral Evans'-type oxazolidin-2-one. Nature Protocols. 8(10). 1890–1906. 2 indexed citations

Vincent, Helen A., Peter D. Cary, Frank Sobott, et al.. (2013). Hfq binding changes the structure ofEscherichia colismall noncoding RNAs OxyS and RprA, which are involved in the riboregulation ofrpoS. RNA. 19(8). 1089–1104. 35 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., Cy M. Jeffries, Ann H. Kwan, et al.. (2012). Calmodulin Binds a Highly Extended HIV-1 MA Protein That Refolds Upon Its Release. Biophysical Journal. 103(3). 541–549. 13 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., et al.. (2012). Structural and Functional Analysis of the Symmetrical Type I Restriction Endonuclease R.EcoR124INT. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e35263–e35263. 9 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., Chun Song, William V. Nicholson, et al.. (2012). Structure and operation of the DNA-translocating type I DNA restriction enzymes. Genes & Development. 26(1). 92–104. 42 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., Steven D. Bull, & Jonathan M. J. Williams. (2012). Amidines, isothioureas, and guanidines as nucleophilic catalysts. Chemical Society Reviews. 41(6). 2109–2109. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jeffries, Cy M., Yanling Lü, James E. Taylor, et al.. (2011). Human Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C: Structural Flexibility within an Extended Modular Architecture. Journal of Molecular Biology. 414(5). 735–748. 34 indexed citations

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McGeehan, J.E., et al.. (2011). Structural Analysis of a Novel Class of R–M Controller Proteins: C.Csp231I from Citrobacter sp. RFL231. Journal of Molecular Biology. 409(2). 177–188. 11 indexed citations

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Watkins, John D., James E. Taylor, Steven D. Bull, et al.. (2010). Carbon nanoparticle surface functionalisation: converting negatively charged sulfonate to positively charged sulfonamide. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(18). 4872–4872. 28 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., Mary F. Mahon, & John Fossey. (2007). An Intermolecular Double [2+2] Cyclodimerization of a Tetraalkyne. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(13). 2266–2268. 5 indexed citations

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Marken, Frank, et al.. (2006). Voltammetric Measurements at the Surface of Cotton: Absorption and Catalase Reactivity of a Dinuclear Manganese Complex. Langmuir. 23(4). 2239–2246. 7 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E.. (1995). The Motion of Multiple-Phase Junctions under Prescribed Phase-Boundary Velocities. Journal of Differential Equations. 119(1). 109–136. 15 indexed citations

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Taylor, James E., David E. Metzler, & A. Arnone. (1990). Modeling Inhibitors in the Active Site of Aspartate Aminotransferase^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 585(1). 58–67. 8 indexed citations

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