James Finnigan

1.0k total citations
27 papers, 721 citations indexed

About

James Finnigan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James Finnigan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James Finnigan's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (12 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). James Finnigan is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (12 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). James Finnigan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. James Finnigan's co-authors include Simon J. Charnock, Nicholas J. Turner, James R. Marshall, Thomas W. Thorpe, Sarah L. Montgomery, Rachel S. Heath, Jacob M. van Laar, Rachel Cant, Steven O’Reilly and Gary W. Black and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

James Finnigan

24 papers receiving 710 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Finnigan United Kingdom 14 482 224 122 89 73 27 721
Anastasia De Luca Italy 20 667 1.4× 388 1.7× 63 0.5× 73 0.8× 52 0.7× 43 1.3k
Qingli He China 17 845 1.8× 467 2.1× 79 0.6× 29 0.3× 61 0.8× 41 1.5k
Umasankar De South Korea 19 331 0.7× 480 2.1× 96 0.8× 23 0.3× 34 0.5× 30 927
Dennis X. Hu United States 13 165 0.3× 444 2.0× 203 1.7× 133 1.5× 135 1.8× 13 852
Qizheng Yao China 21 393 0.8× 866 3.9× 111 0.9× 34 0.4× 54 0.7× 69 1.3k
Hulai Wei China 18 423 0.9× 137 0.6× 59 0.5× 45 0.5× 13 0.2× 53 834
Sylvain Broussy France 16 424 0.9× 218 1.0× 41 0.3× 52 0.6× 16 0.2× 37 724
Katarzyna Wiktorska Poland 16 393 0.8× 202 0.9× 21 0.2× 83 0.9× 29 0.4× 43 702
Guolin Zhang China 19 247 0.5× 593 2.6× 41 0.3× 40 0.4× 43 0.6× 61 950

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xie, Pei‐Pei, et al.. (2025). Diversity-oriented photobiocatalytic synthesis via stereoselective three-component radical coupling. Science. 389(6767). eadx2935–eadx2935. 8 indexed citations
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Orrego, Alejandro H., James Finnigan, Simon J. Charnock, et al.. (2025). A Microfluidics-Based Ultrahigh-Throughput Screening Unveils Diverse Ketoreductases Relevant to Pharmaceutical Synthesis. Analytical Chemistry. 97(38). 20698–20706.
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Meng, Qinglong, Charlotte Morrill, Ying Zhuo, et al.. (2025). Enzymatic synthesis of key RNA therapeutic building blocks using simple phosphate donors. Nature Communications. 17(1). 622–622.
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Khanh, Binh, et al.. (2025). A pyridoxal radical carboligase and imine reductase photobiocatalytic cascade for stereoselective synthesis of unnatural prolines. Nature Chemistry. 18(1). 101–108. 1 indexed citations
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Schnepel, Christian, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Metagenomics on Biocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 136(21). 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Yuxuan, et al.. (2024). Regiodivergent Radical Termination for Intermolecular Biocatalytic C–C Bond Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(7). 5005–5010. 2 indexed citations
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Cheung, William, et al.. (2023). In Search of Complementary Extraction Methods for Comprehensive Coverage of the Escherichia coli Metabolome. Metabolites. 13(9). 1010–1010. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Yuqi, Christian Schnepel, Charlotte Morrill, et al.. (2023). Biocatalysis in Drug Design: Engineered Reductive Aminases (RedAms) Are Used to Access Chiral Building Blocks with Multiple Stereocenters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(40). 22041–22046. 11 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Thomas W., James R. Marshall, Lucian Pirvu, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Stereoenriched Piperidines via Chemo-Enzymatic Dearomatization of Activated Pyridines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(46). 21088–21095. 29 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fei, Kate Lauder, James Finnigan, et al.. (2022). Chemoenzymatic Cascades for the Enantioselective Synthesis of β‐Hydroxysulfides Bearing a Stereocentre at the C−O or C−S Bond by Ketoreductases. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(31). e202202363–e202202363. 14 indexed citations
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Riehl, Paul S., et al.. (2022). An Efficient Synthesis of the Bicyclic Darunavir Side Chain Using Chemoenzymatic Catalysis. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(7). 2096–2101. 8 indexed citations
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Finnigan, James, et al.. (2022). A Coupled Ketoreductase‐Diaphorase Assay for the Detection of Polyethylene Terephthalate‐Hydrolyzing Activity. ChemSusChem. 15(9). e202102750–e202102750. 14 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Thomas W., James R. Marshall, Rebecca E. Ruscoe, et al.. (2022). Multifunctional biocatalyst for conjugate reduction and reductive amination. Nature. 604(7904). 86–91. 96 indexed citations
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Citoler, Joan, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant 2‐Aminotetralin and 3‐Aminochroman Derivatives via Enzymatic Reductive Amination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(46). 24456–24460. 26 indexed citations
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Citoler, Joan, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant 2‐Aminotetralin and 3‐Aminochroman Derivatives via Enzymatic Reductive Amination. Angewandte Chemie. 133(46). 24661–24665. 3 indexed citations
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Lauder, Kate, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective Synthesis of α‐Thiocarboxylic Acids by Nitrilase Biocatalysed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of α‐Thionitriles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(46). 10422–10426. 16 indexed citations
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Marshall, James R., Peiyuan Yao, Sarah L. Montgomery, et al.. (2020). Screening and characterization of a diverse panel of metagenomic imine reductases for biocatalytic reductive amination. Nature Chemistry. 13(2). 140–148. 138 indexed citations
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Magnusson, Anders O., Anna Szekrényi, Henk‐Jan Joosten, et al.. (2018). nanoDSF as screening tool for enzyme libraries and biotechnology development. FEBS Journal. 286(1). 184–204. 85 indexed citations
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Finnigan, James, et al.. (2016). Cytochromes P450. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 105. 105–126. 46 indexed citations
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Finnigan, James. (1982). Tipi Rings and Plains Prehistory. University of Ottawa Press eBooks.

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