Ji‐Bao Xia

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ji‐Bao Xia is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ji‐Bao Xia has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 10 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ji‐Bao Xia's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (43 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (19 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers). Ji‐Bao Xia is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (43 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (19 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers). Ji‐Bao Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Ji‐Bao Xia's co-authors include Chuo Chen, Chen Zhu, Shu‐Li You, Dao‐Yong Zhu, Wen‐Duo Li, Yan-Lin Li, Zheng‐Yang Gu, Jie Chen, Hui Han and Ping Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ji‐Bao Xia

62 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Visible Light-Promoted Metal-Free C–H Activation: Diarylk... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 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. Visible Light-Promoted Metal-Free C–H Activation: Diarylketone-Catalyzed Selective Benzylic Mono- and Difluorination
    2013 480 citations Ji‐Bao Xia, Chen Zhu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ji‐Bao Xia China 27 2.1k 716 457 336 201 66 2.6k
Weiping Liu China 30 3.9k 1.9× 1.4k 2.0× 175 0.4× 284 0.8× 72 0.4× 67 4.2k
Xinxin Qi China 27 2.0k 0.9× 431 0.6× 76 0.2× 407 1.2× 57 0.3× 82 2.2k
Cathleen M. Yung United States 10 620 0.3× 486 0.7× 195 0.4× 86 0.3× 21 0.1× 15 1.0k
Xinfang Xu China 40 4.9k 2.3× 617 0.9× 219 0.5× 29 0.1× 20 0.1× 169 5.1k
Xiaobo Yang China 29 1.9k 0.9× 493 0.7× 255 0.6× 40 0.1× 299 1.5× 94 2.5k
Daniel Zell Germany 19 3.8k 1.8× 1.3k 1.8× 343 0.8× 163 0.5× 65 0.3× 33 4.0k
Guoqiang Yang China 35 3.1k 1.5× 1.4k 2.0× 130 0.3× 107 0.3× 20 0.1× 81 3.5k
Kai Xu China 25 1.3k 0.6× 333 0.5× 72 0.2× 96 0.3× 164 0.8× 66 1.9k
S. OTSUKA Japan 14 605 0.3× 480 0.7× 46 0.1× 94 0.3× 108 0.5× 19 895

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ji‐Bao Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ji‐Bao Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ji‐Bao Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ji‐Bao Xia based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ji‐Bao Xia. Ji‐Bao Xia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Yang, Zheng‐Yang Gu, Shijun Li, et al.. (2025). Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regioselective Migratory Hydroacylation of Nonactivated Allenes with Alcohols Enabled by 1,4-Ru/H Migration. ACS Catalysis. 15(23). 19907–19917.
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Wu, Yang, et al.. (2025). Photoredox cobalt-catalyzed hydroaminomethylation of alkynes with aminals. Chemical Communications. 61(30). 5641–5644. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jiajun, Yan-Lin Li, Kun Cui, et al.. (2024). Photoredox cobalt-catalyzed stereodivergent synthesis of 1,4-dienes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 61. 291–300. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shiqi & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2024). Selective cross-coupling of α,β-unsaturated nitriles with aldehydes or alcohols by hydrogen transfer catalysis towards β-ketonitriles and glutaronitriles. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(9). 2613–2623. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shiqi, Yan-Lin Li, Kun Cui, et al.. (2023). Regio- and stereoselective divergent cross-coupling of alkynes and disubstituted alkenes via photoredox cobalt dual catalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(24). 6070–6080. 17 indexed citations
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Xia, Ji‐Bao, et al.. (2023). Direct 2-Pyridyl-Alkylation of Benzyne with N-Alkylpyridinium Salts. Synthesis. 55(14). 2159–2165. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chao, Lijun Shi, Fang Wang, et al.. (2022). Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric (3 + 2 + 2) Annulation via N–H/C–H Dual Activation and Internal Alkyne Insertion toward N-Fused 5/7 Bicycles. ACS Catalysis. 12(22). 14194–14208. 10 indexed citations
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Cui, Kun, Yanlin Li, Gongqiang Li, & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2022). Regio- and Stereoselective Reductive Coupling of Alkynes and Crotononitrile. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(50). 23001–23009. 59 indexed citations
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Gu, Zheng‐Yang, et al.. (2021). Catalytic synthesis of functionalized amidinesviacobalt-carbene radical coupling with isocyanides and amines. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(7). 1544–1550. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Wen‐Duo & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2020). 1,5-Hydrogen Atom Transfer Promoted Remote C—H Carboxylation. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(12). 4375–4375. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Xiao, et al.. (2020). Recent Advances of CO2 Fixation via Asymmetric Catalysis for the Direct Synthesis of Optically Active Small Molecules. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(8). 2208–2208. 41 indexed citations
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Han, Hui, Shang‐Dong Yang, & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2019). Pd/Cu Cocatalyzed Oxidative Tandem C–H Aminocarbonylation and Dehydrogenation of Tryptamines: Synthesis of Carbolinones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(6). 3357–3369. 31 indexed citations
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Han, Hui, Tao Zhang, Shang‐Dong Yang, Yu Lan, & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2019). Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Aminocarbonylation: Synthesis of Chiral Isoquinolinones. Organic Letters. 21(6). 1749–1754. 50 indexed citations
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Han, Hui, et al.. (2019). Intermolecular C−H Amidation of (Hetero)arenes to Produce Amides through Rhodium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Nitrene Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(26). 8887–8892. 36 indexed citations
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Han, Lei, Ji‐Bao Xia, Lin You, & Chuo Chen. (2017). Ketone-catalyzed photochemical C(sp3)–H chlorination. Tetrahedron. 73(26). 3696–3701. 26 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chen, Ji‐Bao Xia, & Chuo Chen. (2013). Vanadium-catalyzed oxidative Strecker reaction: α-C–H cyanation of para-methoxyphenyl (PMP)-protected primary amines. Tetrahedron Letters. 55(1). 232–234. 21 indexed citations
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Xia, Ji‐Bao, et al.. (2010). Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Amination and Pt-CatalyzedCycloisomerization. Synfacts. 2010(8). 909–909.
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Xia, Ji‐Bao, Xue‐Qiang Wang, & Shu‐Li You. (2008). Synthesis of Biindolizines through Highly Regioselective Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Functionalization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(1). 456–458. 80 indexed citations
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Amoruso, S., R. Bruzzese, Xuan Wang, & Ji‐Bao Xia. (2008). Propagation of a femtosecond pulsed laser ablation plume into a background atmosphere. Applied Physics Letters. 92(4). 68 indexed citations

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