Joel L. Mackey

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 916 citations indexed

About

Joel L. Mackey is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel L. Mackey has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 916 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joel L. Mackey's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (3 papers), Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry (3 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (2 papers). Joel L. Mackey is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (3 papers), Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry (3 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (2 papers). Joel L. Mackey collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Joel L. Mackey's co-authors include K. N. Houk, Neil K. Garg, Jose M. Medina, K. N. Houk, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, John C. Jewett, Ellen M. Sletten, Sarah M. Bronner, Fang Liu and Steven A. Lopez and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Physics Letters and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joel L. Mackey

7 papers receiving 911 citations

Hit Papers

Reactivity of Biarylazacyclooctynones in Copper-Free Clic... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200
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. Reactivity of Biarylazacyclooctynones in Copper-Free Click Chemistry
    2012 224 citations Joel L. Mackey, John C. Jewett et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joel L. Mackey United States 7 849 229 145 88 50 8 916
Brian J. Levandowski United States 14 615 0.7× 195 0.9× 57 0.4× 69 0.8× 48 1.0× 26 706
Mara Florea Germany 9 536 0.6× 148 0.6× 314 2.2× 34 0.4× 38 0.8× 10 753
Benjamin C. Gorske United States 9 452 0.5× 529 2.3× 70 0.5× 46 0.5× 22 0.4× 10 746
T.V. Timofeeva Russia 11 342 0.4× 148 0.6× 69 0.5× 51 0.6× 35 0.7× 37 497
Ahamindra Jain United States 11 261 0.3× 372 1.6× 140 1.0× 11 0.1× 37 0.7× 26 580
Mercedes Crego Calama Netherlands 10 307 0.4× 291 1.3× 54 0.4× 29 0.3× 20 0.4× 15 552
Erica Benedetti France 17 814 1.0× 281 1.2× 43 0.3× 23 0.3× 8 0.2× 36 1.0k
M. E. Gurskii Russia 15 502 0.6× 71 0.3× 75 0.5× 71 0.8× 33 0.7× 86 615
Magdalena Zdrowowicz Poland 14 142 0.2× 247 1.1× 55 0.4× 17 0.2× 61 1.2× 36 556
Oliver Allemann Switzerland 10 393 0.5× 77 0.3× 21 0.1× 40 0.5× 35 0.7× 15 550

Countries citing papers authored by Joel L. Mackey

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Joel L. Mackey's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Joel L. Mackey with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Joel L. Mackey more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Joel L. Mackey

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joel L. Mackey. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Joel L. Mackey. The network helps show where Joel L. Mackey may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel L. Mackey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel L. Mackey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel L. Mackey 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 Joel L. Mackey. Joel L. Mackey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
1.
Qin, Zhixin, Qingyang Zhou, Joel L. Mackey, et al.. (2025). Molecular Dynamics of Cope Rearrangements of Substituted 1,5-Hexadienes: Variable Transition States and Mechanisms. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(44). 15780–15789.
2.
Svatunek, Dennis, Ryan P. Pemberton, Joel L. Mackey, Peng Liu, & K. N. Houk. (2020). Concerted [4 + 2] and Stepwise (2 + 2) Cycloadditions of Tetrafluoroethylene with Butadiene: DFT and DLPNO-UCCSD(T) Explorations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(5). 3858–3864. 19 indexed citations
3.
Mackey, Joel L., Zhongyue Yang, & K. N. Houk. (2017). Dynamically concerted and stepwise trajectories of the Cope rearrangement of 1,5-hexadiene. Chemical Physics Letters. 683. 253–257. 18 indexed citations
4.
Medina, Jose M., Joel L. Mackey, Neil K. Garg, & K. N. Houk. (2014). The Role of Aryne Distortions, Steric Effects, and Charges in Regioselectivities of Aryne Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(44). 15798–15805. 289 indexed citations
5.
Mackey, Joel L., et al.. (2012). Reactivity of Biarylazacyclooctynones in Copper-Free Click Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(22). 9199–9208. 224 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Liang, Yong, Joel L. Mackey, Steven A. Lopez, Fang Liu, & K. N. Houk. (2012). Control and Design of Mutual Orthogonality in Bioorthogonal Cycloadditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(43). 17904–17907. 132 indexed citations
7.
Bronner, Sarah M., Joel L. Mackey, K. N. Houk, & Neil K. Garg. (2012). Steric Effects Compete with Aryne Distortion To Control Regioselectivities of Nucleophilic Additions to 3-Silylarynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(34). 13966–13969. 136 indexed citations
8.
Paton, Robert S., et al.. (2010). Origins of Stereoselectivity in the trans Diels−Alder Paradigm. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(27). 9335–9340. 98 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brian J. Levandowski Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mara Florea Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Benjamin C. Gorske Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T.V. Timofeeva Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ahamindra Jain Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mercedes Crego Calama Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Erica Benedetti Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by M. E. Gurskii Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Magdalena Zdrowowicz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Oliver Allemann
Rankless by CCL
2026