John C. Stephens

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John C. Stephens is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Stephens has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in John C. Stephens's work include Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers) and Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (5 papers). John C. Stephens is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers) and Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (5 papers). John C. Stephens collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. John C. Stephens's co-authors include Richard N. Butler, Luke A. Burke, B N Ames, S W Artz, Kevin Kavanagh, Robert B. P. Elmes, Lokesh Kumar Kumawat, Patrick McArdle, John J. Murphy and Alexandre Alexakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

John C. Stephens

60 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A review of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives as antibac... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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. A review of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives as antibacterial agents
    2019 320 citations John C. Stephens et al. Fitoterapia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John C. Stephens Ireland 20 569 493 189 174 131 67 1.7k
Dorila Piló‐Veloso Brazil 25 402 0.7× 687 1.4× 84 0.4× 336 1.9× 170 1.3× 105 1.9k
Kyôhei Yamashita Japan 17 477 0.8× 443 0.9× 153 0.8× 279 1.6× 60 0.5× 258 1.5k
Kevin D. Welch United States 31 512 0.9× 936 1.9× 89 0.5× 359 2.1× 80 0.6× 159 3.1k
Robert L. White Canada 25 245 0.4× 789 1.6× 95 0.5× 147 0.8× 82 0.6× 104 1.8k
Daqiang Wu China 21 380 0.7× 754 1.5× 241 1.3× 204 1.2× 154 1.2× 85 2.4k
Uffe Anthoni Denmark 28 917 1.6× 919 1.9× 113 0.6× 434 2.5× 96 0.7× 135 2.9k
Hideki Kinoshita Japan 26 725 1.3× 1.1k 2.2× 168 0.9× 507 2.9× 384 2.9× 148 2.7k
Yun Ling China 28 563 1.0× 540 1.1× 110 0.6× 410 2.4× 141 1.1× 122 2.2k
Brijesh Kumar India 28 1.1k 2.0× 963 2.0× 191 1.0× 464 2.7× 210 1.6× 179 2.9k
Kathleen A. Durkin United States 28 429 0.8× 749 1.5× 243 1.3× 792 4.6× 108 0.8× 60 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John C. Stephens

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

All Works

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Kavanagh, Kevin, et al.. (2025). Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-ones as promising antimicrobial scaffolds: In vitro and in vivo evaluation.. Results in Chemistry. 16. 102403–102403. 1 indexed citations
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Bergin, Ronan, Nidhi Kedia-Mehta, Cathriona Foley, et al.. (2025). Obesity drives dysregulation in DC responses to viral infection. PubMed. 4(1). kyaf001–kyaf001.
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Kinsella, Gemma K., Stefania Cannito, Chiara Dianzani, et al.. (2022). G protein–coupled receptor 21 in macrophages: An in vitro study. European Journal of Pharmacology. 926. 175018–175018. 4 indexed citations
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He, Zhonglei, Gillian E. Conway, Furong Tian, et al.. (2021). Enhanced pyrazolopyrimidinones cytotoxicity against glioblastoma cells activated by ROS-Generating cold atmospheric plasma. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 224. 113736–113736. 14 indexed citations
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Kumawat, Lokesh Kumar, et al.. (2019). The Versatility of Squaramides: From Supramolecular Chemistry to Chemical Biology. Chem. 5(6). 1398–1485. 139 indexed citations
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Stephens, John C., et al.. (2019). A review of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives as antibacterial agents. Fitoterapia. 139. 104405–104405. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dolan, Stephen K., et al.. (2019). Oosporein, an abundant metabolite in Beauveria caledonica, with a feedback induction mechanism and a role in insect virulence. Fungal Biology. 123(8). 601–610. 38 indexed citations
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McArdle, Patrick, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of pyrazolopyrimidinones using a “one-pot” approach under microwave irradiation. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 1222–1228. 20 indexed citations
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Martin, Darren S.D., Clara Redondo, Gemma K. Kinsella, et al.. (2016). Novel mitochondrial complex I inhibitors restore glucose-handling abilities of high-fat fed mice. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 56(3). 261–271. 6 indexed citations
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Kavanagh, Kevin, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, antibacterial and anti-MRSA activity, in vivo toxicity and a structure–activity relationship study of a quinoline thiourea. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(2). 630–635. 43 indexed citations
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Kinsella, Gemma K., et al.. (2015). Computational Development of Selective nNOS Inhibitors: Binding Modes and Pharmacokinetic Considerations. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 22(21). 2558–2579. 2 indexed citations
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Stephens, John C.. (2012). The dreams of Aelius Aristides: A psychological interpretation. International journal of dream research. 5(1). 76–86. 2 indexed citations
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Murphy, John J., Adrien Quintard, Patrick McArdle, Alexandre Alexakis, & John C. Stephens. (2011). Asymmetric Organocatalytic 1,6‐Conjugate Addition of Aldehydes to Dienic Sulfones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(22). 5095–5098. 69 indexed citations
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Schrettl, Markus, Stephen Carberry, Kevin Kavanagh, et al.. (2010). Self-Protection against Gliotoxin—A Component of the Gliotoxin Biosynthetic Cluster, GliT, Completely Protects Aspergillus fumigatus Against Exogenous Gliotoxin. PLoS Pathogens. 6(6). e1000952–e1000952. 146 indexed citations
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Evonich, Rudolph, John C. Stephens, William Merhi, et al.. (2008). The role of temporary biventricular pacing in the cardiac surgical patient with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 136(4). 915–921. 19 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., Jonathan Shannon, John C. Stephens, & Simon Woodward. (2007). Demonstration of Promoted Zinc Schlenk Equilibria, their Equilibrium Values and Derived Reactivity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(9). 2462–2472. 30 indexed citations
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Stephens, John C., et al.. (1997). Carbamazepine‐related ejaculatory failure. British Journal of Urology. 79(3). 485–485. 16 indexed citations
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McDermott, William E., et al.. (1997). <title>Operating experience with a high-throughput jet generator</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2987. 146–156. 10 indexed citations

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