John D. Thoburn

1.9k total citations
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John D. Thoburn is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Thoburn has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Spectroscopy and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John D. Thoburn's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (19 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (9 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (7 papers). John D. Thoburn is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (19 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (9 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (7 papers). John D. Thoburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John D. Thoburn's co-authors include Jonathan R. Nitschke, Jack K. Clegg, Boris Breiner, Wenjing Meng, Charles L. Perrin, Kari Rissanen, Maarten M. J. Smulders, Tanya K. Ronson, Imogen A. Riddell and Y.R. Hristova and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

John D. Thoburn

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Thoburn United States 18 1.3k 561 557 533 327 35 1.6k
Salvatore Zarra United Kingdom 17 1.3k 1.0× 679 1.2× 671 1.2× 573 1.1× 425 1.3× 22 1.7k
V. Nicholas Vukotic Canada 20 1.2k 0.9× 783 1.4× 697 1.3× 602 1.1× 268 0.8× 29 1.7k
Dan Preston New Zealand 24 1.5k 1.2× 603 1.1× 685 1.2× 487 0.9× 569 1.7× 61 1.9k
Casey J. Brown United States 5 1.3k 1.0× 555 1.0× 672 1.2× 411 0.8× 273 0.8× 8 1.6k
Jack Harrowfield France 15 1.0k 0.8× 728 1.3× 639 1.1× 557 1.0× 259 0.8× 35 1.7k
Marco Ziegler United States 14 922 0.7× 428 0.8× 497 0.9× 404 0.8× 290 0.9× 15 1.2k
M.J. Wiester United States 14 1.2k 0.9× 671 1.2× 678 1.2× 321 0.6× 292 0.9× 15 1.9k
B.O. Kneisel Germany 14 1.2k 1.0× 444 0.8× 725 1.3× 540 1.0× 393 1.2× 17 1.7k
Jeffery A. Whiteford United States 15 1.4k 1.1× 646 1.2× 749 1.3× 487 0.9× 481 1.5× 17 1.9k
Ryan E. Powers United States 12 1.4k 1.1× 501 0.9× 854 1.5× 467 0.9× 548 1.7× 14 1.7k

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All Works

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Ronson, Tanya K., Andrew W. Heard, Laura Schneider, et al.. (2025). A pseudo-cubic metal–organic cage with conformationally switchable faces for dynamically adaptive guest encapsulation. Nature Chemistry. 17(2). 289–296. 14 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Bao‐Nguyen T., et al.. (2024). Harnessing Maxwell’s demon to establish a macroscale concentration gradient. Nature Chemistry. 16(9). 1558–1564. 19 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Amit, John D. Thoburn, & Jonathan R. Nitschke. (2024). Light‐Responsive Aldehyde‐Reduction Catalysis Through Catalyst Encapsulation. Angewandte Chemie. 137(5).
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Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Aidan J. Brock, Aaron S. Micallef, et al.. (2021). The kinetics and mechanism of interconversion within a system of [Fe2L3]4+ helicates and [Fe4L6]8+ cages. Chemical Communications. 57(40). 4918–4921. 12 indexed citations
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Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, et al.. (2021). Controlling the Complexity and Interconversion Mechanisms in Self‐Assembled [Fe2L3]4+ Helicates and [Fe4L6]8+ Cages. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(7). e202115555–e202115555. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Dong, Larissa K. S. von Krbek, Le Yu, et al.. (2020). Glucose Binding Drives Reconfiguration of a Dynamic Library of Urea‐Containing Metal–Organic Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(9). 4485–4490. 42 indexed citations
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Yang, Dong, Larissa K. S. von Krbek, Le Yu, et al.. (2020). Glucose Binding Drives Reconfiguration of a Dynamic Library of Urea‐Containing Metal–Organic Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie. 133(9). 4535–4540. 14 indexed citations
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Kieffer, Marion, Rana A. Bilbeisi, John D. Thoburn, Jack K. Clegg, & Jonathan R. Nitschke. (2020). Guest Binding Drives Host Redistribution in Libraries of CoII4L4 Cages. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(28). 11369–11373. 32 indexed citations
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Neelakandan, Prakash P., Azucena Jiménez, John D. Thoburn, & Jonathan R. Nitschke. (2015). An Autocatalytic System of Photooxidation‐Driven Substitution Reactions on a FeII4L6 Cage Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(48). 14378–14382. 39 indexed citations
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Clegg, Jack K., Jonathan Cremers, Boris Breiner, et al.. (2012). A stimuli responsive system of self-assembled anion-binding Fe4L68+cages. Chemical Science. 4(1). 68–76. 117 indexed citations
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Meng, Wenjing, Boris Breiner, Kari Rissanen, et al.. (2011). A Self‐Assembled M8L6 Cubic Cage that Selectively Encapsulates Large Aromatic Guests. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(15). 3479–3483. 347 indexed citations
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Meng, Wenjing, Boris Breiner, Kari Rissanen, et al.. (2011). A Self‐Assembled M8L6 Cubic Cage that Selectively Encapsulates Large Aromatic Guests. Angewandte Chemie. 123(15). 3541–3545. 100 indexed citations
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Meng, Wenjing, Boris Breiner, Kari Rissanen, et al.. (2011). Innentitelbild: A Self‐Assembled M8L6 Cubic Cage that Selectively Encapsulates Large Aromatic Guests (Angew. Chem. 15/2011). Angewandte Chemie. 123(15). 3384–3384. 3 indexed citations
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Peles, Dana N. & John D. Thoburn. (2008). Multidimensional Tunneling in the [1,5] Shift in (Z)-1,3-Pentadiene:  How Useful Are Swain−Schaad Exponents at Detecting Tunneling?. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(8). 3135–3144. 15 indexed citations
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Parakka, James P., et al.. (2003). Optical Switching in Chiropticenes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1006(1). 94–103. 3 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Daniel J., et al.. (2000). Conformational Analysis of Alkylated Biuret and Triuret:  Evidence for Helicity and Helical Inversion in Oligoisocyanates. Organic Letters. 2(20). 3063–3066. 5 indexed citations
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Rodrı́guez, Venancio, Sylviane Sabo‐Etienne, Bruno Chaudret, et al.. (1998). Fluxionality and Isomerism of the Bis(dihydrogen) Complex RuH2(H2)2(PCy3)2:  INS, NMR, and Theoretical Studies. Inorganic Chemistry. 37(14). 3475–3485. 38 indexed citations
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Thoburn, John D., et al.. (1996). Indigodiimine:  A Highly Fluxional Molecule that Tautomerizes via Double Proton Transfers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(49). 12459–12460. 13 indexed citations
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Perrin, Charles L. & John D. Thoburn. (1992). Symmetries of hydrogen bonds in monoanions of dicarboxylic acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(22). 8559–8565. 71 indexed citations
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Perrin, Charles L. & John D. Thoburn. (1989). Evidence for a double-minimum potential for intramolecular hydrogen bonds of aqueous hydrogen maleate and hydrogen phthalate anions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(20). 8010–8012. 54 indexed citations

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