Jonathan Clayden

16.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
355 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Clayden is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Clayden has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 297 papers in Organic Chemistry, 116 papers in Molecular Biology and 88 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Clayden's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (149 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (126 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (106 papers). Jonathan Clayden is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (149 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (126 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (106 papers). Jonathan Clayden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Jonathan Clayden's co-authors include Stuart Warren, Wesley J. Moran, Madeleine Helliwell, Nick Greeves, Jennifer H. Pink, Steven R. LaPlante, Paul Edwards, Jordi Solà, Bryden A. F. Le Bailly and Gareth A. Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Clayden

351 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

Organic Chemistry 2009 2026 2014 2020 2012 2009 200 400 600
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. Organic Chemistry
    2012 663 citations Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves et al. Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  2. The Challenge of Atropisomerism in Drug Discovery
    2009 663 citations Jonathan Clayden et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Clayden United Kingdom 56 10.7k 3.9k 3.2k 1.3k 1.1k 355 13.0k
Carlos Cativiela Spain 44 7.8k 0.7× 4.1k 1.1× 966 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 692 0.7× 435 10.1k
Scott J. Miller United States 75 16.1k 1.5× 7.6k 2.0× 2.4k 0.7× 3.7k 2.9× 364 0.3× 286 19.4k
Kenso Soai Japan 54 6.3k 0.6× 4.3k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 2.2k 1.8× 435 0.4× 272 11.9k
Kyu‐Sung Jeong South Korea 42 3.6k 0.3× 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 629 0.5× 743 0.7× 133 6.0k
Richard M. Kellogg Netherlands 61 7.1k 0.7× 3.7k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 2.2k 2.1× 320 13.0k
Nicolas Vanthuyne France 48 6.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 2.4k 0.7× 852 0.7× 589 0.6× 339 8.3k
Anthony P. Davis United Kingdom 59 6.1k 0.6× 5.3k 1.4× 6.2k 1.9× 937 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 229 12.0k
Satoru Masamune United States 60 10.0k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 3.2k 2.5× 899 0.9× 232 13.0k
Janusz Jurczak Poland 41 5.4k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 3.5k 1.1× 828 0.7× 263 0.2× 475 8.7k
Yun‐Dong Wu China 55 7.1k 0.7× 2.8k 0.7× 777 0.2× 2.0k 1.6× 276 0.3× 218 9.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Golub, L., et al.. (2025). De novo designed 3-helix bundle peptides and proteins with controlled topology and stability. Chemical Science. 16(40). 18632–18641.
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Clayden, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Redox-powered autonomous directional C–C bond rotation under enzyme control. Nature. 644(8075). 96–101. 2 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Intramolecular Nucleophilic Vinylic Substitution (SNV) by Carbon Nucleophiles: Conformationally Directed Formation of Dienes from N,N’‐Diallyl Ureas. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(52). e202402352–e202402352. 1 indexed citations
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Saunthwal, Rakesh K., et al.. (2023). Enantioselective Intramolecular α‐Arylation of Benzylamine Derivatives: Synthesis of a Precursor to Levocetirizine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(14). e202216758–e202216758. 14 indexed citations
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Tilly, David, et al.. (2023). Anion‐Dependent Hydrogen‐Bond Polarity Switching in Ethylene‐bridged Urea Oligomers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(62). e202302210–e202302210. 3 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Interrogating the configurational stability of atropisomers. Nature Protocols. 18(9). 2745–2771. 31 indexed citations
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Tilly, David, et al.. (2023). Switching imidazole reactivity by dynamic control of tautomer state in an allosteric foldamer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2647–2647. 16 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Conformational preference in difluoroacetamide oligomers: probing the potential for foldamers with C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(29). 5939–5943.
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Tilly, David, et al.. (2022). Supramolecular interactions between ethylene-bridged oligoureas: nanorings and chains formed by cooperative positive allostery. Chemical Science. 13(44). 13153–13159. 7 indexed citations
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Borsley, Stefan, Flavio della Sala, Jonathan Clayden, et al.. (2020). Switchable foldamer ion channels with antibacterial activity. Chemical Science. 11(27). 7023–7030. 48 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Varinder K., Susan K. Armstrong, Lorenzo Caggiano, et al.. (2020). Stuart Warren (24 Dec 1938–22 Mar 2020). Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(37). 7236–7237. 1 indexed citations
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Andrushchenko, Valery, Sarah J. Pike, George F. S. Whitehead, et al.. (2018). Optically Active Vibrational Spectroscopy of α‐Aminoisobutyric Acid Foldamers in Organic Solvents and Phospholipid Bilayers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(37). 9399–9408. 20 indexed citations
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Costil, Romain, Quentin Lefebvre, & Jonathan Clayden. (2017). Medium‐Sized‐Ring Analogues of Dibenzodiazepines by a Conformationally Induced Smiles Ring Expansion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(46). 14602–14606. 68 indexed citations
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Poli, Matteo De, Wojciech Zawodny, Ophélie Quinonero, et al.. (2016). Conformational photoswitching of a synthetic peptide foldamer bound within a phospholipid bilayer. Science. 352(6285). 575–580. 150 indexed citations
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Byrne, Liam, Jordi Solà, Thomas Boddaert, et al.. (2013). Foldamer‐Mediated Remote Stereocontrol: >1,60 Asymmetric Induction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(1). 151–155. 105 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan, Susana Muñoz Maniega, Amos Storkey, et al.. (2011). TractoR: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Tractography with R. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations
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Morris, Gareth A., et al.. (2011). Is nevirapine atropisomeric? Experimental and computational evidence for rapid conformational inversion. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(4). 716–719. 17 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan, et al.. (2002). Dearomatizing Disrotatory Electrocyclic Ring Closure of Lithiated N-Benzoyloxazolidines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(6). 1049–1051. 17 indexed citations
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Warren, Stuart & Jonathan Clayden. (2001). Solutions manual to accompany organic chemistry : by Clayden, Greeves, Warren, and Wothers. Oxford University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations
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Clayden, Jonathan. (1997). Non‐Biaryl Atropisomers: New Classes of Chiral Reagents, Auxiliaries, and Ligands?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(9). 949–951. 147 indexed citations

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