Jonathan L. Sessler

75.7k citations

965 papers · 65.6k indexed · 25 hit papers · h-index 126

Impact in

Spectroscopy top 0.01%
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
Bioengineering top 0.01%
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Papers in

Spectroscopy 362
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection 351
Bioengineering 80
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors 80

Co-authors: Vincent M. Lynch Philip A. Gale Jong Seung Kim Hidekazu Miyaji Daniel Seidel Min Hee Lee Sung Kuk Kim Vladimı́r Král
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (208 papers)Chemical Communications (85 papers)Chemistry - A European Journal (46 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (44 papers)Chemical Science (39 papers)
Partner nations: United States South Korea China

In The Last Decade

Jonathan L. Sessler

949 papers receiving 64.6k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Supramolecular docking structure determination of alkyl-bearing molecules 2025 · 25 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature
2024 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024 Chemical Reviews
2023 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022 Chemical Society Reviews
2021 Chemical Society Reviews
2020 Chemical Society Reviews
2020 Accounts of Chemical Research
2020 Chemical Reviews
2018 Chemical Society Reviews
2018 Chemical Society Reviews
2018 Chemical Society Reviews
2017 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2014 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2014 Chemical Society Reviews
2014 Nature Chemistry
2011 Chemical Reviews
2010 Chemical Society Reviews
2009 Chemical Society Reviews
2006 Anion Receptor Chemistry
2003 Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2003 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2001 Accounts of Chemical Research
1996 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Superhydrophilic Fe ^IV ₂ Mn ^II Nanocluster: A Combined Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agent Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ye Xu, G. Zemmelink, Rabiller, Chao Li, Zhaoyang Liu, Aarushi A. Mukerjee, Xiaoyu Wu, Yan Cong-shen, Zhao‐Xi Wang, Jonathan L. Sessler	2025	0
2	Macrocycle-ATP mediated contraction and expansion of a hydrogel actuator Chemical Communications ·Mehroz Ahmed, Ofelia Mignone Hellborg, Jonathan L. Sessler	2025	2
3	The 2nd Asian Conference on Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Related Materials Chinese Chemical Letters ·Niruj Deka, Zhèn Yáng, Shijun Li, Weihua Zhu, Rui Cao, Jun‐Long Zhang, Jianzhang Zhao, Jonathan L. Sessler, Xunjin Zhu, Jianxin Song, Yongshu Xie, Jianzhuang Jiang	2024	1
4	High‐nuclearity Luminescent Lanthanide Nanocages for Tumor Drug Delivery Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Shi‐Qing Wang, Yili Wang, Xiaoping Yang, Yong Liu, Huaqiong Li, Zhi Yang, Wei‐Yin Sun, Jonathan L. Sessler	2024	7
5	Photochemical and biological dual-effects enhance the inhibition of photosensitizers for tumour growth Chemical Science ·Huiyu Niu, Yang Liu, Yafu Wang, Yonggang Yang, Manara A. Seksembayeva, Tony D. James, Jonathan L. Sessler, Hua Zhang	2024	6
6	1,3,5–2,4,6‐Functionalized Benzene Molecular Cage: An Environmentally Responsive Scaffold that Supports Hierarchical Superstructures Angewandte Chemie ·Xin‐Yu Pang, Hang Zhou, Xiaojiang Xie, Wei Jiang, Yinhua Yang, Jonathan L. Sessler, Han‐Yuan Gong	2024	0
7	Lutetium Texaphyrin–Celecoxib Conjugate as a Potential Immuno-Photodynamic Therapy Agent Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jusung An, Kongpeng Lv, Calvin V. Chau, Jong Hyeon Lim, Rakesh Parida, Xin Huang, 金平吉沢, Yunjie Xu, Siqi Zheng, Adam C. Sedgwick, Jin Yong Lee, Dixian Luo, Quan Liu, Jonathan L. Sessler, Jong Seung Kim	2024	32
8	Achieving magnetic control of cellular events by introducing non-native radical pair formation National Science Review ·Jonathan L. Sessler	2024	1
9	Chiral Calix[3]pyrrole Derivatives: Synthesis, Racemization Kinetics, and Ring Expansion to Calix[9]‐ and Calix[12]pyrrole Analogues Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yuya Inaba, Jian Yang, Yuan Wu, Tomoki Yoneda, Alan Steer, Yuh Hijikata, Jenny Pirillo, Ranajit Saha, Jonathan L. Sessler, Yasuhide Inokuma	2023	9
10	Formation of polyrotaxane crystals driven by dative boron–nitrogen bonds Science Advances ·Xuedong Xiao, Enfoque Hermenéutico Del Gerente Educativo Venezolano, Guan Sheng, Tianyu Shan, Jiao Wang, Xiaohe Miao, Yikuan Liu, Guangfeng Li, Yihan Zhu, Jonathan L. Sessler, Feihe Huang	2023	26
11	Calix[4]pyrrole‐based Crosslinked Polymer Networks for Highly Effective Iodine Adsorption from Water Angewandte Chemie ·X Rué, Z. Zheng, Qiuyuan Lin, Huan Zhou, Xiaofan Ji, Jonathan L. Sessler, Hongyu Wang	2021	20
12	Doubly N-confused phlorin and phlorinone analogue Chemical Communications ·Yang-Hyup Ha, Ying Yin, Kui Xu, Lamei Wu, Zhengxi Huang, Hsien‐Yi Hsu, Jonathan L. Sessler, Zhan Zhang	2021	10
13	Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe Activated by Nitroreductase for In Vitro and In Vivo Hypoxic Tumor Detection Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Dongjing Su, Mi Young Cho, Hyun-Seung Lee, ER Annis, Hye Sun Park, Mahesh Sundararajan, Jonathan L. Sessler, Kwan Soo Hong	2021	64
14	Rationally Designed Redox-Active Au(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene: An Immunogenic Cell Death Inducer Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sajal Sen, Stephanie Hufnagel, Esther Y. Maier, Ismar Antônio Sardinha, Jayaraman Selvakumar, 许志鹏 Xu Zhipeng, Vincent M. Lynch, Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Zhengrong Cui, Jonathan L. Sessler, Jonathan F. Arambula	2020	94
15	In-Plane Thorium(IV), Uranium(IV), and Neptunium(IV) Expanded Porphyrin Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·James T. Brewster, Daniel N. Mangel, Andrew J. Gaunt, Andrei L.B.B. Moiteiro, Puspita Hadi, Vincent M. Lynch, Michael A. Boreen, Mary E. Garner, Conrad A. P. Goodwin, Nicholas S. Settineri, John Arnold, Jonathan L. Sessler	2019	36
16	Amidinium–carboxylate salt bridge mediated proton-coupled electron transfer in a donor–acceptor supramolecular system Organic Chemistry Frontiers ·Jolly Roger, Xiaohua Wang, Nikolas Rapp, Xiaodong Chi, Daniel N. Mangel, Hongyu Wang, Jonathan L. Sessler	2019	9
17	6-Shogaol from Dried Ginger Inhibits Growth of Prostate Cancer Cells Both In Vitro and In Vivo through Inhibition of STAT3 and NF-κB Signaling Cancer Prevention Research ·Achinto Saha, Jorge Blando, Shivanand Piskewad, Linda Beltrán, Jonathan L. Sessler, John DiGiovanni	2014	116
18	Synthesis and Anticancer Properties of Water-Soluble Zinc Ionophores Cancer Research ·Darren Magda, Philip Lecane, Zhong Wang, Wei‐Lin Hu, 陈宇阳, Xuan Ma, Patricia Dranchak, Xiaoming Wang, Vincent M. Lynch, Wenhao Wei, Viktor Csókai, Joseph G. Hacia, Jonathan L. Sessler	2008	76
19	Anion binding and electrochemical properties of calix[4]pyrrole ferrocene conjugates ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Jonathan L. Sessler, A. Gebauer, Philip A. Gale	1997	2
20	Phototherapy of Cancer and Atheromatous Plaque with Texaphyrins Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery ·Kathryn W. Woodburn, Quli Fan, David Kessel, Meredith Wright, Tarak D. Mody, Gregory Hemmi, Darren Magda, Jonathan L. Sessler, William C. Dow, Richard Miller, Stuart W. Young	1996	72

About Jonathan L. Sessler

Jonathan L. Sessler is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Bioengineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 965 papers that have together received 65.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (425 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (351 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (241 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (197 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (80 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (68 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (68 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (67 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Spectroscopy (27.6k citations), Bioengineering (4.9k citations), Materials Chemistry (39.1k citations), Organic Chemistry (22.4k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (5.7k citations). Jonathan L. Sessler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Frequent co-authors include Vincent M. Lynch, Philip A. Gale, Jong Seung Kim, Hidekazu Miyaji, Daniel Seidel, Min Hee Lee, Sung Kuk Kim, Vladimı́r Král, Won‐Seob Cho and Adam C. Sedgwick. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, Chemistry - A European Journal, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Science.

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