Jonathan Rittle

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Rittle is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Rittle has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Rittle's work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (17 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (16 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (8 papers). Jonathan Rittle is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (17 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (16 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (8 papers). Jonathan Rittle collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bulgaria. Jonathan Rittle's co-authors include Michael T. Green, Jonas C. Peters, John S. Anderson, Courtney M. Krest, Elizabeth L. Onderko, Timothy H. Yosca, Alexey Silakov, Rachel K. Behan, Gaël Ung and Michèle Soleilhavoup and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Rittle

31 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cytochrome P450 Compound I: Capture, Characterization, an... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2013 250 500 750 1000
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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. Cytochrome P450 Compound I: Capture, Characterization, and C-H Bond Activation Kinetics
    2010 1.1k citations Jonathan Rittle, Michael T. Green Science profile →
  2. Catalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia by an iron model complex
    2013 839 citations John S. Anderson, Jonathan Rittle et al. Nature 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 Rittle United States 19 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 985 33 3.5k
Rong‐Zhen Liao China 38 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 1.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 328 0.3× 193 5.1k
Étienne Derat France 41 1.5k 0.8× 586 0.5× 842 0.8× 2.8k 2.6× 216 0.2× 104 4.6k
Michael T. Green United States 39 3.8k 2.0× 942 0.8× 1.6k 1.5× 995 0.9× 169 0.2× 66 5.4k
Kyung‐Bin Cho South Korea 39 3.0k 1.6× 865 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 107 0.1× 96 4.0k
François Ogliaro Israel 25 2.5k 1.3× 325 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 141 0.1× 52 3.4k
Tomasz Borowski Poland 29 1.6k 0.8× 514 0.4× 602 0.6× 504 0.5× 99 0.1× 83 3.2k
Xiongyi Huang United States 26 1.5k 0.8× 414 0.4× 682 0.6× 2.4k 2.3× 59 0.1× 40 4.0k
M.P. Mehn United States 18 2.8k 1.4× 725 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 95 0.1× 23 3.5k
Pierrette Battioni France 40 2.2k 1.2× 291 0.3× 2.6k 2.4× 1.7k 1.6× 104 0.1× 85 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Rittle

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All Works

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Rao, Guodong, et al.. (2025). O 2 Activation and Enzymatic C–H Bond Activation Mediated by a Dimanganese Cofactor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(2). 2148–2157. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Heui Beom, et al.. (2024). In Crystallo O 2 Cleavage at a Preorganized Triiron Cluster. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(1). 770–779.
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Rao, Guodong, et al.. (2024). Bioinformatic Discovery of a Cambialistic Monooxygenase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(3). 1783–1788. 7 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Multielectron Bond Cleavage Processes Enabled by Redox-Responsive Phosphinimide Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(43). 17697–17704. 1 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Four‐Electron Oxidative Addition of an N=N Double Bond at a Chromium Metallocyclopropene**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(43). e202310482–e202310482. 2 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Four‐Electron Oxidative Addition of an N=N Double Bond at a Chromium Metallocyclopropene**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(43).
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Rao, Guodong, et al.. (2023). Enzymatic Hydroxylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds by a Mn/Fe Cofactor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(30). 16526–16537. 11 indexed citations
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Lee, Heui Beom, R. David Britt, & Jonathan Rittle. (2022). N − H bond dissociation free energy of a terminal iron phosphinimine. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 75(11-14). 1804–1814. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Heui Beom, et al.. (2021). High Spin Cobalt Complexes Supported by a Trigonal Tris(Phosphinimide) Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(16). 11830–11837. 13 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). An efficient, step-economical strategy for the design of functional metalloproteins. Nature Chemistry. 11(5). 434–441. 63 indexed citations
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Yang, Hao, Jonathan Rittle, Amy R. Marts, Jonas C. Peters, & Brian M. Hoffman. (2018). ENDOR Characterization of (N2)FeII(μ-H)2FeI(N2)−: A Spectroscopic Model for N2 Binding by the Di-μ-hydrido Nitrogenase Janus Intermediate. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(19). 12323–12330. 11 indexed citations
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Connor, Bridget A., Jonathan Rittle, David G. VanderVelde, & Jonas C. Peters. (2016). A Ni0(η2-(Si–H))(η2-H2) Complex That Mediates Facile H Atom Exchange between Two σ-Ligands. Organometallics. 35(5). 686–690. 27 indexed citations
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Krest, Courtney M., Alexey Silakov, Jonathan Rittle, et al.. (2015). Significantly shorter Fe–S bond in cytochrome P450-I is consistent with greater reactivity relative to chloroperoxidase. Nature Chemistry. 7(9). 696–702. 95 indexed citations
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Ung, Gaël, Jonathan Rittle, Michèle Soleilhavoup, Guy Bertrand, & Jonas C. Peters. (2014). Two‐Coordinate Fe0 and Co0 Complexes Supported by Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes. Angewandte Chemie. 126(32). 8567–8571. 29 indexed citations
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Ung, Gaël, Jonathan Rittle, Michèle Soleilhavoup, Guy Bertrand, & Jonas C. Peters. (2014). Two‐Coordinate Fe0 and Co0 Complexes Supported by Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(32). 8427–8431. 105 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan, Charles C. L. McCrory, & Jonas C. Peters. (2014). A 106-Fold Enhancement in N2-Binding Affinity of an Fe2(μ-H)2 Core upon Reduction to a Mixed-Valence FeIIFeI State. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(39). 13853–13862. 67 indexed citations
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Yosca, Timothy H., Jonathan Rittle, Courtney M. Krest, et al.. (2013). Iron(IV)hydroxide p K a and the Role of Thiolate Ligation in C–H Bond Activation by Cytochrome P450. Science. 342(6160). 825–829. 269 indexed citations
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Anderson, John S., Jonathan Rittle, & Jonas C. Peters. (2013). Catalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia by an iron model complex. Nature. 501(7465). 84–87. 839 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krest, Courtney M., Elizabeth L. Onderko, Timothy H. Yosca, et al.. (2013). Reactive Intermediates in Cytochrome P450 Catalysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(24). 17074–17081. 168 indexed citations
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Rittle, Jonathan & Michael T. Green. (2010). Cytochrome P450 Compound I: Capture, Characterization, and C-H Bond Activation Kinetics. Science. 330(6006). 933–937. 1096 indexed citations breakdown →

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