Joseph W. Ziller

36.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
665 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Joseph W. Ziller is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph W. Ziller has authored 665 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 515 papers in Organic Chemistry, 432 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 164 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Joseph W. Ziller's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (398 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (209 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (197 papers). Joseph W. Ziller is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (398 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (209 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (197 papers). Joseph W. Ziller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Joseph W. Ziller's co-authors include William J. Evans, Robert H. Grubbs, Peter Schwab, Filipp Furche, SonBinh T. Nguyen, Marcia B. France, Stosh A. Kozimor, Tamara A. Ulibarri, Alan F. Heyduk and Matthew R. MacDonald and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Joseph W. Ziller

655 papers receiving 30.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synthesis and Applications of RuCl₂(CHR‘)(PR₃)₂: The Influence of the Alkylidene Moiety on Metathesis Activity

1996 1.8k citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl₂(CHR′)(PR₃)₂] and Its Reactions

1995 1.3k citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. profile →
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene by a Group VIII carbene complex in protic media

1992 762 citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Syntheses and activities of new single-component, ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts

1993 535 citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Phenyl−Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: Topochemical [2+2] Photodimerization and Photopolymerization of Olefinic Compounds

1998 467 citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Eine Reihe definierter Metathesekatalysatoren – Synthese von und Reaktionen mit [RuCl₂ ( CHR′)(PR₃)₂]

1995 281 citations Joseph W. Ziller et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
Metathesis of acetylenes by (fluoroalkoxy)tungstenacyclobutadiene complexes and the crystal structure of W(C3Et3)[OCH(CF3)2]3. A higher order mechanism for acetylene metathesis

1984 154 citations Arnold L. Rheingold, Joseph W. Ziller et al. Organometallics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph W. Ziller United States	84	22.9k	15.1k	8.6k	4.3k	3.1k	665	30.9k
Alan J. Lough Canada	79	18.1k 0.8×	13.6k 0.9×	5.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	810	27.1k
W. Clegg United Kingdom	71	19.4k 0.8×	13.7k 0.9×	6.5k 0.8×	4.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k	28.9k
Robert G. Bergman United States	110	45.1k 2.0×	20.7k 1.4×	6.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	4.0k 1.3×	689	52.4k
Jerry L. Atwood United States	87	24.1k 1.1×	16.8k 1.1×	11.2k 1.3×	4.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	778	34.6k
Gerard van Koten Netherlands	79	25.4k 1.1×	12.5k 0.8×	4.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	834	31.6k
Glenn P. A. Yap United States	72	16.5k 0.7×	10.9k 0.7×	4.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	688	22.5k
John C. Huffman United States	77	17.6k 0.8×	14.6k 1.0×	7.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	867	27.7k
Michael B. Hursthouse United Kingdom	81	23.7k 1.0×	15.1k 1.0×	9.8k 1.1×	7.4k 1.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k	38.5k
A.G. Orpen United Kingdom	65	18.6k 0.8×	13.4k 0.9×	4.9k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	532	26.7k
Andrew J. P. White United Kingdom	90	27.9k 1.2×	12.3k 0.8×	10.1k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	1.0k	40.5k

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Lee, Justin L., et al.. (2025). Proton-Induced Switching of Paramagnetism: Reversible Conversion between a Low and High Spin Co^III Center within a Heterobimetallic Core. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 3129–3139. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Ernest, et al.. (2025). The Divergent Reduction Chemistry of Ln(II) Bis(terphenylthiolate) Complexes, Ln(SAr^iPr6)₂, Leads to KLn(μ-SAr^iPr6)₂, C─H Bond Activation Products, and Two-Electron Reduction Reactivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(38). 34249–34255.

Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2025). Terphenylthiolate-Ligated Lanthanide Terminal Methyl Complexes Form Crystallographically Characterizable Terminal Acyls and Trimethylcyclopropanetriolates from Carbon Monoxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(15). 12386–12391. 1 indexed citations

Grotjahn, Robin, et al.. (2024). Exploring sulfur donor atom coordination chemistry with La(ii), Nd(ii), and Tm(ii) using a terphenylthiolate ligand. Chemical Communications. 60(34). 4601–4604. 9 indexed citations

Cordova, Dmitri Leo Mesoza, Ze‐Fan Yao, Joseph W. Ziller, et al.. (2024). GaSI: A Wide-Gap Non-centrosymmetric Helical Crystal. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(33). 22881–22886. 4 indexed citations

Barman, Suman K., et al.. (2024). Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a Mn(III)–hydroxido complex as a biomimetic model for lipoxygenase. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 259. 112618–112618. 1 indexed citations

Windorff, Cory J., Conrad A. P. Goodwin, Joseph M. Sperling, et al.. (2023). Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr₄(OPCy₃)₂ and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX₄(OPR₃)₂ (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(44). 18136–18149. 2 indexed citations

Fang, Ming, et al.. (2023). Reductive C–O Cleavage of Ethereal Solvents and 18-Crown-6 in Ln(NR₂)₃/KC₈Reactions (R = SiMe₃). Inorganic Chemistry. 62(14). 5854–5862. 4 indexed citations

Wedal, Justin C., Joseph W. Ziller, & William J. Evans. (2022). Expanding Bismuth Trihalide Coordination Chemistry with Trimethyltriazacyclohexane and Trimethyltriazacyclononane. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(30). 11766–11774. 4 indexed citations

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Wedal, Justin C., et al.. (2021). Synthesis of a 2-Isocyanophenolate Ligand, (2-CNC₆H₄O)^1–, by Ring-Opening of Benzoxazole with Rare-Earth Metal Complexes. Organometallics. 40(6). 735–741. 4 indexed citations

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Huh, Daniel N., et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Ln^II‐in‐Cryptand Complexes by Chemical Reduction of Ln^III‐in‐Cryptand Precursors: Isolation of a Nd^II‐in‐Cryptand Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(37). 16141–16146. 26 indexed citations

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Ryan, Austin J., et al.. (2019). Isolation of U(ii) compounds using strong donor ligands, C₅Me₄H and N(SiMe₃)₂, including a three-coordinate U(ii) complex. Chemical Communications. 55(16). 2325–2327. 48 indexed citations

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Beltrán‐Leiva, María J., et al.. (2018). Rare‐Earth Metal(II) Aryloxides: Structure, Synthesis, and EPR Spectroscopy of [K(2.2.2‐cryptand)][Sc(OC₆H₂tBu₂‐2,6‐Me‐4)₃]. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(68). 18059–18067. 29 indexed citations

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Huh, Daniel N., Joseph W. Ziller, & William J. Evans. (2018). Chelate-Free Synthesis of the U(II) Complex, [(C₅H₃(SiMe₃)₂)₃U]^1–, Using Li and Cs Reductants and Comparative Studies of La(II) and Ce(II) Analogs. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(18). 11809–11814. 50 indexed citations

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Palumbo, Chad T., Dominik P. Halter, Vamsee K. Voora, et al.. (2018). Using Diamagnetic Yttrium and Lanthanum Complexes to Explore Ligand Reduction and C–H Bond Activation in a Tris(aryloxide)mesitylene Ligand System. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(20). 12876–12884. 18 indexed citations

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Ziller, Joseph W., et al.. (2018). NH₃and (NH₂)¹⁻as ligands in yttrium metallocene chemistry. Dalton Transactions. 47(14). 5098–5101. 5 indexed citations

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Woen, David H., Guo P. Chen, Joseph W. Ziller, et al.. (2017). Solution Synthesis, Structure, and CO₂ Reduction Reactivity of a Scandium(II) Complex, {Sc[N(SiMe₃)₂]₃}⁻. Angewandte Chemie. 129(8). 2082–2085. 21 indexed citations

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Palumbo, Chad T., Megan E. Fieser, Joseph W. Ziller, & William J. Evans. (2017). Reactivity of Complexes of 4fⁿ5d¹ and 4fⁿ⁺¹ Ln²⁺ Ions with Cyclooctatetraene. Organometallics. 36(19). 3721–3728. 16 indexed citations

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Evans, William J., Ming Fang, Jefferson E. Bates, et al.. (2010). Isolation of a radical dianion of nitrogen oxide (NO)2−. Nature Chemistry. 2(8). 644–647. 60 indexed citations

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Evans, William J., John T. Leman, Robert D. Clark, & Joseph W. Ziller. (2000). REACTIVITY OF DECAMETHYLSAMAROCENES WITH TRIALKYLALUMINUM REAGENTS INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE OF A BRIDGED ISOBUTYLALUMINUM COMPLEX, (C5Me5)2Sm[(μ-CH2CHMe2)2AI(CH2CHMe2)2]. Main Group Metal Chemistry. 23(3). 163–168. 11 indexed citations

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