Kevin Wu

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kevin Wu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Wu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Wu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (10 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). Kevin Wu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (10 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). Kevin Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Kevin Wu's co-authors include Jin‐Quan Yu, Abigail G. Doyle, Nelson Y. S. Lam, Shaoqun Qian, Zhe Zhuang, Qian Shao, Kevin T. Sylvester, J. Patrick Lutz, Jia Niu and Hong C. Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Wu

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

From Pd(OAc)2 to Chiral Catalysts: The Discovery and Deve... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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. From Pd(OAc)2 to Chiral Catalysts: The Discovery and Development of Bifunctional Mono-N-Protected Amino Acid Ligands for Diverse C–H Functionalization Reactions
    2020 358 citations Kevin Wu, Jin‐Quan Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Wu United States 15 1.4k 409 192 83 60 25 1.6k
Kohsuke Ohmatsu Japan 23 1.7k 1.2× 589 1.4× 301 1.6× 72 0.9× 78 1.3× 56 1.8k
Holly J. Davis United Kingdom 11 1.4k 1.0× 387 0.9× 233 1.2× 96 1.2× 93 1.6× 14 1.6k
Gareth J. Rowlands New Zealand 18 1.3k 0.9× 298 0.7× 226 1.2× 139 1.7× 29 0.5× 56 1.4k
Ana B. Cuenca Spain 23 1.6k 1.1× 335 0.8× 288 1.5× 82 1.0× 70 1.2× 48 1.8k
Yu‐Ming Cui China 24 1.4k 1.0× 324 0.8× 151 0.8× 118 1.4× 59 1.0× 63 1.6k
Vincent Dalla France 21 1.2k 0.9× 324 0.8× 229 1.2× 72 0.9× 68 1.1× 54 1.3k
Kovuru Gopalaiah India 18 1.3k 0.9× 492 1.2× 298 1.6× 199 2.4× 63 1.1× 36 1.6k
Mathieu P. Lalonde United States 7 1.1k 0.8× 367 0.9× 404 2.1× 61 0.7× 70 1.2× 8 1.2k
Yuji Nishii Japan 23 1.5k 1.1× 397 1.0× 149 0.8× 145 1.7× 87 1.4× 73 1.7k
Niloufar Hadei Canada 16 2.7k 1.9× 347 0.8× 154 0.8× 96 1.2× 60 1.0× 20 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kevin Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kevin Wu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kevin Wu. Kevin Wu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yi, Dong Kee, Julian W. Tang, Fanyi Meng, et al.. (2025). Construction of chiral nitrogen stereocenters via enantioselective C–H activation. Chem. 12(1). 102730–102730.
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Fan, Zhoulong, Md Emdadul Hoque, Kevin Wu, et al.. (2025). Diversity-Oriented C–H Activation Reactions of the Naphthalene Scaffold. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(37). 33850–33858.
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Wu, Kevin, Nelson Y. S. Lam, Daniel A. Strassfeld, et al.. (2024). Palladium (II)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation with Bifunctional Ligands: From Curiosity to Industrialization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(19). e202400509–e202400509. 47 indexed citations
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Wu, Kevin, Nelson Y. S. Lam, Daniel A. Strassfeld, et al.. (2024). Palladium (II)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation with Bifunctional Ligands: From Curiosity to Industrialization. Angewandte Chemie. 136(19). 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Zhoulong, Daniel A. Strassfeld, Han Seul Park, Kevin Wu, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2023). Formal γ−C−H Functionalization of Cyclobutyl Ketones: Synthesis of cis‐1,3‐Difunctionalized Cyclobutanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(25). e202303948–e202303948. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Tao, et al.. (2023). Cu-mediated enantioselective C–H alkynylation of ferrocenes with chiral BINOL ligands. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7698–7698. 25 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lan, Hong‐Gang Cheng, Lisha Li, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes via enantioselective remote C–H activation. Nature Chemistry. 15(6). 815–823. 65 indexed citations
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Li, Jianjun, et al.. (2023). Atroposelective remote meta-C–H activation. Chem. 9(6). 1452–1463. 38 indexed citations
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Lam, Nelson Y. S., Zhoulong Fan, Kevin Wu, et al.. (2022). Empirical Guidelines for the Development of Remote Directing Templates through Quantitative and Experimental Analyses. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(6). 2793–2803. 48 indexed citations
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Yang, Cangjie, et al.. (2021). Geared Toward Applications: A Perspective on Functional Sequence-Controlled Polymers. ACS Macro Letters. 10(2). 243–257. 90 indexed citations
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Lam, Nelson Y. S., Kevin Wu, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2020). Advancing the Logic of Chemical Synthesis: C−H Activation as Strategic and Tactical Disconnections for C−C Bond Construction. Angewandte Chemie. 133(29). 15901–15924. 58 indexed citations
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Lo, H. Christine, Larissa B. Krasnova, Supriya Dey, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Sialidase-Resistant Oligosaccharide and Antibody Glycoform Containing α2,6-Linked 3Fax-Neu5Ac. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(16). 6484–6488. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaolei, et al.. (2018). Towards new antibiotics targeting bacterial transglycosylase: Synthesis of a Lipid II analog as stable transition-state mimic inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(16). 2708–2712. 8 indexed citations
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Dey, Supriya, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of modular building blocks using glycosyl phosphate donors for the construction of asymmetric N-glycans. Tetrahedron. 74(41). 6003–6011. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Kevin & Abigail G. Doyle. (2017). Parameterization of phosphine ligands demonstrates enhancement of nickel catalysis via remote steric effects. Nature Chemistry. 9(8). 779–784. 211 indexed citations
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Wu, Ti, et al.. (2016). Unconventional exo selectivity in thermal normal-electron-demand Diels–Alder reactions. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35147–35147. 22 indexed citations
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Lutz, J. Patrick, et al.. (2013). Nickel‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Pyridinium Ions: Harnessing an Iminium Ion Activation Mode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(35). 9153–9156. 72 indexed citations
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Wu, Kevin, et al.. (1988). Comparison of burnout characteristics in jet impingement cooling and stray cooling. 1(13). 561–567. 1 indexed citations

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