Kim E. Jelfs

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
152 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Kim E. Jelfs is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim E. Jelfs has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 82 papers in Organic Chemistry and 79 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kim E. Jelfs's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (74 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (69 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (50 papers). Kim E. Jelfs is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (74 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (69 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (50 papers). Kim E. Jelfs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Kim E. Jelfs's co-authors include Andrew I. Cooper, Samantha Y. Chong, Tom Hasell, Dave J. Adams, Marc A. Little, Qilei Song, Marc Schmidtmann, Andrew G. Livingston, Andrew Tarzia and Maria F. Jimenez‐Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kim E. Jelfs

145 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Polymer nanofilms with enhanced microporosity by interfacial polymerization

2016 708 citations Qilei Song, Kim E. Jelfs et al. profile →
Separation of rare gases and chiral molecules by selective binding in porous organic cages

2014 575 citations Linjiang Chen, Paul S. Reiss et al. profile →
Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes

2024 83 citations Anqi Wang, Charlotte Breakwell et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kim E. Jelfs United Kingdom	50	5.2k	3.9k	3.3k	1.5k	1.2k	152	8.6k
Samantha Y. Chong United Kingdom	43	7.7k 1.5×	5.8k 1.5×	3.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	66	10.3k
Takashi Uemura Japan	47	5.4k 1.1×	5.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	973 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	182	9.0k
Ming Liu China	46	5.4k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	499 0.3×	3.1k 2.5×	175	8.7k
Jaheon Kim South Korea	16	5.8k 1.1×	8.3k 2.1×	1.4k 0.4×	951 0.6×	725 0.6×	24	9.8k
Jie Zhang China	55	6.9k 1.3×	6.2k 1.6×	1.8k 0.5×	440 0.3×	989 0.8×	313	10.5k
Yingjie Zhao China	51	5.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	756 0.5×	3.4k 2.8×	293	9.6k
Xin Liu China	62	6.9k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	3.6k 3.0×	425	13.1k
Marc A. Little United Kingdom	39	4.9k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	603 0.4×	854 0.7×	83	7.1k
Volodymyr Bon Germany	48	6.3k 1.2×	7.3k 1.9×	885 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	207	10.3k
Christopher E. Wilmer United States	37	6.5k 1.3×	6.5k 1.7×	717 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	68	10.1k

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Mroz, Austin M., et al.. (2025). Construction of an organic cage-based porous ionic liquid using an aminal tying strategy. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 10(6). 459–463.

Jelfs, Kim E., et al.. (2025). Development of an Automated Workflow for Screening the Assembly and Host–Guest Behavior of Metal‐Organic Cages Towards Accelerated Discovery. Angewandte Chemie. 137(24).

Turcani, Lukas, et al.. (2024). Streamlining the automated discovery of porous organic cages. Chemical Science. 15(17). 6331–6348. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Anqi, Charlotte Breakwell, Fabrizia Foglia, et al.. (2024). Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes. Nature. 635(8038). 353–358. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Mroz, Austin M., et al.. (2023). Deep generative design of porous organic cages via a variational autoencoder. Digital Discovery. 2(6). 1925–1936. 7 indexed citations

Tarzia, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Tetramine Aspect Ratio and Flexibility Determine Framework Symmetry for Zn₈L₆Self‐Assembled Structures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(10). e202217987–e202217987. 19 indexed citations

Tan, Rui, Anqi Wang, Chunchun Ye, et al.. (2023). Thin Film Composite Membranes with Regulated Crossover and Water Migration for Long‐Life Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries. Advanced Science. 10(20). e2206888–e2206888. 29 indexed citations

Tarzia, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Diastereoselective Self‐Assembly of Low‐Symmetry Pd _n L _{2 n} Nanocages through Coordination‐Sphere Engineering**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(51). e202315451–e202315451. 27 indexed citations

Wade, Jessica, Francesco Salerno, Rachel C. Kilbride, et al.. (2022). Controlling anisotropic properties by manipulating the orientation of chiral small molecules. Nature Chemistry. 14(12). 1383–1389. 28 indexed citations

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Turcani, Lukas, Andrew Tarzia, Filip Szczypiński, & Kim E. Jelfs. (2021). stk : An extendable Python framework for automated molecular and supramolecular structure assembly and discovery. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(21). 214102–214102. 37 indexed citations

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Sapnik, Adam F., Irene Bechis, Sean M. Collins, et al.. (2021). Mixed hierarchical local structure in a disordered metal–organic framework. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2062–2062. 68 indexed citations

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Tarzia, Andrew, James E. M. Lewis, & Kim E. Jelfs. (2021). High‐Throughput Computational Evaluation of Low Symmetry Pd ₂ L ₄ Cages to Aid in System Design**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(38). 20879–20887. 50 indexed citations

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Tarzia, Andrew, James E. M. Lewis, & Kim E. Jelfs. (2021). High‐Throughput Computational Evaluation of Low Symmetry Pd₂L₄Cages to Aid in System Design**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(38). 21047–21055. 7 indexed citations

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Wilbraham, Liam, et al.. (2020). Using high-throughput virtual screening to explore the optoelectronic property space of organic dyes; finding diketopyrrolopyrrole dyes for dye-sensitized water splitting and solar cells. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 5(3). 704–719. 18 indexed citations

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Yuan, Qi, Alejandro Santana‐Bonilla, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, & Kim E. Jelfs. (2020). Molecular generation targeting desired electronic properties via deep generative models. Nanoscale. 12(12). 6744–6758. 30 indexed citations

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Lewis, James E. M., Andrew Tarzia, Andrew J. P. White, & Kim E. Jelfs. (2019). Conformational control of Pd₂L₄ assemblies with unsymmetrical ligands. Chemical Science. 11(3). 677–683. 119 indexed citations

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Teng, Baiyang, Marc A. Little, Tom Hasell, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of a Large, Shape-Flexible, Solvatomorphic Porous Organic Cage. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(7). 3647–3651. 26 indexed citations

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Slater, Anna G., Marc A. Little, Angeles Pulido, et al.. (2016). Reticular synthesis of porous molecular 1D nanotubes and 3D networks. Nature Chemistry. 9(1). 17–25. 132 indexed citations

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Reiss, Paul S., Marc A. Little, Valentina Santolini, et al.. (2016). Periphery‐Functionalized Porous Organic Cages. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(46). 16547–16553. 43 indexed citations

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Holden, Daniel, Samantha Y. Chong, Linjiang Chen, et al.. (2016). Understanding static, dynamic and cooperative porosity in molecular materials. Chemical Science. 7(8). 4875–4879. 45 indexed citations

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