Kun Liu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kun Liu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Liu has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kun Liu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (31 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (24 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (13 papers). Kun Liu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (31 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (24 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (13 papers). Kun Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Kun Liu's co-authors include Aiwen Lei, Shan Tang, Armido Studer, Chunlan Song, Chao Liu, Chien‐Wei Chiang, Shengchun Wang, Peng‐Fei Huang, Yue Long and Xiaotian Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kun Liu

65 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Radical NHC Catalysis 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Radical NHC Catalysis
    2022 227 citations Kun Liu, Armido Studer et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Liu China 28 2.7k 286 253 197 125 68 3.0k
Yuki Yabe Japan 17 1.7k 0.6× 241 0.8× 664 2.6× 293 1.5× 99 0.8× 21 2.1k
Matthew T. Tudge United States 20 1.9k 0.7× 253 0.9× 554 2.2× 109 0.6× 63 0.5× 30 2.2k
Chang Guo China 34 3.6k 1.3× 289 1.0× 678 2.7× 207 1.1× 199 1.6× 81 3.8k
Andrew F. Parsons United Kingdom 30 2.3k 0.8× 439 1.5× 217 0.9× 144 0.7× 54 0.4× 109 2.5k
Kyle W. Quasdorf United States 12 3.5k 1.3× 238 0.8× 749 3.0× 249 1.3× 65 0.5× 16 3.7k
Eddie L. Myers United Kingdom 26 2.6k 1.0× 357 1.2× 382 1.5× 195 1.0× 51 0.4× 39 2.8k
James J. Mousseau United States 28 3.3k 1.2× 371 1.3× 504 2.0× 401 2.0× 71 0.6× 46 3.6k
Carlos Silva López Spain 29 1.8k 0.7× 356 1.2× 410 1.6× 84 0.4× 76 0.6× 114 2.4k
Hisanori Nambu Japan 29 2.6k 1.0× 324 1.1× 396 1.6× 89 0.5× 35 0.3× 87 2.8k
Yu‐hong Lam United States 26 1.6k 0.6× 377 1.3× 413 1.6× 328 1.7× 93 0.7× 68 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun Liu 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 Kun Liu. Kun Liu 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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Wang, Mengdan, Junying Ma, Junling Wang, et al.. (2025). Base‐Promoted [4 + 2] Annulation for the Synthesis of Tri‐Aryl Substituted α‐Pyrones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(21). 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Xiyan, Hui Li, Junqi Wang, et al.. (2024). Chemodivergent Synthesis of Benzofurans and 2,3‐Dihydrobenzofurans via Tandem Oxidative Annulation of Enaminones and Salicylaldehydes. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(15). 1727–1733. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Huimin, Jia Yu, Gang Yu, et al.. (2024). Design and synthesis of N-aryl-2-trifluoromethyl-quinazoline-4-amine derivatives as potential Werner-dependent antiproliferative agents. Molecular Diversity. 29(1). 195–214. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, et al.. (2023). Regioselective Formal β‐Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds Enabled by Cooperative Nickel and Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(37). e202303473–e202303473. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun & Armido Studer. (2022). Formal β‐C−H Arylation of Aldehydes and Ketones by Cooperative Nickel and Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 134(31). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, Dirk Leifert, & Armido Studer. (2022). Cooperative triple catalysis enables regioirregular formal Mizoroki–Heck reactions. Nature Synthesis. 1(7). 565–575. 19 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun & Armido Studer. (2022). Formal β‐C−H Arylation of Aldehydes and Ketones by Cooperative Nickel and Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(31). e202206533–e202206533. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Bingbing, Kun Liu, Quan Gao, et al.. (2022). Enantioselective Ugi and Ugi-azide reactions catalyzed by anionic stereogenic-at-cobalt(III) complexes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7065–7065. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, et al.. (2022). Radical NHC Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 11984–11999. 227 indexed citations breakdown →
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Duan, Xiaoge, Kun Liu, Hui Li, et al.. (2022). 1,3-Dibromo-5, 5-dimethylhydantoin (DBDMH)-promoted cross-coupling of enaminones with phenols under metal-free conditions. Tetrahedron Letters. 107. 154111–154111. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinxia, Lu Sun, Hao Zhu, et al.. (2022). Aneuploidy promotes intraspecific diversification of the endemic East Asian herb Lycoris aurea complex. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 955724–955724. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun & Armido Studer. (2021). Direct α-Acylation of Alkenes via N-Heterocyclic Carbene, Sulfinate, and Photoredox Cooperative Triple Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(13). 4903–4909. 148 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, Shan Tang, Ting Wu, et al.. (2019). Electrooxidative para-selective C–H/N–H cross-coupling with hydrogen evolution to synthesize triarylamine derivatives. Nature Communications. 10(1). 639–639. 137 indexed citations
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Cao, Yuan, et al.. (2019). Recent advances of photoacoustic spectroscopy techniques for gases sensing. Journal of Applied Optics. 40(6). 1152–1159. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Shan, Kun Liu, Chao Liu, & Aiwen Lei. (2015). Olefinic C–H functionalization through radical alkenylation. Chemical Society Reviews. 44(5). 1070–1082. 322 indexed citations
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Liu, Kun, M. Todd Hovey, & Karl A. Scheidt. (2014). A cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene/palladium catalysis system. Chemical Science. 5(10). 4026–4026. 97 indexed citations
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Bo, Zheng, et al.. (2008). Supramolecular Complexation in Water-Methanol Mixtures. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 24(8). 1503–1506.

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