M. G. Finn

54.7k total citations · 18 hit papers
274 papers, 46.6k citations indexed

About

M. G. Finn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. G. Finn has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 46.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Molecular Biology, 109 papers in Organic Chemistry and 61 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in M. G. Finn's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (66 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (61 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (50 papers). M. G. Finn is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (66 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (61 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (50 papers). M. G. Finn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. M. G. Finn's co-authors include K. Barry Sharpless, Hartmuth C. Kolb, Valery V. Fokin, Vu Hong, Qian Wang, Stanislav I. Presolski, Craig S. McKay, Valentin O. Rodionov, John Muldoon and Jiajia Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. G. Finn

264 papers receiving 46.1k citations

Hit Papers

Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Goo... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 2001 2005 2003 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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. Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions
    2001 11.2k citations M. G. Finn et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions
    2001 8.5k citations M. G. Finn et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Click-Chemie: diverse chemische Funktionalität mit einer Handvoll guter Reaktionen
    2001 1.6k citations M. G. Finn et al. profile →
  4. “On Water”: Unique Reactivity of Organic Compounds in Aqueous Suspension
    2005 1.5k citations M. G. Finn, Valery V. Fokin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Bioconjugation by Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3 + 2] Cycloaddition
    2003 1.4k citations Valery V. Fokin, M. G. Finn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Sulfur(VI) Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx): Another Good Reaction for Click Chemistry
    2014 1.1k citations M. G. Finn et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  7. Analysis and Optimization of Copper‐Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition for Bioconjugation
    2009 859 citations M. G. Finn et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Click Chemistry in Complex Mixtures: Bioorthogonal Bioconjugation
    2014 637 citations M. G. Finn et al. profile →
  9. Click Chemistry In Situ: Acetylcholinesterase as a Reaction Vessel for the Selective Assembly of a Femtomolar Inhibitor from an Array of Building Blocks
    2002 636 citations Warren G. Lewis, Palmer Taylor et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  10. Mechanism of the Ligand‐Free CuI‐Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction
    2005 523 citations Valentin O. Rodionov, Valery V. Fokin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  11. Direct Human Cartilage Repair Using Three-Dimensional Bioprinting Technology
    2012 486 citations Xiaofeng Cui, Kurt Breitenkamp et al. Tissue Engineering Part A profile →
  12. Inhibitors of HIV‐1 Protease by Using In Situ Click Chemistry
    2006 462 citations M. G. Finn, Valery V. Fokin et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Bioorthogonal chemistry
    2021 389 citations Robert Hincapie, Minghao Xu et al. profile →
  14. Multivalent, bifunctional dendrimers prepared by click chemistry
    2005 377 citations M. G. Finn, Valery V. Fokin et al. profile →
  15. Click chemistry in materials synthesis. 1. Adhesive polymers from copper‐catalyzed azide‐alkyne cycloaddition
    2004 362 citations Sreenivas Punna, Valery V. Fokin et al. profile →
  16. “On Water”: Unique Reactivity of Organic Compounds in Aqueous Suspension
    2005 294 citations M. G. Finn, Valery V. Fokin et al. profile →
  17. Introduction: Click Chemistry
    2021 226 citations M. G. Finn et al. profile →
  18. Schwefel(VI)‐fluorid‐Austausch (SuFEx): Eine weitere gute Anwendung für die Click‐Chemie
    2014 198 citations M. G. Finn 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
M. G. Finn United States 83 28.4k 22.1k 5.7k 5.2k 5.1k 274 46.6k
Carolyn R. Bertozzi United States 122 31.0k 1.1× 43.3k 2.0× 4.6k 0.8× 11.0k 2.1× 5.8k 1.1× 501 62.3k
K. Barry Sharpless United States 121 71.6k 2.5× 37.3k 1.7× 10.1k 1.8× 6.2k 1.2× 5.5k 1.1× 451 91.8k
Valery V. Fokin United States 76 33.3k 1.2× 18.5k 0.8× 3.4k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 185 40.7k
Peter H. Seeberger Germany 89 18.6k 0.7× 20.2k 0.9× 2.9k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 6.4k 1.3× 732 33.8k
Jan C. M. van Hest Netherlands 84 10.2k 0.4× 10.3k 0.5× 5.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.3× 7.4k 1.4× 436 26.8k
David A. Tirrell United States 83 8.3k 0.3× 12.5k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 4.2k 0.8× 325 25.7k
Roeland J. M. Nolte Netherlands 92 15.3k 0.5× 9.1k 0.4× 13.4k 2.3× 734 0.1× 5.3k 1.0× 630 34.5k
Ronald T. Raines United States 91 8.3k 0.3× 19.6k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 4.7k 0.9× 456 33.4k
William F. DeGrado United States 111 8.1k 0.3× 32.1k 1.5× 6.7k 1.2× 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.2× 538 43.5k
Vincent M. Rotello United States 118 8.7k 0.3× 22.9k 1.0× 23.4k 4.1× 1.0k 0.2× 19.1k 3.7× 684 59.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. G. Finn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goldstein, Jason, et al.. (2025). Substructure-Specific Antibodies Against Fentanyl Derivatives. ACS Nano. 19(3). 3714–3725.
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Finn, M. G., et al.. (2025). Statistical chain-based model for predicting drug release from degradable hydrogels. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 113. 105699–105699.
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Pavlova, Ànna, Matthew C. Jenkins, Leda Bassit, et al.. (2024). Biophysics-Guided Lead Discovery of HBV Capsid Assembly Modifiers. ACS Infectious Diseases. 10(4). 1162–1173. 5 indexed citations
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Das, Soumen, et al.. (2024). Injectable Hydrogels for Programmable Nanoparticle Release. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(1). 5 indexed citations
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Costanzo, Anne, Lisa Kain, Brian T. Abe, et al.. (2024). Repositioning the Early Pathology of Type 1 Diabetes to the Extraislet Vasculature. The Journal of Immunology. 212(7). 1094–1104.
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Finn, M. G., et al.. (2024). Solid-state crosslinking of thin film composite membranes for organic solvent reverse osmosis separations. Journal of Membrane Science. 695. 122462–122462. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Young‐Joo, Lihua Chen, Joseph K. Scott, et al.. (2023). Data-driven predictions of complex organic mixture permeation in polymer membranes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4931–4931. 34 indexed citations
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Hincapie, Robert, Michael M. Baksh, Carlos Sanhueza, et al.. (2023). Multivalent Targeting of the Asialoglycoprotein Receptor by Virus‐Like Particles. Small. 19(52). e2304263–e2304263. 8 indexed citations
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Newton, T. W., Liangjun Zhao, M. G. Finn, & Mykhailo Kopylov. (2023). Diversity in Qβ Virus-like Particle Cage Assembly via Coat Protein Monomers and AYGG-linked Dimers. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(Supplement_1). 906–910.
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Sago, Cory D., Melissa P. Lokugamage, David Loughrey, et al.. (2022). Augmented lipid-nanoparticle-mediated in vivo genome editing in the lungs and spleen by disrupting Cas9 activity in the liver. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 6(2). 157–167. 52 indexed citations
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Blanchard, Emmeline L., Daryll Vanover, Swapnil Bawage, et al.. (2021). Treatment of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections via mRNA-encoded Cas13a in rodents. Nature Biotechnology. 39(6). 717–726. 159 indexed citations
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Schudel, Alex, Mei‐Kwan Yau, Cody J. Higginson, et al.. (2020). Programmable multistage drug delivery to lymph nodes. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(6). 491–499. 121 indexed citations
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Kaczanowska, Katarzyna, et al.. (2017). Substituted 2-Aminopyrimidines Selective for α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Activation and Association with Acetylcholine Binding Proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(10). 3676–3684. 16 indexed citations
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Belloni, Laura, et al.. (2013). 371 HAPS HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) CAPSID INHIBITORS AFFECT CORE PROTEIN INTERACTION WITH THE MINICHROMOSOME AND TARGET cccDNA FUNCTION. Journal of Hepatology. 58. S153–S153. 3 indexed citations
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Chirapu, Srinivas Reddy, Charles J. Rotter, Emily Miller, et al.. (2013). High Specificity in Response of the Sodium-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter to Derivatives of Pantothenic Acid. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 13(7). 837–842. 10 indexed citations
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Cui, Xiaofeng, Kurt Breitenkamp, M. G. Finn, Martin Lotz, & Darryl D. DʼLima. (2012). Direct Human Cartilage Repair Using Three-Dimensional Bioprinting Technology. Tissue Engineering Part A. 18(11-12). 1304–1312. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidt, Nathan W., Steve H. Barr, Andrew K. Udit, et al.. (2010). Structural transitions in condensed colloidal virus phases. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010.
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Bourne, Christina R., M. G. Finn, & Adam Zlotnick. (2006). Global Structural Changes in Hepatitis B Virus Capsids Induced by the Assembly Effector HAP1. Journal of Virology. 80(22). 11055–11061. 148 indexed citations
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Stray, Stephen J., Christina R. Bourne, Sreenivas Punna, et al.. (2005). A heteroaryldihydropyrimidine activates and can misdirect hepatitis B virus capsid assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(23). 8138–8143. 216 indexed citations
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Rodionov, Valentin O., Valery V. Fokin, & M. G. Finn. (2005). Mechanism of the Ligand‐Free CuI‐Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(15). 2210–2215. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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