Michael J. James

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Michael J. James is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. James has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael J. James's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (23 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (15 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (11 papers). Michael J. James is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (23 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (15 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (11 papers). Michael J. James collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Michael J. James's co-authors include Frank Glorius, Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Felix J. R. Klauck, Michael Teders, Lena Pitzer, William P. Unsworth, Richard J. K. Taylor, Peter O’Brien, Tobias Gensch and Toryn Dalton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. James

47 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

Energy transfer catalysis mediated by visible light: principles, applications, directions

2018 1.1k citations Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Michael J. James et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Deaminative Strategy for the Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Alkyl Radicals

2017 330 citations Felix J. R. Klauck, Michael J. James et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. James United Kingdom	26	3.7k	416	335	311	235	50	4.2k
Cyril Ollivier France	39	4.4k 1.2×	376 0.9×	371 1.1×	402 1.3×	292 1.2×	112	4.8k
Olugbeminiyi Fadeyi United States	21	2.0k 0.5×	735 1.8×	301 0.9×	170 0.5×	164 0.7×	45	2.6k
Markus R. Heinrich Germany	32	2.6k 0.7×	622 1.5×	411 1.2×	224 0.7×	292 1.2×	152	3.4k
Davide Audisio France	32	2.0k 0.5×	785 1.9×	373 1.1×	373 1.2×	142 0.6×	93	2.7k
Magnus J. Johansson Sweden	25	2.6k 0.7×	398 1.0×	229 0.7×	860 2.8×	278 1.2×	73	3.1k
Allan J. B. Watson United Kingdom	33	3.1k 0.8×	976 2.3×	192 0.6×	635 2.0×	193 0.8×	110	3.8k
Nikolaos Kaplaneris Germany	29	2.8k 0.7×	587 1.4×	313 0.9×	522 1.7×	96 0.4×	38	3.0k
Simon Berritt United States	20	1.4k 0.4×	497 1.2×	210 0.6×	328 1.1×	257 1.1×	44	2.0k
Neal W. Sach United States	22	2.0k 0.5×	413 1.0×	635 1.9×	437 1.4×	247 1.1×	52	2.8k
Michael R. Collins United States	23	3.2k 0.9×	353 0.8×	1.4k 4.1×	761 2.4×	122 0.5×	36	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

James, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Staphylococcus aureus uses a GGDEF protein to recruit diacylglycerol kinase to the membrane for lipid recycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2414696122–e2414696122.

Gründling, Angelika, et al.. (2025). PgpP is a broadly conserved phosphatase required for phosphatidylglycerol lipid synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2418775122–e2418775122.

Shanmugam, Muralidharan, et al.. (2025). Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion. Nature Synthesis. 5(2). 221–229. 1 indexed citations

James, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Computational Design of Bidentate Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts in Halogen Bond‐Mediated Organocatalysis. ChemPhysChem. 25(22). e202400515–e202400515. 3 indexed citations

Soucy, Shannon M., Jia‐Bao Liu, Chengyi J. Shu, et al.. (2024). Quantifying Forms and Functions of Enterohepatic Bile Acid Pools in Mice. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18(6). 101392–101392. 7 indexed citations

Whitwood, Adrian C., et al.. (2023). Radical Dearomatising Spirocyclisation of Benzisoxazole‐Tethered Ynones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(41). 2 indexed citations

Smith, G., et al.. (2023). Denitrative Hydroxylation of Unactivated Nitroarenes**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(16). e202203807–e202203807. 13 indexed citations

James, Michael J., et al.. (2022). Safe Handling of Air-Sensitive Organometallic Reagents Using Schlenk Line Techniques: Negishi Cross-Couplings for Trainee Graduate Students. Journal of Chemical Education. 99(7). 2656–2660. 4 indexed citations

Paulisch, Tiffany O., Anton Lukas, Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Kinetic Sensitization of β‐Dicarbonyl Compounds—Access to Medium‐Sized Rings by De Mayo‐Type Ring Expansion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(5). e202112695–e202112695. 47 indexed citations

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Paulisch, Tiffany O., Anton Lukas, Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, et al.. (2021). Dynamische kinetische Sensibilisierung von β‐Dicarbonyl‐verbindungen – Zugang zu mittelgroßen Ringen durch eine De‐Mayo‐artige Ringerweiterung. Angewandte Chemie. 134(5). 4 indexed citations

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James, Michael J., et al.. (2019). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Charge Transfer Enables C−C Bond Formation with Traceless Acceptor Groups. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(35). 8240–8244. 118 indexed citations

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Sandfort, Frederik, Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Felix J. R. Klauck, Michael J. James, & Frank Glorius. (2018). Deaminative Borylation of Aliphatic Amines Enabled by Visible Light Excitation of an Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(65). 17210–17214. 216 indexed citations

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Klauck, Felix J. R., Hyung Yoon, Michael J. James, Mark Lautens, & Frank Glorius. (2018). Visible-Light-Mediated Deaminative Three-Component Dicarbofunctionalization of Styrenes with Benzylic Radicals. ACS Catalysis. 9(1). 236–241. 170 indexed citations

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Strieth‐Kalthoff, Felix, Michael J. James, Michael Teders, Lena Pitzer, & Frank Glorius. (2018). Energy transfer catalysis mediated by visible light: principles, applications, directions. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(19). 7190–7202. 1111 indexed citations breakdown →

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James, Michael J., J. Luca Schwarz, Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Birgit Wibbeling, & Frank Glorius. (2018). Dearomative Cascade Photocatalysis: Divergent Synthesis through Catalyst Selective Energy Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(28). 8624–8628. 179 indexed citations

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Klauck, Felix J. R., Michael J. James, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Durch sichtbares Licht vermittelte Deaminierung zur Erzeugung von Alkylradikalen. Angewandte Chemie. 129(40). 12505–12509. 82 indexed citations

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Gensch, Tobias, Michael J. James, Toryn Dalton, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Steigerung der Katalysatoreffizienz in der C‐H‐Aktivierungskatalyse. Angewandte Chemie. 130(9). 2318–2328. 60 indexed citations

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Klauck, Felix J. R., Michael J. James, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Deaminative Strategy for the Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Alkyl Radicals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(40). 12336–12339. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gensch, Tobias, Michael J. James, Toryn Dalton, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Increasing Catalyst Efficiency in C−H Activation Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(9). 2296–2306. 205 indexed citations

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Cornec, Anne‐Sophie, Michael J. James, Jane Kovalevich, et al.. (2015). Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and metabolic characterization of a brain retentive microtubule (MT)-stabilizing triazolopyrimidine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(21). 4980–4982. 28 indexed citations

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