Michael Melchart

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Melchart is a scholar working on Oncology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Melchart has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oncology, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Melchart's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (13 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers) and Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (5 papers). Michael Melchart is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (13 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers) and Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (5 papers). Michael Melchart collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and Czechia. Michael Melchart's co-authors include Abraha Habtemariam, Peter J. Sadler, Yaw Kai Yan, Simon Parsons, F.P.A. Fabbiani, Iain D. H. Oswald, Duncan I. Jodrell, Rhona Aird, Rafael Fernández and Robert J. Deeth and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Communications and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Melchart

14 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Organometallic chemistry, biology and medicine: ruthenium... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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. Organometallic chemistry, biology and medicine: ruthenium arene anticancer complexes
    2005 687 citations Yaw Kai Yan, Michael Melchart et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Melchart United Kingdom 12 1.7k 1.6k 480 447 323 14 2.2k
C. Scolaro Switzerland 10 1.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 358 0.7× 371 0.8× 299 0.9× 10 2.1k
Rhona Aird United Kingdom 11 2.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 459 1.0× 575 1.3× 303 0.9× 17 2.6k
Marı́a Contel United States 38 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.4× 636 1.3× 424 0.9× 446 1.4× 78 3.0k
Carmen Navarro‐Ranninger Spain 30 1.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 364 0.8× 553 1.2× 399 1.2× 74 2.5k
Olivier Zava Switzerland 28 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 468 1.0× 317 0.7× 415 1.3× 32 2.0k
I. Bratsos Italy 21 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 384 0.8× 388 0.9× 431 1.3× 36 1.8k
Stefanie Zorbas‐Seifried Austria 6 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 221 0.5× 389 0.9× 278 0.9× 6 1.7k
Alexey A. Nazarov Russia 34 2.5k 1.5× 2.7k 1.6× 583 1.2× 719 1.6× 442 1.4× 104 3.6k
Celine J. Marmion Ireland 22 1.1k 0.7× 960 0.6× 331 0.7× 546 1.2× 297 0.9× 42 1.8k
Christen M. Giandomenico United States 16 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 383 0.8× 600 1.3× 389 1.2× 19 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Melchart

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Pizarro, Ana M., Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, et al.. (2010). Controlling the Reactivity of Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes by Tether Ring-Opening. Inorganic Chemistry. 49(7). 3310–3319. 30 indexed citations
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Melchart, Michael, Abraha Habtemariam, Olga Nováková, et al.. (2007). Bifunctional Amine-Tethered Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes Form Monofunctional Adducts on DNA. Inorganic Chemistry. 46(21). 8950–8962. 77 indexed citations
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Peacock, Anna F. A., et al.. (2007). Osmium(II) and Ruthenium(II) Arene Maltolato Complexes: Rapid Hydrolysis and Nucleobase Binding. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(9). 2601–2613. 154 indexed citations
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Melchart, Michael, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, & Peter J. Sadler. (2007). Chlorido-, aqua-, 9-ethylguanine- and 9-ethyladenine-adducts of cytotoxic ruthenium arene complexes containing O,O-chelating ligands. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 101(11-12). 1903–1912. 38 indexed citations
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Dougan, Sarah J., Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, & Peter J. Sadler. (2007). Phenylazo-pyridine and Phenylazo-pyrazole chlorido Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes:  Arene Loss, Aquation, and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity. Inorganic Chemistry. 46(4). 1508–1508. 7 indexed citations
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Melchart, Michael, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, Stephen A. Moggach, & Peter J. Sadler. (2006). Ruthenium(II) arene complexes containing four- and five-membered monoanionic O,O-chelate rings. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 359(9). 3020–3028. 37 indexed citations
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Habtemariam, Abraha, Michael Melchart, Rafael Fernández, et al.. (2006). Structure−Activity Relationships for Cytotoxic Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes Containing N,N-, N,O-, and O,O-Chelating Ligands. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49(23). 6858–6868. 422 indexed citations
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Yan, Yaw Kai, Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, Anna F. A. Peacock, & Peter J. Sadler. (2006). Catalysis of regioselective reduction of NAD+ by ruthenium(II) arene complexes under biologically relevant conditions. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 11(4). 483–488. 59 indexed citations
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Dougan, Sarah J., Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, & Peter J. Sadler. (2006). Phenylazo-pyridine and Phenylazo-pyrazole Chlorido Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes:  Arene Loss, Aquation, and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity. Inorganic Chemistry. 45(26). 10882–10894. 143 indexed citations
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Yan, Yaw Kai, Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, & Peter J. Sadler. (2005). Organometallic chemistry, biology and medicine: ruthenium arene anticancer complexes. Chemical Communications. 4764–4764. 687 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Fuyi, Abraha Habtemariam, Erwin P. L. van der Geer, et al.. (2005). Controlling ligand substitution reactions of organometallic complexes: Tuning cancer cell cytotoxicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(51). 18269–18274. 275 indexed citations
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Fernández, Rafael, Michael Melchart, Abraha Habtemariam, Simon Parsons, & Peter J. Sadler. (2004). Use of Chelating Ligands to Tune the Reactive Site of Half‐Sandwich Ruthenium(II)–Arene Anticancer Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(20). 5173–5179. 152 indexed citations
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McNae, I.W., Abraha Habtemariam, T.M. Hunter, et al.. (2004). Half-sandwich arene ruthenium(ii)–enzyme complex. Chemical Communications. 1786–1787. 105 indexed citations
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Fernández, Rafael, et al.. (2003). Ruthenium(II) arene anticancer complexes: selective recognition of nucleobases and control of hydrolysis rates. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 96(1). 130–130. 2 indexed citations

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