Mikael Bols

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
230 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Mikael Bols is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikael Bols has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Organic Chemistry, 146 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Mikael Bols's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (136 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (72 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (46 papers). Mikael Bols is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (136 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (72 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (46 papers). Mikael Bols collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Spain. Mikael Bols's co-authors include Christian Pedersen, Henrik H. Jensen, Lavinia G. Marinescu, Xifu Liang, Troels Skrydstrup, Tobias Gylling Frihed, Lars Ulrik Nordstrøm, Cyril Rousseau, Mads Heuckendorff and Michael R. Sierks and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mikael Bols

227 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Recent Developments of Transition-State Analogue Glycosidase Inhibitors of Non-Natural Product Origin

2002 632 citations Henrik H. Jensen, Xifu Liang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mikael Bols Denmark	45	5.9k	4.5k	624	524	509	230	7.1k
Lutz F. Tietze Germany	49	10.8k 1.8×	4.3k 1.0×	737 1.2×	381 0.7×	325 0.6×	445	13.2k
Takayuki Shioiri Japan	46	6.2k 1.1×	3.3k 0.7×	864 1.4×	703 1.3×	117 0.2×	289	8.6k
Paul A. Grieco United States	46	7.7k 1.3×	2.6k 0.6×	720 1.2×	240 0.5×	199 0.4×	265	9.6k
Luís Castedo Spain	49	8.0k 1.4×	2.6k 0.6×	284 0.5×	225 0.4×	150 0.3×	433	10.0k
Stanley M. Roberts United Kingdom	43	4.4k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	299 0.5×	118 0.2×	557 1.1×	380	7.3k
Erik J. Sorensen United States	47	5.7k 1.0×	2.4k 0.5×	654 1.0×	191 0.4×	150 0.3×	133	7.9k
Andrea Goti Italy	44	6.4k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	289 0.5×	345 0.7×	97 0.2×	210	7.3k
Vicente Gotor Spain	48	5.5k 0.9×	7.5k 1.7×	347 0.6×	265 0.5×	1.1k 2.1×	427	10.9k
Takashi Matsumoto Japan	40	4.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	352 0.6×	399 0.8×	81 0.2×	343	6.0k
Henk Hiemstra Netherlands	50	10.3k 1.7×	3.8k 0.8×	336 0.5×	123 0.2×	320 0.6×	267	11.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikael Bols

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Løland, Claus J., et al.. (2025). Is Cocaine Protonated When it Binds to the Dopamine Transporter?. JACS Au. 5(3). 1157–1172.

Bols, Mikael, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of C-glycoside analogues of isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and 1-β-d-galactopyranosyl-2-methylpropane. Conformational analysis and evaluation as inhibitors of the lac repressor in E. coli and as galactosidase inhibitors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(36). 7460–7477. 3 indexed citations

Bendix, Jesper, et al.. (2023). Methane capture with α-cyclodextrins. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(31). 14624–14629. 3 indexed citations

Bols, Mikael, et al.. (2022). A study of the DIBAL-promoted selective debenzylation of α-cyclodextrin protected with two different benzyl groups. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 18. 1553–1559. 2 indexed citations

Yasomanee, Jagodige P., et al.. (2016). Conformationally superarmed S-ethyl glycosyl donors as effective building blocks for chemoselective oligosaccharide synthesis in one pot. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(3). 559–563. 15 indexed citations

Hogendorf, Wouter F. J., Nicolas Gisch, Dominik Schwudke, et al.. (2014). Total Synthesis of Five Lipoteichoic acids of Clostridium difficile. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(42). 13511–13516. 7 indexed citations

Frihed, Tobias Gylling, Christian Pedersen, & Mikael Bols. (2014). Synthesis of All Eight L‐Glycopyranosyl Donors Using CH Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(50). 13889–13893. 32 indexed citations

Frihed, Tobias Gylling, Mads Heuckendorff, Christian Pedersen, & Mikael Bols. (2012). Easy Access to L‐Mannosides and L‐Galactosides by Using CH Activation of the Corresponding 6‐Deoxysugars. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(49). 12285–12288. 49 indexed citations

Sinning, Steffen, Maria Musgaard, Kasper Severinsen, et al.. (2009). Binding and Orientation of Tricyclic Antidepressants within the Central Substrate Site of the Human Serotonin Transporter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(11). 8363–8374. 82 indexed citations

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Marinescu, Lavinia G. & Mikael Bols. (2009). Cyclodextrin derivatives that display Enzyme Catalysis. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 21(122). 309–323. 25 indexed citations

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Rousseau, Cyril, et al.. (2008). Artificial enzymes, “Chemzymes”: current state and perspectives. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 81(1). 1–11. 102 indexed citations

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López, Óscar & Mikael Bols. (2007). Anomer‐Selective Glycosidase Inhibition by 2‐N‐Alkylated 1‐Azafagomines. ChemBioChem. 8(6). 657–661. 16 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Christian, Lavinia G. Marinescu, & Mikael Bols. (2005). Radical substitution with azide: TMSN₃–PhI(OAc)₂as a substitute of IN₃. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(5). 816–822. 79 indexed citations

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Liu, Huizhen, et al.. (2002). Isofagomine lactams, synthesis and enzyme inhibition. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(2). 282–287. 24 indexed citations

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Jensen, Henrik H., et al.. (2001). A Free-Energy Relationship between the Rate of Acidic Hydrolysis of Glycosides and the pKa of Isofagomines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(18). 3447–3449. 65 indexed citations

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Bols, Mikael, et al.. (2001). Radical Azidonation of Benzylic Positions with Iodonium Azide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(3). 623–625. 51 indexed citations

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Madsen, Jacob, et al.. (2000). A New Method for the Deprotection of Benzyl Ethers or the Selective Protection of Alcohols. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(7). 1140–1146. 22 indexed citations

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Hansen, Steen U., Igor W. Plesner, & Mikael Bols. (2000). Direct NMR-Spectroscopic Determination of Active-Enzyme Concentration by Titration with a Labeled Inhibitor: Determination of the kcat Value of Almond -Glucosidase. ChemBioChem. 1(3). 177–180. 1 indexed citations

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Plenkiewicz, Jan, et al.. (1995). Influence of monosaccharide derivatives on liver cell glycosaminoglycan synthesis: 3-deoxy-d-xylo-hexose (3-deoxy-d-galactose) and methyl (methyl 4-chloro-4-deoxy-,β-D-galactopyranosid) uronate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1272(1). 37–48. 36 indexed citations

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Bols, Mikael, et al.. (1991). The structure of afragilimycin A.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 44(6). 678–679. 1 indexed citations

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