Ming Wah Wong

13.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
246 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Ming Wah Wong is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Wah Wong has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Organic Chemistry, 71 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 65 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ming Wah Wong's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (60 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (29 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers). Ming Wah Wong is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (60 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (29 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers). Ming Wah Wong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, France and Australia. Ming Wah Wong's co-authors include Kenneth B. Wiberg, Michael J. Frisch, Leo Radom, Curt Wentrup, Hui Yang, John A. Pople, Anthony P. Scott, Choon‐Hong Tan, Ralf Steudel and Choon Wee Kee and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ming Wah Wong

241 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Vibrational frequency prediction using density functional theory

1996 1.1k citations Ming Wah Wong profile →
Solvent effects. 1. The mediation of electrostatic effects by solvents

1991 891 citations Ming Wah Wong et al. profile →
Scaling Factors for Obtaining Fundamental Vibrational Frequencies and Zero‐Point Energies from HF/6–31G* and MP2/6–31G* Harmonic Frequencies

1993 779 citations Ming Wah Wong et al. profile →
Solvent effects. 3. Tautomeric equilibria of formamide and 2-pyridone in the gas phase and solution: an ab initio SCRF study

1992 477 citations Ming Wah Wong et al. profile →
Anion Texturing Towards Dendrite‐Free Zn Anode for Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries

2020 326 citations Yingqian Chen, Rodney Chua et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Wah Wong Singapore	49	5.4k	3.1k	2.4k	2.4k	2.0k	246	11.4k
Michelle Francl United States	22	4.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.5×	74	10.5k
Nadia Rega Italy	35	5.3k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	102	12.9k
Miquel Duran Spain	47	4.6k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	179	9.3k
Tadafumi Uchimaru Japan	49	3.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	206	8.8k
Yirong Mo United States	50	3.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	243	8.3k
Eric D. Glendening United States	34	4.0k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	72	9.3k
Arvi Rauk Canada	46	5.2k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	208	11.7k
Éric Cancès France	13	4.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	23	8.8k
James B. Foresman United States	13	3.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	17	9.1k
Christian Van Alsenoy Belgium	50	4.7k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	385	11.5k

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Chen, Yingqian, Gwendolyn J. H. Lim, Yulia Lekina, et al.. (2025). Reversible Alkaline Sulfur Cathode Based on Six-Electron Electrochemistry for Advanced Aqueous Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano. 19(16). 15522–15536.

Yang, Hui, et al.. (2025). Desymmetrizing atroposelective bromination of N-arylcarbazoles enabled by cross-assembled bifunctional catalysts. Chem. 11(6). 102439–102439. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Hui, Yingqian Chen, & Ming Wah Wong. (2024). Generating amorphous SiOC:H Structure: A novel Unit-Cell algorithm and its application in low-k porous material simulations. Computational Materials Science. 242. 113093–113093.

Tummanapelli, Anil Kumar, Yingqian Chen, & Ming Wah Wong. (2024). Enhancing silicon-nitride formation through ammonolysis of silanes with pseudo-halide substituents. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(5). 4395–4402. 1 indexed citations

An, Hao, Shaojie Wang, Si Bei Poh, et al.. (2024). Kinetic Resolution of Acyclic Tertiary Propargylic Alcohols by NHC-Catalyzed Enantioselective Acylation. Organic Letters. 26(3). 702–707. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xia, Shaojie Wang, Hao An, et al.. (2024). Enantioconvergent and diastereoselective synthesis of atropisomeric hydrazides bearing a cyclic quaternary stereocenter through ternary catalysis. Chemical Science. 15(33). 13240–13249. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Shaojie, et al.. (2024). Organocatalytic diastereo- and atroposelective construction of N–N axially chiral pyrroles and indoles. Nature Communications. 15(1). 518–518. 43 indexed citations

Chua, Rodney, Yingqian Chen, Yi Cai, et al.. (2023). Hybrid Electrolyte Design for High‐Performance Zinc–Sulfur Battery. Small. 19(29). e2207133–e2207133. 52 indexed citations

Liu, Shengping, Xia Wang, Shaojie Wang, et al.. (2023). Enantioselective Access to Triaryl-2-pyrones with Monoaxial or Contiguous C–C Diaxes via Oxidative NHC Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 13(4). 2565–2575. 48 indexed citations

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Pomastowski, Paweł, et al.. (2022). Binding of silver ions to alpha-lactalbumin. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1270. 133940–133940. 4 indexed citations

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Pomastowski, Paweł, Katarzyna Rafińska, Petar Žuvela, et al.. (2022). Functionalization of Alpha-Lactalbumin by Zinc Ions. ACS Omega. 7(43). 38459–38474. 9 indexed citations

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Telychko, Mykola, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, Guangwu Li, et al.. (2021). Tailoring long-range superlattice chirality in molecular self-assemblies via weak fluorine-mediated interactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(38). 21489–21495. 4 indexed citations

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Song, Shaotang, Jie Su, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, et al.. (2021). Manifold dynamic non-covalent interactions for steering molecular assembly and cyclization. Chemical Science. 12(35). 11659–11667. 21 indexed citations

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Buszewski, Bogusław, Petar Žuvela, Viorica Railean‐Plugaru, et al.. (2020). Interactions of zinc aqua complexes with ovalbumin at the forefront of the Zn2+/ZnO-OVO hybrid complex formation mechanism. Applied Surface Science. 542. 148641–148641. 21 indexed citations

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Mak, Adrian M., et al.. (2018). Site specificity of halogen bonding involving aromatic acceptors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(13). 8685–8694. 24 indexed citations

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Mak, Adrian M., et al.. (2018). Nature of halogen bonding involving π-systems, nitroxide radicals and carbenes: a highlight of the importance of charge transfer. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(41). 26463–26478. 28 indexed citations

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Chwee, Tsz Sian, et al.. (2018). Does Halogen Bonding Promote Intersystem Crossing and Phosphorescence in Benzaldehyde?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(23). 12441–12447. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, et al.. (2017). Desymmetrizing Enantio- and Diastereoselective Selenoetherification through Supramolecular Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 8(2). 850–858. 74 indexed citations

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Quah, Hong Sheng, Weiqiang Chen, M. Schreyer, et al.. (2015). Multiphoton harvesting metal–organic frameworks. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7954–7954. 162 indexed citations

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Flammang, Robert, et al.. (1997). Characterization of cyanogen N-oxide radical cation (NCCNO center dot+) in the gas phase by tandem mass spectrometry methodologies and ab initio calculations. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 106. 545–551. 1 indexed citations

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