Nicholas E. S. Tay

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nicholas E. S. Tay is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas E. S. Tay has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Nicholas E. S. Tay's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (5 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers). Nicholas E. S. Tay is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (5 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers). Nicholas E. S. Tay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Australia. Nicholas E. S. Tay's co-authors include David A. Nicewicz, Kaila A. Margrey, Nathan A. Romero, Tomislav Rovis, Dan Lehnherr, Zhanhong Wu, Zibo Li, Wei Chen, Candice L. Joe and Melda Sezen-Edmonds and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas E. S. Tay

19 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Site-selective arene C-H amination via photoredox catalysis

2015 786 citations Nathan A. Romero, Kaila A. Margrey et al. Science profile →
Photons or Electrons? A Critical Comparison of Electrochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis

2021 374 citations Nicholas E. S. Tay, Dan Lehnherr et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas E. S. Tay United States	14	1.7k	306	256	222	216	19	2.1k
Noah B. Bissonnette United States	8	1.4k 0.8×	230 0.8×	180 0.7×	215 1.0×	147 0.7×	12	1.7k
Ciaran P. Seath United States	21	2.1k 1.2×	236 0.8×	350 1.4×	208 0.9×	434 2.0×	31	2.5k
Chien‐Wei Chiang China	22	1.4k 0.8×	163 0.5×	117 0.5×	105 0.5×	216 1.0×	45	1.7k
Yi‐Hung Chen China	26	1.5k 0.9×	156 0.5×	116 0.5×	111 0.5×	293 1.4×	61	1.9k
Jacob B. Geri United States	14	781 0.5×	105 0.3×	210 0.8×	129 0.6×	305 1.4×	24	1.2k
Nicola Kielland Spain	17	987 0.6×	435 1.4×	81 0.3×	282 1.3×	378 1.8×	24	1.9k
Brian V. Popp United States	25	1.4k 0.8×	113 0.4×	41 0.2×	274 1.2×	335 1.6×	50	1.7k
Yuan‐Zheng Cheng China	24	2.0k 1.2×	66 0.2×	572 2.2×	109 0.5×	198 0.9×	50	2.4k
María Tomás‐Gamasa Spain	24	1.5k 0.9×	52 0.2×	70 0.3×	210 0.9×	535 2.5×	33	1.9k
Takenori Tomohiro Japan	19	648 0.4×	113 0.4×	42 0.2×	213 1.0×	447 2.1×	79	1.1k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Tay, Nicholas E. S., et al.. (2025). Protein editing using a coordinated transposition reaction. Science. 388(6742). 68–74. 4 indexed citations

Kofoed, Christian, et al.. (2025). Programmable protein ligation on cell surfaces. Nature. 645(8081). 793–800. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Hui, Benjamin Giglio, Nicholas E. S. Tay, et al.. (2024). Direct arene C-H fluorination with 18F- via organic photoredox catalysis. UNC Libraries. 1 indexed citations

Rovis, Tomislav, et al.. (2022). Tuning the Electrochemical and Photophysical Properties of Osmium-Based Photoredox Catalysts. Synlett. 33(3). 247–258. 26 indexed citations

Tay, Nicholas E. S., Candice L. Joe, Brendan C. Lainhart, et al.. (2022). Overcoming Photochemical Limitations in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: Red-Light-Driven C–N Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(49). 22409–22415. 73 indexed citations

Tay, Nicholas E. S., Keun Ah Ryu, John L. Weber, et al.. (2022). Targeted activation in localized protein environments via deep red photoredox catalysis. Nature Chemistry. 15(1). 101–109. 91 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, Hui Wang, Nicholas E. S. Tay, et al.. (2021). Arene radiofluorination enabled by photoredox-mediated halide interconversion. Nature Chemistry. 14(2). 216–223. 45 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, Hui Wang, Nicholas E. S. Tay, et al.. (2021). Arene radiofluorination enabled by photoredox-mediated halide interconversion. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Iketani, Sho, Seo Jung Hong, Arie Zask, et al.. (2021). Inhibitors of Coronavirus 3CL Proteases Protect Cells from Protease-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Journal of Virology. 95(14). e0237420–e0237420. 26 indexed citations

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Tay, Nicholas E. S., Dan Lehnherr, & Tomislav Rovis. (2021). Photons or Electrons? A Critical Comparison of Electrochemistry and Photoredox Catalysis for Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 122(2). 2487–2649. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tay, Nicholas E. S., Wei Chen, Alison Levens, et al.. (2020). 19F- and 18F-arene deoxyfluorination via organic photoredox-catalysed polarity-reversed nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Nature Catalysis. 3(9). 734–742. 78 indexed citations

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Ravetz, Benjamin D., Nicholas E. S. Tay, Candice L. Joe, et al.. (2020). Development of a Platform for Near-Infrared Photoredox Catalysis. ACS Central Science. 6(11). 2053–2059. 165 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Zeng Huang, Nicholas E. S. Tay, et al.. (2019). Direct arene C–H fluorination with ¹⁸ F ⁻ via organic photoredox catalysis. Science. 364(6446). 1170–1174. 150 indexed citations

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Tay, Nicholas E. S. & David A. Nicewicz. (2017). Cation Radical Accelerated Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution via Organic Photoredox Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(45). 16100–16104. 183 indexed citations

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Romero, Nathan A., Kaila A. Margrey, Nicholas E. S. Tay, & David A. Nicewicz. (2015). Site-selective arene C-H amination via photoredox catalysis. Science. 349(6254). 1326–1330. 786 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ernst, Johannes B., Nicholas E. S. Tay, Nathan T. Jui, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (2014). Regioselective Synthesis of Benzimidazolones via Cascade C–N Coupling of Monosubstituted Ureas. Organic Letters. 16(14). 3844–3846. 23 indexed citations

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Bräunl, Thomas & Nicholas E. S. Tay. (2001). Combining configuration space and occupancy grid for robot navigation. Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application. 28(3). 233–241. 3 indexed citations

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Tay, Nicholas E. S., S.H. Chan, & Ee Chee Ren. (1992). Identification and cloning of a novel heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C-like protein that functions as a transcriptional activator of the hepatitis B virus enhancer II. Journal of Virology. 66(12). 6841–6848. 39 indexed citations

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Tay, Nicholas E. S., et al.. (1990). Detection of integrated hepatitis B virus DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines by nonradioactive in situ hybridization. Journal of Medical Virology. 30(4). 266–271. 21 indexed citations

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