Norio Shibata

26.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
517 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

Norio Shibata is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norio Shibata has authored 517 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 328 papers in Organic Chemistry, 284 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 102 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Norio Shibata's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (283 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (90 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (73 papers). Norio Shibata is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (283 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (90 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (73 papers). Norio Shibata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Norio Shibata's co-authors include Etsuko Tokunaga, Shuichi Nakamura, Takeshi Toru, Motoo Shiro, Yuji Sumii, Munenori Inoue, Hiroyuki Kawai, Kohei Matsuzaki, Xiu‐Hua Xu and Takehisa Ishimaru and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Norio Shibata

507 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Contribution of Organoflu... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2020 2014 2020 2018 2012 400 800 1.2k
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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. Contribution of Organofluorine Compounds to Pharmaceuticals
    2020 1.4k citations Yuji Sumii, Norio Shibata et al. profile →
  2. Synthetic Methods for Compounds Having CF3–S Units on Carbon by Trifluoromethylation, Trifluoromethylthiolation, Triflylation, and Related Reactions
    2014 964 citations Xiu‐Hua Xu, Norio Shibata et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  3. Current Contributions of Organofluorine Compounds to the Agrochemical Industry
    2020 873 citations Yuta Ogawa, Etsuko Tokunaga et al. iScience profile →
  4. Modern Approaches for Asymmetric Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Synthetic Challenges and Pharmaceutical Needs
    2018 540 citations Yi Zhu, Jianlin Han et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  5. Evidence of Uncultivated Bacteria in the Adult Female Bladder
    2012 464 citations Norio Shibata et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norio Shibata Japan 72 15.7k 11.9k 6.0k 3.8k 1.0k 517 22.1k
David O’Hagan United Kingdom 56 10.6k 0.7× 9.5k 0.8× 3.5k 0.6× 5.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 337 18.4k
Jiang Wang China 42 7.5k 0.5× 6.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.4× 4.3k 1.1× 425 0.4× 287 13.8k
Klaus Müller Germany 43 7.9k 0.5× 6.4k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 1.9k 1.9× 141 13.2k
Xin‐Yuan Liu China 63 9.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.2× 2.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 653 0.6× 284 12.6k
Beate Neumann Germany 54 9.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.1× 6.4k 1.1× 2.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 632 14.3k
Brian M. Stoltz United States 81 21.2k 1.4× 964 0.1× 6.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.0× 1.5k 1.5× 379 25.8k
Hironao Sajiki Japan 53 5.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.1× 3.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 318 8.4k
Chen Zhu China 62 8.5k 0.5× 2.0k 0.2× 1.2k 0.2× 3.2k 0.8× 595 0.6× 295 13.6k
Ronald Breslow United States 69 10.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.1× 1.9k 0.3× 10.8k 2.8× 3.7k 3.7× 270 23.5k
Thomas Steiner Germany 42 5.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.1× 5.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.7× 4.7k 4.7× 156 17.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norio Shibata

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoshiya, Naoyuki, et al.. (2025). Radical trifluoromethoxylation of fluorinated alkenes for accessing difluoro(trifluoromethoxy)methyl groups. Chemical Science. 16(6). 2830–2836. 1 indexed citations
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Hoshiya, Naoyuki, et al.. (2024). Halo-perfluoroalkoxylation of gem -difluoroalkenes with short-lived alkali metal perfluoroalkoxides in triglyme. Chemical Science. 15(25). 9574–9581. 4 indexed citations
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Mkrtchyan, Anna F., Victor I. Maleev, Vladimir A. Larionov, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, Characterization, and Study of Catalytic Activity of Chiral Cu(II) and Ni(II) Salen Complexes in the α-Amino Acid C-α Alkylation Reaction. Molecules. 28(3). 1180–1180. 4 indexed citations
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Sumii, Yuji, et al.. (2022). Regioselective Synthesis of Pyridine-SF 4 -Methyl Ketones via Hydration of Pyridine-SF 4 -Alkynes. Organic Letters. 24(18). 3347–3352. 17 indexed citations
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Yamanaka, Satoshi, Daisuke Saito, Gembu Abe, et al.. (2021). Thalidomide and its metabolite 5‐hydroxythalidomide induce teratogenicity via the cereblon neosubstrate PLZF. The EMBO Journal. 40(4). e105375–e105375. 59 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiandong, Yuta Ogawa, & Norio Shibata. (2019). Activation of Saturated Fluorocarbons to Synthesize Spirobiindanes, Monofluoroalkenes, and Indane Derivatives. iScience. 17. 132–143. 21 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yi, Jianlin Han, Jiandong Wang, et al.. (2018). Modern Approaches for Asymmetric Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Synthetic Challenges and Pharmaceutical Needs. Chemical Reviews. 118(7). 3887–3964. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takeda, Ryosuke, Hidenori Abe, Norio Shibata, et al.. (2017). Asymmetric synthesis of α-deuterated α-amino acids. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(33). 6978–6983. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Xin, Guo‐Kai Liu, Xiu‐Hua Xu, et al.. (2014). S‐((Phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl)thiophenium Salts: Carbon‐Selective Electrophilic Difluoromethylation of β‐Ketoesters, β‐Diketones, and Dicyanoalkylidenes. Angewandte Chemie. 126(7). 1858–1862. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Guo‐Kai, Xiu‐Hua Xu, Norio Shibata, et al.. (2014). S‐((Phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl)thiophenium Salts: Carbon‐Selective Electrophilic Difluoromethylation of β‐Ketoesters, β‐Diketones, and Dicyanoalkylidenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(7). 1827–1831. 62 indexed citations
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Nishimine, Takayuki, Kazunobu Fukushi, Etsuko Tokunaga, et al.. (2013). Kinetic Resolution of Allyl Fluorides by Enantioselective Allylic Trifluoromethylation Based on Silicon‐Assisted CF Bond Cleavage. Angewandte Chemie. 126(2). 527–530. 26 indexed citations
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Kawai, Hiroyuki, Zhe Yuan, Etsuko Tokunaga, & Norio Shibata. (2013). A sterically demanding organo-superbase avoids decomposition of a naked trifluoromethyl carbanion directly generated from fluoroform. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(9). 1446–1446. 94 indexed citations
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Hara, Noriyuki, Shuichi Nakamura, Masahide Sano, et al.. (2012). Enantioselective Synthesis of AG‐041R by using N‐Heteroarenesulfonyl Cinchona Alkaloid Amides as Organocatalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(30). 9276–9280. 200 indexed citations
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Yamazaki, Hiroshi, Hiroshi Suemizu, Makiko Shimizu, et al.. (2011). In Vivo Formation of a Glutathione Conjugate Derived from Thalidomide in Humanized uPA-NOG Mice. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 24(3). 287–289. 28 indexed citations
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Singh, Surya Prakash, Norio Shibata, Shuichi Nakamura, et al.. (2009). Synthesis and spectral investigations of covalently linked phthalocyanine-C60 dyad via flexible carbon linker. Heterocyclic Communications. 15(4). 263–272. 3 indexed citations
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Shibata, Norio, et al.. (2009). Synthesis And Spectroscopic Investigations of Trifluoroethoxy Semi-Coated Zinc(li) Phthalocyanine. Heterocyclic Communications. 15(3). 195–202. 3 indexed citations
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Noritake, Shun, et al.. (2009). Ionic liquids as media for nucleophilic ring opening fluorination of aziridines. Heterocyclic Communications. 15(2). 105–114. 7 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Shuichi, et al.. (2007). Enantioselective CC Bond Formation to Sulfonylimines through Use of the 2‐Pyridinesulfonyl Group as a Novel Stereocontroller. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(7). 2145–2152. 69 indexed citations

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