Paul J. Fagan

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Fagan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Fagan has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Fagan's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (13 papers). Paul J. Fagan is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (13 papers). Paul J. Fagan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Paul J. Fagan's co-authors include Joseph C. Calabrese, Brian Malone, William A. Nugent, Juan M. Manríquez, Tobin J. Marks, Elisabeth Hauptman, Michael D. Ward, Victor W. Day, Charles P. Casey and Paul J. Krusic and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Fagan

87 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular engineering of solid-state materials: organomet... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 2011 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Molecular engineering of solid-state materials: organometallic building blocks
    1989 420 citations Paul J. Fagan, Joseph C. Calabrese et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Quantum interference of large organic molecules
    2011 206 citations Paul J. Fagan 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
Paul J. Fagan United States 40 5.1k 2.5k 1.7k 542 369 88 6.3k
Thomas P. Fehlner United States 39 2.8k 0.5× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 738 1.4× 774 2.1× 263 6.1k
Nobuaki Koga Japan 46 4.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 2.3× 457 1.2× 197 6.8k
Fook S. Tham United States 46 4.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 436 0.8× 624 1.7× 136 6.6k
Dieter Bläser Germany 44 5.6k 1.1× 3.6k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 579 1.1× 362 1.0× 258 8.1k
Thomas A. Albright United States 35 2.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 929 0.5× 397 0.7× 328 0.9× 108 4.2k
Saeed I. Khan United States 50 4.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 3.2k 1.9× 363 0.7× 593 1.6× 162 7.1k
Mark A. Iron Israel 38 2.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 995 0.6× 395 0.7× 379 1.0× 84 4.3k
M. Brynda United States 36 2.8k 0.6× 2.7k 1.1× 771 0.4× 432 0.8× 298 0.8× 65 4.1k
Norbert W. Mitzel Germany 35 4.0k 0.8× 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 505 0.9× 209 0.6× 375 5.6k
R. Pettit United States 39 3.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 813 0.5× 311 0.6× 184 0.5× 109 4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul J. Fagan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fagan, Paul J., et al.. (2010). Catalytic Ionic Hydrogenation of Ketones by {[Cp*Ru(CO)2]2(μ-H)}+. Organometallics. 29(4). 1045–1048. 24 indexed citations
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Fagan, Paul J., et al.. (2005). Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes in the Solvent-Free Catalytic Hydrogenation of Ketones. Organometallics. 24(25). 6220–6229. 59 indexed citations
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Li, George Y., Paul J. Fagan, & Patricia L. Watson. (2001). Versatile Approaches to the Polymer-Supported Synthesis of Bidentate Phosphorus-Containing Ligands. Angewandte Chemie. 113(6). 1140–1143. 11 indexed citations
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Schlaf, Marcel, Prasenjit Ghosh, Paul J. Fagan, Elisabeth Hauptman, & R. Morris Bullock. (2001). Metal-Catalyzed Selective Deoxygenation of Diols to Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(20). 3887–3890. 87 indexed citations
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Hauptman, Elisabeth, Paul J. Fagan, & William Marshall. (1999). Synthesis of Novel (P,S) Ligands Based on Chiral Nonracemic Episulfides. Use in Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Organometallics. 18(11). 2061–2073. 74 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Melani G., et al.. (1999). Automated Electrochemical Analysis with Combinatorial Electrode Arrays. Analytical Chemistry. 71(19). 4369–4375. 119 indexed citations
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Lerke, Susan A., Dennis H. Evans, & Paul J. Fagan. (1997). Voltammetric Studies of t ‐ BuC60 Anion. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 144(12). 4223–4226. 7 indexed citations
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McEwen, Charles N., Paul J. Fagan, & Paul J. Krusic. (1995). Mass spectrometry of perfluoroalkylated Buckminsterfullerene: a case for sequential gas phase double electron capture. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 146-147. 297–304. 2 indexed citations
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Dembek, Alexa A., Paul J. Fagan, & Marianne Marsi. (1993). Synthesis of soluble, organometallic poly(phenylene sulfide) and poly(phenylene oxide) derivatives via transition-metal-activated nucleophilic substitution. Macromolecules. 26(11). 2992–2994. 40 indexed citations
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Fagan, Paul J., Joseph C. Calabrese, & Brian Malone. (1991). A multiply-substituted buckminsterfullerene (C60) with an octahedral array of platinum atoms. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(24). 9408–9409. 246 indexed citations
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Casey, Charles P., et al.. (1988). Reactions of heteroatom and carbon nucleophiles with the cationic bridging methylidyne complex {[(C5H5)(CO)Fe]2(.mu.-CO)(.mu.-CH)}+ PF6-. Organometallics. 7(3). 670–675. 14 indexed citations
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Fagan, Paul J. & William A. Nugent. (1988). Synthesis of main group heterocycles by metallacycle transfer from zirconium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(7). 2310–2312. 273 indexed citations
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Casey, Charles P., et al.. (1986). Hydrocarbation-formation of diiron .mu.-alkylidyne complexes from the addition of the carbon-hydrogen bond of a .mu.-methylidyne complex across alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(14). 4043–4053. 46 indexed citations
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Casey, Charles P., William H. Miles, Paul J. Fagan, & Kenneth J. Haller. (1985). Photochemical reaction of .mu.-ethenylidene complex [(C5H5)(CO)Fe]2(.mu.-CO)(.mu.-C:CH2) with acetylenes. Organometallics. 4(3). 559–563. 24 indexed citations
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Casey, Charles P., Paul J. Fagan, William H. Miles, & Seth R. Marder. (1983). Reactions of a cationic bridging methylidyne-iron complex with carbon monoxide and with alkenes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis. 21(1-3). 173–188. 14 indexed citations
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Fagan, Paul J., et al.. (1982). Synthesis, properties, and molecular structure of a trivalent organouranium diphosphine hydride. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(3). 865–867. 48 indexed citations
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Casey, Charles P. & Paul J. Fagan. (1982). Hydrocarbation: addition of the carbon-hydrogen bond of a cationic bridging iron-methylidyne complex to alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(18). 4950–4951. 32 indexed citations
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Fagan, Paul J., et al.. (1979). Cycloadditions and other chemistry of 4-oxygenated pyrazoles. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 57(8). 904–912. 19 indexed citations

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