Peng Wang

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
176 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Peng Wang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng Wang has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peng Wang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (102 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (59 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (36 papers). Peng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (102 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (59 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (36 papers). Peng Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Peng Wang's co-authors include Jin‐Quan Yu, Yichen Wu, Marcus E. Farmer, Xiaoyue Chen, Liang Deng, Peng‐Xiang Shen, Guolin Cheng, Saihu Liao, Julian Adams and Gencheng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peng Wang

165 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Ligand-accelerated non-directed C–H functionalization of arenes

2017 341 citations Peng Wang, Jin‐Quan Yu et al. profile →
Unlocking Efficient Hydrogen Production: Nucleophilic Oxidation Reactions Coupled with Water Splitting

2024 93 citations Peng Wang, Jie Zheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peng Wang China	42	5.0k	1.1k	417	358	348	176	5.7k
Julien Legros France	30	4.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	438 1.1×	662 1.8×	609 1.8×	107	5.4k
Ranjan Jana India	32	4.5k 0.9×	752 0.7×	239 0.6×	375 1.0×	272 0.8×	81	4.9k
Yoshinari Sawama Japan	34	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	610 1.5×	586 1.6×	405 1.2×	153	3.3k
Guoqiang Wang China	39	2.8k 0.6×	514 0.5×	591 1.4×	537 1.5×	431 1.2×	138	4.0k
Yu Liu China	42	5.8k 1.2×	969 0.9×	392 0.9×	493 1.4×	724 2.1×	272	7.0k
Gopinathan Anilkumar India	39	4.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	187 0.4×	539 1.5×	646 1.9×	240	5.0k
Heng Zhang China	37	3.9k 0.8×	613 0.6×	216 0.5×	288 0.8×	317 0.9×	114	4.5k
Alakananda Hajra India	55	9.1k 1.8×	779 0.7×	557 1.3×	953 2.7×	360 1.0×	238	9.6k
Robert E. Maleczka United States	35	4.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	229 0.5×	600 1.7×	284 0.8×	102	5.0k
Pazhamalai Anbarasan India	35	4.8k 1.0×	894 0.8×	369 0.9×	476 1.3×	333 1.0×	103	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peng Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peng Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peng Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peng Wang. Peng Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Ziqiang, Jianjun Wang, Peng Wang, et al.. (2025). Modular Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Dragocins A—C and Their Analogues: Discovery of a Potential Anticancer Agent. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 43(10). 1107–1113. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinping, Yi‐Chen Wu, & Peng Wang. (2025). Modular and diverse synthesis of oxaheterocycles via Pd-catalyzed migratory 1, n -cycloannulation of alkenes. Chemical Science. 16(43). 20292–20299.

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Yang, Xuemei, Xinxin Zhang, Song Ni, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Campylobacter jejuni capsular oligosaccharides and identification of a potential O -antigen against campylobacteriosis. Science Advances. 11(15). eadu2318–eadu2318. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjun, et al.. (2025). Atroposelective Diverse Remote meta-C–H Functionalization via Kinetic Resolution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(8). 6594–6603. 11 indexed citations

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Ren, Fei, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Kinetic Resolution of Monohydrosilanes via Rhodium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Hydrosilylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(25). e202404732–e202404732. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Daoming, et al.. (2024). Ligand-enabled Ni-catalysed dicarbofunctionalisation of alkenes with diverse native functional groups. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10333–10333. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jiahui, et al.. (2024). Construction of Si‐Stereogenic Silanols by Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Alkenylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(20). e202402612–e202402612. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Jie Zheng, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Unlocking Efficient Hydrogen Production: Nucleophilic Oxidation Reactions Coupled with Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2404806–e2404806. 93 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Jinping & Peng Wang. (2024). Phosphine ligand-dependent nickel-catalyzed regiodivergent isomerization of alkenes. Chem Catalysis. 4(8). 101089–101089. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Zedong, Fei Ren, Yichen Wu, et al.. (2024). Development and Application of SPOSiPs: A Class of Diphosphine Ligands Based on SPOSiOL. Organic Letters. 26(35). 7436–7441. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuru, Klement Foo, Ruimao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Regio-MPNN: predicting regioselectivity for general metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions using a chemical knowledge informed message passing neural network. Digital Discovery. 3(10). 2019–2031. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Long, et al.. (2024). Photoinduced Copper‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Acylsilanes with Heteroarenes via Bimetallic Relay. Advanced Science. 11(45). e2409457–e2409457. 6 indexed citations

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Yuan, Hao, et al.. (2023). Ligand‐Enabled Ni ^II ‐Catalyzed Hydroxylarylation of Alkenes with Molecular Oxygen. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(35). e202304573–e202304573. 10 indexed citations

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Ravi, Chitrakar, Zhiwei Cao, Yichen Wu, et al.. (2023). Diphosphine Ligand‐Enabled Nickel‐Catalyzed Chelate‐Assisted Inner‐Selective Migratory Hydroarylation of Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(1). e202313336–e202313336. 16 indexed citations

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Ravi, Chitrakar, Zhiwei Cao, Yichen Wu, et al.. (2023). Diphosphine Ligand‐Enabled Nickel‐Catalyzed Chelate‐Assisted Inner‐Selective Migratory Hydroarylation of Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie. 136(1). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Daoming, et al.. (2022). Ligand-enabled Ni-catalyzed hydroarylation and hydroalkenylation of internal alkenes with organoborons. Nature Communications. 13(1). 23 indexed citations

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Li, Jiajie, Xin Xu, Zhen Yao, et al.. (2022). Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed Regioselective C−H Annulation and Alkenylation of 2‐Pyridones with Terminal Alkynes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 364(7). 1264–1270. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Yuhao, et al.. (2020). Pd‐Catalyzed Site‐Selective Borylation of Simple Arenes via Thianthrenation^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 38(11). 1269–1272. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjun, et al.. (2019). Cu‐Mediated Amination of (Hetero)Aryl C−H bonds with NH Azaheterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(50). 18141–18145. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjun, et al.. (2019). Cu‐Mediated Amination of (Hetero)Aryl C−H bonds with NH Azaheterocycles. Angewandte Chemie. 131(50). 18309–18313. 9 indexed citations

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