Pengju Ji

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Pengju Ji is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Catalysis and Filtration and Separation. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengju Ji has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Catalysis and 8 papers in Filtration and Separation. Recurrent topics in Pengju Ji's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (15 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (8 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers). Pengju Ji is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (15 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (8 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers). Pengju Ji collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and India. Pengju Ji's co-authors include Jin‐Pei Cheng, Xiao‐Song Xue, Biying Zhou, John H. Atherton, Michael I. Page, Zhen Wang, Chong Mao, Jin‐Dong Yang, Zedong Wang and Xin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Pengju Ji

29 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Essential Role of Bond Energetics in C–H Activation/Functionalization

2017 430 citations Xiao‐Song Xue, Pengju Ji et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengju Ji China	17	741	231	197	100	99	30	1.1k
Chongmin Zhong China	18	1.1k 1.5×	278 1.2×	314 1.6×	71 0.7×	233 2.4×	31	1.5k
V. M. Vlasov Russia	14	729 1.0×	61 0.3×	175 0.9×	114 1.1×	111 1.1×	66	1.0k
Neal A. Yakelis United States	8	440 0.6×	126 0.5×	166 0.8×	29 0.3×	50 0.5×	14	611
João N. Rosa Portugal	10	556 0.8×	515 2.2×	83 0.4×	23 0.2×	146 1.5×	11	991
Darren L. Poole United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.7×	217 0.9×	564 2.9×	113 1.1×	114 1.2×	46	1.8k
Norris W. Hoffman United States	16	385 0.5×	184 0.8×	247 1.3×	39 0.4×	138 1.4×	28	659
Mehdi Bayat Iran	25	1.1k 1.4×	115 0.5×	357 1.8×	27 0.3×	228 2.3×	97	1.5k
Alberto Hernán‐Gómez United Kingdom	20	943 1.3×	156 0.7×	351 1.8×	28 0.3×	109 1.1×	47	1.1k
Weiliang Bao China	26	1.9k 2.6×	376 1.6×	279 1.4×	21 0.2×	127 1.3×	89	2.2k
Robert T. Hembre United States	15	403 0.5×	66 0.3×	353 1.8×	93 0.9×	197 2.0×	28	701

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Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Acidity Scale in a Quaternary Phosphonium Ionic Liquid and Its Implication on Carbon Dioxide Absorption. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(34). 12088–12098.

Huang, Bo, Keke Chen, Yian Wang, et al.. (2024). Structural Study of Aqueous Electrolyte Solution by MeV Liquid Electron Scattering. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(38). 9197–9205. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhen, Pengju Ji, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2021). Brönsted Basicities and Nucleophilicities of N-Heterocyclic Olefins in Solution: N-Heterocyclic Carbene versus N-Heterocyclic Olefin. Which Is More Basic, and Which Is More Nucleophilic?. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(3). 2974–2985. 27 indexed citations

Ji, Pengju, et al.. (2020). What Do We Know About Audit Failure so Far. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Pengju, et al.. (2020). Unexpected Strong Acidity Enhancing the Effect in Protic Ionic Liquids Quantified by Equilibrium Acidity Studies: A Crucial Role of Cation Structures on Dictating the Solvation Properties. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(5). 3041–3049. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Zhen, Xiao‐Song Xue, Yan‐Hua Fu, & Pengju Ji. (2019). Comprehensive Basicity Scales for N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes in DMSO: Implications on the Stabilities of N‐Heterocyclic Carbene and CO₂ Adducts. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 15(1). 169–181. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2019). CO2 Absorption by DBU-Based Protic Ionic Liquids: Basicity of Anion Dictates the Absorption Capacity and Mechanism. Frontiers in Chemistry. 6. 658–658. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2018). Unexpected solvation-stabilisation of ions in a protic ionic liquid: insights disclosed by a bond energetic study. Chemical Science. 9(14). 3538–3543. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Jin‐Dong, Pengju Ji, Xiao‐Song Xue, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2018). Recent Advances and Advisable Applications of Bond Energetics in Organic Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(28). 8611–8623. 56 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Yongjun Zheng, Yong Zheng, Xiao‐Song Xue, & Pengju Ji. (2018). A Systematic Theoretical Study on the Acidities for Cations of Ionic Liquids in Dimethyl Sulfoxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(26). 5750–5755. 21 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengju, et al.. (2018). Equilibrium Acidities of Nitroalkanes in an Ionic Liquid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(24). 14962–14968. 7 indexed citations

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Xue, Xiao‐Song, Pengju Ji, Biying Zhou, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2017). The Essential Role of Bond Energetics in C–H Activation/Functionalization. Chemical Reviews. 117(13). 8622–8648. 430 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mao, Chong, Zedong Wang, Zhen Wang, Pengju Ji, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2016). Weakly Polar Aprotic Ionic Liquids Acting as Strong Dissociating Solvent: A Typical “Ionic Liquid Effect” Revealed by Accurate Measurement of Absolute pK_a of Ylide Precursor Salts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(17). 5523–5526. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Zedong, Xin Li, Pengju Ji, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2016). Absolute pK_as of Sulfonamides in Ionic Liquids: Comparisons to Molecular Solvents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(22). 11195–11200. 13 indexed citations

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Xue, Xiao‐Song, Yaquan Wang, Chen Yang, Pengju Ji, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2015). Toward Prediction of the Chemistry in Ionic Liquids: An Accurate Computation of Absolute pK_a Values of Benzoic Acids and Benzenethiols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 80(18). 8997–9006. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Pengju Ji, Xin Li, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2014). Double-Line Hammett Relationship Revealed through Precise Acidity Measurement of Benzenethiols in Neat Ionic Media: A Typical “Ionic Liquid Effect”?. Organic Letters. 16(21). 5744–5747. 21 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengju, John H. Atherton, & Michael I. Page. (2012). Copper catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) in liquid ammonia. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(39). 7965–7965. 16 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengju, John H. Atherton, & Michael I. Page. (2012). Organic reactivity in liquid ammonia. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(30). 5732–5732. 14 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengju, et al.. (2011). Ionization of Carbon Acids in Liquid Ammonia. Organic Letters. 13(22). 6118–6121. 14 indexed citations

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Ji, Pengju, John H. Atherton, & Michael I. Page. (2009). The kinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions in liquid ammonia. Faraday Discussions. 145. 15–25. 15 indexed citations

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