Philip A. Gale

37.8k total citations · 19 hit papers
359 papers, 33.8k citations indexed

About

Philip A. Gale is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip A. Gale has authored 359 papers receiving a total of 33.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 269 papers in Spectroscopy, 131 papers in Materials Chemistry and 125 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Philip A. Gale's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (267 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (86 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (85 papers). Philip A. Gale is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (267 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (86 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (85 papers). Philip A. Gale collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Philip A. Gale's co-authors include Paul D. Beer, Jonathan L. Sessler, Mark E. Light, Claudia Caltagirone, Nathalie Busschaert, Roberto Quesada, Xin Wu, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Salvatore Camiolo and Vincent M. Lynch and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Philip A. Gale

357 papers receiving 33.5k 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.

Anion Recognition and Sensing: The State of the Art and Future Perspectives

2001 3.3k citations Philip A. Gale et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Applications of Supramolecular Anion Recognition

2015 1.1k citations Nathalie Busschaert, Claudia Caltagirone et al. profile →
Anion Receptor Chemistry

2006 1.1k citations Jonathan L. Sessler, Philip A. Gale et al. profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2007

2008 805 citations Claudia Caltagirone, Philip A. Gale Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Anion receptors based on organic frameworks: highlights from 2005 and 2006

2007 728 citations Philip A. Gale et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Pyrrolic and polypyrrolic anion binding agents

2003 715 citations Jonathan L. Sessler, Philip A. Gale et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
Calix[4]pyrroles: Old Yet New Anion-Binding Agents

1996 685 citations Philip A. Gale, Jonathan L. Sessler et al. profile →
Structural and Molecular Recognition Studies with Acyclic Anion Receptors

2006 649 citations Philip A. Gale profile →
Anion receptor chemistry

2010 607 citations Philip A. Gale Chemical Communications profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2010

2011 595 citations Jennifer R. Hiscock, Philip A. Gale et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Anion and ion-pair receptor chemistry: highlights from 2000 and 2001

2002 593 citations Philip A. Gale Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 1999

2001 554 citations Philip A. Gale Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
Anion sensing by small molecules and molecular ensembles

2014 528 citations Philip A. Gale, Claudia Caltagirone Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Erkennung und Nachweis von Anionen: gegenwärtiger Stand und Perspektiven

2001 503 citations Philip A. Gale et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2008 and 2009

2010 475 citations Philip A. Gale Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2011 and 2012

2013 438 citations Philip A. Gale, Nathalie Busschaert et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Changing and challenging times for service crystallography

2011 409 citations Simon J. Coles, Philip A. Gale Chemical Science profile →
Synthetic ion transporters can induce apoptosis by facilitating chloride anion transport into cells

2014 374 citations Wim Van Rossom, Nathalie Busschaert et al. profile →
Anion Receptor Chemistry

2016 372 citations Philip A. Gale, Ethan N. W. Howe et al. Chem profile →

Peers

Philip A. Gale

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Vincent M. Lynch United States

Kari Rissanen Finland

Luigi Fabbrizzi Italy

George W. Gokel United States

Fritz Vögtle Germany

Willem Verboom Netherlands

Xuhong Qian China

Luca Prodi Italy

Mark E. Light United Kingdom

Jerald S. Bradshaw United States

Vincent M. Lynch United States

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13.7k ×0.8

12.4k ×1.0

4.4k ×0.6

1.5k ×0.3

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Gale, Philip A., et al.. (2025). Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(19). 8888–8924. 1 indexed citations

Bai, Xue, Jiayan Liao, Bibo Lou, et al.. (2025). Reversible Photochromism and Multicolor Luminescence Modulation for X‐Ray Detection and Secure Information Encryption. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yin, Yijun Luo, Yuxia Luo, et al.. (2025). Lanthanide-doped nanoprobes for microRNA detection. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 536. 216644–216644. 5 indexed citations

Alsherbiny, Muhammad A., Mohamed A. Said, William M. Lewis, et al.. (2025). Investigating the multi-mechanistic anticancer effects of 4-bisarylurea thiouracil derivatives in breast cancer cells. Bioorganic Chemistry. 162. 108581–108581. 2 indexed citations

McNaughton, Daniel A., et al.. (2025). Anion transport in biologically relevant lipid mixtures. Chemical Communications. 61(21). 4184–4187. 3 indexed citations

McNaughton, Daniel A., et al.. (2024). Expanding the π‐system of Fatty Acid‐Anion Transporter Conjugates Modulates Their Mechanism of Proton Transport and Mitochondrial Uncoupling Activity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(46). e202400931–e202400931. 4 indexed citations

Hawkins, Bryson A., Jonathan J. Du, Elizabeth J. New, et al.. (2024). Influence of Halogen Substituents on the Photophysical Properties of 7‐Hydroxycoumarin: Insights from Experimental and Theoretical Studies. ChemPhysChem. 26(5). e202400812–e202400812.

Farès, Mohamed, Deep Jyoti Bhuyan, Xin Wu, et al.. (2024). Platinum-based metal complexes as chloride transporters that trigger apoptosis. Chemical Science. 15(29). 11584–11593. 5 indexed citations

Levina, Aviva, et al.. (2024). Subcellular targeted anion transporters. Chem. 11(1). 102247–102247. 12 indexed citations

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Kumawat, Lokesh Kumar, Daniel A. McNaughton, Oisín N. Kavanagh, et al.. (2023). Potent antimicrobial effect induced by disruption of chloride homeostasis. Chem. 9(11). 3138–3158. 13 indexed citations

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Farès, Mohamed, Xin Wu, Daniel A. McNaughton, et al.. (2023). A potent fluorescent transmembrane HCl transporter perturbs cellular pH and promotes cancer cell death. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(12). 2509–2515. 7 indexed citations

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Farès, Mohamed, Xin Wu, William Lewis, et al.. (2020). Stimuli‐Responsive Cycloaurated “OFF‐ON” Switchable Anion Transporters. Angewandte Chemie. 132(40). 17767–17774. 8 indexed citations

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Farès, Mohamed, Xin Wu, William Lewis, et al.. (2020). Stimuli‐Responsive Cycloaurated “OFF‐ON” Switchable Anion Transporters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(40). 17614–17621. 48 indexed citations

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Montis, Riccardo, Andrea Bencini, Simon J. Coles, et al.. (2019). Fluoride binding by an anionic receptor: tuning the acidity of amide NH groups for basic anion hydrogen bonding and recognition. Chemical Communications. 55(19). 2745–2748. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Hongyu, Hennie Valkenier, James A. Cooper, et al.. (2019). Anion carriers as potential treatments for cystic fibrosis: transport in cystic fibrosis cells, and additivity to channel-targeting drugs. Chemical Science. 10(42). 9663–9672. 89 indexed citations

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Li, Hongyu, Hennie Valkenier, Louise E. Karagiannidis, et al.. (2018). Anion transport by ortho-phenylene bis-ureas across cell and vesicle membranes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(7). 1083–1087. 49 indexed citations

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Rossom, Wim Van, et al.. (2015). Anion transport and binding properties of N N ′-(phenylmethylene)dibenzamide based receptors. Supramolecular chemistry. 28(1-2). 10–17. 7 indexed citations

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Gale, Philip A. & Jonathan W. Steed. (2012). Self-assembly and supramolecular devices. Wiley eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Makuc, Damjan, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Mark E. Light, Philip A. Gale, & Janez Plavec. (2011). NMR studies of anion-induced conformational changes in diindolylureas and diindolylthioureas. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 1205–1214. 28 indexed citations

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Sessler, Jonathan L., A. Gebauer, & Philip A. Gale. (1997). Anion binding and electrochemical properties of calix[4]pyrrole ferrocene conjugates. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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