Qilong Shen

12.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
162 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Qilong Shen is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Qilong Shen has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 117 papers in Organic Chemistry and 60 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Qilong Shen's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (132 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (53 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (39 papers). Qilong Shen is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (132 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (53 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (39 papers). Qilong Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Qilong Shen's co-authors include John F. Hartwig, Long Lü, Chunfa Xu, Xinxin Shao, Tianfei Liu, Manuel A. Fernández‐Rodríguez, Tao Yang, Xuebing Leng, Long Lü and Susan A. Odom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Qilong Shen

154 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

2009 1.1k citations Qilong Shen et al. profile →
A General and Long-Lived Catalyst for the Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halides with Thiols

2006 637 citations Qilong Shen, John F. Hartwig et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Shelf-Stable Electrophilic Reagents for Trifluoromethylthiolation

2015 374 citations Xinxin Shao, Chunfa Xu et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
A Fruitful Decade of Organofluorine Chemistry: New Reagents and Reactions

2022 192 citations Qilong Shen et al. profile →

Peers

Qilong Shen

Peer Kirsch Germany

Jin Xie China

Thomas Mathew United States

Xu Cheng China

Koji Kubota Japan

F. Meyer Belgium

Michael G. Campbell United States

Stefano V. Meille Italy

Herbert Plenio Germany

Satoshi Minakata Japan

Peer Kirsch Germany

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Citations per year, relative to Qilong Shen Qilong Shen (= 1×) peers Peer Kirsch

Countries citing papers authored by Qilong Shen

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qilong Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qilong Shen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shen, Qilong, Liping Qiu, Lin Wang, et al.. (2025). Pan-cancer analysis of DCBLD1 and its association with the diagnosis, immunotherapy, and prognosis of cervical cancer. International Immunopharmacology. 148. 114167–114167. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zimeng, Tian Zhang, Yi Xu, et al.. (2025). Revitalizing reformatsky reagent for catalyst-free direct alkylation with unactivated alkyl halides. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7627–7627.

Liu, Wenting, Xu‐Qiong Xiao, Ke‐Fang Yang, et al.. (2025). Deuteriodifluoromethyl Sulfonium Ylides: Easily Accessible Reagents for Electrophilic Deuteriodifluoromethylation of O-Nucleophiles. Organic Letters. 27(13). 3379–3384.

Gao, Feng, et al.. (2025). Sulfonium Ylide Enabled, Copper-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation, Monofluoromethylation, and Monofluoroalkylation of Lithium Aryl ⁿButyl Borates. ACS Catalysis. 15(6). 4644–4653. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Guangyu, et al.. (2024). Access to Versatile Functionalized Cu(III) Complexes Enabled by Direct Transmetalation to Well‐Defined Copper(III) Fluoride Complex Me₄N⁺[Cu(CF₃)₃F]^‐. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(10). 1107–1113. 10 indexed citations

Wu, Wenting, et al.. (2024). Association between preterm delivery and the risk of maternal renal disease: A systematic review and meta‑analysis. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 28(4). 378–378.

Zhang, Tian, et al.. (2024). ·YlideFluor-CF2Cl: a shelf-stable, versatile electrophilic or radical chlorodifluoromethylating reagent. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(14). 3924–3928. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Jian, Xuebing Leng, Xiaobing Lou, et al.. (2024). Oxidative Substitution of Organocopper(II) by a Carbon-Centered Radical. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(33). 23555–23565. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Shan, et al.. (2024). Difluorocarbene Generation via a Spin-Forbidden Excitation under Visible Light Irradiation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(45). 31094–31105.

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Lü, Long, et al.. (2023). A Versatile, Electrophilic Reagent for Monofluoromethylthiolation^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(18). 2317–2329. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yuli, et al.. (2023). Oxidative addition of an alkyl halide to form a stable Cu(III) product. Science. 381(6662). 1072–1079. 63 indexed citations

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Shen, Qilong. (2023). A Toolbox of Reagents for Trifluoromethylthiolation: From Serendipitous Findings to Rational Design. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(6). 3359–3371. 42 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunfa, Shiping Wang, & Qilong Shen. (2022). Recent Progress on Trifluoromethylthiolation of (Hetero)Aryl C–H Bonds with Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolating Reagents. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(21). 6889–6899. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenbo, et al.. (2022). Kilogram-Scale Preparation of the Easily Available, Low-Cost Electrophilic Trifluomethylating Reagent YlideFluor. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(2). 299–306. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Haiwei, Xuebing Leng, Wei Zhang, & Qilong Shen. (2022). [Ph₄P]⁺[Cu(CF₂H)₂]⁻: A Powerful Difluoromethylating Reagent Inspired by Mechanistic Investigation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(42). e202210151–e202210151. 26 indexed citations

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Kang, Kai, Shihan Liu, Chunhui Xu, et al.. (2021). C(sp²)–X (X = Cl, Br, and I) Reductive Eliminations from Well-Defined Gold(III) Complexes: Concerted or Dissociation Pathways?. Organometallics. 40(14). 2231–2239. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiang & Qilong Shen. (2021). Difluoromethylthiolator: A Toolbox of Reagents for Difluoromethylthiolation. Accounts of Chemical Research. 54(14). 2946–2958. 44 indexed citations

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Huang, Weichen, Xiaolong Wan, & Qilong Shen. (2020). Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Coupling Reaction of Fluorinated Secondary Benzyl Bromides with Lithium Aryl Boronates/ZnBr₂. Organic Letters. 22(11). 4327–4332. 37 indexed citations

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Xu, Bin, Decai Wang, Yonghong Hu, & Qilong Shen. (2018). Silver-catalyzed ring-opening difluoromethylthiolation/trifluoromethylthiolation of cycloalkanols with PhSO₂SCF₂H or PhSO₂SCF₃. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(9). 1462–1465. 57 indexed citations

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Lu, Changhui, Lu Hao, Jiang Wu, et al.. (2017). Palladium-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of Aryl Chlorides and Triflates and Its Applications in the Preparation of Difluoromethylated Derivatives of Drug/Agrochemical Molecules. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(2). 1077–1083. 35 indexed citations

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