R. Thomas Simons

412 total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 336 citations indexed

About

R. Thomas Simons is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Thomas Simons has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 336 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Organic Chemistry, 0 papers in Infectious Diseases and 0 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in R. Thomas Simons's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (3 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (3 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (2 papers). R. Thomas Simons is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (3 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (3 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (2 papers). R. Thomas Simons collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. Thomas Simons's co-authors include Jennifer L. Roizen, Meganathan Nandakumar, Kitae Kwon and Anastasia Gant Kanegusuku and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. Thomas Simons

3 papers receiving 328 citations

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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.

Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis

2021 295 citations Kitae Kwon, R. Thomas Simons et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Thomas Simons United States	3	314	33	28	23	18	3	336
Nikita Kvasovs United States	7	448 1.4×	38 1.2×	16 0.6×	43 1.9×	23 1.3×	10	475
Ziren Chen China	12	266 0.8×	66 2.0×	34 1.2×	15 0.7×	19 1.1×	34	318
Sebastian Herold Germany	7	310 1.0×	24 0.7×	40 1.4×	39 1.7×	16 0.9×	9	340
Emily R. Wearing United States	6	369 1.2×	30 0.9×	21 0.8×	48 2.1×	24 1.3×	9	395
Zhonghua Qu China	11	433 1.4×	45 1.4×	23 0.8×	33 1.4×	32 1.8×	13	445
Cassie Pratley United Kingdom	5	289 0.9×	29 0.9×	14 0.5×	35 1.5×	17 0.9×	6	334
Lan Bui Germany	4	486 1.5×	29 0.9×	41 1.5×	35 1.5×	25 1.4×	5	519
Ashish Kumar Sahoo India	11	407 1.3×	30 0.9×	19 0.7×	31 1.3×	32 1.8×	17	426
Diana J. Wang United States	5	287 0.9×	28 0.8×	19 0.7×	34 1.5×	22 1.2×	6	301
Meria A. Ronge Germany	5	500 1.6×	34 1.0×	61 2.2×	41 1.8×	11 0.6×	6	520

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3 of 3 papers shown

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Simons, R. Thomas, et al.. (2023). Directed Photochemically Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed (Hetero)arylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(7). 3882–3890. 16 indexed citations

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Kwon, Kitae, R. Thomas Simons, Meganathan Nandakumar, & Jennifer L. Roizen. (2021). Strategies to Generate Nitrogen-centered Radicals That May Rely on Photoredox Catalysis: Development in Reaction Methodology and Applications in Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 122(2). 2353–2428. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simons, R. Thomas, et al.. (2020). Photochemically Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of N -(Hetero)aryl Sulfamides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(10). 6380–6391. 25 indexed citations

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