René Severin

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 894 citations indexed

About

René Severin is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Severin has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 894 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Virology. Recurrent topics in René Severin's work include Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers). René Severin is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers). René Severin collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Singapore and South Korea. René Severin's co-authors include Sven Doye, David Y.‐K. Chen, Philippe A. Peixoto, Chih‐Chung Tseng, Detlev Haase, Rüdiger Beckhaus, Wolfgang Saak, Jean‐Alexandre Richard, Didin Mujahidin and Jeffrey Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

René Severin

13 papers receiving 884 citations

Hit Papers

The catalytic hydroamination of alkynes 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The catalytic hydroamination of alkynes
    2007 670 citations René Severin, Sven Doye Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Severin Germany 8 805 359 125 85 61 13 894
Gareth E. Arnott South Africa 12 613 0.8× 155 0.4× 120 1.0× 23 0.3× 74 1.2× 27 709
Angélique Ferry France 16 884 1.1× 162 0.5× 196 1.6× 34 0.4× 100 1.6× 37 989
Daniel Pflästerer Germany 15 1.2k 1.5× 183 0.5× 55 0.4× 17 0.2× 66 1.1× 18 1.3k
Kekeli Ekoue‐Kovi United States 9 772 1.0× 158 0.4× 322 2.6× 20 0.2× 54 0.9× 12 904
Effiette L. O. Sauer Canada 10 489 0.6× 376 1.0× 101 0.8× 125 1.5× 60 1.0× 14 617
Dorian Polo‐Cerón Colombia 15 468 0.6× 135 0.4× 81 0.6× 30 0.4× 111 1.8× 33 615
Kumaravel Selvakumar India 14 911 1.1× 361 1.0× 97 0.8× 50 0.6× 48 0.8× 31 986
Vivek J. Bulbule India 9 250 0.3× 107 0.3× 67 0.5× 16 0.2× 66 1.1× 10 344
Scott A. Laneman United States 13 563 0.7× 418 1.2× 80 0.6× 59 0.7× 65 1.1× 30 684
Wuming Yan United States 15 713 0.9× 195 0.5× 177 1.4× 32 0.4× 149 2.4× 17 911

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of René Severin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of René Severin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of René Severin 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 René Severin. René Severin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Kang, CongBao, Shovanlal Gayen, Weiling Wang, et al.. (2012). Exploring the binding of peptidic West Nile virus NS2B–NS3 protease inhibitors by NMR. Antiviral Research. 97(2). 137–144. 27 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Philippe A., Jean‐Alexandre Richard, René Severin, & David Y.‐K. Chen. (2012). Total Synthesis of Echinopines A and B: Exploiting a Bioinspired Late-Stage Intramolecular Cyclopropanation. Organic Letters. 14(19). 5165–5165. 1 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Philippe A., René Severin, Chih‐Chung Tseng, & David Y.‐K. Chen. (2011). Formal Asymmetric Synthesis of Echinopine A and B. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(13). 3013–3016. 30 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Philippe A., René Severin, Chih‐Chung Tseng, & David Y.‐K. Chen. (2011). Formal Asymmetric Synthesis of Echinopine A and B. Angewandte Chemie. 123(13). 3069–3072. 8 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Philippe A., Jean‐Alexandre Richard, René Severin, & David Y.‐K. Chen. (2011). Total Synthesis of Echinopines A and B: Exploiting a Bioinspired Late-Stage Intramolecular Cyclopropanation. Organic Letters. 13(21). 5724–5727. 17 indexed citations
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Severin, René, et al.. (2010). One-Pot Procedure for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diarylalkynes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(10). 3518–3521. 59 indexed citations
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Severin, René, et al.. (2009). One‐Pot Synthesis of Fluorinated 1‐Benzoyl‐3,4‐dihydroisoquinolines from [2‐(o‐Alkynylphenyl)ethyl]amines by a Hydroamination/Oxidation Sequence. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2010(1). 51–54. 7 indexed citations
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Severin, René & Sven Doye. (2007). The catalytic hydroamination of alkynes. Chemical Society Reviews. 36(9). 1407–1407. 670 indexed citations breakdown →
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Severin, René & Sven Doye. (2007). The Catalytic Hydroamination of Alkynes. ChemInform. 38(49). 1 indexed citations
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Doye, Sven, Andreas Heutling, & René Severin. (2005). Regioselective Preparation of 2-Phenylethylamines from 1-Phenyl-2-alkylalkynes by Hydroamination/Reduction Sequences. Synthesis. 1200–1204. 3 indexed citations
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Heutling, Andreas, René Severin, & Sven Doye. (2005). Regioselective Preparation of 2‐Phenylethylamines from 1‐Phenyl‐2‐alkyl‐alkynes by Hydroamination/Reduction Sequences. ChemInform. 36(41). 1 indexed citations

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