Rishikesh Narayan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rishikesh Narayan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Rishikesh Narayan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Rishikesh Narayan's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (9 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (5 papers). Rishikesh Narayan is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (9 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (5 papers). Rishikesh Narayan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, India and Switzerland. Rishikesh Narayan's co-authors include Andrey P. Antonchick, Kiran Matcha, Herbert Waldmann, Zhi‐Jun Jia, Marco Potowski, Carsten Strohmann, Jonathan O. Bauer, Srimanta Manna, Rajarshi Samanta and E.‐U. Würthwein and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Rishikesh Narayan

27 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Catalytic Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Catalytic Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Azomethine Ylides for Biology-Oriented Synthesis
    2014 433 citations Rishikesh Narayan, Andrey P. Antonchick et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rishikesh Narayan Germany 16 1.4k 190 134 116 114 29 1.6k
Subas M. Sakya United States 19 790 0.6× 483 2.5× 201 1.5× 122 1.1× 53 0.5× 37 1.1k
Mohinder P. Mahajan India 21 1.4k 1.0× 274 1.4× 95 0.7× 46 0.4× 56 0.5× 88 1.6k
Prathama S. Mainkar India 18 725 0.5× 272 1.4× 87 0.6× 38 0.3× 65 0.6× 95 964
Suellen M. T. Cavalcanti Brazil 8 415 0.3× 260 1.4× 50 0.4× 83 0.7× 106 0.9× 8 749
Murugaiah A. M. Subbaiah India 14 808 0.6× 184 1.0× 40 0.3× 74 0.6× 117 1.0× 28 1.0k
Guillaume Bernadat France 21 992 0.7× 403 2.1× 117 0.9× 83 0.7× 138 1.2× 57 1.3k
Radomir N. Saičić Serbia 18 965 0.7× 202 1.1× 92 0.7× 95 0.8× 152 1.3× 75 1.1k
Lieven Meerpoel Belgium 23 1.6k 1.1× 384 2.0× 81 0.6× 94 0.8× 298 2.6× 71 1.9k
Philip B. Cox United States 16 709 0.5× 468 2.5× 85 0.6× 105 0.9× 103 0.9× 22 1.2k
Baoqing Gong United States 12 546 0.4× 270 1.4× 56 0.4× 110 0.9× 80 0.7× 16 865

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rishikesh Narayan

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All Works

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Kumar, Gautam, et al.. (2025). Indotropane Pseudo-Natural product is a novel class of potent and selective antibacterial agent against methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 296. 117805–117805. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Gautam, et al.. (2024). Identification and Benchmarking of Myokinasib-II as a Selective and Potent Chemical Probe for Exploring MLCK1 Inhibition. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(10). 2165–2175. 4 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, et al.. (2022). Mycobacterial Membranes as Actionable Targets for Lipid-Centric Therapy in Tuberculosis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(4). 3046–3065. 21 indexed citations
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Setiawan, Dani, et al.. (2022). Computational benchmarking of putative KIFC1 inhibitors. Medicinal Research Reviews. 43(2). 293–318. 13 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, et al.. (2021). β-Bromoenol phosphate as a new precursor for the modular regioselective synthesis of substituted furans. Tetrahedron. 103. 132553–132553. 6 indexed citations
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Mishra, Manjari, et al.. (2020). Dynamical Organization of Compositionally Distinct Inner and Outer Membrane Lipids of Mycobacteria. Biophysical Journal. 118(6). 1279–1291. 28 indexed citations
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Kumar, Gautam, Rishikesh Narayan, & Shobhna Kapoor. (2020). Chemical Tools for Illumination of Tuberculosis Biology, Virulence Mechanisms, and Diagnosis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(24). 15308–15332. 13 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Shobhna, George Karageorgis, Rishikesh Narayan, et al.. (2019). The Pseudo Natural Product Myokinasib Is a Myosin Light Chain Kinase 1 Inhibitor with Unprecedented Chemotype. Cell chemical biology. 26(4). 512–523.e5. 45 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, et al.. (2017). Simulative Study into the Development of a Hybrid HVDC System Through a Comparative Research with HVAC: a Futuristic Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 1600–1604. 2 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, Kiran Matcha, & Andrey P. Antonchick. (2015). Metal‐Free Oxidative CC Bond Formation through CH Bond Functionalization. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(42). 14678–14693. 152 indexed citations
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Manna, Srimanta, Rishikesh Narayan, Christopher Golz, Carsten Strohmann, & Andrey P. Antonchick. (2015). Regioselective annulation of nitrosopyridine with alkynes: straightforward synthesis of N-oxide-imidazopyridines. Chemical Communications. 51(28). 6119–6122. 20 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh & Andrey P. Antonchick. (2014). Hypervalent Iodine‐Mediated Selective Oxidative Functionalization of (Thio)chromones with Alkanes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(16). 4568–4572. 96 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, Jonathan O. Bauer, Carsten Strohmann, Andrey P. Antonchick, & Herbert Waldmann. (2013). Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Tropanes Reveals Novel Inhibitors of Hedgehog Signaling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(49). 12892–12896. 112 indexed citations
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Matcha, Kiran, Rishikesh Narayan, & Andrey P. Antonchick. (2013). Metal‐Free Radical Azidoarylation of Alkenes: Rapid Access to Oxindoles by Cascade CN and CC Bond‐Forming Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(31). 7985–7989. 259 indexed citations
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Narayan, Rishikesh, Roland Fröhlich, & E.‐U. Würthwein. (2012). Synthesis of Pyrroles through a 4π-Electrocyclic Ring-Closure Reaction of 1-Azapentadienyl Cations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(4). 1868–1879. 33 indexed citations
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Samanta, Rajarshi, Rishikesh Narayan, & Andrey P. Antonchick. (2012). Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Direct Oxidative Cross Coupling at the C5 Position of Chromones with Alkenes. Organic Letters. 14(23). 6108–6111. 39 indexed citations
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Ghavtadze, N., Rishikesh Narayan, Birgit Wibbeling, & E.‐U. Würthwein. (2011). 3-(Hetero)aryl-4-indolylamino-α-tetralones by Diastereoselective Internal Redox Cyclization: An “Azaenamine” Conjugate Addition. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 76(13). 5185–5197. 15 indexed citations

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