Robert M. Waymouth

33.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
318 papers, 28.0k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Waymouth is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Waymouth has authored 318 papers receiving a total of 28.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Organic Chemistry, 91 papers in Biomaterials and 85 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Waymouth's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (132 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (120 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (89 papers). Robert M. Waymouth is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (132 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (120 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (89 papers). Robert M. Waymouth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Robert M. Waymouth's co-authors include James L. Hedrick, Russell C. Pratt, Rolf Mülhaupt, Bas G. G. Lohmeijer, David M. Fischer, Bernhard Rieger, Geoffrey W. Coates, Andrew L. McKnight, Hans H. Brintzinger and Xiangyi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Waymouth

314 papers receiving 27.4k citations

Hit Papers

Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization with Chiral Metalloc... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1995 2007 1998 2010 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization with Chiral Metallocene Catalysts
    1995 2.4k citations Robert M. Waymouth et al. profile →
  2. Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization
    2007 1.3k citations Robert M. Waymouth, James L. Hedrick et al. profile →
  3. Group 4 ansa-Cyclopentadienyl-Amido Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization
    1998 891 citations Robert M. Waymouth et al. profile →
  4. Organocatalysis: Opportunities and Challenges for Polymer Synthesis
    2010 792 citations James L. Hedrick, Robert M. Waymouth et al. Macromolecules profile →
  5. Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers
    2017 774 citations Xiangyi Zhang, Gavin O. Jones et al. profile →
  6. Guanidine and Amidine Organocatalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters
    2006 686 citations Robert M. Waymouth, James L. Hedrick et al. Macromolecules profile →
  7. Stereospezifische Olefinpolymerisation mit chiralen Metallocenkatalysatoren
    1995 522 citations Robert M. Waymouth et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  8. Oscillating Stereocontrol: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Polypropylene
    1995 498 citations Robert M. Waymouth et al. profile →
  9. Spontaneous generation of hydrogen peroxide from aqueous microdroplets
    2019 474 citations Katherine L. Walker, Robert M. Waymouth et al. profile →
  10. Enantioselective homogeneous catalysis involving transition-metal-allyl intermediates
    1989 445 citations Robert M. Waymouth et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert M. Waymouth United States 83 20.0k 10.2k 9.7k 4.9k 3.1k 318 28.0k
Stefan Mecking Germany 70 13.1k 0.7× 4.1k 0.4× 6.4k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 356 19.2k
Bernhard Rieger Germany 68 13.1k 0.7× 4.9k 0.5× 8.9k 0.9× 6.9k 1.4× 2.3k 0.7× 499 22.0k
Geoffrey W. Coates United States 99 19.9k 1.0× 14.1k 1.4× 16.0k 1.7× 4.3k 0.9× 4.8k 1.5× 319 35.1k
Zhibin Guan United States 60 8.1k 0.4× 3.3k 0.3× 2.2k 0.2× 1.1k 0.2× 7.2k 2.3× 141 14.9k
Marc A. Hillmyer United States 110 21.7k 1.1× 15.8k 1.5× 7.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 13.0k 4.2× 499 42.2k
Mitsuo Sawamoto Japan 72 20.6k 1.0× 4.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.1× 2.0k 0.4× 4.8k 1.5× 359 23.3k
Masami Kamigaito Japan 67 16.5k 0.8× 3.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.1× 1.8k 0.4× 3.6k 1.2× 306 19.2k
Carl Redshaw United Kingdom 63 12.0k 0.6× 2.0k 0.2× 4.7k 0.5× 4.3k 0.9× 536 0.2× 537 16.9k
Graeme Moad Australia 70 24.2k 1.2× 6.3k 0.6× 545 0.1× 3.1k 0.6× 7.1k 2.3× 241 29.6k
David M. Haddleton United Kingdom 83 16.6k 0.8× 4.5k 0.4× 597 0.1× 1.3k 0.3× 3.6k 1.2× 422 22.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hurst, Paul J., Rebecca L. McClellan, Yuan Jia, et al.. (2025). In Vivo mRNA Delivery to the Lung Vascular Endothelium by Dicationic Charge-Altering Releasable Transporters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(44). 40146–40157.
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Walker, Katherine L., Goar Sánchez‐Sanz, Robert M. Waymouth, et al.. (2024). Insights into the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Wacker-Type Oxidation of Styrene with Hydrogen Peroxide and tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide. ACS Catalysis. 14(3). 1567–1574. 6 indexed citations
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Waymouth, Robert M., et al.. (2024). Cobaltocene-Mediated Catalytic Hydride Transfer: Strategies for Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(25). 17075–17083. 4 indexed citations
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Castillo, Trevor J. Del, et al.. (2023). Mechanism-Guided Design of Robust Palladium Catalysts for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Polyols. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(4). 2282–2293. 5 indexed citations
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Waymouth, Robert M., et al.. (2023). Cyclopentadienone Iridium Bipyridyl Complexes: Acid-Stable Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts. Organometallics. 42(15). 1849–1853. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Binhong, et al.. (2022). A Cation-Dependent Dual Activation Motif for Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(19). 8439–8443. 21 indexed citations
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Delaney, Connor P., et al.. (2022). Potassium Trimethylsilanolate-Promoted, Anhydrous Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Proceeds via the “Boronate Mechanism”: Evidence for the Alternative Fork in the Trail. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(10). 4345–4364. 35 indexed citations
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Wilk, Aaron J., Rosemary Vergara, Ole Audun Werner Haabeth, et al.. (2020). Charge-altering releasable transporters enable phenotypic manipulation of natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy. Blood Advances. 4(17). 4244–4255. 58 indexed citations
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Lin, Binhong, Pedro L. Arrechea, Tim Erdmann, et al.. (2020). Ultrafast and Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization with Sterically Hindered Strong Bases. Macromolecules. 53(20). 9000–9007. 13 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2020). Electrochemically Regenerable Hydrogen Atom Acceptors: Mediators in Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation Reactions. ACS Catalysis. 10(19). 11654–11662. 28 indexed citations
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Haabeth, Ole Audun Werner, Timothy R. Blake, Colin J. McKinlay, et al.. (2019). Local Delivery of Ox40l , Cd80 , and Cd86 mRNA Kindles Global Anticancer Immunity. Cancer Research. 79(7). 1624–1634. 91 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Elizabeth A., Logan J. Giles, Robert M. Waymouth, & Ritimukta Sarangi. (2019). X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Investigation of the Reductive Protonation of Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(2). 1167–1176. 3 indexed citations
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Matson, Benjamin D., et al.. (2019). Effect of Redox Active Ligands on the Electrochemical Properties of Manganese Tricarbonyl Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(11). 7453–7465. 18 indexed citations
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Umeyama, Daiki, et al.. (2018). Carving Out Pores in Redox‐Active One‐Dimensional Coordination Polymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(44). 14585–14588. 9 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2018). Protonation of a Cobalt Phenylazopyridine Complex at the Ligand Yields a Proton, Hydride, and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reagent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(41). 13233–13241. 21 indexed citations
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Umeyama, Daiki, et al.. (2018). Carving Out Pores in Redox‐Active One‐Dimensional Coordination Polymers. Angewandte Chemie. 130(44). 14793–14796. 2 indexed citations
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Margulis, Katherine, Xiangyi Zhang, Lydia‐Marie Joubert, et al.. (2017). Formation of Polymeric Nanocubes by Self‐Assembly and Crystallization of Dithiolane‐Containing Triblock Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(51). 16357–16362. 32 indexed citations
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Margulis, Katherine, Xiangyi Zhang, Lydia‐Marie Joubert, et al.. (2017). Formation of Polymeric Nanocubes by Self‐Assembly and Crystallization of Dithiolane‐Containing Triblock Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie. 129(51). 16575–16580. 8 indexed citations
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Waldie, Kate M., et al.. (2016). Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation with Ruthenium Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(2). 738–748. 56 indexed citations

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