Ross S. Forgan

9.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
102 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Ross S. Forgan is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross S. Forgan has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ross S. Forgan's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (62 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (21 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (16 papers). Ross S. Forgan is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (62 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (21 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (16 papers). Ross S. Forgan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Ross S. Forgan's co-authors include J. Fraser Stoddart, Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Ross J. Marshall, J.‐P. Sauvage, Jeremiah J. Gassensmith, Ronald A. Smaldone, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Youssry Y. Botros, David Fairen‐Jiménez and Omar M. Yaghi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ross S. Forgan

100 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical Topology: Complex Molecular Knots, Links, and En... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 2018 2011 2011 250 500 750
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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. Chemical Topology: Complex Molecular Knots, Links, and Entanglements
    2011 775 citations Ross S. Forgan, J. Fraser Stoddart et al. profile →
  2. Metal–Organic Frameworks from Edible Natural Products
    2010 649 citations Ronald A. Smaldone, Ross S. Forgan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Application of zirconium MOFs in drug delivery and biomedicine
    2018 569 citations Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Ross S. Forgan profile →
  4. Monofunctionalized Pillar[5]arene as a Host for Alkanediamines
    2011 470 citations Nathan L. Strutt, Ross S. Forgan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Strong and Reversible Binding of Carbon Dioxide in a Green Metal–Organic Framework
    2011 336 citations Jeremiah J. Gassensmith, Hiroyasu Furukawa et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Nanoporous Carbohydrate Metal–Organic Frameworks
    2011 304 citations Ross S. Forgan, Ronald A. Smaldone et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Metal–organic frameworks for biological applications
    2024 111 citations Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Xu Chen et al. Nature Reviews Methods Primers profile →

Peers

Ross S. Forgan
Christopher J. Sumby Australia
Hyunuk Kim South Korea
Inhar Imaz Spain
Tatjana N. Parac‐Vogt Belgium
Youssry Y. Botros United States
Kai Chen China
Qiang Zhang China
Darren Bradshaw United Kingdom
Jian Xu China
Takashi Uemura Japan
Christopher J. Sumby Australia
Ross S. Forgan
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ross S. Forgan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Forgan, Ross S., et al.. (2025). Computation-guided exploration of the reaction parameter space of N , N -dimethylformamide hydrolysis. Digital Discovery. 4(7). 1784–1793. 3 indexed citations
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Prasad, Ram R. R., Guojun Zhou, Francesca C. N. Firth, et al.. (2024). Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal–Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr 6 Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(14). 17812–17820. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Photoclick surface modification of MOF-808 for galactose-mediated targeted chemotherapy. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 681. 416–424. 11 indexed citations
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Lázaro, Isabel Abánades, Xu Chen, Mengli Ding, et al.. (2024). Metal–organic frameworks for biological applications. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 4(1). 111 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bara, Dominic, Eva Martínez‐Ahumada, Alfredo López‐Olvera, et al.. (2023). Modulated self-assembly of three flexible Cr(iii) PCPs for SO2 adsorption and detection. Chemical Communications. 59(52). 8115–8118. 12 indexed citations
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Turner, Gemma F., Martin R. Ward, Claire L. Hobday, et al.. (2023). Pressure-induced postsynthetic cluster anion substitution in a MIL-53 topology scandium metal–organic framework. Chemical Science. 14(28). 7716–7724. 3 indexed citations
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Haddad, Salame, Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Marcus Fantham, et al.. (2020). Design of a Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework System for Enhanced Targeted Delivery to Mitochondria. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(14). 6661–6674. 143 indexed citations
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Lázaro, Isabel Abánades, Connor J. R. Wells, & Ross S. Forgan. (2020). Multivariate Modulation of the Zr MOF UiO‐66 for Defect‐Controlled Combination Anticancer Drug Delivery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(13). 5211–5217. 280 indexed citations
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Lázaro, Isabel Abánades, Connor J. R. Wells, & Ross S. Forgan. (2020). Multivariate Modulation of the Zr MOF UiO‐66 for Defect‐Controlled Combination Anticancer Drug Delivery. Angewandte Chemie. 132(13). 5249–5255. 82 indexed citations
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Li, Aurelia, Rocío Bueno-Pérez, David G. Madden, et al.. (2020). Identifying Differing Intracellular Cargo Release Mechanisms by Monitoring In Vitro Drug Delivery from MOFs in Real Time. Cell Reports Physical Science. 1(11). 100254–100254. 37 indexed citations
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Velásquez‐Hernández, Miriam de J., Paulo G. M. Mileo, J. Antonio Zárate, et al.. (2020). Controlled Transdermal Release of Antioxidant Ferulate by a Porous Sc(III) MOF. iScience. 23(6). 101156–101156. 26 indexed citations
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Bara, Dominic, Claire Wilson, Marat M. Khusniyarov, et al.. (2019). Kinetic Control of Interpenetration in Fe–Biphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate Metal–Organic Frameworks by Coordination and Oxidation Modulation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(20). 8346–8357. 79 indexed citations
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Lázaro, Isabel Abánades, et al.. (2017). Selective Surface PEGylation of UiO-66 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Stability, Cell Uptake, and pH-Responsive Drug Delivery. Chem. 2(4). 561–578. 322 indexed citations
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Kitson, Philip J., Ross J. Marshall, De‐Liang Long, Ross S. Forgan, & Leroy Cronin. (2014). 3D Printed High‐Throughput Hydrothermal Reactionware for Discovery, Optimization, and Scale‐Up. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(47). 12723–12728. 117 indexed citations
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Gassensmith, Jeremiah J., Hiroyasu Furukawa, Ronald A. Smaldone, et al.. (2011). Strong and Reversible Binding of Carbon Dioxide in a Green Metal–Organic Framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(39). 15312–15315. 336 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strutt, Nathan L., Ross S. Forgan, Jason M. Spruell, Youssry Y. Botros, & J. Fraser Stoddart. (2011). Monofunctionalized Pillar[5]arene as a Host for Alkanediamines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(15). 5668–5671. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Forgan, Ross S., James Davidson, F.P.A. Fabbiani, et al.. (2010). Cation and anion selectivity of zwitterionic salicylaldoxime metal salt extractants. Dalton Transactions. 39(7). 1763–1763. 27 indexed citations
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Wood, P.A., Ross S. Forgan, David Henderson, et al.. (2006). Effect of pressure on the crystal structure of salicylaldoxime-I, and the structure of salicylaldoxime-II at 5.93 GPa. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 62(6). 1099–1111. 41 indexed citations

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