Russell J. Needham

849 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 719 citations indexed

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Russell J. Needham is a scholar working on Oncology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell J. Needham has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 719 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Oncology, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Russell J. Needham's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (10 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (5 papers) and Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (3 papers). Russell J. Needham is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (10 papers), Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (5 papers) and Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization (3 papers). Russell J. Needham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Russell J. Needham's co-authors include Peter J. Sadler, Hannah E. Bridgewater, Elizabeth M. Bolitho, Frederik Lermyte, Jane M. Donnelly, Oliver W. L. Carter, Cinzia Imberti, Huayun Shi, Zijin Zhang and Fang‐Xin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Physical Review B and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Russell J. Needham

12 papers receiving 711 citations

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Metallodrugs are unique: opportunities and challenges of discovery and development

2020 541 citations Elizabeth M. Bolitho, Hannah E. Bridgewater et al. Chemical Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Russell J. Needham United Kingdom	9	463	388	151	137	115	13	719
Elizabeth M. Bolitho United Kingdom	7	419 0.9×	351 0.9×	170 1.1×	134 1.0×	120 1.0×	9	704
Oliver W. L. Carter United Kingdom	6	378 0.8×	321 0.8×	130 0.9×	117 0.9×	91 0.8×	9	617
Jane M. Donnelly Germany	4	369 0.8×	321 0.8×	137 0.9×	101 0.7×	111 1.0×	5	666
Hannah E. Bridgewater United Kingdom	11	562 1.2×	458 1.2×	211 1.4×	147 1.1×	154 1.3×	21	896
Dajena Tomco United States	6	439 0.9×	327 0.8×	166 1.1×	78 0.6×	129 1.1×	8	650
Anna K. Bytzek Austria	12	524 1.1×	402 1.0×	220 1.5×	150 1.1×	76 0.7×	14	802
Chiara Nardon Italy	18	579 1.3×	497 1.3×	186 1.2×	190 1.4×	99 0.9×	32	889
Maria Stefanopoulou Germany	8	520 1.1×	701 1.8×	158 1.0×	119 0.9×	102 0.9×	9	929
Angélica E. Graminha Brazil	17	541 1.2×	495 1.3×	166 1.1×	119 0.9×	145 1.3×	40	760
Arvin Eskandari United Kingdom	15	454 1.0×	272 0.7×	249 1.6×	138 1.0×	98 0.9×	23	741

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Needham, Russell J., Zijin Zhang, James P. C. Coverdale, et al.. (2025). Cyclopentadienyl Half‐Sandwich Rhodium(III) Azopyridine Anticancer Complexes with Activity Tuned by Ligand Substituents. ChemCatChem. 17(11).

Needham, Russell J., Ivan Prokeš, Abraha Habtemariam, et al.. (2021). NMR studies of group 8 metallodrugs:¹⁸⁷Os-enriched organo-osmium half-sandwich anticancer complex. Dalton Transactions. 50(37). 12970–12981. 5 indexed citations

Xue, Xuling, Ying Fu, Liang He, et al.. (2021). Photoactivated Osmium Arene Anticancer Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(23). 17450–17461. 33 indexed citations

Coverdale, James P. C., Collette S. Guy, Hannah E. Bridgewater, et al.. (2021). Osmium–arene complexes with high potency towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Metallomics. 13(4). 10 indexed citations

Bolitho, Elizabeth M., Hannah E. Bridgewater, Russell J. Needham, et al.. (2021). Elemental mapping of half-sandwich azopyridine osmium arene complexes in cancer cells. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(15). 3675–3685. 12 indexed citations

Donnelly, Jane M., Frederik Lermyte, Juliusz A. Wolny, et al.. (2020). Cu(iii)–bis-thiolato complex forms an unusual mono-thiolato Cu(iii)–peroxido adduct. Chemical Communications. 57(1). 69–72. 8 indexed citations

Needham, Russell J., Kristin Abraham, Hannah E. Bridgewater, et al.. (2020). Dose- and time-dependent tolerability and efficacy of organo-osmium complex FY26 and its tissue pharmacokinetics in hepatocarcinoma-bearing mice. Metallomics. 13(2). 8 indexed citations

Needham, Russell J., Hannah E. Bridgewater, Isolda Romero‐Canelón, et al.. (2020). Structure-activity relationships for osmium(II) arene phenylazopyridine anticancer complexes functionalised with alkoxy and glycolic substituents. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 210. 111154–111154. 11 indexed citations

Bolitho, Elizabeth M., Hannah E. Bridgewater, Oliver W. L. Carter, et al.. (2020). Metallodrugs are unique: opportunities and challenges of discovery and development. Chemical Science. 11(48). 12888–12917. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Needham, Russell J., Abraha Habtemariam, Nicolas P. E. Barry, Guy J. Clarkson, & Peter J. Sadler. (2017). Halide Control of N,N-Coordination versus N,C-Cyclometalation and Stereospecific Phenyl Ring Deuteration of Osmium(II) p-Cymene Phenylazobenzothiazole Complexes. Organometallics. 36(22). 4367–4375. 3 indexed citations

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Needham, Russell J., Carlos Sánchez-Cano, Isolda Romero‐Canelón, et al.. (2016). In‐Cell Activation of Organo‐Osmium(II) Anticancer Complexes. Angewandte Chemie. 129(4). 1037–1040. 10 indexed citations

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Needham, Russell J., Carlos Sánchez-Cano, Isolda Romero‐Canelón, et al.. (2016). In‐Cell Activation of Organo‐Osmium(II) Anticancer Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(4). 1017–1020. 73 indexed citations

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Bessas, Dimitrios, I. Sergueev, D. G. Merkel, et al.. (2015). Nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation byOs187. Physical Review B. 91(22). 5 indexed citations

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