Ryan D. Baxter

3.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
32 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Ryan D. Baxter is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan D. Baxter has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ryan D. Baxter's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers). Ryan D. Baxter is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers). Ryan D. Baxter collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ryan D. Baxter's co-authors include Phil S. Baran, Yuta Fujiwara, Yoshihiro Ishihara, Donna G. Blackmond, Michael R. Collins, Rodrigo A. Rodriguez, Darryl D. Dixon, Tobias Brückl, Duy Ngoc and Yining Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ryan D. Baxter

29 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Practical and innate carbon–hydrogen functionalization of heterocycles

2012 813 citations Yuta Fujiwara, Fionn O’Hara et al. Nature profile →
Innate C-H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles

2011 663 citations Yining Ji, Ryan D. Baxter et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation

2012 544 citations Yuta Fujiwara, Rodrigo A. Rodriguez et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Innate and Guided C–H Functionalization Logic

2011 482 citations Tobias Brückl, Ryan D. Baxter et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan D. Baxter United States	18	2.7k	1.6k	981	235	101	32	3.4k
Al Postigo Argentina	28	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	925 0.9×	241 1.0×	85 0.8×	92	3.3k
Cheng‐Pan Zhang China	34	3.1k 1.1×	3.0k 1.9×	1.6k 1.6×	192 0.8×	165 1.6×	103	4.2k
Tatiana Besset France	37	6.3k 2.3×	2.6k 1.6×	1.9k 1.9×	323 1.4×	192 1.9×	110	7.0k
Xiaolong Wan China	32	3.3k 1.2×	868 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	223 0.9×	74 0.7×	65	3.6k
Pier Alexandre Champagne United States	22	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	553 0.6×	312 1.3×	71 0.7×	47	2.2k
Rodrigo A. Rodriguez United States	15	1.9k 0.7×	981 0.6×	552 0.6×	351 1.5×	47 0.5×	16	2.5k
Yun‐Lin Liu China	35	4.6k 1.7×	964 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	602 2.6×	176 1.7×	81	4.9k
Qiang‐Shuai Gu China	40	4.8k 1.7×	788 0.5×	880 0.9×	264 1.1×	72 0.7×	89	5.3k
Fionn O’Hara United States	8	2.6k 0.9×	640 0.4×	617 0.6×	148 0.6×	68 0.7×	15	2.9k
Cody Ross Pitts United States	26	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	628 0.6×	109 0.5×	102 1.0×	55	2.3k

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Mendoza, M., et al.. (2025). Making nanomaterial-enabled nitrate sensors useful for real water systems: user-centric design perspectives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 1 indexed citations

McCloskey, Kara E., et al.. (2025). Cannabidiol Toxicity Driven by Hydroxyquinone Formation. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 38(2). 231–235.

Afsah‐Hejri, L., Jared O’Leary, Jered V. McGivern, et al.. (2023). Identification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by SPME-GC-MS to detect Aspergillus flavus infection in pistachios. Food Control. 154. 110033–110033. 17 indexed citations

Khan, Md Imran, et al.. (2023). Concentration-dependent emission from low molecular weight benzoyl pyrazinium salts. Materials Advances. 4(23). 6271–6276.

McCloskey, Kara E., et al.. (2022). Tuning three-dimensional nano-assembly in the mesoscale via bis(imino)pyridine molecular functionalization. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 844–844. 1 indexed citations

Baxter, Ryan D., Stefan Sillau, Daniel M. Pastula, et al.. (2022). An Observational Study on the Humoral and Cellular Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Autoimmune Neurological Disorders Treated With Anti-CD20 Therapies. Neurology. 99(23_Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

Hratchian, Hrant P., et al.. (2022). Enhanced Reactivity for Aromatic Bromination via Halogen Bonding with Lactic Acid Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(13). 8492–8502. 13 indexed citations

Zhou, Jenny, Tiziana Bond, Lars F. Voss, et al.. (2021). Plasmonics-Enhanced UV Photocatalytic Water Purification. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(18). 9730–9735. 8 indexed citations

Ghosh, Sayantani, et al.. (2020). Modeling broadband cloaking using 3D nano-assembled plasmonic meta-structures. Optics Express. 28(15). 22732–22732. 4 indexed citations

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Baxter, Ryan D., et al.. (2019). Progress towards metal-free radical alkylations of quinones under mild conditions. Tetrahedron. 75(46). 130665–130665. 4 indexed citations

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Ngoc, Duy, et al.. (2017). Silver-Catalyzed Minisci Reactions Using Selectfluor as a Mild Oxidant. Organic Letters. 19(21). 5772–5775. 99 indexed citations

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Ngoc, Duy & Ryan D. Baxter. (2017). Experimental Strategies for Controlling Radical Chain Reactions. Topics in Catalysis. 60(8). 580–588. 2 indexed citations

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Ngoc, Duy & Ryan D. Baxter. (2016). Unprotected Amino Acids as Stable Radical Precursors for Heterocycle C–H Functionalization. Organic Letters. 18(15). 3738–3741. 61 indexed citations

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O’Hara, Fionn, Ryan D. Baxter, Alexander G. O’Brien, et al.. (2013). Preparation and purification of zinc sulfinate reagents for drug discovery. Nature Protocols. 8(6). 1042–1047. 60 indexed citations

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Baxter, Ryan D. & Donna G. Blackmond. (2013). In situ kinetic studies of the trifluoromethylation of caffeine with Zn(SO2CF3)2. Tetrahedron. 69(27-28). 5604–5608. 17 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Yuta, Fionn O’Hara, Erik Daa Funder, et al.. (2012). Practical and innate carbon–hydrogen functionalization of heterocycles. Nature. 492(7427). 95–99. 813 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fujiwara, Yuta, Rodrigo A. Rodriguez, Ryan D. Baxter, et al.. (2012). A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(3). 1494–1497. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ji, Yining, Ryan D. Baxter, Yuta Fujiwara, et al.. (2011). Innate C-H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(35). 14411–14415. 663 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brückl, Tobias, Ryan D. Baxter, Yoshihiro Ishihara, & Phil S. Baran. (2011). Innate and Guided C–H Functionalization Logic. Accounts of Chemical Research. 45(6). 826–839. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baxter, Ryan D. & John Montgomery. (2008). Dehydrogenative Cyclocondensation of Aldehydes, Alkynes, and Dialkylsilanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(30). 9662–9663. 48 indexed citations

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