Scott A. Snyder

12.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
194 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Snyder is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Snyder has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Organic Chemistry, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Snyder's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (32 papers) and Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (32 papers). Scott A. Snyder is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (32 papers) and Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (32 papers). Scott A. Snyder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Scott A. Snyder's co-authors include K. C. Nicolaou, Tamsyn Montagnon, K. C. Nicolaou, Georgios Vassilikogiannakis, Matthew Welsch, Brent R. Stockwell, Daniel S. Treitler, Xianhai Huang, Yunqing Lin and Alexandria P. Brucks 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

Scott A. Snyder

176 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

The Diels-Alder Reaction in Total Synthesis

2002 1.6k citations K. C. Nicolaou, Scott A. Snyder et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Privileged scaffolds for library design and drug discovery

2010 1.3k citations Scott A. Snyder et al. profile →
Tandem reactions, cascade sequences, and biomimetic strategies in total synthesis

2003 571 citations K. C. Nicolaou, Scott A. Snyder et al. profile →
Chasing Molecules That Were Never There: Misassigned Natural Products and the Role of Chemical Synthesis in Modern Structure Elucidation

2005 523 citations K. C. Nicolaou, Scott A. Snyder Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott A. Snyder United States	47	8.1k	2.5k	1.3k	996	932	194	10.3k
K. C. Nicolaou United States	62	9.8k 1.2×	3.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	224	12.6k
Zhen Yang China	60	11.2k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	987 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	363	13.7k
Stephen F. Martin United States	59	11.3k 1.4×	4.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	976 1.0×	381	14.0k
Erik J. Sorensen United States	47	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	626 0.6×	654 0.7×	133	7.9k
Richard J. K. Taylor United Kingdom	54	11.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	835 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	545 0.6×	510	13.3k
Goverdhan Mehta India	43	6.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	857 0.7×	454 0.5×	834 0.9×	437	8.8k
Janine Cossy France	54	12.4k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	819 0.6×	1.9k 2.0×	762 0.8×	593	13.6k
Paul A. Grieco United States	46	7.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	768 0.6×	817 0.8×	720 0.8×	265	9.6k
Andrew T. McPhail United States	41	4.9k 0.6×	3.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	523 0.6×	410	10.4k
Ian Paterson United Kingdom	56	10.3k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 2.2×	847 0.9×	3.3k 3.5×	313	12.3k

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Gao, Jianchang, et al.. (2025). A Twist on Controlling the Equilibrium of Dynamic Thia-Michael Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(11). 4037–4045. 2 indexed citations

Dolinski, Neil D., et al.. (2025). Manipulating dynamic covalent bonds through direct photoisomerization. Chemical Science. 16(48). 23019–23025.

Snyder, Scott A.. (2025). The U.S.-South Korea alliance and space cooperation. Asian Security. 21(1). 30–41.

Kim, Sohee, et al.. (2025). Deacylative Polyfluoroarylation via C–C Cleavage of Alkyl Ketones. Organic Letters. 27(39). 11052–11057.

Lan, Tong, Cheng Peng, Xiyuan Yao, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Thioether-Cyclized Macrocyclic Covalent Inhibitors by mRNA Display. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(34). 24053–24060. 11 indexed citations

Snyder, Scott A., et al.. (2015). First Mover Responses to North Korean Instability. 24(2). 99–126. 1 indexed citations

Snyder, Scott A., E. M. Schulson, & Carl E. Renshaw. (2015). Observations of Anisotropy in Damage and Elastic Properties of Columnar Ice Containing Cracks. Proceedings of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions. 1 indexed citations

Eagan, James M., et al.. (2015). Synthesis and Applications of Hajos–Parrish Ketone Isomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(27). 7842–7846. 37 indexed citations

Park, Kyung‐Ae & Scott A. Snyder. (2013). North Korea in transition : politics, economy, and society. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Snyder, Scott A.. (2012). Prospects for Sino-American Policy Coordination toward North Korea. 21(1). 21–44. 2 indexed citations

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Snyder, Scott A., et al.. (2012). Total Syntheses of Hopeanol and Hopeahainol A Empowered by a Chiral Brønsted Acid Induced Pinacol Rearrangement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(17). 4080–4084. 71 indexed citations

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Snyder, Scott A.. (2011). Making nematodes nervous. Nature Chemistry. 3(6). 422–423. 1 indexed citations

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Snyder, Scott A. & Zachary G. Brill. (2011). Structural Revision and Total Synthesis of Caraphenol B and C. Organic Letters. 13(20). 5524–5527. 41 indexed citations

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Evans, Paul, David C. Kang, Min Gyo Koo, et al.. (2007). Cross currents : regionalism and nationalism in Northeast Asia. 5 indexed citations

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Snyder, Scott A.. (2007). Six-Party Talks: ＂Action for Action＂and the Formalization of Regional Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia. 16(1). 1–24. 1 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., et al.. (2004). New Uses for the Burgess Reagent in Chemical Synthesis: Methods for the Facile and Stereoselective Formation of Sulfamidates, Glycosylamines, and Sulfamides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(22). 5581–5606. 80 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., Xianhai Huang, Scott A. Snyder, et al.. (2002). A Novel Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Sulfamidates from 1,2-Diols Using Burgess and Related Reagents: A Facile Entry into β-Amino Alcohols We thank Professor K. Barry Sharpless for the gracious donation of several of the starting diol substrates. We also thank Drs. D. H. Huang, G. Suizdak, and R. Chadja for NMR spectroscopic, mass spectrometric, and X-ray crystallographic assistance, respectively. Financial support for this work was provided by The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, predoctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation and Pfizer (S.A.S.), a postdoctoral fellowship from The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology (X.H.), and grants from American Biosciences, Amgen, Array Biopharma, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Glaxo, Hoffman-LaRoche, DuPont, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Schering Plough.. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(5). 834–834. 74 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., Xianhai Huang, Nicolas Giuseppone, et al.. (2001). Construction of the Complete Aromatic Core of Diazonamide A by a Novel Hetero Pinacol Macrocyclization Cascade Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(24). 4705–4709. 67 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., Alexandros E. Koumbis, Scott A. Snyder, & Klaus B. Simonsen. (2000). Novel Reactions Initiated by Titanocene Methylidenes: Deoxygenation of Sulfoxides,N-Oxides, and Selenoxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 39(14). 2529–2533. 80 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., et al.. (1996). Classics in total synthesis : targets, strategies, methods. 140 indexed citations

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