Shengming Ma

33.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
635 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

Shengming Ma is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengming Ma has authored 635 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 593 papers in Organic Chemistry, 105 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shengming Ma's work include Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (346 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (312 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (142 papers). Shengming Ma is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (346 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (312 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (142 papers). Shengming Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Shengming Ma's co-authors include Shichao Yu, Chunling Fu, Zhan Lu, Zhenhua Gu, Juntao Ye, Junliang Zhang, Ei‐ichi Negishi, Weiming Yuan, Zhanqian Yu and Jinqiang Kuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shengming Ma

627 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

Some Typical Advances in the Synthetic Applications of Al... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2005 2007 2012 1996 2003 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Some Typical Advances in the Synthetic Applications of Allenes
    2005 1.3k citations Shengming Ma profile →
  2. Metal‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylation in Asymmetric Synthesis
    2007 1.3k citations Shengming Ma et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Allenes in Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis and Natural Product Syntheses
    2012 1.0k citations Shichao Yu, Shengming Ma Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Cyclic Carbopalladation. A Versatile Synthetic Methodology for the Construction of Cyclic Organic Compounds
    1996 597 citations Shengming Ma et al. profile →
  5. Transition Metal-Catalyzed/Mediated Reaction of Allenes with a Nucleophilic Functionality Connected to the α-Carbon Atom
    2003 577 citations Shengming Ma profile →
  6. Electrophilic Addition and Cyclization Reactions of Allenes
    2009 571 citations Shengming Ma profile →
  7. How easy are the syntheses of allenes?
    2011 520 citations Shichao Yu, Shengming Ma Chemical Communications profile →
  8. Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions of Allenes in the Presence of Unsaturated Carbon–Carbon Bonds
    2014 465 citations Shengming Ma 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
Shengming Ma China 69 27.1k 5.4k 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 635 28.5k
Min Shi China 78 28.2k 1.0× 5.8k 1.1× 3.5k 1.9× 1.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 956 30.3k
Naoto Chatani Japan 97 31.0k 1.1× 7.9k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 416 32.0k
Zhang‐Jie Shi China 82 23.1k 0.9× 5.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 984 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 230 24.8k
Koichiro Oshima Japan 71 18.0k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 483 0.4× 562 19.4k
Sukbok Chang South Korea 92 29.7k 1.1× 6.9k 1.3× 3.9k 2.1× 831 0.7× 827 0.7× 294 30.9k
Yu Lan China 70 14.7k 0.5× 3.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 553 17.5k
Lukas J. Gooßen Germany 73 17.0k 0.6× 4.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 1.6k 1.5× 269 19.0k
Ning Jiao China 84 20.6k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 605 0.5× 331 22.8k
Debabrata Maiti India 78 15.2k 0.6× 4.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 526 0.5× 352 18.0k
Masahiro Miura Japan 96 30.0k 1.1× 6.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 958 0.8× 644 0.6× 473 31.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Wenyao, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Cyclization of 2,3-Allenols. Organic Letters. 27(14). 3506–3510. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Guanlin, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric Bimetallic Catalysis Enabled Alkenyl Z/E Mutual Isomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(24). 20359–20371. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Wei‐Feng Zheng, Yuling Li, et al.. (2024). Pd((R)-DTBM-SEGphos)Cl2-catalyzed kinetic resolution of tertiary propargylic alcohols. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(9). 2477–2484. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic studies on Cu(NO3)2/TEMPO-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(18). 5003–5009. 3 indexed citations
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Fan, Junjie, et al.. (2024). Aerobic bimetallic catalysis for oxy-alkynylation of allenes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(14). 3842–3848. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Guanlin, et al.. (2024). Stereodivergent access to non-natural α-amino acids via enantio- and Z / E -selective catalysis. Science. 385(6712). 972–979. 53 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Aerobic Oxidation of PMB Ethers to Carboxylic Acids. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(52). e202401815–e202401815. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, et al.. (2023). Stereoselectivity control in Rh-catalyzed β-OH elimination for chiral allene formation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7399–7399. 16 indexed citations
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Fan, Junjie, et al.. (2023). Copper-catalyzed propargylic C–H functionalization for allene syntheses. Chemical Science. 14(34). 9191–9196. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Can, et al.. (2023). Reactivity of vinylidene-π-allyl palladium(ii) species. Chemical Communications. 59(25). 3727–3730. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Can, et al.. (2023). A Pd-catalyzed highly selective three-component protocol for trisubstituted allenes. Chemical Science. 14(28). 7709–7715. 6 indexed citations
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Fan, Junjie, Xiaoyan Wu, Chunling Fu, & Shengming Ma. (2023). [Cp*RhCl2]2catalyzed three-component coupling cyclization of 2,3-allenoic acids with 2,3-allenols in the presence of Cu(OAc)2·H2O. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(15). 3776–3780. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Junjie, Chunling Fu, Xiaoyan Wu, & Shengming Ma. (2021). Rh-Catalyzed cyclization of 2,3-allenoic acids in the presence of 2,3-allenols. Chemical Communications. 57(80). 10411–10414. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaoyan, Junjie Fan, Xin Huang, & Shengming Ma. (2021). Rh-Catalyzed oxidative homo-coupling cyclization of 2,3-allenols to conjugated furylenones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(16). 4432–4437. 14 indexed citations
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Xiao, Junzhe, et al.. (2021). One Stone Two Birds—Enantioselective Bimetallic Catalysis for α‐Amino Acid Derivatives with an Allene Unit. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(7). 1958–1964. 35 indexed citations
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Li, Suhua, Bukeyan Miao, Weiming Yuan, & Shengming Ma. (2013). Carbometalation–Carboxylation of 2,3-Allenols with Carbon Dioxide: A Dramatic Effect of Halide Anion. Organic Letters. 15(5). 977–979. 68 indexed citations
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Yu, Shichao & Shengming Ma. (2012). Allenes in Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis and Natural Product Syntheses. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(13). 3074–3112. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gray, Huon, Keith D. Dawkins, John P. Morgan, Iain Simpson, & Shengming Ma. (2009). Handbook of Cyclization Reactions. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 161 indexed citations
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Guo, Hao, Zilong Zheng, Fei Yu, et al.. (2006). [Pd(Ar‐BIAN)(alkene)]‐Catalyzed Highly Chemo‐, Regio‐, and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of 1,2‐Allenyl Phosphonates and Related Compounds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(30). 4997–5000. 52 indexed citations
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