Simon E. Lewis

4.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Simon E. Lewis is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon E. Lewis has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Simon E. Lewis's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (15 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (8 papers). Simon E. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (15 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (8 papers). Simon E. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Sweden. Simon E. Lewis's co-authors include Tony D. James, Lloyd C. Murfin, Gabriele Kociok‐Köhn, Luling Wu, Xue Tian, Petra J. Cameron, Matthew J. Palframan, Jannis Wenk, Andrew L. Johnson and Jin Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Simon E. Lewis

75 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Cycloparaphenylenes and related nanohoops

2015 464 citations Simon E. Lewis Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Fluorescent small organic probes for biosensing

2021 391 citations Luling Wu, Simon E. Lewis et al. profile →
Fluorescent Probes for Disease Diagnosis

2024 203 citations Luling Wu, Simon E. Lewis et al. profile →
Advances in Organic Small Molecule-Based Fluorescent Probes for Precision Detection of Liver Diseases: A Perspective on Emerging Trends and Challenges

2025 21 citations Luling Wu, Simon E. Lewis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon E. Lewis United Kingdom	27	1.3k	1.1k	623	592	521	76	3.1k
Shuwei Zhang China	29	863 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	537 0.9×	574 1.0×	616 1.2×	154	2.9k
Hatsuo Maeda Japan	25	638 0.5×	521 0.5×	723 1.2×	753 1.3×	361 0.7×	80	2.5k
Liming Fan China	45	655 0.5×	2.6k 2.3×	634 1.0×	877 1.5×	346 0.7×	241	5.8k
Claudio Olea‐Azar Chile	39	2.3k 1.7×	524 0.5×	922 1.5×	273 0.5×	254 0.5×	195	5.0k
Lan He China	26	437 0.3×	518 0.5×	919 1.5×	509 0.9×	288 0.6×	85	2.3k
Kazuo Mukai Japan	41	2.5k 1.9×	707 0.6×	922 1.5×	249 0.4×	423 0.8×	215	5.3k
M. Shahid India	34	902 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	281 0.5×	427 0.7×	361 0.7×	150	3.8k
Robert Vianello Croatia	33	2.0k 1.5×	447 0.4×	888 1.4×	608 1.0×	234 0.4×	148	3.6k
Heinrich Luftmann Germany	36	1.1k 0.8×	514 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	413 0.7×	212 0.4×	94	3.4k
Douglas Wagner Franco Brazil	38	1.3k 1.0×	999 0.9×	442 0.7×	268 0.5×	230 0.4×	194	4.6k

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Hu, Xi‐Le, Yi Zang, Jia Li, et al.. (2025). Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) based fluorescent probes and imaging agents. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(24). 12080–12141. 1 indexed citations

Kociok‐Köhn, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and resolution of a 1,1′-biazulene analogue of BINOL. RSC Advances. 15(19). 14881–14892. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jihong, Luling Wu, Zhirong Zhu, et al.. (2025). Dual‐Responsive Fluorescent Probes: Advances in Biosensing, Diagnosis and Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(5). 1 indexed citations

Gao, Yanan, Qingshun Bai, Xintian Shao, et al.. (2025). A Small‐Molecule Drug for the Self‐Checking of Mitophagy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(10). e202421269–e202421269. 3 indexed citations

Paterson, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Carbon–carbon bond formation using aromatics from biomass. Chemical Communications. 60(100). 14885–14895. 1 indexed citations

Lyall, Catherine L., et al.. (2024). Pyrrolylsulfonium salts: stable, accessible and versatile pseudohalides for Stille couplings. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(24). 7011–7026. 1 indexed citations

Lyall, Catherine L., et al.. (2024). Unusual Regio‐ and Chemoselectivity in Oxidation of Pyrroles and Indoles Enabled by a Thianthrenium Salt Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(33). e202405057–e202405057. 8 indexed citations

Lewis, Simon E., et al.. (2023). Development of Redox-Active Lyotropic Lipid Cubic Phases for Biosensing Platforms. Langmuir. 40(1). 170–178. 2 indexed citations

Arnold, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Structural investigation of sulfobetaines and phospholipid monolayers at the air–water interface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(37). 22679–22690. 2 indexed citations

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Castrignanò, Erika, Kathryn Proctor, Bruce Petrie, et al.. (2020). (Fluoro)quinolones and quinolone resistance genes in the aquatic environment: A river catchment perspective. Water Research. 182. 116015–116015. 60 indexed citations

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Alexander, Benjamin, Sijia Sun, Matthew J. Palframan, et al.. (2019). Sidechain Diversification of Grandifloracin Allows Identification of Analogues with Enhanced Anti‐Austerity Activity against Human PANC‐1 Pancreatic Cancer Cells. ChemMedChem. 15(1). 125–135. 13 indexed citations

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Liang, Xinxing, Claire L. McMullin, Gabriele Kociok‐Köhn, et al.. (2018). Azulenes with aryl substituents bearing pentafluorosulfanyl groups: synthesis, spectroscopic and halochromic properties. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(2). 992–1000. 20 indexed citations

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Pering, Samuel R., Wentao Deng, Joel Troughton, et al.. (2017). Azetidinium lead iodide for perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(39). 20658–20665. 62 indexed citations

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Merino, Gabriel, et al.. (2016). What difference does a thiophene make? Evaluation of a 4,4′-bis(thiophene) functionalised 2,2′-bipyridyl copper(I) complex in a dye-sensitized solar cell. Dyes and Pigments. 134. 419–426. 22 indexed citations

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Wood, Pauline J., et al.. (2014). The enone motif of (+)-grandifloracin is not essential for ‘anti-austerity’ antiproliferative activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(13). 2815–2819. 12 indexed citations

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Palframan, Matthew J., Gabriele Kociok‐Köhn, & Simon E. Lewis. (2012). Photooxygenation of a Microbial Arene Oxidation Product and Regioselective Kornblum–DeLaMare Rearrangement: Total Synthesis of Zeylenols and Zeylenones. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(15). 4766–4774. 58 indexed citations

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Mahon, Mary F., et al.. (2012). Valuable New Cyclohexadiene Building Blocks from Cationic η⁵‐Iron–Carbonyl Complexes Derived from a Microbial Arene Oxidation Product. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(42). 13480–13493. 17 indexed citations

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Kociok‐Köhn, Gabriele, et al.. (2011). Expanding the chiral pool: oxidation of meta-bromobenzoic acid by R. eutrophus B9 allows access to new reaction manifolds. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(10). 3920–3920. 19 indexed citations

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Andersson, David A., Clive Gentry, Simon E. Lewis, et al.. (2011). TRPA1 mediates spinal antinociception induced by acetaminophen and the cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabiorcol. Nature Communications. 2(1). 551–551. 233 indexed citations

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Lewis, Simon E., et al.. (1992). Arginase is a major pathway of L-arginine metabolism in nephritic glomeruli. Kidney International. 42(5). 1107–1112. 43 indexed citations

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