Song Lin

16.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
117 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Song Lin is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Song Lin has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Organic Chemistry, 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Song Lin's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (54 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (38 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (20 papers). Song Lin is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (54 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (38 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (20 papers). Song Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Song Lin's co-authors include Niankai Fu, Gregory S. Sauer, Christopher J. Chang, Juno C. Siu, Yingbo Zhao, Omar M. Yaghi, Nikolay Kornienko, Dohyung Kim, Peidong Yang and Lingxiang Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Song Lin

110 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2021 2020 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO 2 reduction in water
    2015 2.3k citations Song Lin et al. Science profile →
  2. Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
    2015 1.0k citations Song Lin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Electrocatalysis as an enabling technology for organic synthesis
    2021 936 citations Luiz F. T. Novaes, Jinjian Liu et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  4. Catalyzing Electrosynthesis: A Homogeneous Electrocatalytic Approach to Reaction Discovery
    2020 623 citations Juno C. Siu, Niankai Fu et al. profile →
  5. Metal-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of alkenes
    2017 606 citations Niankai Fu, Gregory S. Sauer et al. Science profile →
  6. Reticular Electronic Tuning of Porphyrin Active Sites in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction
    2017 509 citations Song Lin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. An Electrocatalytic Approach to the Radical Difunctionalization of Alkenes
    2018 496 citations Gregory S. Sauer, Song Lin ACS Catalysis profile →
  8. New Redox Strategies in Organic Synthesis by Means of Electrochemistry and Photochemistry
    2020 367 citations Jinjian Liu, Lingxiang Lu et al. profile →
  9. Reductive Electrophotocatalysis: Merging Electricity and Light To Achieve Extreme Reduction Potentials
    2020 353 citations Song Lin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides
    2022 243 citations Lingxiang Lu, Wendy Zhang et al. profile →
  11. Electrochemical reactor dictates site selectivity in N-heteroarene carboxylations
    2023 222 citations Yi Wang, Song Lin 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
Song Lin United States 49 8.3k 4.5k 3.4k 3.2k 1.2k 117 13.9k
William W. Brennessel United States 59 7.1k 0.9× 3.2k 0.7× 3.5k 1.1× 6.5k 2.1× 996 0.8× 367 13.5k
Bas de Bruin Netherlands 64 12.5k 1.5× 2.0k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 7.3k 2.3× 795 0.6× 377 16.5k
Jabor Rabeah Germany 40 2.7k 0.3× 2.8k 0.6× 4.3k 1.3× 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 157 7.3k
Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh Germany 43 5.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 2.4k 0.7× 3.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 122 7.8k
Shuang‐Feng Yin China 57 4.3k 0.5× 5.0k 1.1× 4.8k 1.4× 1.9k 0.6× 786 0.6× 344 11.0k
Maurizio Fagnoni Italy 57 12.6k 1.5× 2.3k 0.5× 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 454 0.4× 281 16.1k
Nilay Hazari United States 55 5.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 4.7k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 173 10.3k
Albert Poater Spain 61 9.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 4.1k 1.3× 835 0.7× 351 13.7k
Yoshiaki Nishibayashi Japan 74 13.4k 1.6× 3.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 6.5k 2.0× 4.6k 3.7× 328 18.1k
Tehshik P. Yoon United States 59 18.0k 2.2× 3.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 194 0.2× 131 20.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Song Lin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zacate, Samson B., et al.. (2025). Considerations in Pursuing Reaction Scope Generality. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(41). e202511091–e202511091. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Wan‐Chen Cindy, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical ⍺‐C─H Functionalization of Nitramines for Accessing Bifunctional Energetic Heterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(47). e202515252–e202515252. 1 indexed citations
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Rein, Jonas, et al.. (2024). Oxoammonium-Catalyzed Oxidation of N -Substituted Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(46). 31412–31419. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhijun, et al.. (2024). Temperature modulated sustainable on/off photosynthesis switching of microalgae towards hydrogen evolution. Chemical Science. 15(16). 6141–6150. 7 indexed citations
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Novaes, Luiz F. T., et al.. (2024). α,β-Desaturation and Formal β-C(sp3)–H Fluorination of N-Substituted Amines: A Late-Stage Functionalization Strategy Enabled by Electrochemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(33). 22982–22992. 20 indexed citations
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Lin, Song, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Waste Plastic on EnvironmentalDegradation: A Corporate Perspective. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 34(1). 203–211. 1 indexed citations
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Ackermann, Lutz & Song Lin. (2023). Special Collection on Organic Electrocatalysis. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(17). 1 indexed citations
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Rein, Jonas, Samson B. Zacate, Kaining Mao, & Song Lin. (2023). Correction: A tutorial on asymmetric electrocatalysis. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(1). 545–545. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wendy, et al.. (2023). Enabling Al sacrificial anodes in tetrahydrofuran electrolytes for reductive electrosynthesis. Chemical Science. 14(45). 13108–13118. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Lingxiang, et al.. (2023). An Electrochemical Strategy to Synthesize Disilanes and Oligosilanes from Chlorosilanes**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(26). e202303592–e202303592. 37 indexed citations
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Rein, Jonas, Samson B. Zacate, Melissa A. Hardy, et al.. (2023). Generality-oriented optimization of enantioselective aminoxyl radical catalysis. Science. 380(6646). 706–712. 55 indexed citations
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Novaes, Luiz F. T., Kaining Mao, Matthew Neurock, et al.. (2022). Exploring Electrochemical C(sp 3 )–H Oxidation for the Late-Stage Methylation of Complex Molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(3). 1187–1197. 107 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiangyu, Cara N. Gannett, Jinjian Liu, et al.. (2022). Intercepting Hydrogen Evolution with Hydrogen-Atom Transfer: Electron-Initiated Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(39). 17783–17791. 101 indexed citations
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Nelson, Hosea M., Juno C. Siu, Ambarneil Saha, et al.. (2021). Isolation and X-ray Crystal Structure of an Electrogenerated TEMPO–N 3 Charge-Transfer Complex. Organic Letters. 23(2). 454–458. 14 indexed citations
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Ju, Minsoo, et al.. (2021). Reductive Electrosynthesis: A New Dawn. 54(1). 17. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Song, Niankai Fu, Brian G. Ernst, et al.. (2020). Dual electrocatalysis enables enantioselective hydrocyanation of conjugated alkenes. Nature Chemistry. 12(8). 747–754. 235 indexed citations
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Siu, Juno C., Gregory S. Sauer, Ambarneil Saha, et al.. (2018). Electrochemical Azidooxygenation of Alkenes Mediated by a TEMPO–N3 Charge-Transfer Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(39). 12511–12520. 165 indexed citations
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Kennedy, C. Rose, Song Lin, & Eric N. Jacobsen. (2016). Die Kation‐π‐Wechselwirkung in der Katalyse mit niedermolekularen Verbindungen. Angewandte Chemie. 128(41). 12784–12814. 50 indexed citations
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Lin, Song, et al.. (2011). MnFeP 0.63 Ge 0.12 Si 0.25 B x ( x =0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03)化合物的磁热效应. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 47(3). 344–348. 4 indexed citations

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