Stephen D. P. Fielden

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen D. P. Fielden is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen D. P. Fielden has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Stephen D. P. Fielden's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (15 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Stephen D. P. Fielden is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (15 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Stephen D. P. Fielden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Italy. Stephen D. P. Fielden's co-authors include David A. Leigh, Steffen L. Woltering, Charlie T. McTernan, Shuntaro Amano, Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, Daniel J. Tetlow, Miriam R. Wilson, Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Fredrik Schaufelberger and Chong Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen D. P. Fielden

21 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel
    2017 338 citations Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Stephen D. P. Fielden et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen D. P. Fielden United Kingdom 15 1.2k 502 398 388 376 22 1.5k
Yuanning Feng United States 23 952 0.8× 817 1.6× 288 0.7× 328 0.8× 231 0.6× 48 1.7k
Miriam R. Wilson United Kingdom 6 1.2k 1.0× 621 1.2× 369 0.9× 460 1.2× 403 1.1× 6 1.7k
C. Scott Hartley United States 24 1.0k 0.9× 617 1.2× 400 1.0× 257 0.7× 457 1.2× 66 1.7k
Cristian Pezzato Italy 22 868 0.7× 1.0k 2.0× 384 1.0× 370 1.0× 462 1.2× 37 2.2k
Soumen De Germany 21 1.3k 1.1× 595 1.2× 591 1.5× 408 1.1× 450 1.2× 38 1.8k
Salma Kassem United States 10 776 0.7× 504 1.0× 322 0.8× 288 0.7× 303 0.8× 16 1.3k
Giulio Ragazzon Italy 26 951 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 499 1.3× 334 0.9× 666 1.8× 54 2.3k
Alina L. Nussbaumer Switzerland 11 1.7k 1.4× 979 2.0× 569 1.4× 714 1.8× 530 1.4× 12 2.4k
Fabien B. L. Cougnon United Kingdom 19 1.2k 1.0× 468 0.9× 433 1.1× 443 1.1× 526 1.4× 27 1.5k
Alberto Credi Italy 2 1.5k 1.3× 990 2.0× 297 0.7× 835 2.2× 324 0.9× 3 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen D. P. Fielden

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Peng‐Lai, Peng Chen, Daniel J. Tetlow, et al.. (2025). Crown Ether–Peptide Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(38). e202513115–e202513115. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Lai, Peng Chen, Daniel J. Tetlow, et al.. (2025). Crown Ether–Peptide Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(38). 1 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., Sean M. Collins, Matthew J. Derry, et al.. (2025). Kinetically controlled hetero-fusion is a systems-level behaviour of polymer nanoparticle populations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11701–11701.
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Thomas, M., Spyridon Varlas, Thomas R. Wilks, Stephen D. P. Fielden, & Rachel K. O’Reilly. (2024). Controlled node growth on the surface of polymersomes. Chemical Science. 15(12). 4396–4402. 9 indexed citations
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Parkinson, Sam J., Stephen D. P. Fielden, M. Thomas, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Cytosine for Tunable Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Behavior Using Orthogonal Stimuli. Biomacromolecules. 25(8). 4905–4912. 5 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P.. (2024). Kinetically Controlled and Nonequilibrium Assembly of Block Copolymers in Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(28). 18781–18796. 25 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., et al.. (2023). Triggered Polymersome Fusion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(10). 5824–5833. 31 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P.. (2023). Crown Ether Active Template Synthesis of Rotaxanes**. ChemSystemsChem. 6(2). 14 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., et al.. (2022). Knotting matters: orderly molecular entanglements. Chemical Society Reviews. 51(18). 7779–7809. 92 indexed citations
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Tian, Chong, et al.. (2022). Transamidation-Driven Molecular Pumps. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(34). 15838–15844. 40 indexed citations
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Amano, Shuntaro, Stephen D. P. Fielden, & David A. Leigh. (2021). A catalysis-driven artificial molecular pump. Nature. 594(7864). 529–534. 175 indexed citations
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Tian, Chong, et al.. (2020). Single-Step Enantioselective Synthesis of Mechanically Planar Chiral [2]Rotaxanes Using a Chiral Leaving Group Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(21). 9803–9808. 75 indexed citations
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Leigh, David A., Jonathan J. Danon, Stephen D. P. Fielden, et al.. (2020). A molecular endless (74) knot. Nature Chemistry. 13(2). 117–122. 95 indexed citations
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Tian, Chong, Stephen D. P. Fielden, George F. S. Whitehead, Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, & David A. Leigh. (2020). Weak functional group interactions revealed through metal-free active template rotaxane synthesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 744–744. 60 indexed citations
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Biagini, C, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, et al.. (2019). Dissipative Catalysis with a Molecular Machine. Angewandte Chemie. 131(29). 9981–9985. 34 indexed citations
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Biagini, C, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, et al.. (2019). Dissipative Catalysis with a Molecular Machine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(29). 9876–9880. 128 indexed citations
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Biagini, C, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, et al.. (2019). Titelbild: Dissipative Catalysis with a Molecular Machine (Angew. Chem. 29/2019). Angewandte Chemie. 131(29). 9751–9751. 2 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., et al.. (2018). Spontaneous Assembly of Rotaxanes from a Primary Amine, Crown Ether and Electrophile. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(19). 6049–6052. 78 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., David A. Leigh, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2017). Molecular Knots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(37). 11166–11194. 273 indexed citations
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Erbaş-Çakmak, Sündüs, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, et al.. (2017). Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel. Science. 358(6361). 340–343. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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