Steven V. Ley

53.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
929 papers, 42.7k citations indexed

About

Steven V. Ley is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven V. Ley has authored 929 papers receiving a total of 42.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 690 papers in Organic Chemistry, 278 papers in Molecular Biology and 201 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven V. Ley's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (198 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (191 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (157 papers). Steven V. Ley is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (198 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (191 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (157 papers). Steven V. Ley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Steven V. Ley's co-authors include Ian R. Baxendale, Andrew W. Thomas, Astrid Thomas, Claudio Battilocchio, William P. Griffith, Duncan L. Browne, Matthew O’Brien, Daniel E. Fitzpatrick, Deborah A. Longbottom and Marcus Baumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Steven V. Ley

910 papers receiving 41.4k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Modern Synthetic Methods for Copper‐Mediated C(aryl)O, C(aryl)N, and C(aryl)S Bond Formation

2003 2.3k citations Steven V. Ley et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Modern Synthetic Methods for Copper‐Mediated C(aryl)O, C(aryl)N, and C(aryl)S Bond Formation

2004 2.0k citations Steven V. Ley et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Tetrapropylammonium Perruthenate, Pr₄N⁺RuO₄ ^-, TPAP: A Catalytic Oxidant for Organic Synthesis

1994 1.1k citations Steven V. Ley et al. profile →
Preparation and use of tetra-n-butylammonium per-ruthenate (TBAP reagent) and tetra-n-propylammonium per-ruthenate (TPAP reagent) as new catalytic oxidants for alcohols

1987 603 citations Steven V. Ley et al. profile →
Multi-step organic synthesis using solid-supported reagents and scavengers: a new paradigm in chemical library generation

2000 592 citations Steven V. Ley, Ian R. Baxendale et al. profile →
Taming hazardous chemistry by continuous flow technology

2016 579 citations Claudio Battilocchio, Steven V. Ley et al. profile →
Flow chemistry syntheses of natural products

2013 570 citations Julio Cezar Pastre, Duncan L. Browne et al. profile →
Moderne Synthesemethoden: Kupfer‐vermittelte C(Aryl)‐O‐, C(Aryl)‐N‐ und C(Aryl)‐S‐Verknüpfungen

2003 526 citations Steven V. Ley et al. profile →
An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

2011 473 citations Marcus Baumann, Ian R. Baxendale et al. profile →
Organic Synthesis: March of the Machines

2015 379 citations Steven V. Ley, Richard J. Ingham et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Steven V. Ley	30.7k	11.8k	10.6k	4.6k	3.2k	929	42.7k
K. Barry Sharpless	71.6k 2.3×	37.3k 3.2×	5.5k 0.5×	8.8k 1.9×	10.1k 3.2×	451	91.8k
Nicholas J. Turner	7.5k 0.2×	15.6k 1.3×	4.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	439	21.2k
Uwe T. Bornscheuer	5.6k 0.2×	22.6k 1.9×	6.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	3.2k 1.0×	650	30.1k
Alan R. Katritzky	38.8k 1.3×	10.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.3×	3.8k 0.8×	5.3k 1.7×	2.0k	52.7k
E. J. Corey	53.6k 1.7×	21.9k 1.9×	2.0k 0.2×	10.2k 2.2×	3.3k 1.0×	995	75.7k
Herbert Waldmann	18.6k 0.6×	23.3k 2.0×	1.5k 0.1×	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	840	38.6k
Stefan Bräse	17.7k 0.6×	6.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.2×	5.3k 1.1×	7.7k 2.4×	854	30.1k
Herbert C. Brown	28.8k 0.9×	7.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.1×	7.7k 1.7×	4.0k 1.3×	1.1k	37.4k
Eric N. Jacobsen	42.3k 1.4×	10.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.2×	17.5k 3.8×	5.7k 1.8×	328	50.4k
Ryōji Noyori	35.3k 1.2×	12.3k 1.0×	12.3k 1.2×	29.2k 6.3×	4.7k 1.5×	472	53.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven V. Ley

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Steven V. Ley's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Steven V. Ley with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Steven V. Ley more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Steven V. Ley

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Steven V. Ley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Steven V. Ley. The network helps show where Steven V. Ley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven V. Ley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven V. Ley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven V. Ley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Steven V. Ley. Steven V. Ley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Koóš, Peter, Tomáš Soták, Aleš Ház, et al.. (2024). Carbonylative transformations with Pd catalysts supported on bio-degradable urea-based polymer – Part A. Catalysis Today. 441. 114903–114903. 1 indexed citations

Koóš, Peter, Tomáš Soták, Aleš Ház, et al.. (2024). Palladium catalysts supported on biodegradable urea-based polymers in synthesis with CO – Part B. Catalysis Today. 440. 114831–114831. 4 indexed citations

Griffiths, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Continuous flow synthesis enabling reaction discovery. Chemical Science. 15(13). 4618–4630. 26 indexed citations

Griffiths, Oliver, Wenhua Jiao, Peter Morse, et al.. (2024). Nitro-sulfinate Reductive Coupling to Access (Hetero)aryl Sulfonamides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(3). 1898–1909. 7 indexed citations

Bracher, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Antascomicin B stabilizes FKBP51-Akt1 complexes as a molecular glue. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 104. 129728–129728. 8 indexed citations

Griffiths, Oliver, et al.. (2023). Photoredox‐Catalyzed Preparation of Sulfones Using Bis‐Piperidine Sulfur Dioxide – An Underutilized Reagent for SO₂ Transfer. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(12). e202303976–e202303976. 3 indexed citations

Labes, Ricardo, Julio Cezar Pastre, Richard J. Ingham, et al.. (2023). Automated multistep synthesis of 2-pyrazolines in continuous flow. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 9(3). 558–565. 3 indexed citations

Leitch, Jamie A., et al.. (2021). Formation and utility of reactive ketene intermediates under continuous flow conditions. Tetrahedron. 93. 132305–132305. 9 indexed citations

Pastre, Julio Cezar, Philip R. D. Murray, Duncan L. Browne, et al.. (2020). Integrated Batch and Continuous Flow Process for the Synthesis of Goniothalamin. ACS Omega. 5(29). 18472–18483. 20 indexed citations

10.

Labes, Ricardo, Carlos Mateos, Claudio Battilocchio, et al.. (2018). Fast continuous alcohol amination employing a hydrogen borrowing protocol. Green Chemistry. 21(1). 59–63. 33 indexed citations

11.

Ley, Steven V., et al.. (2017). Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Indolines Using in situ Generated Allyl Boronic Species. Synlett. 29(6). 825–829. 7 indexed citations

12.

Méndez‐Lucio, Oscar, Biagia Musio, Andreas Bender, et al.. (2015). Design, synthesis and evaluation of semi-synthetic triazole-containing caffeic acid analogues as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 101. 573–583. 29 indexed citations

13.

Hummel, Hans E., et al.. (2011). Twenty five years of azadirachtins (1986-2011). 3 indexed citations

14.

Koóš, Peter, Duncan L. Browne, & Steven V. Ley. (2011). Continuous stream processing: a prototype magnetic field induced flow mixer. Green Processing and Synthesis. 1(1). 11–18. 14 indexed citations

15.

Ley, Steven V.. (2004). Preface--In Honor of Professor Leo A. Paquette and on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (This volume is dedicated to Prof. Leo A. Paquette on the occasion of his 70th birthday). Heterocycles. 62(1). 1–3. 2 indexed citations

16.

Baxendale, Ian R., Steven V. Ley, & Claudia Piutti. (2002). Total Synthesis of the Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid (+)-Plicamine and Its Unnatural Enantiomer by Using Solid-Supported Reagents and Scavengers in a Multistep Sequence of Reactions We gratefully acknowledge financial support from Pfizer Central Research for a Postdoctoral Fellowship (to I.R.B.), the BP endowment and the Novartis Research Fellowship (to S.V.L.), and Pharmacia & Upjohn (to C.P.).. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(12). 2194–2194. 119 indexed citations

17.

Scholl, Matthias, et al.. (2001). New catalysts for olefin metathesis. 14. 88–93. 1 indexed citations

18.

Ley, Steven V., et al.. (1999). Structure activity relationships in azadirachtin A derivatives: Feeding activity and degree of efficiency tested on Epilachna varivestis larvae. 64. 197–204. 2 indexed citations

19.

Jones, Ian W., et al.. (1994). Sexual development of malaria parasites is inhibited in vitro by the Neem extract Azadirachtin, and its semi-synthetic analogues. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 120(3). 267–273. 64 indexed citations

20.

Ley, Steven V., et al.. (1989). THE STRUCTURE OF 2 NEW CLERODANE DITERPENOID POTENT INSECT ANTIFEEDANTS FROM SCUTELLARIA-WORONOWII (JUZ) - JODRELLIN-A AND JODRELLIN-B. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact