Thomas R. Ward

16.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
287 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas R. Ward is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas R. Ward has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Organic Chemistry, 123 papers in Molecular Biology and 80 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas R. Ward's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (85 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (62 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (53 papers). Thomas R. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (85 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (62 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (53 papers). Thomas R. Ward collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Thomas R. Ward's co-authors include Tillmann Heinisch, Todd K. Hyster, Livia Knörr, Valentin Köhler, Yasunori Okamoto, Nicolas Humbert, Tomislav Rovis, Prasada Rao S. Kodavanti, Marc Dürrenberger and Raphael Reuter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas R. Ward

282 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Biotinylated Rh(III) Complexes in Engineered Streptavidin for Accelerated Asymmetric C–H Activation

2012 694 citations Thomas R. Ward et al. Science profile →
Artificial Metalloenzymes: Reaction Scope and Optimization Strategies

2017 651 citations Tillmann Heinisch, Michela M. Pellizzoni et al. profile →
Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

2020 432 citations R. Morris Bullock, Jingguang G. Chen et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Artificial Metalloenzymes with Two Catalytic Cofactors for Tandem Abiotic Transformations 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Weijin Wang, Ryo Tachibana, (unknown), Kelvin Lau, Florence Pojer, Thomas R. Ward, Xile Hu	1
2	De novo design and evolution of an artificial metathase for cytoplasmic olefin metathesis 2025 ·Nature Catalysis ·Zhi Zou, Indrek Kalvet, (unknown), E. Matthew Morris, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David Baker, Thomas R. Ward	0
3	Recent advances in the design and optimization of artificial metalloenzymes 2024 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·(unknown), Thomas R. Ward	14
4	Artificial Metalloenzyme‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Carboamination of Alkenes 2024 ·ChemCatChem ·Kun Yu, Ryo Tachibana, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas R. Ward	2
5	Pnictogen‐Bonding Enzymes 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Dongping Chen, (unknown), Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Naomi Sakai, Thomas R. Ward, Stefan Matile	17
6	An artificial nickel chlorinase based on the biotin–streptavidin technology 2024 ·Chemical Communications ·Kun Yu, Kailin Zhang, Roman P. Jakob, Timm Maier, Thomas R. Ward	6
7	NSPs: chromogenic linkers for fast, selective, and irreversible cysteine modification 2024 ·Chemical Science ·Yong Hua, Zhi Zou, Alessandro Prescimone, Thomas R. Ward, Marcel Mayor, Valentin Köhler	2
8	A Customized Bayesian Algorithm to Optimize Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions 2023 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Ryo Tachibana, (unknown), Zhi Zou, Simon Burgener, Thomas R. Ward	22
9	Binding Interactions and Inhibition Mechanisms of Gold Complexes in Thiamine Diphosphate-Dependent Enzymes 2023 ·Biochemistry ·Simon Burgener, (unknown), Xiang Zhang, Thomas R. Ward	1
10	A Co(TAML)-based artificial metalloenzyme for asymmetric radical-type oxygen atom transfer catalysis 2023 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas R. Ward, Bas de Bruin, Joost N. H. Reek	2
11	An Artificial Metalloenzyme Based on a Copper Heteroscorpionate Enables sp³ C–H Functionalization via Intramolecular Carbene Insertion 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Juliane Klehr, Ryo Tachibana, Alessandro Prescimone, Daniel Häußinger, Thomas R. Ward	27
12	Systematic engineering of artificial metalloenzymes for new-to-nature reactions 2021 ·Science Advances ·Tobias Vornholt, (unknown), Michela M. Pellizzoni, Sven Panke, Thomas R. Ward, Markus Jeschek	62
13	A Dual Anchoring Strategy for the Directed Evolution of Improved Artificial Transfer Hydrogenases Based on Carbonic Anhydrase 2021 ·ACS Central Science ·(unknown), Dongping Chen, (unknown), Yoann Cotelle, Johannes G. Rebelein, Thomas R. Ward	23
14	Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals breakdown → 2020 ·Science ·R. Morris Bullock, Jingguang G. Chen, Laura Gagliardi, Paul J. Chirik, Omar K. Farha, Christopher H. Hendon, Christopher W. Jones, John A. Keith, Jerzy Klosin, Shelley D. Minteer, Robert H. Morris, Alexander T. Radosevich, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Neil A. Strotman, Aleksandra Vojvodić, Thomas R. Ward, Jenny Y. Yang, Yogesh Surendranath	432
15	Enantioselective Hydroxylation of Benzylic C(sp³)–H Bonds by an Artificial Iron Hydroxylase Based on the Biotin–Streptavidin Technology 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Joan Serrano‐Plana, (unknown), Johannes G. Rebelein, Ryan L. Peterson, (unknown), Thomas R. Ward	49
16	“Close-to-Release”: Spontaneous Bioorthogonal Uncaging Resulting from Ring-Closing Metathesis 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Valerio Sabatino, Johannes G. Rebelein, Thomas R. Ward	75
17	Breaking Symmetry: Engineering Single-Chain Dimeric Streptavidin as Host for Artificial Metalloenzymes 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Shuke Wu, Yi Zhou, Johannes G. Rebelein, (unknown), Hendrik Mallin, Jingming Zhao, (unknown), Thomas R. Ward	36
18	Genetic Engineering of an Artificial Metalloenzyme for Transfer Hydrogenation of a Self-Immolative Substrate in Escherichia coli’s Periplasm 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jingming Zhao, Johannes G. Rebelein, Hendrik Mallin, Christian Trindler, Michela M. Pellizzoni, Thomas R. Ward	57
19	Ferritin encapsulation of artificial metalloenzymes: engineering a tertiary coordination sphere for an artificial transfer hydrogenase 2018 ·Dalton Transactions ·(unknown), Tillmann Heinisch, Markus Lenz, Thomas R. Ward	32
20	Rhodium Phosphine Complexes as Acetalization Catalysts 1990 ·edoc (University of Basel) ·(unknown), (unknown), Luigi M. Venanzi, (unknown), Thomas R. Ward, Gerardo M. Ramos Tombo	20

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