Tian‐Sheng Mei

15.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
97 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Tian‐Sheng Mei is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian‐Sheng Mei has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Tian‐Sheng Mei's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (74 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (51 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (23 papers). Tian‐Sheng Mei is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (74 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (51 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (23 papers). Tian‐Sheng Mei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Tian‐Sheng Mei's co-authors include Jin‐Quan Yu, Keary M. Engle, Ping Fang, Masayuki Wasa, Qi‐Liang Yang, Cong Ma, Xi‐Sheng Wang, Matthew S. Sigman, Ke‐Jin Jiao and Hui Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tian‐Sheng Mei

96 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broa... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2012 2020 2018 2021 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions
    2011 2.5k citations Tian‐Sheng Mei, Jin‐Quan Yu et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  2. Activation of remote meta-C–H bonds assisted by an end-on template
    2012 782 citations Tian‐Sheng Mei, Jin‐Quan Yu et al. profile →
  3. Site-Selective C–H Functionalization via Synergistic Use of Electrochemistry and Transition Metal Catalysis
    2020 647 citations Ke‐Jin Jiao, Yi‐Kang Xing et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  4. Recent Advances in C–H Functionalization Using Electrochemical Transition Metal Catalysis
    2018 512 citations Cong Ma, Ping Fang et al. profile →
  5. Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
    2021 456 citations Tian‐Sheng Mei et al. profile →
  6. Enantioselective construction of remote quaternary stereocentres
    2014 411 citations Tian‐Sheng Mei, Matthew S. Sigman et al. profile →
  7. Enantioselective Heck Arylations of Acyclic Alkenyl Alcohols Using a Redox-Relay Strategy
    2012 410 citations Erik W. Werner, Tian‐Sheng Mei et al. Science profile →
  8. Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)—H Oxygenation via Electrochemical Oxidation
    2017 321 citations Qi‐Liang Yang, Yi-Qian Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts
    2021 314 citations Cong Ma, Ping Fang et al. Science Bulletin profile →
  10. Recent Advances in Organic Electrochemical C—H Functionalization
    2018 299 citations Qi‐Liang Yang, Ping Fang et al. Chinese Journal of Chemistry profile →
  11. Recent Advances in Asymmetric Organometallic Electrochemical Synthesis (AOES)
    2025 29 citations Cong Ma, Jianfeng Guo et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tian‐Sheng Mei China 53 13.2k 2.8k 1.1k 941 553 97 14.0k
Daniel J. Weix United States 48 8.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 477 0.4× 810 0.9× 263 0.5× 95 9.1k
Robert R. Knowles United States 44 7.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 659 0.7× 136 0.2× 83 8.5k
Axel Jacobi von Wangelin Germany 47 6.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 458 0.4× 436 0.5× 436 0.8× 155 7.4k
Yu Kawamata United States 28 6.1k 0.5× 820 0.3× 1.6k 1.5× 543 0.6× 222 0.4× 53 7.5k
Franziska Schoenebeck Germany 60 8.4k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 360 0.3× 2.0k 2.1× 415 0.8× 177 9.9k
Sanzhong Luo China 62 10.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 440 0.4× 487 0.5× 281 0.5× 234 11.3k
Youai Qiu China 40 4.3k 0.3× 760 0.3× 807 0.8× 404 0.4× 438 0.8× 111 5.0k
Andreas Gansäuer Germany 51 6.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 589 0.6× 416 0.4× 312 0.6× 156 6.8k
Chang‐Liang Sun China 31 6.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 555 0.5× 308 0.3× 913 1.7× 61 8.0k
Bi‐Jie Li China 52 13.0k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 221 0.2× 577 0.6× 335 0.6× 104 13.4k

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All Works

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Wang, Yun-Zhao, Bing Sun, Jianfeng Guo, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective reductive cross-couplings to forge C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds by merging electrochemistry with nickel catalysis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1108–1108. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Cong, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Asymmetric Organometallic Electrochemical Synthesis (AOES). Accounts of Chemical Research. 58(3). 399–414. 29 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herbert, Simon A., et al.. (2024). Synthesis of 1,2-Benzothiazine via Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Intramolecular Amination. Organic Letters. 26(42). 9034–9039. 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Ping, et al.. (2024). Site-selective benzylic C–H oxidation through mediated electrolysis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 67. 54–60. 3 indexed citations
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Xing, Yi‐Kang, Zhenhua Wang, Ping Fang, Cong Ma, & Tian‐Sheng Mei. (2023). Divergent synthesis of aryl amines and dihydroquinazolinones via electrochemistry-enabled rhodium-catalyzed C–H functionalization. Science China Chemistry. 66(10). 2863–2870. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Bing, Zhenhua Wang, Yun-Zhao Wang, et al.. (2023). Parallel paired electrolysis-enabled asymmetric catalysis: simultaneous synthesis of aldehydes/aryl bromides and chiral alcohols. Science Bulletin. 68(18). 2033–2041. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Zhaoming, Bin Shuai, Cong Ma, Ping Fang, & Tian‐Sheng Mei. (2022). Nickel‐Catalyzed Electroreductive Syntheses of Triphenylenes Using ortho‐Dihalobenzene‐Derived Benzynes. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 40(19). 2335–2344. 22 indexed citations
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Xing, Yi‐Kang, Xinran Chen, Qi‐Liang Yang, et al.. (2021). Divergent rhodium-catalyzed electrochemical vinylic C–H annulation of acrylamides with alkynes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 59 indexed citations
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Gao, Pei‐Sen, Zhen‐Hua Wang, Chao Zheng, et al.. (2020). CuII/TEMPO‐Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Alkynylation of Tertiary Cyclic Amines through Shono‐Type Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(35). 15254–15259. 142 indexed citations
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Gao, Pei‐Sen, Zhen‐Hua Wang, Chao Zheng, et al.. (2020). CuII/TEMPO‐Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Alkynylation of Tertiary Cyclic Amines through Shono‐Type Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(35). 15366–15371. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangyang, Xue-Tao Xu, Zhenhua Wang, Ping Fang, & Tian‐Sheng Mei. (2020). Advances in Asymmetric Organotransition Metal-Catalyzed Electrochemistry. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(11). 3738–3738. 56 indexed citations
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Shuai, Bin, Zhaoming Li, Huibin Qiu, Ping Fang, & Tian‐Sheng Mei. (2020). Nickel-Catalyzed Negishi Coupling of Cyclobutanone Oxime Esters with Aryl Zinc Reagents. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(3). 651–651. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Dong, Hong‐Xing Ma, Ping Fang, & Tian‐Sheng Mei. (2019). Nickel‐Catalyzed Thiolation of Aryl Halides and Heteroaryl Halides through Electrochemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(15). 5033–5037. 181 indexed citations
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Jiao, Ke‐Jin, Zhaoming Li, Xue-Tao Xu, et al.. (2018). Palladium-catalyzed reductive electrocarboxylation of allyl esters with carbon dioxide. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(14). 2244–2248. 141 indexed citations
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Chen, Yue-Gang, et al.. (2017). Regioselective Ni-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Allylic and Propargylic Alcohols with Carbon Dioxide. Organic Letters. 19(11). 2969–2972. 67 indexed citations
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Yang, Qi‐Liang, et al.. (2017). Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)—H Oxygenation via Electrochemical Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(8). 3293–3298. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Cong, Chuanqi Zhao, Yi-Qian Li, et al.. (2017). Palladium-catalyzed C–H activation/C–C cross-coupling reactions via electrochemistry. Chemical Communications. 53(90). 12189–12192. 125 indexed citations
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Werner, Erik W., Tian‐Sheng Mei, Alexander J. Burckle, & Matthew S. Sigman. (2012). Enantioselective Heck Arylations of Acyclic Alkenyl Alcohols Using a Redox-Relay Strategy. Science. 338(6113). 1455–1458. 410 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mei, Tian‐Sheng, Ramesh Giri, Nathan Maugel, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2008). Pd II ‐Catalyzed Monoselective ortho Halogenation of CH Bonds Assisted by Counter Cations: A Complementary Method to Directed ortho  Lithiation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(28). 5215–5219. 307 indexed citations
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Li, Jiao‐Jie, Tian‐Sheng Mei, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2008). Synthesis of Indolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines from Arylethylamines by PdII‐Catalyzed CH Activation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(34). 6452–6455. 387 indexed citations

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