Tricia Naicker

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Tricia Naicker is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tricia Naicker has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Organic Chemistry, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tricia Naicker's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (24 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (16 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Activity (14 papers). Tricia Naicker is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (24 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (16 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Activity (14 papers). Tricia Naicker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Sweden and United States. Tricia Naicker's co-authors include Hendrik G. Kruger, Thavendran Govender, Per I. Arvidsson, Glenn E. M. Maguire, Karl Anker Jørgensen, Praveen K. Chinthakindi, Thandokuhle Ntombela, Sooraj Baijnath, Niranjan Thota and Luca Dell’Amico and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tricia Naicker

132 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Current trends in computer aided drug design and a highli... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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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. Current trends in computer aided drug design and a highlight of drugs discovered via computational techniques: A review
    2021 373 citations Thandokuhle Ntombela, Glenn E. M. Maguire 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
Tricia Naicker South Africa 24 1.3k 664 218 205 204 142 2.5k
Lı́dia Moreira Lima Brazil 29 1.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.7× 373 1.7× 174 0.8× 242 1.2× 150 3.7k
Paul W. Groundwater United Kingdom 24 879 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 196 0.9× 90 0.4× 97 0.5× 119 2.6k
Michel Baltas France 31 1.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.8× 271 1.2× 109 0.5× 178 0.9× 143 3.1k
Daniel Bur Switzerland 32 1.0k 0.8× 1.5k 2.2× 138 0.6× 179 0.9× 462 2.3× 88 2.9k
M.V.N. De Souza Brazil 33 2.5k 2.0× 996 1.5× 319 1.5× 483 2.4× 197 1.0× 302 3.9k
Edmund L. Ellsworth United States 22 1.0k 0.8× 716 1.1× 197 0.9× 143 0.7× 357 1.8× 46 1.9k
Luca Sancineto Italy 27 1.7k 1.4× 466 0.7× 147 0.7× 215 1.0× 52 0.3× 77 2.6k
Peter Chiba Austria 36 522 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 180 0.8× 119 0.6× 333 1.6× 127 3.3k
Anamik Shah India 31 2.6k 2.0× 963 1.5× 357 1.6× 115 0.6× 152 0.7× 152 3.3k
Achiel Haemers Belgium 34 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 242 1.1× 109 0.5× 65 0.3× 112 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tricia Naicker

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All Works

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Naicker, Tricia, Thavendran Govender, Hendrik G. Kruger, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the mechanism of tyrosinase inhibition by arylpiperidine and arylpiperazine derivatives: A computational approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1244. 115085–115085.
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Kruger, Hendrik G., et al.. (2025). Facile Synthesis of Oxazolidinones as Potential Antibacterial Agents. ChemistryOpen. 14(7). e202400432–e202400432. 1 indexed citations
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Kruger, Hendrik G., et al.. (2024). Investigating the efficacy of green solvents and solvent-free conditions in hydrogen-bonding mediated organocatalyzed model reactions. RSC Advances. 14(12). 7992–7998. 2 indexed citations
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Chuturgoon, Anil A., Hendrik G. Kruger, Per I. Arvidsson, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel β-lactam-metallo β-lactamase inhibitors. RSC Advances. 13(28). 18991–19001. 5 indexed citations
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Peters, Byron K., Sooraj Baijnath, Sipho Mdanda, et al.. (2023). Neutralizing Carbapenem Resistance by Co-Administering Meropenem with Novel β-Lactam-Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors. Antibiotics. 12(4). 633–633. 3 indexed citations
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Kruger, Hendrik G., Mike Sathekge, Jan Rijn Zeevaart, et al.. (2022). Using Antibiotics Scaffolds Will Warrant Novel Radiotracers for Effective Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Infections: Triumph or Pitfall?. 36–36. 1 indexed citations
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Kruger, Hendrik G., Olivier Gheysens, Jan Rijn Zeevaart, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic‐Derived Radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography: Nuclear or “Unclear” Infection Imaging?. Angewandte Chemie. 134(45).
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Kruger, Hendrik G., Olivier Gheysens, Jan Rijn Zeevaart, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic‐Derived Radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography: Nuclear or “Unclear” Infection Imaging?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(45). e202204955–e202204955. 11 indexed citations
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Arvidsson, Per I., et al.. (2020). A 2018–2019 patent review of metallo beta-lactamase inhibitors. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 30(7). 541–555. 25 indexed citations
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Govender, Thavendran, et al.. (2020). Microwave-Accelerated N-Acylation of Sulfoximines with Aldehydes under Catalyst-Free Conditions. Synthesis. 52(8). 1279–1286. 13 indexed citations
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Mdanda, Sipho, Sanil D. Singh, Tricia Naicker, et al.. (2019). Zidovudine and Lamivudine as Potential Agents to Combat HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 17(7). 322–329. 3 indexed citations
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Akpan, Ekemini D., Praveen K. Chinthakindi, Maya M. Makatini, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of novel 1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxidesviathree component SuFEx type reaction. RSC Advances. 8(65). 37503–37507. 11 indexed citations
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Somboro, Anou M., et al.. (2016). Organocatalyzed Mannich reactions on minocycline: Towards novel tetracycline antibiotics. South African Journal of Chemistry. 69. 2 indexed citations
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Shokunbi, M T, et al.. (2016). Myelin Sheath Injury in Kaolin-Induced Hydrocephalus: A Light and Electron Microscopy Study. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 51(2). 61–68. 9 indexed citations
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Moodley, Jagidesa, et al.. (2016). Lymphatic vascular endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1 immunoexpression in placenta of HIV infected pre-eclamptic women. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 117. 81–88. 3 indexed citations
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Karpoormath, Rajshekhar, Oluseye K. Onajole, Tricia Naicker, et al.. (2012). Synthesis and NMR elucidation of novel pentacycloundecane-derived peptides. South African Journal of Chemistry. 65(1). 108–114. 1 indexed citations
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Naicker, Tricia, Per I. Arvidsson, Hendrik G. Kruger, Glenn E. M. Maguire, & Thavendran Govender. (2011). Tetrahydroisoquinoline‐Based N‐Oxides as Chiral Organocatalysts for the Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2011(34). 6923–6932. 15 indexed citations
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Khedun, S M, et al.. (2002). Urinary heparan sulfate proteoglycan excretion in black African women with pre‐eclampsia. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 81(4). 308–312. 6 indexed citations
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