W. G. Overend

3.4k total citations
119 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

W. G. Overend is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, W. G. Overend has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Organic Chemistry, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in W. G. Overend's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (67 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (28 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (25 papers). W. G. Overend is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (67 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (28 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (25 papers). W. G. Overend collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. W. G. Overend's co-authors include A. Munthe-Kaas, Nils Andreas Sörensen, Nils Schönberg, Peter Collins, N. R. Williams, R. J. Ferrier, Charles W. Rees, M. Stacey, A. B. Foster and Arthur Peacocke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Chromatography A and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

W. G. Overend

116 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. G. Overend United Kingdom 25 981 825 445 254 179 119 2.0k
Herbert Pestmalis 19 247 0.3× 323 0.4× 607 1.4× 105 0.4× 247 1.4× 78 1.8k
A. Block-Bolten United States 24 521 0.5× 287 0.3× 405 0.9× 149 0.6× 89 0.5× 104 1.9k
Anders Westerdahl 25 531 0.5× 303 0.4× 581 1.3× 25 0.1× 243 1.4× 120 2.0k
Tadashi Sasaki Japan 26 2.4k 2.4× 657 0.8× 216 0.5× 25 0.1× 210 1.2× 412 3.3k
P. Kneip 16 293 0.3× 200 0.2× 254 0.6× 22 0.1× 155 0.9× 66 993
F. Tomás Spain 21 612 0.6× 329 0.4× 434 1.0× 21 0.1× 128 0.7× 115 1.7k
L. Zuo Hong Kong 6 326 0.3× 648 0.8× 459 1.0× 160 0.6× 130 0.7× 9 1.7k
R. D. Sedgwick United Kingdom 24 299 0.3× 1.0k 1.2× 215 0.5× 38 0.1× 99 0.6× 49 3.3k
Alexey L. Margolin Russia 29 527 0.5× 2.2k 2.7× 761 1.7× 32 0.1× 173 1.0× 78 2.9k
Alfred Ritter Germany 27 1.1k 1.1× 434 0.5× 374 0.8× 19 0.1× 71 0.4× 54 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collins, Peter, et al.. (1990). Titanium-mediated methylene transfer reactions on sugar esters, lactones, and uloses. Carbohydrate Research. 205. 428–434. 27 indexed citations
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Collins, Peter, W. G. Overend, & Bernard Rayner. (1973). Reactions at position 1 of carbohydrates. Part IX. A reinvestigation of the bond cleavage in the acid-catalysed hydrolysis of ferrocenylmethyl β-D-glucopyranoside. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 310–314. 7 indexed citations
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Collins, Peter, W. G. Overend, & Bernard Rayner. (1973). The synthesis and solvolysis of some fully acetylated glycopyranosylulose chlorides. Carbohydrate Research. 31(1). 1–16. 24 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1971). Synthesis of 3-C-hydroxymethyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-erythrofuranose and D-apiose. Carbohydrate Research. 20(2). 251–257. 4 indexed citations
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Gunner, S. W., Richard King, W. G. Overend, & N. R. Williams. (1970). Branched-chain sugars. Part X. The synthesis of branched-chain amino-sugars. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 1954–1954. 11 indexed citations
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Beynon, Peter J., Peter Collins, & W. G. Overend. (1969). Aspects of the chemistry of oximes derived from methyl hexopyranosiduloses. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 272–272. 16 indexed citations
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Ferrier, R. J., et al.. (1968). Studies with radioactive sugars. Carbohydrate Research. 6(1). 87–96. 7 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1967). The isolation, composition and physicochemical properties of deoxyribonucleic acid from Bordetella pertussis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 118(2). 352–361. 7 indexed citations
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Collins, Peter & W. G. Overend. (1965). 348. A synthesis of 6-deoxy-L-talose. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1912–1912. 34 indexed citations
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Collins, Peter, et al.. (1964). 617. Reactions at position 1 of carbohydrates. Part V. Nucleophilic displacement reactions of acetylglycosyl halides. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3242–3242. 26 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1961). The kinetics of the acid-catalysed hydrolysis of some methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-hexosides. Tetrahedron. 16(1-4). 106–112. 22 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., Arthur Peacocke, & John B. Smith. (1961). 677. Reactions at position 1 of carbohydrates. Part I. The polarographic reduction of carbohydrates. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3487–3487. 22 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Bolaños, Juan, et al.. (1960). 790. The synthesis of 4,5-bistrifluoromethylbenzimidazole. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 4003–4010. 5 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1958). Coenzyme A and Aldolase in Rubber-bearing Plants. Nature. 181(4609). 628–629. 4 indexed citations
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Cox, Robert A., W. G. Overend, Arthur Peacocke, & Shelagh Wilson. (1958). The action of γ -rays on sodium deoxyribo-nucleate in solution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 149(937). 511–533. 21 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1955). Deoxy-sugars. Part XXIX. A further contribution to the chemistry of the glycal reaction. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2511–2511. 5 indexed citations
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Foster, A. B., W. G. Overend, M. Stacey, & G. Vaughan. (1954). Deoxy-sugars. Part XXV. Structure and reactivity of anhydro-sugars. Part II. Derivatives of 3 : 6-anhydro-D-mannose, 3 : 6-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-galactose, and 3 : 6-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-glucose. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3367–3367. 19 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., F. Shafizadeh, & M. Stacey. (1951). 222. Deoxy-sugars. Part XVIII. Synthesis of an oligosaccharide by the thermal condensation of αβ-methyl-2-deoxy-D-galactofuranoside. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 994–997. 6 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., et al.. (1951). Synthesis of 5-Thiomethylribose. Nature. 167(4248). 526–527. 7 indexed citations
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Overend, W. G., F. Shafizadeh, & M. Stacey. (1951). 457. Deoxy-sugars. Part XXII. Comparative rates of oxidation and reduction of D-galactose and 2-deoxy-D-galactose. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2062–2062. 2 indexed citations

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