Wan‐Sheung Li

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Wan‐Sheung Li is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wan‐Sheung Li has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Organic Chemistry, 39 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wan‐Sheung Li's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (17 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (16 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (13 papers). Wan‐Sheung Li is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (17 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (16 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (13 papers). Wan‐Sheung Li collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Taiwan and Germany. Wan‐Sheung Li's co-authors include Alexander J. Blake, Martin Schröder, Neil R. Champness, Peter Hubberstey, M.A. Withersby, Paul Cooke, Mary McPartlin, Vito Lippolis, Stuart J. Hill and Lutz H. Gade and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Wan‐Sheung Li

73 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Inorganic crystal engineering using self-assembly of tail... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1999 1997 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Inorganic crystal engineering using self-assembly of tailored building-blocks
    1999 1.6k citations Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness et al. profile →
  2. Anion Control in Bipyridylsilver(I) Networks: A Helical Polymeric Array
    1997 451 citations M.A. Withersby, Alexander J. Blake et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →

Peers

Wan‐Sheung Li
Takayoshi Kuroda‐Sowa Japan
Daniel L. Reger United States
Konstantin V. Domasevitch Ukraine
Giannis S. Papaefstathiou Greece
Victor Kravtsov Moldova
Hiroyuki Matsuzaka Japan
Antonio Luque Spain
Bei‐Sheng Kang China
Huai‐Ming Hu China
J. Sanchíz Spain
Takayoshi Kuroda‐Sowa Japan
Wan‐Sheung Li
Citations per year, relative to Wan‐Sheung Li Wan‐Sheung Li (= 1×) peers Takayoshi Kuroda‐Sowa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wan‐Sheung Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wan‐Sheung Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wan‐Sheung Li 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 Wan‐Sheung Li. Wan‐Sheung Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Blake, Alexander J., Wan‐Sheung Li, Vito Lippolis, Simon Parsons, & Martin Schröder. (2007). Extended structures of polyiodide salts of transition metal macrocyclic complexes. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 63(1). 81–92. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Wan‐Sheung, et al.. (2006). Dual-Action Acid/Base- and Base/Acid-Controllable Molecular Switch. Organic Letters. 8(15). 3223–3226. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Wan‐Sheung, Wen‐Sheng Chung, & Ito Chao. (2003). A Computational Study of Regioselectivity in a Cyclodextrin‐Mediated Diels–Alder Reaction: Revelation of Site Selectivity and the Importance of Shallow Binding and Multiple Binding Modes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 9(4). 951–962. 9 indexed citations
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Atkins, Andrew, Daniel Black, A. Marin-Becerra, et al.. (2003). Synthesis and structure of mononuclear and binuclear zinc(ii) compartmental macrocyclic complexes. Dalton Transactions. 1730–1737. 39 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., et al.. (2002). Enantioselective synthesis of phospholanes using chiral lithium amide desymmetrisation. Tetrahedron. 58(23). 4589–4602. 9 indexed citations
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Doble, D.M.J., et al.. (2002). Effect of Partial Hydrolysis in Switching the Mode of Inter-molecular Bonding between Metal Complexes. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 628(11). 2311–2314. 6 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., et al.. (2000). Synthesis and characterisation of pendant-arm amino derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and alkyl-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles and complexation to Cu(II). Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 3034–3040. 17 indexed citations
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Doble, D.M.J., et al.. (1999). Template Assembly of Metal Aggregates by Imino-Carboxylate Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(13-14). 1915–1918. 100 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., Jawwad A. Darr, Steven M. Howdle, et al.. (1999). Synthesis and crystal structures of [Na{Ph2P(S)NP(S)Ph2}(L)] (where L=triglyme or tetraglyme); two air stable complexes containing six-membered S—P—N—P—S—Na rings. Journal of Chemical Crystallography. 29(5). 547–554. 9 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., Robert O. Gould, Wan‐Sheung Li, et al.. (1998). Template Assembly of Polyiodide Networks at Complexed Metal Cations: Synthesis and Structures of [Pd2Cl2([18]aneN2S4)]1.5I5(I3)2 and [K([15]aneO5)2]I9. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(3). 293–296. 59 indexed citations
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Withersby, M.A., Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, et al.. (1997). Anionengesteuerte Strukturbildung bei Bipyridylsilber(I)‐Polymeren: eine Verbindung mit helicalem, polymerem Netz. Angewandte Chemie. 109(21). 2421–2423. 50 indexed citations
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Blake, Alexander J., P.E. Collier, Simon C. Dunn, et al.. (1997). Synthesis and imido-group exchange reactions of tert-butylimidotitanium complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1549–1558. 105 indexed citations
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Withersby, M.A., Alexander J. Blake, Neil R. Champness, et al.. (1997). Anion Control in Bipyridylsilver(I) Networks: A Helical Polymeric Array. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(21). 2327–2329. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blake, Alexander J., et al.. (1997). Control of interpenetrating copper(i) adamantoid networks: synthesis and structure of {[Cu(bpe)2]BF4}n. Chemical Communications. 1005–1006. 157 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Stefan, Harald Memmler, Lutz H. Gade, et al.. (1996). Stabilizing Heterobimetallic Complexes Containing Unsupported Ti−M Bonds (M = Fe, Ru, Co):  The Nature of Ti−M Donor−Acceptor Bonds. Inorganic Chemistry. 35(9). 2433–2441. 43 indexed citations
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Hellmann, Konrad W., S. Friedrich, Lutz H. Gade, Wan‐Sheung Li, & Mary McPartlin. (1995). Tripodal Triamidostannates as Building Blocks in the Generation of Sn—M‐Bonded Heterobimetallics (M Fe, Ru). Chemische Berichte. 128(1). 29–34. 27 indexed citations
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Brown, David A., M. G. H. Wallbridge, Wan‐Sheung Li, & Mary McPartlin. (1994). Chlorocarboxylates of tantalum and niobium. X-ray crystal and molecular structures of [TaCl4(O2Cr)]2 (R = p-ClC6H4) and [NbCl4(O2CR)]2 (R = C6F5). Polyhedron. 13(15-16). 2265–2270. 8 indexed citations

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