Wesley R. Browne

15.7k citations

297 papers · 13.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 59

Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
Organic Chemistry top 0.2%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 2%

Co-authors: Ben L. Feringa Luuk Kortekaas Johannes G. Vos Auke Meetsma Johannes W. de Boer Ronald Hage Jetsuda Areephong Petra Rudolf
Topics: Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (70 papers)Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (69 papers)Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (68 papers)
Cited by: Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Materials Chemistry
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chemical Society Reviews Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Partner nations: Netherlands Ireland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Wesley R. Browne

292 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.

Making molecular machines work

2006 1.2k citations Wesley R. Browne, Ben L. Feringa profile →
The evolution of spiropyran: fundamentals and progress of an extraordinarily versatile photochrome

2019 576 citations Wesley R. Browne et al. profile →
Light Switching of Molecules on Surfaces

2008 258 citations Wesley R. Browne, Ben L. Feringa profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ammoxidation of Unprotected Glycosides: A One‐Pot Conversion of Alcohols to Nitriles 2025 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown),K. Jeya Prathap,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Wesley R. Browne,Adriaan J. Minnaard,Martin D. Witte	1
2	Mobility of thiolates on Au(111) surfaces 2025 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·(unknown),Moniek Tromp,Wesley R. Browne,Aleksandar Staykov	0
3	Photochemical Surface Degradation in Spiropyran Based Films 2025 ·ChemPhotoChem ·(unknown),(unknown),Wesley R. Browne	3
4	Activation of alkyl hydroperoxides by manganese complexes of tmtacn for initiation of radical polymerisation of alkenes 2024 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Yanrong Zhang,Ronald Hage,Keimpe J. van den Berg,Jitte Flapper,Ben L. Feringa,Wesley R. Browne	1
5	Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors 2024 ·Nature Chemistry ·Jinyu Sheng,Wojciech Danowski,(unknown),Jiaxin Hou,Stefano Crespi,Alexander Ryabchun,(unknown),Wybren Jan Buma,Wesley R. Browne,Ben L. Feringa	21
6	Formation of substituted dioxanes in the oxidation of gum arabic with periodate 2023 ·Green Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jitte Flapper,Keimpe J. van den Berg,(unknown),Arno P. M. Kentgens,Ben L. Feringa,(unknown),Wesley R. Browne	9
7	Photoswitchable architecture transformation of a DNA-hybrid assembly at the microscopic and macroscopic scale 2022 ·Chemical Science ·Nadja A. Simeth,Paula de Mendoza,(unknown),Marc C. A. Stuart,(unknown),Tibor Kudernác,Wesley R. Browne,Ben L. Feringa	11
8	Light-driven molecular motors embedded in covalent organic frameworks 2022 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown),Lars Grunenberg,Maxwell W. Terban,Wesley R. Browne,(unknown),Michael Kathan,Martin Etter,Bettina V. Lotsch,Ben L. Feringa,Simon Krause	37
9	Engineering the Oxidative Potency of Non-Heme Iron(IV) Oxo Complexes in Water for C–H Oxidation by a cis Donor and Variation of the Second Coordination Sphere 2021 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Christina Wegeberg,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Wesley R. Browne,Erik D. Hedegård,Christine J. McKenzie	7
10	Iron Tetrasulfonatophthalocyanine-Catalyzed Starch Oxidation Using H₂O₂: Interplay between Catalyst Activity, Selectivity, and Stability 2021 ·ACS Omega ·Homer C. Genuino,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jelle Brinksma,(unknown),Francesco Picchioni,Wesley R. Browne,Peter J. Deuss,Hero J. Heeres	6
11	cis Donor Influence on O–O Bond Lability in Iron(III) Hydroperoxo Complexes: Oxidation Catalysis and Ligand Transformation 2019 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Christina Wegeberg,Wesley R. Browne,Christine J. McKenzie	12
12	Photoinduced O₂-Dependent Stepwise Oxidative Deglycination of a Nonheme Iron(III) Complex 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Christina Wegeberg,(unknown),Adiran de Aguirre,Cathrine Frandsen,Wesley R. Browne,Feliu Maseras,Christine J. McKenzie	17
13	Shedding Light on the Nature of Photoinduced States Formed in a Hydrogen-Generating Supramolecular RuPt Photocatalyst by Ultrafast Spectroscopy 2018 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·(unknown),Qing Pan,(unknown),Mads G. Laursen,Amal El Nahhas,Pavel Chábera,Leon Freitag,Leticia González,Qingyu Kong,Xiaoyi Zhang,Kristoffer Haldrup,Wesley R. Browne,Grigory Smolentsev,Jens Uhlig	5
14	Catalytic Alkyl Hydroperoxide and Acyl Hydroperoxide Disproportionation by a Nonheme Iron Complex 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Christina Wegeberg,Wesley R. Browne,Christine J. McKenzie	19
15	Directing a Non‐Heme Iron(III)‐Hydroperoxide Species on a Trifurcated Reactivity Pathway 2017 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Christina Wegeberg,Frants R. Lauritsen,Cathrine Frandsen,Steen Mørup,Wesley R. Browne,Christine J. McKenzie	22
16	Identification and Spectroscopic Characterization of Nonheme Iron(III) Hypochlorite Intermediates 2015 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Apparao Draksharapu,Davide Angelone,Matthew G. Quesne,Sandeep K. Padamati,Laura Gómez,Ronald Hage,Miguel Costas,Wesley R. Browne,Sam P. de Visser	13
17	Using the Full Spectrum for Raman : From UV to NIR 2014 ·Applied Spectroscopy ·Wesley R. Browne,Apparao Draksharapu,(unknown)	2
18	How Can Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Employ Riboflavin for Extracellular Electron Transfer? 2012 ·Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·M. Tanweer Khan,Wesley R. Browne,Jan Maarten van Dijl,Hermie J. M. Harmsen	52
19	Assessment of intercomponent interaction in phenylene bridged dinuclear ruthenium(ii) and osmium(ii) polypyridyl complexes 2004 ·Dalton Transactions ·Adrian Guckian,(unknown),M. Ciesielski,Olaf Walter,Johan Hjelm,Noel M. O’Boyle,William Henry,Wesley R. Browne,John J. McGarvey,Johannes G. Vos	29
20	Frequent-Flier Programs: A 1996 ·Wesley R. Browne,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	1

About Wesley R. Browne

Wesley R. Browne is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, having authored 297 papers that have together received 13.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (70 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (69 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (68 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (5.0k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (2.3k citations) and Materials Chemistry (7.4k citations). Wesley R. Browne has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Ireland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ben L. Feringa, Luuk Kortekaas, Johannes G. Vos, Auke Meetsma, Johannes W. de Boer, Ronald Hage, Jetsuda Areephong, Petra Rudolf, Denis Jacquemin and John J. McGarvey. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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