Willard Lew

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Willard Lew is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Willard Lew has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Organic Chemistry and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Willard Lew's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (12 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers). Willard Lew is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (12 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers). Willard Lew collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Willard Lew's co-authors include Dirk B. Mendel, Choung U. Kim, Matthew A. Williams, Lijun Zhang, W.G. Laver, Raymond C. Stevens, Norbert Bischofberger, Ming S. Chen, Paul A. Escarpe and S. Swaminathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Willard Lew

30 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitors Possessing a Novel Hydrophobic Interaction in the Enzyme Active Site: Design, Synthesis, and Structural Analysis of Carbocyclic Sialic Acid Analogues with Potent Anti-Influenza Activity

1997 876 citations Choung U. Kim, Willard Lew et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Willard Lew United States	18	1.3k	1.2k	886	236	220	31	2.4k
Gaik B. Kok Australia	14	835 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	753 0.8×	176 0.7×	187 0.8×	35	2.0k
Betty Jin Australia	9	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	661 0.7×	210 0.9×	224 1.0×	11	1.9k
Michael S. Pegg Australia	12	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	569 0.6×	209 0.9×	249 1.1×	17	2.1k
Jeffrey C. Dyason Australia	20	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	946 1.1×	264 1.1×	254 1.2×	39	3.1k
Choung U. Kim United States	28	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	263 1.1×	235 1.1×	59	3.3k
Ming S. Chen United States	18	1.0k 0.8×	967 0.8×	679 0.8×	196 0.8×	144 0.7×	27	2.0k
Stuart W. Oliver Australia	7	816 0.6×	887 0.7×	489 0.6×	175 0.7×	180 0.8×	10	1.6k
Pooran Chand United States	23	819 0.6×	624 0.5×	693 0.8×	126 0.5×	104 0.5×	52	1.6k
Pravin L. Kotian United States	21	732 0.6×	808 0.7×	549 0.6×	111 0.5×	99 0.5×	45	2.0k
J.N. Varghese Australia	15	709 0.5×	721 0.6×	205 0.2×	174 0.7×	215 1.0×	32	1.7k

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Wang, Xiaosuo, Willard Lew, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Rapid On-Demand Point-of-Care Monitoring of Clozapine and Its Metabolite Norclozapine Using Miniature Mass Spectrometry. Pharmaceuticals. 18(10). 1549–1549.

Steinhuebel, Dietrich, Darryl D. Dixon, Willard Lew, et al.. (2022). Process Development and Scale-Up of a Protease Inhibitor for the Treatment of HIV Featuring the Preparation of a Neopentyl Grignard Reagent and Development of a One-Pot Curtius Reaction. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(9). 2694–2706. 1 indexed citations

Phillips, James G., Maria Jaworska, & Willard Lew. (2009). A Practical Synthesis of 1-N-SEM-Protected 3-Iodo-7-methyl-2-piperidin-3-ylindole. Synthesis. 2010(4). 714–717. 1 indexed citations

Hanan, Emily J., Raymond V. Fucini, M.J. Romanowski, et al.. (2008). Design and synthesis of 2-amino-isoxazolopyridines as Polo-like kinase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(19). 5186–5189. 22 indexed citations

Fucini, Raymond V., Emily J. Hanan, M.J. Romanowski, et al.. (2008). Design and synthesis of 2-amino-pyrazolopyridines as Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(20). 5648–5652. 30 indexed citations

Allen, Darin A., Ingrid Choong, Bruce J. Fahr, et al.. (2003). Identification of potent and novel small-Molecule inhibitors of caspase-3. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(21). 3651–3655. 18 indexed citations

Choong, Ingrid, Willard Lew, Dennis Lee, et al.. (2002). Identification of Potent and Selective Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Caspase-3 through the Use of Extended Tethering and Structure-Based Drug Design. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 45(23). 5005–5022. 83 indexed citations

Lew, Willard, et al.. (2000). Discovery and Development of GS 4104 (oseltamivir) An Orally Active Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitor. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 7(6). 663–672. 191 indexed citations

Lew, Willard, Huiwei Wu, Xiaowu Chen, et al.. (2000). Carbocyclic influenza neuraminidase inhibitors possessing a C3-cyclic amine side chain: synthesis and inhibitory activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(11). 1257–1260. 21 indexed citations

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Sweeny, David J., et al.. (2000). Metabolism of the Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitor Prodrug Oseltamivir in the Rat. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 28(7). 737–741. 33 indexed citations

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Lew, Willard, Paul A. Escarpe, Dirk B. Mendel, David J. Sweeny, & Choung U. Kim. (1999). Stereospecific synthesis of a GS 4104 metabolite: Determination of absolute sterochemistry and influenza neuraminidase inhibitory activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(19). 2811–2814. 7 indexed citations

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Lew, Willard, Huiwei Wu, Dirk B. Mendel, et al.. (1998). A new series of C3-aza carbocyclic influenza neuraminidase inhibitors: synthesis and inhibitory activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(23). 3321–3324. 27 indexed citations

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Kim, Choung U., Willard Lew, Matthew A. Williams, et al.. (1998). Structure−Activity Relationship Studies of Novel Carbocyclic Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 41(14). 2451–2460. 236 indexed citations

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Escarpe, Paul A., Robert W. Sidwell, Matthew A. Williams, et al.. (1998). Characterization of Human Influenza Virus Variants Selected In Vitro in the Presence of the Neuraminidase Inhibitor GS 4071. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 42(12). 3234–3241. 126 indexed citations

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Bischofberger, N., et al.. (1997). Efficacy of GS 4104 in ferrets infected with influenza A virus. Antiviral Research. 34(2). A74–A74. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Choung U., Willard Lew, Matthew A. Williams, et al.. (1997). Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitors Possessing a Novel Hydrophobic Interaction in the Enzyme Active Site: Design, Synthesis, and Structural Analysis of Carbocyclic Sialic Acid Analogues with Potent Anti-Influenza Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(4). 681–690. 876 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lew, Willard, et al.. (1997). ChemInform Abstract: C3‐Thia and C3‐Carba Isosteres of a Carbocyclic Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitor, (3R,4R,5S)‐4‐Acetamido‐5‐amino‐3‐propoxy‐1‐ cyclohexene‐1‐carboxylic Acid.. ChemInform. 28(49). 1 indexed citations

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SEMMELHACK, M. F., et al.. (1994). Palladium-Promoted Synthesis of Ionophore Antibiotics. Strategy and Assembly of the Homochiral Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydropyran Portions of Tetronomycin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(16). 7455–7456. 26 indexed citations

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Jung, Michael E., Derin C. D’Amico, & Willard Lew. (1993). Efficient total synthesis of the cytotoxic halogenated monoterpene aplysiapyranoid A. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(6). 923–926. 11 indexed citations

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Lipshutz, Bruce H., Hiyoshizo Kotsuki, & Willard Lew. (1986). Es route to polyene macrolide total synthesis; The key chiral segments of roflamycoin. Tetrahedron Letters. 27(40). 4825–4828. 22 indexed citations

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