William S. Mungall

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 983 citations indexed

About

William S. Mungall is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Mungall has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 983 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in William S. Mungall's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (3 papers). William S. Mungall is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (3 papers). William S. Mungall collaborates with scholars based in United States. William S. Mungall's co-authors include K. Barry Sharpless, Eric N. Jacobsen, István E. Markó, Robert L. Letsinger, Geoffrey L. Greene, George A. Heavner, Curtis R. Hare, Keith M. Wellman, Paul R. Carlier and A. C. Buchanan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William S. Mungall

17 papers receiving 917 citations

Hit Papers

Asymmetric dihydroxylation via ligand-accelerated catalysis 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 200 400 600
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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. Asymmetric dihydroxylation via ligand-accelerated catalysis
    1988 600 citations Eric N. Jacobsen, István E. Markó et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William S. Mungall United States 11 633 347 160 125 81 17 983
Mark A. Lyster United States 9 683 1.1× 276 0.8× 91 0.6× 62 0.5× 69 0.9× 11 905
L. M. WEINSTOCK United States 20 930 1.5× 348 1.0× 173 1.1× 103 0.8× 73 0.9× 55 1.2k
Roger F. Newton United Kingdom 19 1.0k 1.6× 496 1.4× 109 0.7× 240 1.9× 118 1.5× 133 1.5k
U. K. PANDIT Netherlands 18 761 1.2× 414 1.2× 72 0.5× 116 0.9× 33 0.4× 111 1.1k
B. G. B. GUPTA United States 18 1.0k 1.6× 315 0.9× 211 1.3× 119 1.0× 109 1.3× 36 1.2k
Helmut Hönig Austria 17 531 0.8× 404 1.2× 91 0.6× 148 1.2× 49 0.6× 49 802
Takehisa Kunieda Japan 23 1.1k 1.8× 561 1.6× 307 1.9× 106 0.8× 153 1.9× 121 1.6k
Gary M. Coppola United States 22 1.5k 2.4× 587 1.7× 134 0.8× 84 0.7× 57 0.7× 105 1.9k
Joseph E. Lynch United States 18 762 1.2× 343 1.0× 136 0.8× 78 0.6× 38 0.5× 44 1.0k
R. CARRIÉ France 21 1.5k 2.4× 487 1.4× 232 1.4× 91 0.7× 63 0.8× 124 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William S. Mungall

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Veldman, Joseph W., et al.. (2006). Chemical Defense and the Persistence of Pioneer Plant Seeds in the Soil of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Biotropica. 39(1). 87–93. 20 indexed citations
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Britt, P.F., et al.. (1999). Mechanistic Investigation into the Decarboxylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 6 indexed citations
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Britt, Phillip F., William S. Mungall, & A. C. Buchanan. (1998). Pyrolysis of a Polymeric Model of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids in Low-Rank Coal. Energy & Fuels. 12(3). 660–661. 17 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Eric N., et al.. (1988). Asymmetric dihydroxylation via ligand-accelerated catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(6). 1968–1970. 600 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carlier, Paul R., et al.. (1988). Enhanced kinetic resolution and enzyme-like shape selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(9). 2978–2979. 32 indexed citations
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Doyle, Michael P. & William S. Mungall. (1980). Experimental organic chemistry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Mungall, William S., et al.. (1978). Nucleoside 5'-monophosphate analogues. Synthesis of 5'-sulfamino-5'-deoxynucleosides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 21(7). 704–706. 8 indexed citations
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Mungall, William S., et al.. (1977). Carbamate analogs of oligonucleotides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(4). 703–706. 34 indexed citations
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Mungall, William S., Geoffrey L. Greene, George A. Heavner, & Robert L. Letsinger. (1975). ChemInform Abstract: USE OF THE AZIDO GROUP IN THE SYNTHESIS OF 5′TERMINAL AMINODEOXYTHYMIDINE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 6(36). 4 indexed citations
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Mungall, William S., Geoffrey L. Greene, George A. Heavner, & Robert L. Letsinger. (1975). Nucleotide chemistry. XX. Use of the azido group in the synthesis of 5'-terminal aminodeoxythymidine oligonucleotides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(11). 1659–1662. 111 indexed citations
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Mungall, William S., Geoffrey L. Greene, Paul S. Miller, & Robert L. Letsinger. (1974). Use of phosphorus oxychloride in synthesizing nucleotides and ollgonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research. 1(4). 615–627. 8 indexed citations
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Doyle, Michael P. & William S. Mungall. (1973). A new approach to organic laboratory projects. Journal of Chemical Education. 50(5). 358–358. 1 indexed citations
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Letsinger, Robert L. & William S. Mungall. (1970). Nucleotide chemistry. XVI. Phosporamidate analogs of oligonucleotides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 35(11). 3800–3803. 53 indexed citations
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Wellman, Keith M., et al.. (1967). A correlation of signed charge-transfer cotton effects with absolute configuration of α-amino acids in copper (II) complexes. Tetrahedron Letters. 8(37). 3607–3611. 12 indexed citations
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Wellman, Keith M., et al.. (1967). Optical rotatory dispersion spectra of bis- and mono(.alpha.-substituted glycinato)copper(II) complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(14). 3646–3647. 17 indexed citations
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Wellman, Keith M., et al.. (1967). Relationship of ring conformation to rotational strengths of d-d transitions in amino acid-copper(II)complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(14). 3647–3649. 24 indexed citations

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