William W.‐L. Lam

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

William W.‐L. Lam is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William W.‐L. Lam has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William W.‐L. Lam's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (4 papers) and Phosphorus compounds and reactions (3 papers). William W.‐L. Lam is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (4 papers) and Phosphorus compounds and reactions (3 papers). William W.‐L. Lam collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Hong Kong and Switzerland. William W.‐L. Lam's co-authors include Shu̅ Kobayashi, Masaharu Sugiura, H. Kitagawa, Richard K. Haynes, Kei Manabe, Lam‐Lung Yeung, Ian D. Williams, Lam Lung Yeung, Jun Kobayashi and Motoo Shiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Chemistry - A European Journal.

In The Last Decade

William W.‐L. Lam

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rare-Earth Metal Triflates in Organic Synthesis 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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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. Rare-Earth Metal Triflates in Organic Synthesis
    2002 950 citations Shu̅ Kobayashi, Masaharu Sugiura et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William W.‐L. Lam Japan 8 984 350 227 147 71 9 1.1k
Mitsuo Kodomari Japan 22 1.1k 1.1× 278 0.8× 178 0.8× 272 1.9× 58 0.8× 83 1.4k
Tsuyoshi Busujima Japan 11 815 0.8× 236 0.7× 216 1.0× 111 0.8× 63 0.9× 15 945
Nitin S. Nandurkar India 18 817 0.8× 220 0.6× 182 0.8× 99 0.7× 66 0.9× 40 968
Michael C. K. Choi Hong Kong 21 886 0.9× 613 1.8× 279 1.2× 106 0.7× 127 1.8× 40 1.1k
Thomas Schareina Germany 20 2.2k 2.2× 559 1.6× 238 1.0× 244 1.7× 64 0.9× 40 2.5k
Jan‐E. Bäckvall Sweden 13 1.0k 1.1× 344 1.0× 124 0.5× 242 1.6× 61 0.9× 16 1.3k
Н. А. Бумагин Russia 25 1.7k 1.7× 231 0.7× 291 1.3× 176 1.2× 57 0.8× 127 1.8k
Suguru Ohara Japan 7 953 1.0× 253 0.7× 567 2.5× 114 0.8× 58 0.8× 8 1.1k
J.-C. Wasilke United States 6 1.4k 1.4× 462 1.3× 257 1.1× 150 1.0× 61 0.9× 8 1.5k
Noriyuki Suzuki Japan 24 1.6k 1.6× 527 1.5× 151 0.7× 125 0.9× 64 0.9× 86 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William W.‐L. Lam

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All Works

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Kobayashi, Shu̅, Masaharu Sugiura, H. Kitagawa, & William W.‐L. Lam. (2002). Rare-Earth Metal Triflates in Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 102(6). 2227–2302. 950 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kobayashi, Shu̅, Masaharu Sugiura, H. Kitagawa, & William W.‐L. Lam. (2002). ChemInform Abstract: Rare‐Earth Metal Triflates in Organic Synthesis. ChemInform. 33(35). 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Shu̅, et al.. (2001). Asymmetric synthesis of proline and pipecolic acid phosphorous analogues using enantioselective deprotonation–carboxylation reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 42(41). 7303–7306. 22 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Shu̅, William W.‐L. Lam, & Kei Manabe. (2000). Remarkable rate enhancement of palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation in water using a colloidal dispersion system. Tetrahedron Letters. 41(32). 6115–6119. 36 indexed citations
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Haynes, Richard K., William W.‐L. Lam, Lam‐Lung Yeung, et al.. (1997). Highly Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition of Lithiated γ-Crotonolactone (But-2-en-4-olide) to Cyclic Enones To Give Syn-Adducts:  Application to a Brefeldin Synthesis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(14). 4552–4553. 23 indexed citations
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Lam, William W.‐L., et al.. (1996). Preparation of bi- and tridentate doubly P-chiral diphosphine dioxide ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(27). 4733–4736. 21 indexed citations
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Haynes, Richard K., William W.‐L. Lam, & Lam‐Lung Yeung. (1996). Stereoselective preparation of functionalized tertiary P-chiral phosphine oxides by nucleophilic addition of lithiated tert-butylphenylphosphine oxide to carbonyl compounds. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(27). 4729–4732. 44 indexed citations

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