Xiaochen Ji

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaochen Ji is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaochen Ji has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaochen Ji's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (50 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (29 papers). Xiaochen Ji is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (50 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (29 papers). Xiaochen Ji collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Xiaochen Ji's co-authors include Huawen Huang, Huanfeng Jiang, Guo‐Jun Deng, Wanqing Wu, Zhongzhen Wang, Jinhui Cai, Qinyuan Zhang, Xianwei Li, Shu Ping Lau and Chenghao Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiaochen Ji

73 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Transition metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization of N-oxyenamine internal oxidants

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaochen Ji China	30	2.5k	534	254	224	202	76	3.1k
Christopher P. Gordon Switzerland	23	903 0.4×	606 1.1×	491 1.9×	150 0.7×	18 0.1×	47	1.7k
Tobias Krämer United Kingdom	25	863 0.3×	351 0.7×	800 3.1×	126 0.6×	58 0.3×	64	1.6k
Francisco Núñez‐Zarur Colombia	17	725 0.3×	922 1.7×	584 2.3×	152 0.7×	18 0.1×	39	1.8k
Bulat Gabidullin Canada	24	859 0.3×	649 1.2×	787 3.1×	66 0.3×	157 0.8×	88	1.7k
Peter Sirsch Germany	25	1.5k 0.6×	328 0.6×	872 3.4×	52 0.2×	22 0.1×	51	1.9k
Sidney E. Creutz United States	17	872 0.4×	1.2k 2.3×	379 1.5×	1.1k 4.8×	62 0.3×	29	2.4k
Thomas J. Anderson United States	18	611 0.2×	243 0.5×	350 1.4×	67 0.3×	35 0.2×	31	994
San‐Yan Chu Taiwan	20	717 0.3×	246 0.5×	522 2.1×	225 1.0×	62 0.3×	106	1.4k
Judit Oliver–Meseguer Spain	19	926 0.4×	797 1.5×	386 1.5×	75 0.3×	21 0.1×	51	1.5k
C. Crotti Italy	24	776 0.3×	470 0.9×	502 2.0×	228 1.0×	7 0.0×	63	1.5k

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Li, Zihao, et al.. (2025). Tetralone Formation through Visible-Light-Driven Photocyclization of Aryl Sulfoxonium Ylides with Unactivated Alkenes. Organic Letters. 27(33). 9310–9315. 3 indexed citations

Ji, Xiaochen, et al.. (2025). Phosphine-Promoted Photoredox [3+2] Cycloaddition of Alkynes and Isocyanides. Organic Letters. 27(33). 9275–9280.

Ji, Xiaochen, et al.. (2025). Sulfoxonium ylides as carbon radical precursors in three-component carbohalogenation of alkenes. Chemical Communications. 61(67). 12534–12537. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ruikai, et al.. (2025). Physiological Characteristics and Behaviors Determining the Resistance of Freshwater Microalgae to Perfluorooctanoic Acid. ACS ES&T Water. 5(3). 1481–1491. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Huawen, et al.. (2024). Photoredox-Catalyzed Markovnikov Hydroamination of Alkenes with Azoles. Organic Letters. 26(44). 9481–9485. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuliang, et al.. (2024). Hydroazidation of trifluoromethyl alkenes with trimethylsilyl azide enabled by organic photoredox catalysis. Chemical Communications. 60(60). 7741–7744. 5 indexed citations

Tian, Lin, Pu Chen, Xiaochen Ji, Guo‐Jun Deng, & Huawen Huang. (2024). Photoredox Radical Truce–Smiles Rearrangement of N-Sulfinyl Acrylamides with Bromodifluoroacetamides. Organic Letters. 27(1). 455–461. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Zhao‐Sheng, Xiaochen Ji, Feng Zhao, Guo‐Jun Deng, & Huawen Huang. (2023). Metal-Free Photoredox Intramolecular Cyclization of N-Aryl Acrylamides. Catalysts. 13(6). 1007–1007. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Pu, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Molecule Synthesis Involving C-C Bond Cleavage of Ketoxime Esters. Molecules. 28(6). 2667–2667. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Pu, Xiaochen Ji, Shi Tang, Guo‐Jun Deng, & Huawen Huang. (2022). Recent advances in free radical cyclizations of 2-alkenyl benzaldehydes to synthesize benzocycloketones. New Journal of Chemistry. 46(44). 21013–21026. 5 indexed citations

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Qu, Zhonghua, et al.. (2022). Redox-neutral ketyl radical coupling/cyclization of carbonyls withN-aryl acrylamides through consecutive photoinduced electron transfer. Green Chemistry. 24(19). 7403–7409. 70 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoting, Feng Zhao, Xiaochen Ji, & Huawen Huang. (2022). Visible Light-Assisted Photocatalyst-Free Tandem Sulfonylation/ Cyclization for the Synthesis of Oxindoles. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(12). 4323–4323. 17 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiaochen, et al.. (2017). Strong ferromagnetic proximity polarization in ferromagnetic metal MnGa/n-type GaAs quantum well junction. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 50(44). 445306–445306. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Huawen, Jinhui Cai, Xiaochen Ji, et al.. (2015). Internal Oxidant‐Triggered Aerobic Oxygenation and Cyclization of Indoles under Copper Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(1). 307–311. 167 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiaochen, et al.. (2014). Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–N Bond Coupling Involving a Solvent-Controlled Regioselective Bromination Process. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(15). 7005–7011. 24 indexed citations

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Huang, Huawen, Xiaochen Ji, Wanqing Wu, & Huanfeng Jiang. (2013). A cascade approach to fused indolizinones through Lewis acid–copper(i) relay catalysis. Chemical Communications. 49(32). 3351–3351. 29 indexed citations

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Huang, Huawen, Xiaochen Ji, Wanqing Wu, Liangbin Huang, & Huanfeng Jiang. (2013). Copper-Catalyzed Formal C–N Bond Cleavage of Aromatic Methylamines: Assembly of Pyridine Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 78(8). 3774–3782. 94 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiaochen, Huawen Huang, Yibiao Li, Huoji Chen, & Huanfeng Jiang. (2012). Palladium‐Catalyzed Sequential Formation of CC Bonds: Efficient Assembly of 2‐Substituted and 2,3‐Disubstituted Quinolines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(29). 7292–7296. 113 indexed citations

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Huang, Huawen, Xiaochen Ji, Wanqing Wu, & Huanfeng Jiang. (2012). Practical Synthesis of Polysubstituted Imidazoles via Iodine‐ Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Cyclization of Aryl Ketones and Benzylamines. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 355(1). 170–180. 68 indexed citations

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Jiang, Huanfeng, Xiaochen Ji, Yibiao Li, Zhengwang Chen, & Azhong Wang. (2011). Palladium-assisted multicomponent cyclization of aromatic aldehydes, arylamines and terminal olefins under molecular oxygen: an assembly of 1,4-dihydropyridines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(15). 5358–5358. 14 indexed citations

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