Xiyan Lu

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Xiyan Lu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiyan Lu has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Organic Chemistry, 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiyan Lu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (93 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (62 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (53 papers). Xiyan Lu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (93 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (62 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (53 papers). Xiyan Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Xiyan Lu's co-authors include Zhenrong Xu, Xiuling Han, Chunming Zhang, Yishu Du, Guixia Liu, Zhi Zhou, Shaohui Lin, Suqing Zheng, Yangyang Shen and Shengming Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiyan Lu

173 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Reactions of Electron-Deficient Alkynes and Allenes under... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Reactions of Electron-Deficient Alkynes and Allenes under Phosphine Catalysis
    2001 966 citations Xiyan Lu, Chunming Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiyan Lu China 55 9.6k 2.1k 1.1k 494 267 174 9.9k
Géraldine Masson France 47 6.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 867 1.8× 111 0.4× 148 7.1k
Mauro Marigo Denmark 30 7.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 637 1.3× 86 0.3× 45 8.1k
Wei‐Cheng Yuan China 47 7.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 506 1.0× 66 0.2× 260 7.8k
Mikel Oiarbide Spain 37 5.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 217 0.4× 173 0.6× 115 5.9k
Jean‐Pierre Genêt France 50 7.5k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 282 0.6× 60 0.2× 168 8.3k
Sherry R. Chemler United States 45 5.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 648 0.6× 301 0.6× 73 0.3× 89 6.4k
Visuvanathar Sridharan United Kingdom 47 5.2k 0.5× 678 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 243 0.5× 161 0.6× 156 5.5k
John Montgomery United States 51 6.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 838 0.7× 342 0.7× 59 0.2× 145 7.4k
Vinod K. Singh India 48 7.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.6× 265 0.5× 99 0.4× 210 7.9k
Koichi Narasaka Japan 46 7.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 457 0.9× 99 0.4× 254 8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiyan Lu

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All Works

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Li, Guodong, Shiyun Pu, Lingchong You, et al.. (2025). Innovative Strategies in Oncology: Bacterial Membrane Vesicle-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. Pharmaceutics. 17(1). 58–58. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunpeng, Wei He, Xiaoju Li, et al.. (2025). Neutrophil membrane-coated circular RNA nanoparticles for targeted immunotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer brain metastasis. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 333–333. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Changqing, et al.. (2023). Patient-derived models: Promising tools for accelerating the clinical translation of breast cancer research findings. Experimental Cell Research. 425(1). 113538–113538. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Junjie, Xiuling Han, & Xiyan Lu. (2019). Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization of N-Tosyl-Tethered 1,7-Enynes: Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinolines. Organic Letters. 21(20). 8153–8157. 19 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhi, Guixia Liu, Yan Chen, & Xiyan Lu. (2015). Cascade Synthesis of 3-Alkylidene Dihydrobenzofuran Derivatives via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral C–H Functionalization/Cyclization. Organic Letters. 17(23). 5874–5877. 66 indexed citations
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Wang, Huan, Xiuling Han, & Xiyan Lu. (2011). Pd(OAc)2‐Catalyzed Tandem Reactions for the Synthesis of Indol‐3‐yl Substituted 1H‐Isochromenes and 1,2‐Dihydroisoquinolines. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 29(12). 2611–2618. 18 indexed citations
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Zheng, Suqing & Xiyan Lu. (2008). A Phosphine-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Annulation Reaction of Modified Allylic Compounds and N-Tosylimines. Organic Letters. 10(20). 4481–4484. 143 indexed citations
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Dai, Hui‐Xiong, Miao Yang, & Xiyan Lu. (2008). Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed One‐Pot Enantioselective Synthesis of Arylglycine Derivatives from Ethyl Glyoxylate, p‐Toluenesulfonyl Isocyanate and Arylboronic Acids. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(2). 249–253. 53 indexed citations
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Lin, Shaohui & Xiyan Lu. (2007). Cationic Pd(II)/Bipyridine-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Arylaldehydes. One-Pot Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Triarylmethanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72(25). 9757–9760. 117 indexed citations
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Xu, Wei, Aidi Kong, & Xiyan Lu. (2006). Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of (Z)-α-Alkylidene-γ-butyrolactams from (Z)-N-Allylic 2-Alkynamides.  Total Synthesis of (−)-Isocynometrine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 71(10). 3854–3858. 72 indexed citations
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Lü, Cheng & Xiyan Lu. (2004). Unexpected results in the reaction of active methylene compounds with phenylsulfonyl-1,2-propadiene triggered by triphenylphosphine. Tetrahedron. 60(31). 6575–6579. 25 indexed citations
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Du, Yishu, Xiyan Lu, & Chunming Zhang. (2003). A Catalytic Carbon–Phosphorus Ylide Reaction: Phosphane‐Catalyzed Annulation of Allylic Compounds with Electron‐Deficient Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(9). 1035–1037. 223 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ligang & Xiyan Lu. (2002). PdII-Catalyzed Cyclization of Alkynes Containing Aldehyde, Ketone, or Nitrile Groups Initiated by the Acetoxypalladation of Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(22). 4343–4345. 134 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiyan, et al.. (2000). Highly Enantioselective Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Cyclization of (Z)-4‘-Acetoxy-2‘-butenyl 2-Alkynoates:  An Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active γ-Butyrolactones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(31). 7604–7605. 135 indexed citations
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Ma, Shengming & Xiyan Lu. (1990). A novel stereospecific hydrohalogenation reaction of propiolates and propiolic acid. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1643–1643. 53 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiyan & Jingyang Zhu. (1986). Nickel chlorides catalyzed rearrangement of allylic phosphites. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 304(1-2). 239–243. 16 indexed citations

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