Yian Shi

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
202 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Yian Shi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yian Shi has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Organic Chemistry, 68 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 26 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Yian Shi's work include Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (62 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (60 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (56 papers). Yian Shi is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (62 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (60 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (56 papers). Yian Shi collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Poland. Yian Shi's co-authors include Baoguo Zhao, Haifeng Du, Zhixian Wang, Yingguang Zhu, Yong Qiang Tu, O. Andrea Wong, Michael Frohn, Richard G. Cornwall, Lianhe Shu and Thomas A. Ramirez and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yian Shi

194 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Method

1997 486 citations Yian Shi et al. profile →
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation and Aziridination of Olefins and Their Synthetic Applications

2014 418 citations Yingguang Zhu, Yian Shi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yian Shi United States	60	10.5k	2.9k	1.3k	904	480	202	11.3k
Marisa C. Kozlowski United States	53	9.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	782 0.9×	236 0.5×	225	11.1k
Matthew J. Gaunt United Kingdom	63	15.2k 1.5×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	370 0.4×	344 0.7×	133	15.9k
T. V. RajanBabu United States	57	8.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	429 0.5×	393 0.8×	147	9.0k
István E. Markó Belgium	43	7.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	812 0.9×	161 0.3×	208	7.9k
Hiroaki Sasai Japan	58	10.7k 1.0×	4.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	135 0.3×	245	11.8k
Yoshiji Takemoto Japan	57	13.9k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	3.5k 2.6×	368 0.4×	226 0.5×	339	14.9k
Stephen P. Marsden United Kingdom	36	5.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	336 0.4×	336 0.7×	113	6.5k
Masato Kitamura Japan	48	7.7k 0.7×	4.9k 1.7×	2.7k 2.0×	393 0.4×	397 0.8×	151	9.8k
Giuseppe Bartoli Italy	56	10.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	374 0.4×	215 0.4×	228	11.3k
David J. Procter United Kingdom	63	10.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	440 0.5×	144 0.3×	230	12.1k

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Ren, Wenlong, et al.. (2025). Pd-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroxymethylation of Olefins with HCO₂H via Sequential Hydroformylation and Reduction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(18). 6334–6338.

Li, Junhua, Yu Fu, & Yian Shi. (2025). A rapid access to fused polycyclic indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolins via Pd-catalyzed sequential Heck/C-H activation/amination reaction with diaziridinone. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(3). 111376–111376.

Li, Junhua, et al.. (2025). Pd-catalyzed hydroesterification of 1,1-disubstituted terminal olefins with aryl formates. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(18). 7642–7646.

Li, Junhua, Yahui Zhuang, Fengyin Wang, et al.. (2025). Pd-catalyzed highly regioselective olefin isomerization–hydrocarboxylation with formic acid: a facile approach to synthesize linear carboxylic acids from internal olefins. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(11). 3438–3444. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junhua, et al.. (2024). Pd-Catalyzed highly regioselective migratory hydroesterification of internal olefins with formates. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(7). 110599–110599. 3 indexed citations

Li, Jing, Zhanwei Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, & Yian Shi. (2023). Organocatalytic asymmetric bromohydroxylation of tri-substituted alkenes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100039–100039. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Wenju, Jie Dai, Jingfu Li, et al.. (2017). A facile approach to ketones via Pd-catalyzed sequential carbonylation of olefins with formic acid. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 4(6). 1074–1078. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Yingguang & Yian Shi. (2014). Cu^I‐Catalyzed Sequential Diamination and Dehydrogenation of Terminal Olefins: A Facile Approach to Imidazolinones. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(43). 13901–13904. 17 indexed citations

Xie, Ying, et al.. (2014). Organocatalytic synthesis of optically active β-branched α-amino esters via asymmetric biomimetic transamination. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(31). 5856–5856. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Deshun, et al.. (2013). Synergistic effect of additives on cyclopropanation of olefins. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(34). 5588–5588. 11 indexed citations

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Cai, Yudong & Yian Shi. (2013). Synthesis and X-ray characterization of novel palladium(ii) complexes with tunable chiral anionic counterions. Dalton Transactions. 42(15). 5232–5232. 4 indexed citations

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Xie, Ying, et al.. (2012). Organocatalytic asymmetric biomimetic transamination of aromatic ketone to optically active amine. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(45). 8960–8960. 23 indexed citations

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Guan, Huan, Haining Wang, Deshun Huang, & Yian Shi. (2012). Enantioselective oxysulfenylation and oxyselenenylation of olefins catalyzed by chiral Brønsted acids. Tetrahedron. 68(12). 2728–2735. 84 indexed citations

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Liu, Mao, Jing Li, Xiao Xiao, Ying Xie, & Yian Shi. (2012). An efficient synthesis of optically active trifluoromethyl aldimines via asymmetric biomimetic transamination. Chemical Communications. 49(14). 1404–1404. 65 indexed citations

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Ramirez, Thomas A., Baoguo Zhao, & Yian Shi. (2011). Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed sp³C–H amination adjacent to double bonds and carbonyl groups. Chemical Society Reviews. 41(2). 931–942. 429 indexed citations

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Wong, O. Andrea, Bin Wang, Mei‐Xin Zhao, & Yian Shi. (2009). Asymmetric Epoxidation Catalyzed by α,α-Dimethylmorpholinone Ketone. Methyl Group Effect on Spiro and Planar Transition States. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(16). 6335–6338. 19 indexed citations

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Wong, O. Andrea & Yian Shi. (2009). Chiral Ketone and Iminium Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidation. Topics in current chemistry. 291. 70–85. 1 indexed citations

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Shen, Yu‐Mei, Bin Wang, & Yian Shi. (2006). Enantioselective Synthesis of 2‐Aryl Cyclopentanones by Asymmetric Epoxidation and Epoxide Rearrangement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(9). 1429–1432. 72 indexed citations

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Burke, Christopher P. & Yian Shi. (2006). Regio‐ and Enantioselective Epoxidation of Dienes by a Chiral Dioxirane: Synthesis of Optically Active Vinyl cis‐Epoxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(27). 4475–4478. 45 indexed citations

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Fejzo, Jasna, Felicia A. Etzkorn, Robert Clubb, et al.. (1994). The Mutant Escherichia coli F112W Cyclophilin Binds Cyclosporin A in Nearly Identical Conformation as Human Cyclophilin. Biochemistry. 33(19). 5711–5720. 26 indexed citations

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