Zhenlei Song

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Zhenlei Song is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenlei Song has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Biotechnology and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhenlei Song's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (42 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (23 papers). Zhenlei Song is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (42 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (23 papers). Zhenlei Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Zhenlei Song's co-authors include Lu Gao, Yong‐Qiang Tu, Chun‐An Fan, Richard P. Hsung, Yuebao Zhang, Ji Lu, Ting Lu, Yu Tang, Linjie Li and Peihong Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhenlei Song

106 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

  1. Semipinacol Rearrangement in Natural Product Synthesis
    2011 456 citations Zhenlei Song, Chun‐An Fan 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
Zhenlei Song China 27 2.3k 353 297 160 133 110 2.6k
Jiahua Chen China 31 2.6k 1.1× 262 0.7× 704 2.4× 217 1.4× 281 2.1× 98 3.0k
Yong‐Qiang Wang China 25 1.8k 0.8× 360 1.0× 262 0.9× 39 0.2× 61 0.5× 96 2.1k
Philip J. Parsons United Kingdom 23 2.0k 0.9× 163 0.5× 415 1.4× 126 0.8× 189 1.4× 147 2.3k
Kun Zhao China 26 2.1k 0.9× 159 0.5× 227 0.8× 32 0.2× 91 0.7× 53 2.2k
Hao Xu China 23 2.1k 0.9× 507 1.4× 385 1.3× 54 0.3× 110 0.8× 76 2.5k
Qiang Kang China 30 2.5k 1.1× 965 2.7× 485 1.6× 48 0.3× 51 0.4× 71 3.0k
Bor‐Cherng Hong Taiwan 34 2.7k 1.2× 324 0.9× 478 1.6× 167 1.0× 149 1.1× 113 3.1k
Chutima Kuhakarn Thailand 26 1.9k 0.8× 285 0.8× 421 1.4× 43 0.3× 101 0.8× 148 2.4k
Ganesh Pandey India 33 4.1k 1.8× 288 0.8× 664 2.2× 75 0.5× 189 1.4× 149 4.4k
John Leonard United Kingdom 22 1.3k 0.6× 325 0.9× 349 1.2× 83 0.5× 94 0.7× 63 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenlei Song

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenlei Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhenlei Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhenlei Song based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhenlei Song. Zhenlei Song is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Song, Zhenlei, et al.. (2025). Optimal privacy service strategies for omnichannel retailers: A combination of nonlinear optimization and evolutionary game approaches. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 87. 104406–104406. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qin, et al.. (2025). Construction of <italic>Si</italic>-stereogenic organosilanes from chlorosilanes. Scientia Sinica Chimica. 55(5). 1255–1263. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haixia, Yating Yang, Yu Lan, et al.. (2024). Endoplasmic reticulum-targeted fluorescent probe with aggregation-induced emission features for imaging peroxynitrite in drug-induced liver injury model. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 262. 116573–116573. 11 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiawei, Shunfa Liu, Jun Jing, et al.. (2023). Controllable Si–C Bond Formation from Trihydrosilanes En Route to Synthesis of 1,4-Azasilinanes with Diverse Silyl Functionalities. Organic Letters. 25(40). 7428–7433. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei. (2020). C-H Bond Functionalization of Si-Bound Methyl Group through a 1,5-Palladium Migration Process. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(7). 2176–2176. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Changzhen, et al.. (2014). Intramolecular [1,4]-S- to O-Silyl Migration: A Useful Strategy for Synthesizing Z-Silyl Enol Ethers with Diverse Thioether Linkages. Organic Letters. 16(3). 984–987. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei, et al.. (2013). A convenient three-component synthesis of carbamatoalkyl naphthols catalyzed by cerium ammonium nitrate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27(3). 4 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei, Chun‐An Fan, & Yong‐Qiang Tu. (2011). Semipinacol Rearrangement in Natural Product Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 111(11). 7523–7556. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Lu, et al.. (2011). Bissilyl Enal: A Useful Linchpin for Synthesis of Functionalized Vinylsilane Species by Anion Relay Chemistry. Organic Letters. 14(1). 158–161. 22 indexed citations
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Tian, Lei, Dan Feng, Hong Jiang, et al.. (2007). PRO: a popularity-based multi-threaded reconstruction optimization for RAID-structured storage systems. File and Storage Technologies. 32–32. 83 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu, Jossian Oppenheimer, Zhenlei Song, et al.. (2007). Strategies and Approaches for Constructing 1‐Oxadecalins. ChemInform. 38(6). 2 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei, Richard P. Hsung, Ting Lu, & Andrew G. Lohse. (2007). Studies on a Urea-Directed Stork−Crabtree Hydrogenation. Synthesis of the C1−C9 Subunit of (+)-Zincophorin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72(25). 9722–9731. 38 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei & Richard P. Hsung. (2007). A Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Zincophorin. Observation of an Unusual Urea-Directed Stork−Crabtree Hydrogenation. Organic Letters. 9(11). 2199–2202. 24 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenlei, Yong‐Qiang Tu, Shuanhu Gao, Yijun Jiang, & Shuyu Zhang. (2005). Studies on the Synthesis of Morphinan Alkaloid: Preparation of the Key Allylic Silyl Ether Precursor. Chinese Chemical Letters. 16(11). 1445–1447. 1 indexed citations

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