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Chemical Reactions and Isotopes

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Faxiang Bu
Wuhan University
2
Minzi Liao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
3
Haoxuan Jiang
Xi'an Jiaotong University
4
Nashra Sheraz
Quaid-i-Azam University
5
Anna Szymanowska
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
6
G. Logan Bartholomew
University of California, Berkeley
7
Megan D. McCurry
Harvard University
8
Shunhan Jia
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
9
Xu-Kuan Qi
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
10
Michael G. J. Doyle
University of Alberta

Papers

1
Electrocatalytic reductive deuteration of arenes and heteroarenes
Nature|2024
131 cit.
2
Comprehensive assessment of carbon-, biomaterial- and inorganic-based adsorbents for the removal of the most hazardous heavy metal ions from wastewater
RSC Advances|2024
118 cit.
3
<sup>14</sup> N to <sup>15</sup> N Isotopic Exchange of Nitrogen Heteroaromatics through Skeletal Editing
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
93 cit.
4
Publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024) [91 citations, W4394014064]
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
91 cit.
5
Gut bacteria convert glucocorticoids into progestins in the presence of hydrogen gas
Cell|2024
88 cit.
6
Publication in ACS Catalysis (2024) [86 citations, W4390750965]
ACS Catalysis|2024
86 cit.
7
Silicate-Confined Hydrogen on Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron for Efficient Defluorination Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
70 cit.
8
Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024) [54 citations, W4390892418]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
54 cit.
9
Electrocatalytic Alkene Hydrogenation/Deuteration
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
42 cit.
10
Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024) [31 citations, W4401426751]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
31 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jin Xie
China Pharmaceutical University
2
Niklas B. Thompson
University of Chicago
3
Karen E. Anderson
The Neurological Institute
4
Emily Christopher
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
5
Daikang Yan
Institute of High Energy Physics
6
Andrew McNally
Princeton University
7
Mingming Fang
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8
Sophie Feuillastre
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
9
Noah W. Palm
Yale University
10
Benjamin J. Stokes
University of Illinois Chicago

Papers

1
Commensal microbiota from patients with inflammatory bowel disease produce genotoxic metabolites
Science|2022
234 cit.
2
Halogenation of the 3-position of pyridines through Zincke imine intermediates
Science|2022
170 cit.
3
Within-host evolution of a gut pathobiont facilitates liver translocation
Nature|2022
162 cit.
4
A temperature-dependent solvating electrolyte for wide-temperature and fast-charging lithium metal batteries
Joule|2024
137 cit.
5
Highly selective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes by deoxygenative alkenylation of carboxylic acids
Nature Communications|2022
134 cit.
6
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes
Nature Catalysis|2022
120 cit.
7
Decarboxylative tandem C-N coupling with nitroarenes via SH2 mechanism
Nature Communications|2022
84 cit.
8
Photoinduced manganese-catalysed hydrofluorocarbofunctionalization of alkenes
Nature Synthesis|2022
84 cit.
9
Highly multiplexed bioactivity screening reveals human and microbiota metabolome-GPCRome interactions
Cell|2023
81 cit.
10
Interspecies commensal interactions have nonlinear impacts on host immunity
Cell Host & Microbe|2022
75 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Wilfried Winiwarter
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
2
F. Peter Guengerich
Vanderbilt University
3
David F. Smith
University of Michigan
4
Hironao Sajiki
Gifu Pharmaceutical University
5
Judith P. Klinman
QB3
6
Robert G. Bergman
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
7
Frank E. Löffler
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
8
Richard L. Sidman
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9
Volker Derdau
Sanofi (Germany)
10
Carl E. Cerniglia
National Center for Toxicological Research

Papers

1
How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world
Nature Geoscience|2008
4.5k cit.
2
Culture Medium for Enterobacteria
Journal of Bacteriology|1974
3k cit.
3
Interindividual variations in human liver cytochrome P-450 enzymes involved in the oxidation of drugs, carcinogens and toxic chemicals: studies with liver microsomes of 30 Japanese and 30 Caucasians.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics|1994
2.8k cit.
4
Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Biodegradation|1992
1.7k cit.
5
Autoradiographic Study of Cell Migration during Histogenesis of Cerebral Cortex in the Mouse
Nature|1961
1.5k cit.
6
C–H activation
Nature|2007
1.5k cit.
7
N <sub>2</sub> O release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels
Atmospheric chemistry and physics|2008
1.2k cit.
8
Too much of a good thing
Nature|2011
1.1k cit.
9
Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Current Opinion in Biotechnology|1993
1.1k cit.
10
Purification and characterization of liver microsomal cytochromes P-450: electrophoretic, spectral, catalytic, and immunochemical properties and inducibility of eight isozymes isolated from rats treated with phenobarbital or .beta.-naphthoflavone
Biochemistry|1982
1k cit.

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