Aryl Halide Chemistry

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis September 2003		In our Special Topics analysis of aryl halide chemistry, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis ranked among the top 20 journals by number of papers publishing in this field over the past decade. Below, Executive Editor Joe P. Richmond discusses the journal’s success as well as its aims for the future. [read]

John P. Wolfe June 2003 Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis		John Wolfe discusses his highly cited work in Aryl Halide Chemistry. In our analysis, Dr. Wolfe is the third-most-cited author in this specialized field, with 9 papers cited a total of 963 times over the past decade. He is also a co-author of the paper ranked at #2 in our survey: "A highly active catalyst for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions: room temperature Suzuki couplings and amination of unactivated aryl chlorides" (Journal of the American Chemical Society 120[37]: 9722-3, 23 September 1998). In the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product, Dr. Wolfe has 22 papers cited a total of 1,840 times to date in the field of Chemistry. Dr. Wolfe is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. [read]

Tetrahedron Letters May 2003		Special Topics recently analyzed the publications over the last decade in aryl halide chemistry. Tetrahedron Letters ranks second on the list of most-cited journals for this specialized field, with 49 papers dealing with aryl halide research cited a total of 3,072 times. In the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product, Tetrahedron Letters is currently the third most-cited journal in the field of Chemistry, with 25,765 papers cited a total of 239,275 times to date. Ian Salusbury, the Senior Publishing Editor of Elsevier Science’s Organic Chemistry group, talks about the success of Tetrahedron Letters. [read]