Benoı̂t Laleu

3k citations

65 papers · 2.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

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Microbiology top 5%
Organic Chemistry top 2%
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Papers in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30
- Malaria Research and Control 29
Parasitology 7
- Parasites and Host Interactions 4
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies 3

Co-authors: Mark Lautens (3 shared papers)Jérôme Lacour (9 shared papers)Cédric Merlot (3 shared papers)Freddy Heitz (3 shared papers)Francesca Gaggini (3 shared papers)Cédric Szyndralewiez (3 shared papers)Patrick Page (3 shared papers)Sophie Houngninou-Molango (3 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (9 papers)ACS Infectious Diseases (5 papers)PLoS Pathogens (4 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (4 papers)ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (3 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Australia

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Benoı̂t Laleu

62 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Benoı̂t Laleu's Hit Papers

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Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond 2016 · 388 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2016 PLoS Pathogens

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1	Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond PLoS Pathogens ·Wesley C. Van Voorhis, John Henry Adams, Roberto Adelfio, Vida Ahyong, Myles H. Akabas, Pietro Alano, Alday Aintzane, Yesmalie Alemán Resto Hit paper breakdown →	2016	388
2	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase in experimental liver fibrosis: GKT137831 as a novel potential therapeutic agent Hepatology ·Tomonori Aoyama, Yong‐Han Paik, Sumio Watanabe, Benoı̂t Laleu, Francesca Gaggini, Laetitia Fioraso-Cartier, Sophie Houngninou-Molango, Freddy Heitz	2012	287
3	First in Class, Potent, and Orally Bioavailable NADPH Oxidase Isoform 4 (Nox4) Inhibitors for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Francesca Gaggini, Mike Orchard, Laetitia Fioraso-Cartier, Laurène Cagnon, Sophie Houngninou-Molango, Angelo Gradia, Guillaume Duboux	2010	222
4	Exploiting the Divergent Reactivity of Aryl–Palladium Intermediates for the Rapid Assembly of Fluorene and Phenanthrene Derivatives Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ya‐Bin Zhao, Brian Mariampillai, David A. Candito, Benoı̂t Laleu, Mengzhou Li, Mark Lautens	2009	218
5	Resolution of [4]Heterohelicenium Dyes with Unprecedented Pummerer‐like Chemistry Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Pierre Mobian, Christelle Herse, Bo Wegge Laursen, Gérard Hopfgartner D, Gérald Bernardinelli, Jérôme Lacour	2005	108
6	A Palladium-Catalyzed Alkylation/Direct Arylation Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Christophe Blaszykowski, Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Dino Alberico, Cyril Bressy, David G. Hulcoop, Farnaz Jafarpour, Arash Joushaghani, Benoı̂t Laleu	2008	85
7	Synthesis of Annulated 2H-Indazoles and 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-Triazoles via a One-Pot Palladium-Catalyzed Alkylation/Direct Arylation Reaction The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Mark Lautens	2008	74
8	Design, synthesis and biological activity of original pyrazolo-pyrido-diazepine, -pyrazine and -oxazine dione derivatives as novel dual Nox4/Nox1 inhibitors Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Francesca Gaggini, Benoı̂t Laleu, Mike Orchard, Laetitia Fioraso-Cartier, Laurène Cagnon, Sophie Houngninou-Molango, Angelo Gradia, Guillaume Duboux	2011	72
9	The Development Process for Discovery and Clinical Advancement of Modern Antimalarials Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Trent D. Ashton, Shane M. Devine, Jörg J. Möhrle, Benoı̂t Laleu, Jeremy Nicholas Burrows, Susan A. Charman, Darren J. Creek, Brad E. Sleebs	2019	68
10	Screening of the ‘Pathogen Box’ identifies an approved pesticide with major anthelmintic activity against the barber's pole worm International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance ·Sarah Preston, Yaqing Jiao, Abdul Jabbar, Sean L. McGee, Benoı̂t Laleu, Paul A. Willis, Timothy N. C. Wells, Robin B. Gasser	2016	66
11	Screening of TB Actives for Activity against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Delivers High Hit Rates Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jian Liang Low, Mu-Lu Wu, Dinah Binte Aziz, Benoı̂t Laleu, Thomas Dick	2017	57
12	Pummerer fragmentation vs. Pummerer rearrangement: a mechanistic analysis Chemical Communications ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Marco Santarem Machado, Jérôme Lacour	2006	45
13	Chiral Selectivity in the Binding of [4]Helicene Derivatives to Double‐Stranded DNA Chemistry - A European Journal ·Oksana V. Kel, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Nathalie Mehanna, Cyril Nicolas, Benoı̂t Laleu, Martin Hammarson, Bo Albinsson, Jérôme Lacour	2013	45
14	New Ru Nanoparticles Stabilized by Organosilane Fragments Chemistry of Materials ·Katrin Pelzer, Benoı̂t Laleu, Frédéric Lefebvre, Karine Philippot, Bruno N. Chaudret, J.P. Candy, Jean‐Marie Basset	2004	44
15	Excited-state properties of chiral [4]helicene cations Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·Oksana V. Kel, Peter S. Sherin, Nathalie Mehanna, Benoı̂t Laleu, Jérôme Lacour, Eric Vauthey	2012	44
16	Potent Antimalarials with Development Potential Identified by Structure-Guided Computational Optimization of a Pyrrole-Based Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Series Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Xiaoyi Deng, Shawn Watts, Goran Krilov, Aleksey I. Gerasyuto, Sreekanth Kokkonda, Farah El Mazouni, John C. White, Karen L. White	2021	38
17	Addressing the most neglected diseases through an open research model: The discovery of fenarimols as novel drug candidates for eumycetoma PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Wilson Lim, Youri Melse, Mickey Konings, Hung Phat Duong, Kimberly Eadie, Benoı̂t Laleu, Benjamin Ian Perry, Matthew H. Todd	2018	34
18	Discovery and Structure–Activity Relationships of Quinazolinone-2-carboxamide Derivatives as Novel Orally Efficacious Antimalarials Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Yuichiro Akao, Atsuko Ochida, Sandra Duffy, Leonardo Lucantoni, David M. Shackleford, Gong Chen, Kasiram Katneni	2021	32
19	Effective HPLC resolution of [4]heterohelicenium dyes on chiral stationary phases using reversed‐phase eluents Chirality ·Claudio Villani, Benoı̂t Laleu, Pierre Mobian, Jérôme Lacour	2006	29
20	Trimesitylmethylphosphonium Cation. Supramolecular Stereocontrol and Simple Enantiomerization Mechanism Determination The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Benoı̂t Laleu, Gérald Bernardinelli, Rémi Chauvin, Jérôme Lacour	2006	29

About Benoı̂t Laleu

Benoı̂t Laleu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Small Animals, Organic Chemistry and Computational Theory and Mathematics, having authored 65 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Malaria Research and Control (29 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (6 papers), Helminth infection and control (5 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (4 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (3 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (3 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (2 papers) and Actinomycetales infections and treatment (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (23 citations), Organic Chemistry (816 citations), Parasitology (149 citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (425 citations) and Hepatology (109 citations). Benoı̂t Laleu has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Mark Lautens, Jérôme Lacour, Cédric Merlot, Freddy Heitz, Francesca Gaggini, Cédric Szyndralewiez, Patrick Page, Sophie Houngninou-Molango, Ya‐Bin Zhao and Brian Mariampillai. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ACS Infectious Diseases, PLoS Pathogens, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

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