Feng Chen

5.3k citations

113 papers · 4.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Impact in

Process Chemistry and Technology top 1%
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Papers in

Inorganic Chemistry 47
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 23
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 16
Organic Chemistry 64
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 24
- Radical Photochemical Reactions 13
- Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques 12
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions 10
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions 9

Co-authors: Ning Jiao (8 shared papers)Teng Wang (1 shared paper)Matthias Beller (8 shared papers)Annette‐Enrica Surkus (5 shared papers)Kathrin Junge (5 shared papers)Yuxin Cui (3 shared papers)Chong Qin (2 shared papers)Jörg Radnik (3 shared papers)
Journals: Organic Letters (11 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (7 papers)Journal of Catalysis (4 papers)Chemical Communications (4 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (3 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Feng Chen

108 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Feng Chen's Hit Papers

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Recent Advances in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Unstrained Carbon–Carbon Bonds 2014 · 854 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.

2014 Chemical Reviews

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1	Recent Advances in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Unstrained Carbon–Carbon Bonds Chemical Reviews ·Feng Chen, Teng Wang, Ning Jiao Hit paper breakdown →	2014	854
2	Highly Efficient Luminescent Metal–Organic Framework for the Simultaneous Detection and Removal of Heavy Metals from Water ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Nathan D. Rudd, Hao Wang, Erika M. A. Fuentes-Fernandez, Simon J. Teat, Feng Chen, Gene S. Hall, Yves Jean Chabal, Jing Li	2016	369
3	Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Heteroarenes with N -Graphene-Modified Cobalt Nanoparticles (Co 3 O 4 –Co/NGr@α-Al 2 O 3 ) Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Feng Chen, Annette‐Enrica Surkus, Lin He, Marga‐Martina Pohl, Jörg Radnik, Christoph Topf, Kathrin Junge, Matthias Beller	2015	246
4	A Stable Nanocobalt Catalyst with Highly Dispersed CoN x Active Sites for the Selective Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Conghui Tang, Annette‐Enrica Surkus, Feng Chen, Marga‐Martina Pohl, Giovanni Agostini, Matthias F. Schneider, Henrik Junge, Matthias Beller	2017	207
5	Metal-Free, NHPI Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of C–C Double Bond Using Molecular Oxygen as Oxidant Organic Letters ·Riyuan Lin, Feng Chen, Ning Jiao	2012	202
6	Iron‐Catalyzed CH and CC Bond Cleavage: A Direct Approach to Amides from Simple Hydrocarbons Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chong Qin, Wang Zhou, Feng Chen, Yang Ou, Ning Jiao	2011	169
7	Chloride supporting electrolytes for all-vanadium redox flow batteries Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Soowhan Kim, Wei Wang, Jianlu Zhang, Baowei Chen, Zimin Nie, Feng Chen, Jian Zhi Hu, Liyu Li	2011	134
8	Stable and Inert Cobalt Catalysts for Highly Selective and Practical Hydrogenation of C≡N and C═O Bonds Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Feng Chen, Christoph Topf, Jörg Radnik, Carsten Robert Kreyenschulte, Henrik Lund, Matthias F. Schneider, Annette‐Enrica Surkus, Lin He	2016	122
9	A New Fe/V Redox Flow Battery Using a Sulfuric/Chloric Mixed‐Acid Supporting Electrolyte Advanced Energy Materials ·Wei Wang, Zimin Nie, Baowei Chen, Feng Chen, Qingtao Luo, Xiaoliang Wei, Guanguang Gordon Xia, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos	2012	121
10	Implanting Nitrogen into Hydrocarbon Molecules through CH and CC Bond Cleavages: A Direct Approach to Tetrazoles Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Feng Chen, Chong Qin, Yuxin Cui, Ning Jiao	2011	121
11	Dehydrogenative N‐Incorporation: A Direct Approach to Quinoxaline N‐Oxides under Mild Conditions Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Feng Chen, Xiaoqiang Huang, Xinyao Li, Tao Shen, Miancheng Zou, Ning Jiao	2014	118
12	2,4- vs 3,4-Disubsituted Pyrrole Synthesis Switched by Copper and Nickel Catalysts Organic Letters ·Feng Chen, Tao Shen, Yuxin Cui, Ning Jiao	2012	114
13	Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with N-Graphitic-Modified Cobalt Nanoparticles Supported on Silica ACS Catalysis ·Feng Chen, Carsten Robert Kreyenschulte, Jörg Radnik, Henrik Lund, Annette‐Enrica Surkus, Kathrin Junge, Matthias Beller	2017	112
14	A Universal Principle to Accurately Synthesize Atomically Dispersed Metal–N4 Sites for CO2 Electroreduction Nano-Micro Letters ·Wanzhen Zheng, Feng Chen, Qi Hui Zeng, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Lecheng Lei, Qinghua Zhang, Feng He	2020	100
15	Selective cobalt nanoparticles for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of N-heteroarenes Chemical Science ·Feng Chen, Basudev Sahoo, Carsten Robert Kreyenschulte, Henrik Lund, Min Zeng, Lin He, Kathrin Junge, Matthias Beller	2017	96
16	Enhanced catalytic degradation of bisphenol A by hemin-MOFs supported on boron nitride via the photo-assisted heterogeneous activation of persulfate Separation and Purification Technology ·Qian Ke, Yanpeng Shi, Yixuan Liu, Feng Chen, Hao Wang, Xi‐Lin Wu, Hongjun Lin, Jianrong Chen	2019	87
17	Direct Carboxylation with Carbon Dioxide via Cooperative Photoredox and Transition‐Metal Dual Catalysis Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis ·Guodong Zhang, Yihan Cheng, Matthias Beller, Feng Chen	2021	76
18	Synthetic Applications of Sulfonium Salts as Aryl Radical Precursors European Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Xinyin Wu, Pan Gao, Feng Chen	2023	73
19	A Pd(ii)-catalyzed asymmetric approach toward chiral [3.3.1]-bicyclic ketals using 2-hydroxyphenylboronic acid as a pro-bis(nucleophile) Chemical Communications ·Feijun Wang, Feng Chen, Ming‐Liang Qu, Teng Li, Ke Liu, Min Jun Shi	2013	69
20	Cu-Catalyzed Concise Synthesis of Pyridines and 2-(1 H )-Pyridones from Acetaldehydes and Simple Nitrogen Donors Organic Letters ·Ziyuan Li, Xiaoqiang Huang, Feng Chen, Chun Zhang, Xiaoyang Wang, Ning Jiao	2015	66

About Feng Chen

Feng Chen is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Process Chemistry and Technology and Materials Chemistry, having authored 113 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (24 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (12 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (10 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (10 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Process Chemistry and Technology (312 citations), Inorganic Chemistry (1.5k citations), Organic Chemistry (2.9k citations), Catalysis (247 citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (531 citations). Feng Chen has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ning Jiao, Teng Wang, Matthias Beller, Annette‐Enrica Surkus, Kathrin Junge, Yuxin Cui, Chong Qin, Jörg Radnik, Marga‐Martina Pohl and Lin He. Their work appears in journals such as Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Catalysis, Chemical Communications and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

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