J. W. Cornforth

5.9k citations
141 papers · 4.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

    • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
    • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
    • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis

Papers in

    • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis 23
    • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 11
    • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization 10
    • Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry 8
    • Organophosphorus compounds synthesis 11
    • Phosphorus compounds and reactions 6

J. W. Cornforth

136 papers receiving 3.4k citations

J. W. Cornforth's Hit Papers

Studies on the Biosynthesis of Cholesterol 1966 · 188 citations
1880+22+44Years since publication50100150

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J. W. Cornforth
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Biochemistry 396
  • Organic Chemistry 1.1k
  • Pharmaceutical Science 200
  • Molecular Biology 2.1k
  • Pharmacology 372
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All Works

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24. A general stereoselective synthesis of olefins
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1959197
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Studies on the Biosynthesis of Cholesterol
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1966188
3 1962159
4 1961134
5 1965125
6 1958110
7 1958105
8 1966100
9 196995
10 195688
11 198387
12 196284
13 195982
14 196580
15 195580
16 195178
17 197072
18 196270
19 196568
20 196667

About J. W. Cornforth

J. W. Cornforth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology and Biochemistry, having authored 141 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (23 papers), Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (11 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (10 papers), Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (8 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (6 papers), Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (6 papers) and Phosphorus compounds and reactions (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (396 citations), Organic Chemistry (1.1k citations), Pharmaceutical Science (200 citations), Molecular Biology (2.1k citations) and Pharmacology (372 citations). J. W. Cornforth has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Tanzania. Frequent co-authors include G. Popják, Rita H. Cornforth, G. Ryback, B.V. Milborrow, C. Donninger, Ragnar Ryhage, DeWitt S. Goodman, L.S. Yengoyan, R. J. W. Rees and Wolfgang Buckel. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, Nature, European Journal of Biochemistry, Tetrahedron and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

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