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Da-Gang Yu

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
15327
World Ranking
6277
National Ranking
1123

Da-Gang Yu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Da-Gang Yu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 146 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Da-Gang Yu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Da-Gang Yu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Da-Gang Yu is affiliated with Sichuan University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering, with a particular emphasis on carbon dioxide utilization and catalysis. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics, including organic chemistry, renewable energy, and catalytic processes.

The scientist's main research focus areas include:

  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Energy

Subfields of study emphasize:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science

Their work addresses main research topics such as:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Da-Gang Yu include:

  • "Radical Carboxylative Cyclizations and Carboxylations with CO2" (2021), published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Electrochemical reactor dictates site selectivity in N-heteroarene carboxylations" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Reductive Carboxylation with CO2" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis" (2021), published in Nature Catalysis
  • "Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2" (2022), published in Nature Catalysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Da-Gang Yu include:

  • Jian-Heng Ye
  • Li-Li Liao
  • Chuan-Kun Ran
  • Yong-Yuan Gui
  • Wei Zhang

The most common publication venues where Da-Gang Yu's work has appeared are:

  • Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • An efficient organocatalytic method for constructing biaryls through aromatic C–H activation

    Chang-Liang Sun;Hu Li;Da-Gang Yu;Miao Yu

  • Exploration of new C-O electrophiles in cross-coupling reactions.

    Da-Gang Yu;Bi-Jie Li;Zhang-Jie Shi

  • Visible light-driven organic photochemical synthesis in China

    Yiyun Chen;Liang-Qiu Lu;Da-Gang Yu;Cheng-Jian Zhu

  • Co(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Formal SN-Type Reactions: Selective and Efficient Cyanation, Halogenation, and Allylation

    Da-Gang Yu;Tobias Gensch;Francisco de Azambuja;Suhelen Vásquez-Céspedes

  • Activation of “Inert” Alkenyl/Aryl C ? O Bond and Its Application in Cross‐Coupling Reactions

    Bi-Jie Li;Da-Gang Yu;Chang-Liang Sun;Zhang-Jie Shi;Zhang-Jie Shi

  • RhIII/CuII-Cocatalyzed Synthesis of 1H-Indazoles through C–H Amidation and N–N Bond Formation

    Da-Gang Yu;Mamta Suri;Frank Glorius

  • Biaryl construction via Ni-catalyzed C-O activation of phenolic carboxylates.

    Bing-Tao Guan;Yang Wang;Bi-Jie Li;Da-Gang Yu

  • Radical Carboxylative Cyclizations and Carboxylations with CO2

    Jian-Heng Ye;Tao Ju;He Huang;Li-Li Liao

  • Electrochemical reactor dictates site selectivity in N-heteroarene carboxylations

    Unknown

  • Visible-Light-Driven Iron-Promoted Thiocarboxylation of Styrenes and Acrylates with CO2

    Jian-Heng Ye;Meng Miao;He Huang;Si-Shun Yan

  • Highly Regio- and Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Reductive Hydroxymethylation of Styrenes and 1,3-Dienes with CO2.

    Yong-Yuan Gui;Naifu Hu;Xiao-Wang Chen;Li−Li Liao

  • Visible‐Light‐Driven Palladium‐Catalyzed Radical Alkylation of C−H Bonds with Unactivated Alkyl Bromides

    Wen-Jun Zhou;Guang-Mei Cao;Guo Shen;Xing-Yong Zhu

  • Lactamization of sp(2) C-H Bonds with CO2 : Transition-Metal-Free and Redox-Neutral.

    Zhen Zhang;Zhen Zhang;Li-Li Liao;Si-Shun Yan;Lei Wang

  • Transition metal-catalyzed carboxylation of unsaturated substrates with CO2

    Si-Shun Yan;Qiang Fu;Li-Li Liao;Guo-Quan Sun

  • Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2

    Unknown

  • The C-H activation/1,3-diyne strategy: highly selective direct synthesis of diverse bisheterocycles by Rh(III) catalysis.

    Da-Gang Yu;Francisco de Azambuja;Tobias Gensch;Constantin G. Daniliuc

  • [3]Dendralene Synthesis: Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed Alkenyl C ? H Activation and Coupling Reaction with Allenyl Carbinol Carbonate

    Honggen Wang;Bernhard Beiring;Da-Gang Yu;Karl D. Collins

  • Transition metal-free phosphonocarboxylation of alkenes with carbon dioxide via visible-light photoredox catalysis.

    Qiang Fu;Zhi-Yu Bo;Jian-Heng Ye;Tao Ju

  • α-MsO/TsO/Cl ketones as oxidized alkyne equivalents: redox-neutral rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H activation for the synthesis of N-heterocycles.

    Da-Gang Yu;Francisco de Azambuja;Frank Glorius

  • Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Reductive Carboxylation with CO2

    Zhen Zhang;Jian-Heng Ye;Tao Ju;Li-Li Liao

  • Mutual Activation: Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling through Direct Cleavage of the sp2 CO Bond of Naphtholate

    Da-Gang Yu;Zhang-Jie Shi;Zhang-Jie Shi

  • Visible-Light-Driven External-Reductant-Free Cross-Electrophile Couplings of Tetraalkyl Ammonium Salts

    Li-Li Liao;Guang-Mei Cao;Jian-Heng Ye;Guo-Quan Sun

  • Photoredox sheds new light on nickel catalysis: from carbon–carbon to carbon–heteroatom bond formation

    Yong-Yuan Gui;Liang Sun;Zhi-Peng Lu;Da-Gang Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhang-Jie Shi
Zhang-Jie Shi Peking University
Frank Glorius
Frank Glorius University of Münster
Bi-Jie Li
Bi-Jie Li Tsinghua University
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu University of Technology Sydney
Zhenfeng Xi
Zhenfeng Xi Peking University
Chao-Jun Li
Chao-Jun Li McGill University
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu Sichuan University
Yiwen Li
Yiwen Li Sichuan University

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