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E. J. Corey publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by E. J. Corey between 1950 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. E. J. Corey published across 76 years, from 1950 to 2025, averaging 17.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 1984. 1 of the 1,337 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1950 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 1984. 1950: 1 publication 1951: 2 publications 1952: 3 publications 1953: 9 publications 1954: 3 publications 1955: 9 publications 1956: 6 publications 1957: 7 publications 1958: 7 publications 1959: 12 publications 1960: 4 publications 1961: 4 publications 1962: 10 publications 1963: 11 publications 1964: 10 publications 1965: 16 publications 1966: 9 publications 1967: 17 publications 1968: 18 publications 1969: 22 publications 1970: 32 publications 1971: 25 publications 1972: 35 publications 1973: 28 publications 1974: 24 publications 1975: 43 publications 1976: 31 publications 1977: 22 publications 1978: 28 publications 1979: 15 publications 1980: 43 publications 1981: 22 publications 1982: 39 publications 1983: 47 publications 1984: 48 publications 1985: 39 publications 1986: 24 publications 1987: 40 publications 1988: 20 publications 1989: 25 publications 1990: 32 publications 1991: 25 publications 1992: 30 publications 1993: 23 publications 1994: 20 publications 1995: 20 publications 1996: 20 publications 1997: 32 publications 1998: 24 publications 1999: 34 publications 2000: 22 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 33 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 24 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1950 2025

1,337 publications in total across all disciplines

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E. J. Corey: publications per year, 1950 to 2025
Year Publications
1950 1
1951 2
1952 3
1953 9
1954 3
1955 9
1956 6
1957 7
1958 7
1959 12
1960 4
1961 4
1962 10
1963 11
1964 10
1965 16
1966 9
1967 17
1968 18
1969 22
1970 32
1971 25
1972 35
1973 28
1974 24
1975 43
1976 31
1977 22
1978 28
1979 15
1980 43
1981 22
1982 39
1983 47
1984 48
1985 39
1986 24
1987 40
1988 20
1989 25
1990 32
1991 25
1992 30
1993 23
1994 20
1995 20
1996 20
1997 32
1998 24
1999 34
2000 22
2001 14
2002 20
2003 16
2004 16
2005 19
2006 33
2007 20
2008 21
2009 16
2010 24
2011 8
2012 3
2013 4
2014 3
2015 4
2016 3
2017 5
2018 5
2019 2
2020 0
2021 3
2022 0
2023 5
2024 0
2025 1
Total 1,337
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E. J. Corey 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 E. J. Corey sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,295+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,305 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100 1,305
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E. J. Corey 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 E. J. Corey sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 159+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98 176
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2004 - Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2002 - NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (US) For his brilliant and useful contributions to the theory and practice of organic synthesis and to chemical biology and medicine.
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1990 - Nobel Prize for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis
  • 1988 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his strikingly original contributions to organic synthesis, which have brought the science of organic chemistry to a new level of power and precision.", Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.
  • 1986 - Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation for outstanding research on the synthesis of many highly complex natural products and the demonstration of novel ways of thinking about such syntheses.
  • 1983 - Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier
  • 1982 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich
  • 1977 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1976 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1973 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1970 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1968 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1960 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1960 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1956 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1955 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

E. J. Corey is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans a primary focus in Materials Science with emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings

Corey has contributed to several research publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • CCDC 2241659: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2241642: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2241635: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2055364: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Electrodeposited Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-TiO2 with Enhanced HER from a Graphene Oxide Surface Treatment, 2025, ECS Meeting Abstracts

The most frequent publication venues where Corey's work appears are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Corey has collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • G. Sudhakar Reddy
  • D. Srinivas Reddy
  • Adilson Beatriz
  • Trey Naselli
  • Sreenivasan Annadurai

E. J. Corey has received multiple awards over the course of their career, which include:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2004)
  • NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (US) (2002) - For contributions to the theory and practice of organic synthesis and to chemical biology and medicine
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2000)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1998)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1993)
  • Nobel Prize (1990) - For development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis
  • US President's National Medal of Science (1988) - For original contributions to organic synthesis, presented by President Reagan
  • Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation (1986)
  • Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier (1983)
  • Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich (1982)
  • William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1977)
  • Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1976)
  • Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1973)
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1970)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1968, 1956)
  • Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1968)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1966)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1960)
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) (1960)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1955)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1933)

Best Publications

  • Protection of hydroxyl groups as tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives

    E. J. Corey;A. Venkateswarlu

  • Dimethyloxosulfonium Methylide ((CH3)2SOCH2) and Dimethylsulfonium Methylide ((CH3)2SCH2). Formation and Application to Organic Synthesis

    E. J. Corey;Michael Chaykovsky

  • Inhibition of Proteasome Activities and Subunit-Specific Amino-Terminal Threonine Modification by Lactacystin

    Gabriel Fenteany;Robert F. Standaert;William S. Lane;Soongyu Choi

  • PYRIDINIUM CHLOROCHROMATE, AN EFFICIENT REAGENT FOR OXIDATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALCOHOLS TO CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

    E.J. Corey;J.William Suggs

  • Highly enantioselective borane reduction of ketones catalyzed by chiral oxazaborolidines. Mechanism and synthetic implications

    E. J. Corey;Raman K. Bakshi;Saizo Shibata

  • A synthetic method for formyl→ethynyl conversion (RCHO→RCCH or RCCR′)

    E.J. Corey;P.L. Fuchs

  • Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds with Chiral Oxazaborolidine Catalysts: A New Paradigm for Enantioselective Catalysis and a Powerful New Synthetic Method.

    Elias J. Corey;Christopher J. Helal

  • Classics in total synthesis : targets, strategies, methods

    K. C. Nicolaou;E. J. Sorensen;E. J. Corey;Scott A. Snyder

  • Effect of dietary enrichment with eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on in vitro neutrophil and monocyte leukotriene generation and neutrophil function

    Lee Th;Hoover Rl;Williams Jd;Sperling Ri

  • THE CATALYTIC ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF MOLECULES WITH QUATERNARY CARBON STEREOCENTERS

    Elias J. Corey;Angel Guzman-Perez

  • Catalytic enantioselective Diels--Alder reactions: methods, mechanistic fundamentals, pathways, and applications.

    E. J. Corey

  • A stable and easily prepared catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of ketones. Applications to multistep syntheses

    E. J. Corey;Raman K. Bakshi;Saizo Shibata;Chung Pin Chen

  • Useful procedures for the oxidation of alcohols involving pyridinium dichromate in aprotic media

    E.J. Corey;Greg Schmidt

  • The Logic of Chemical Synthesis

    E. J. Corey;Xue-Min Cheng

  • A Rational Approach to Catalytic Enantioselective Enolate Alkylation Using a Structurally Rigidified and Defined Chiral Quaternary Ammonium Salt under Phase Transfer Conditions

    E. J. Corey;and Feng Xu;Mark C. Noe

  • New methods for the oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids and esters

    Elias J. Corey;Norman W. Gilman;B. E. Ganem

  • Generation and synthetic applications of 2-lithio-1,3-dithianes

    Dieter Seebach;Elias J. Corey

  • Stereo-controlled synthesis of dl-prostaglandins F2.alpha. and E2

    Elias J. Corey;Ned M. Weinshenker;Thomas K. Schaaf;Willy Huber

  • Efficient and mild lactonization method for the synthesis of macrolides

    E. J. Corey;Kyriacos C. Nicolaou

  • Methylsulfinyl Carbanion (CH3-SO-CH2-). Formation and Applications to Organic Synthesis

    E. J. Corey;Michael Chaykovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Lewis
Robert A. Lewis University of California, San Francisco
Jeffrey M. Drazen
Jeffrey M. Drazen Harvard University
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda Rice University
K. Frank Austen
K. Frank Austen Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hisashi Yamamoto
Hisashi Yamamoto Chubu University
Do Hyun Ryu
Do Hyun Ryu Sungkyunkwan University
Teck-Peng Loh
Teck-Peng Loh Nanyang Technological University
Dieter Seebach
Dieter Seebach ETH Zurich
Bengt Samuelsson
Bengt Samuelsson Karolinska Institute

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