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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.

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61 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.

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.

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This scientist: 176 D-Index — 100th percentile

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

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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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