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Edward C. Taylor

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13842
World Ranking
9208
National Ranking
2603

Edward C. Taylor 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 Edward C. Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 590 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward C. Taylor 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 Edward C. Taylor sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society, U.S. National Academy of Sciences For his contributions to heterocyclic chemistry, in particular the discovery of the new-generation antifolate pemetrexed, approved for the treatment of mesothelioma and non-small cell lung cancer and under clinical investigation for treatment of a variety of other solid tumors.
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Edward C. Taylor was affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research mainly contributed to the field of Arts and Humanities, particularly focusing on history, museology, literature and literary theory, economics and econometrics, and political science and international relations.

Their scholarly work concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Historical Art and Culture Studies
  • Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
  • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Historical Studies of British Isles
  • Literature: history, themes, analysis
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • European Political History Analysis

Throughout their career, Edward C. Taylor published research in several notable academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Seventeenth Century
  • Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Parliamentary History
  • History

Some of their recent papers included:

  • "Jacobites and Latin Verse, 1688-1702" (2022), published in Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • "Poemata on affairs of state: political satire in Latin in later Stuart Britain, 1658-1714" (2021), published in The Seventeenth Century
  • "'Our Masters the Commons Begin Now to Roar': Parliament in Scribal Verse, 1621-81*" (2022), published in Parliamentary History
  • "Neo-Latin verse satire, ca. 1500-1800: an ethical approach" (2023), published in The Seventeenth Century
  • "The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813: Courting the Public. By Leo Shipp. University of London Press. x + 276 pp. £24.99." (2025), published in History

Edward C. Taylor did not have frequent co-authors documented in the available data.

In terms of recognition, Taylor received multiple awards, including:

  • NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society, U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2013, for contributions to heterocyclic chemistry and discovery of antifolate pemetrexed used in cancer treatment
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2012
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1979

Best Publications

  • A dideazatetrahydrofolate analog lacking a chiral center at C-6: N-[4-[2-(2-amino-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5yl)ethyl[benzoyl]-L-glutamic acid is an inhibitor of thymidylate synthase

    Edward C. Taylor;Dietmar Kuhnt;Chuan Shih;Sharon M. Rinzel

  • Photochemical reactions of azoxy compounds, nitrones, and aromatic amine N-oxides

    Gavin G. Spence;Edward Curtis. Taylor;Ole. Buchardt

  • 1,5-Dipolar cyclizations

    Edward C. Taylor;Ignatius J. Turchi

  • Synthesis of pyrazolo 3,4-pyrimidine analogues of the potent agent N-4-2-2-amino-4 3-oxo-7-pyrrolo 2,3-pyrimidin-5-yl ethylbenzoyl-L-glutamic acid (LY231514)

    Edward C. Taylor;Hemantkumar H. Patel

  • Synthesis of the antileukemic agents 5,10-dideazaaminopterin and 5,10-dideaza-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroaminopterin.

    E C Taylor;P J Harrington;S R Fletcher;G P Beardsley

  • Thallium in organic synthesis. 58. Regiospecific intermolecular oxidative dehydrodimerization of aromatic compounds to biaryls using thallium(III) trifluoroacetate

    Alexander McKillop;Andrew G. Turrell;Derek W. Young;Edward C. Taylor

  • Thallium in organic synthesis

    Edward Curtis Taylor;Alexander McKillop

  • Thallium in organic synthesis. XXII. Electrophilic aromatic thallation using thallium(III) trifluoroacetate. Simple synthesis of aromatic iodides

    Alexander McKillop;John D. Hunt;Michael J. Zelesko;Joanna S. Fowler

  • Structural features of 5,10-dideaza-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate that determine inhibition of mammalian glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase

    Samuel W. Baldwin;Archie Tse;Lynn S. Gossett;Edward C. Taylor

  • PYRIDINE-1-OXIDES. I. SYNTHESIS OF SOME NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVES1

    E. C. Taylor;Aldo J. Crovetti

  • Thallium in organic synthesis. 59. Alkaloid synthesis via intramolecular nonphenolic oxidative coupling. Preparation of (.+-.)-ocoteine, (.+-.)-acetoxyocoxylonine, (.+-.)-3-methoxy-n-acetylnornantenine, (.+-.)-neolitsine, (.+-.)-kreysigine, (.+-.)-O-methylkreysigine, and (.+-.)-multifloramine

    Edward C. Taylor;Juan G. Andrade;Gerhardus J. H. Rall;Alexander McKillop

  • The 6S- and 6R-diastereomers of 5, 10-dideaza-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydrofolate are equiactive inhibitors of de novo purine synthesis.

    R. G. Moran;R. G. Moran;S. W. Baldwin;E. C. Taylor;Chuan Shih

  • N-(pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-3-ylacyl)-glutamic acid derivatives

    Edward C. Taylor;Dietmar G. Kuhnt;Chuan Shih;Gerald B. Grindey

  • Thallium in organic synthesis. XXXVIII. Oxidation of chalcones, deoxybenzoins, and benzoins with thallium(III) nitrate (TTN)

    Alexander. McKillop;Brian P. Swann;Michael E. Ford;Edward C. Taylor

  • Purine Nucleosides. I. The Synthesis of Certain 6-Substituted-9-(tetrahydro-2-pyranyl)-purines as Models of Purine Deoxynucleosides1

    Roland K. Robins;Erik F. Godefroi;Edward C. Taylor;Leland R. Lewis

  • Novel synthesis of a conformationally-constrained analog of DDATHF

    Edward C. Taylor;Ping Zhou;Lee D. Jennings;Zhenmin Mao

  • A Convenient Synthesis of N,N'-Disubstituted Formamidines and Acetamidines1

    Edward C. Taylor;Wendell A. Ehrhart

  • Intramolecular diels-alder reactions of 1,2,4-triazines.

    Edward C. Taylor;John E. Macor;Joseph L. Pont

  • Thallium in organic synthesis. 68. A convenient synthesis of 2-phenylindoles from anilides

    Edward C. Taylor;Alan H. Katz;Hector Salgado-Zamora;Alexander McKillop

  • Convergent and efficient palladium-effected synthesis of 5, 10-dideaza-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid (DDATHF)

    Edward C. Taylor;George S. K. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander McKillop
Alexander McKillop University of East Anglia
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas Schrader
Thomas Schrader University of Duisburg-Essen
Wolfgang Pfleiderer
Wolfgang Pfleiderer University of Konstanz
Huw M. L. Davies
Huw M. L. Davies Emory University
K. V. Rajagopalan
K. V. Rajagopalan Duke University
Edward I. Stiefel
Edward I. Stiefel ExxonMobil (United States)
Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Thomas G. Spiro
Thomas G. Spiro University of Washington
George H. Hitchings
George H. Hitchings York University

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