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D-Index
135
Citations
75377
World Ranking
253
National Ranking
122

Eric N. Jacobsen 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 Eric N. Jacobsen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 489 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric N. Jacobsen 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 Eric N. Jacobsen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 135 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2012 - Chirality Medal, Società Chimica Italiana
  • 2010 - Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eric N. Jacobsen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in Chemistry and Materials Science, with considerable contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

Their work focuses on main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

Eric N. Jacobsen has published extensively across multiple prestigious venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (26 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (17 publications)
  • Nature (5 publications)
  • Science (3 publications)
  • Chemical Reviews (2 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors and Cardiac Outcomes Among Patients Treated With Anthracyclines," 2022, JACC Heart Failure
  • "Stereospecific Furanosylations Catalyzed by Bis-thiourea Hydrogen-Bond Donors," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Enantioselective hydrogen-bond-donor catalysis to access diverse stereogenic-at-P(V) compounds," 2022, Science
  • "Site-selective, stereocontrolled glycosylation of minimally protected sugars," 2022, Nature
  • "Screening for generality in asymmetric catalysis," 2022, Nature

Frequent collaborators of Eric N. Jacobsen include:

  • Hayden A. Sharma (13 joint publications)
  • Jake Z. Essman (10 joint publications)
  • Daniel A. Strassfeld (10 joint publications)
  • Dennis A. Kutateladze (7 joint publications)
  • Zachary K. Wickens (6 joint publications)

Throughout their career, Jacobsen has received several awards and recognitions such as:

  • Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (2016)
  • Chirality Medal, Società Chimica Italiana (2012)
  • Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2010)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1992)

Best Publications

  • Small-molecule H-bond donors in asymmetric catalysis.

    Abigail Gutmann Doyle;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Comprehensive asymmetric catalysis

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;尚 山本

  • Enantioselective Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Olefins Catalyzed by (salen)Manganese Complexes

    Wei Zhang;Jennifer L. Loebach;Scott R. Wilson;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Asymmetric catalysis by chiral hydrogen-bond donors.

    Mark S. Taylor;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Privileged Chiral Catalysts

    Tehshik P. Yoon;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Asymmetric Catalysis with Water: Efficient Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides by Means of Catalytic Hydrolysis

    Makoto Tokunaga;Jay F. Larrow;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis I–III

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;Hisashi Yamamoto

  • Asymmetric catalysis of epoxide ring-opening reactions.

    Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Highly enantioselective epoxidation catalysts derived from 1,2-diaminocyclohexane

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Wei Zhang;Alexander R. Muci;James R. Ecker

  • SCHIFF BASE CATALYSTS FOR THE ASYMMETRIC STRECKER REACTION IDENTIFIED AND OPTIMIZED FROM PARALLEL SYNTHETIC LIBRARIES

    Matthew S. Sigman;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Highly Selective Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides Catalyzed by Chiral (salen)CoIII Complexes. Practical Synthesis of Enantioenriched Terminal Epoxides and 1,2-Diols

    Scott E. Schaus;Bridget D. Brandes;Jay F. Larrow;Makoto Tokunaga

  • Asymmetric dihydroxylation via ligand-accelerated catalysis

    E. N. Jacobsen;I. E. Markó;W. S. Mungall;G. W. Schröder

  • A Practical Method for the Large-Scale Preparation of [N,N'-Bis(3,5-di-tertbutylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminato(2-)]manganese(III) chloride, a Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation Catalyst

    Jay F. Larrow;Eric N. Jacobsen;Yun Gao;Yaping Hong

  • Asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis.

    Katrien Brak;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Practical Considerations in Kinetic Resolution Reactions

    John M. Keith;Jay F. Larrow;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Attractive noncovalent interactions in asymmetric catalysis: Links between enzymes and small molecule catalysts

    Robert Randolph Knowles;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Structure-based analysis and optimization of a highly enantioselective catalyst for the strecker reaction.

    Petr Vachal;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Asymmetric alkene aziridination with readily available chiral diimine-based catalysts

    Zhen Li;Kathryn R. Conser;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Asymmetric Catalytic Mannich Reactions Catalyzed by Urea Derivatives: Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Aryl-β-Amino Acids

    Anna G. Wenzel;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides Catalyzed by (salen)Cr(III) Complexes

    Luis E. Martinez;James L. Leighton;Douglas H. Carsten;Eric N. Jacobsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott E. Schaus
Scott E. Schaus Boston University
Mark S. Taylor
Mark S. Taylor University of Toronto
Matthew S. Sigman
Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah
James L. Leighton
James L. Leighton Columbia University
Ranjana H. Advani
Ranjana H. Advani Stanford University
Abigail G. Doyle
Abigail G. Doyle University of California, Los Angeles
Li Deng
Li Deng Brandeis University
Makoto Tokunaga
Makoto Tokunaga Kyushu University
Sukbok Chang
Sukbok Chang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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