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D-Index
74
Citations
18250
World Ranking
4746
National Ranking
278

Ian Paterson 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 Ian Paterson sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 359 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Paterson 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 Ian Paterson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2009 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1996 - Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1983 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Ian Paterson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields including Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to several subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Spectroscopy.

Their primary topics of work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, 14-3-3 protein interactions, and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ian Paterson include:

  • Lattice defects induced by microtubule-stabilizing agents exert a long-range effect on microtubule growth by promoting catastrophes (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Synergism of anisotropic and computational NMR methods reveals the likely configuration of phormidolide A (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • The Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of Polyketide Natural Products: A Thirty-Year Journey (2020, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan)
  • Conquering peaks and illuminating depths: developing stereocontrolled organic reactions to unlock nature's macrolide treasure trove (2021, Chemical Communications)
  • Total synthesis and biological evaluation of simplified aplyronine analogues as synthetically tractable anticancer agents (2020, Chemical Communications)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Paterson include:

  • Nelson Y. S. Lam
  • Juan Estévez-Gallego
  • J. Fernando Díaz
  • Tegan P. Stockdale
  • Matthew J. Anketell

The venues where Ian Paterson frequently publishes are:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Structure

Ian Paterson has received multiple awards throughout their career. These include the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2010, the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2009, the Fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2005, the Bader Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1996, and the Meldola Medal and Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • The Renaissance of Natural Products as Drug Candidates

    Ian Paterson;Edward A. Anderson

  • Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Using Boron Enolates

    Cameron J. Cowden;Ian Paterson

  • Total Synthesis of Bioactive Marine Macrolides

    Roger D. Norcross;Ian. Paterson

  • Advances in the total synthesis of biologically important marine macrolides.

    Kap-Sun Yeung;Ian Paterson

  • Enantio- and diastereoselective aldol reactions of achiral ethyl and methyl ketones with aldehydes: the use of enol diisopinocampheylborinates

    Ian Paterson;Jonathan M. Goodman;M. Anne Lister;Russell C. Schumann

  • A practical synthesis of (+)-discodermolide and analogues: fragment union by complex aldol reactions.

    Ian Paterson;Gordon J. Florence;Kai Gerlach;Jeremy P. Scott

  • Microtubule Interactions with Chemically Diverse Stabilizing Agents: Thermodynamics of Binding to the Paclitaxel Site Predicts Cytotoxicity

    Rubén M. Buey;Isabel Barasoain;Evelyn Jackson;Arndt Meyer

  • Total Synthesis of the Callipeltoside Aglycon.

    Ian Paterson;Robert D. M. Davies;Rodolfo Marquez

  • Remote, 1,5-anti stereoinduction in the boron-mediated aldol reactions of β-oxygenated methyl ketones

    Ian Paterson;Karl R. Gibson;Renata M. Oballa

  • Aldol reactions in polypropionate synthesis: High π-face selectivity of enol borinates from α-chiral methyl and ethyl ketones under substrate control

    Ian Paterson;Jonathan M. Goodman;Masahiko Isaka

  • The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction in Natural Products Synthesis: Expedient Construction of Complex (E)-Enones Using Barium Hydroxide

    Ian Paterson;Kap-Sun Yeung;Jeff B. Smaill

  • Studies in Macrolide Synthesis: A Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Oleandolide Employing Reagent- and Substrate-Controlled Aldol Reactions of (S)-1-(Benzyloxy)-2-methylpentan-3-one

    Ian Paterson;Roger D. Norcross;Richard A. Ward;Pedro Romea

  • Total synthesis of the antimicrotubule agent (+)-discodermolide using boron-mediated aldol reactions of chiral ketones

    Ian Paterson;Gordon J. Florence;Kai Gerlach;Jeremy P. Scott

  • Actin‐Binding Marine Macrolides: Total Synthesis and Biological Importance

    Kap-Sun Yeung;Ian Paterson

  • Tetrahedron report number 190

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  • Large-Scale Synthesis of the Anti-Cancer Marine Natural Product (+)-Discodermolide. Part 5: Linkage of Fragments C1-6 and C7-24 and Finale

    Stuart J. Mickel;Daniel Niederer;Robert Daeffler;Adnan Osmani

  • Studies in polypropionate synthesis: High π-face selectivity in syn and anti aldol reactions of chiral boron enolates of lactate-derived ketones

    Ian Paterson;Debra J. Wallace;Silvia M. Velázquez

  • The Impact of the Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction in Total Synthesis

    S. B. Jennifer Kan;Kenneth K.-H. Ng;Ian Paterson

  • Polyketide Synthesis Using the Boron-Mediated, anti-Aldol Reactions of Lactate-Derived Ketones: Total Synthesis of (-)-ACRL Toxin IIIB

    Ian Paterson

  • The total synthesis of swinholide A. Part 1: A stereocontrolled synthesis of a C19-C32 segment

    Ian Paterson;John G. Cumming;Richard A. Ward;Serge Lamboley

  • Total synthesis of the microtubule-stabilizing agent (-)-laulimalide.

    Ian Paterson;and Chris De Savi;Matthew Tudge

  • Studies in marine macrolide synthesis: Stereocontrolled synthesis of the F-ring subunit of spongistatin 1 (altohyrtin A)

    Ian Paterson;Linda E Keown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan M. Goodman
Jonathan M. Goodman University of Cambridge
Edward A. Anderson
Edward A. Anderson University of Oxford
Cesare Gennari
Cesare Gennari University of Milan
Anna Bernardi
Anna Bernardi University of Milan
Angiolina Comotti
Angiolina Comotti University of Milano-Bicocca
Michel O. Steinmetz
Michel O. Steinmetz Paul Scherrer Institute
Christine J. Watson
Christine J. Watson University of Cambridge
José Manuel Andreu
José Manuel Andreu Spanish National Research Council
Amos B. Smith
Amos B. Smith University of Pennsylvania

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