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Jeffrey S. Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13509
World Ranking
8836
National Ranking
2523

Jeffrey S. Johnson 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 Jeffrey S. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 191 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey S. Johnson 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 Jeffrey S. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jeffrey S. Johnson is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry, with significant contributions in organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work spans numerous topics within the chemical sciences, including:

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

Among recent publications, some notable papers authored or co-authored by Johnson include:

  • "Catalytic, Asymmetric Dearomative Synthesis of Complex Cyclohexanes via a Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Arene Cyclopropanation Using α-Cyanodiazoacetates" (2020), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Doubly stereoconvergent crystallization enabled by asymmetric catalysis" (2022), published in Science
  • "Progress toward a Convergent, Asymmetric Synthesis of Jervine" (2020), published in Organic Letters
  • "Neurocognitive reward processes measured via event-related potentials are associated with binge-eating disorder diagnosis and ecologically-assessed behavior" (2023), published in Appetite
  • "Crystallization-Enabled Henry Reactions: Stereoconvergent Construction of Fully Substituted [N]-Asymmetric Centers" (2022), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

Johnson frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Pedro De Jesús Cruz
  • Shubin Liu
  • Evan T. Crawford
  • Katelyn M. Kitzinger
  • William R. Cassels

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • UNC Libraries
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

In 1965, Jeffrey S. Johnson was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Chiral bis(oxazoline) copper(II) complexes: versatile catalysts for enantioselective cycloaddition, Aldol, Michael, and carbonyl ene reactions.

    Jeffrey S. Johnson;David A. Evans

  • Scope and Mechanism for Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Cycloadditions of Aldehydes and Donor−Acceptor Cyclopropanes: Evidence for a Stereospecific Intimate Ion Pair Pathway

    Patrick D. Pohlhaus;Shanina D. Sanders;Andrew T. Parsons;Wei Li

  • Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of tetrahydrofurans: a dynamic kinetic asymmetric [3 + 2] cycloaddition of racemic cyclopropanes and aldehydes.

    Andrew T. Parsons;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Imidotitanium complexes as hydroamination catalysts: substantially enhanced reactivity from an unexpected cyclopentadienide/amide ligand exchange.

    Jeffrey S. Johnson;Robert G. Bergman

  • Copper-catalyzed electrophilic amination of diorganozinc reagents.

    Ashley M. Berman;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Bis(oxazoline) and Bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine Copper Complexes as Enantioselective Diels−Alder Catalysts: Reaction Scope and Synthetic Applications

    David A. Evans;David M. Barnes;Jeffrey S. Johnson;Thomas Lectka

  • Enantiospecific Sn(II)- and Sn(IV)-Catalyzed Cycloadditions of Aldehydes and Donor−Acceptor Cyclopropanes

    Patrick D. Pohlhaus;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Catalyzed Reactions of Acyl Anion Equivalents

    Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Dynamic kinetic asymmetric synthesis of substituted pyrrolidines from racemic cyclopropanes and aldimines: reaction development and mechanistic insights.

    Andrew T. Parsons;Austin G. Smith;Andrew J. Neel;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Complexity-building annulations of strained cycloalkanes and C═O π bonds.

    Matthew J. Campbell;Jeffrey S. Johnson;Andrew T. Parsons;Patrick D. Pohlhaus

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Hetero Diels−Alder Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Phosphonates with Enol Ethers

    David A. Evans;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • An Improved Procedure for the Preparation of 2,2-Bis[2-[4(S)- tert-butyl-1,3-oxazolinyl]]propane [(S,S)-tert-Butylbis(oxazoline)] and Derived Copper(II) Complexes

    David A. Evans;Gretchen S. Peterson;Jeffrey S. Johnson;David M. Barnes

  • Copper-catalyzed electrophilic amination of organozinc nucleophiles: documentation of O-benzoyl hydroxylamines as broadly useful R2N(+) and RHN(+) synthons.

    Ashley M. Berman;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Mechanistic Studies of the Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Amination of Diorganozinc Reagents and Development of a Zinc-Free Protocol

    Matthew J. Campbell;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Metallophosphites as umpolung catalysts: the enantioselective cross silyl benzoin reaction.

    Xin Linghu;Justin R. Potnick;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Chiral C2 -Symmetric CuII Complexes as Catalysts for Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions.

    David A. Evans;Edward J. Olhava;Jeffrey S. Johnson;Jacob M. Janey

  • Diastereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofurans via Palladium(0)-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Vinylcyclopropanes and Aldehydes

    Andrew T. Parsons;Matthew J. Campbell;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Rearrangement of 1-Acyl-2-vinylcyclopropanes. A Mild Synthesis of Substituted Dihydrofurans

    Roy K. Bowman;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • Highly diastereoselective synthesis of tetrahydrofurans via Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclopropane/aldehyde cycloadditions.

    Patrick D. Pohlhaus;Jeffrey S. Johnson

  • A General Method for the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure β-Substituted, β-Amino Acids through α-Substituted Succinic Acid Derivatives

    David A. Evans;Leester D. Wu;John J. M. Wiener;Jeffrey S. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Evans
David A. Evans Harvard University
David A. Nicewicz
David A. Nicewicz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Takashi Ooi
Takashi Ooi Nagoya University
Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shubin Liu
Shubin Liu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Scott J. Miller
Scott J. Miller Yale University
K. A. Woerpel
K. A. Woerpel New York University
Béla Paizs
Béla Paizs Bangor University

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