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D-Index
65
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10641
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7894
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2287

John Montgomery 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 John Montgomery sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 240 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Montgomery 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 John Montgomery sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Montgomery is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of chemistry, with a total of 38 publications contributing to this main area. Within chemistry, Montgomery's work focuses predominantly on organic chemistry, supported by a substantial collection of 35 publications in this subfield. Additional subfields of study include molecular biology, pharmacology, inorganic chemistry, and surgery.

Montgomery's research topics cover a range of specialized areas. These include catalytic C-H functionalization methods, radical photochemical reactions, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, synthesis and catalytic reactions, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, and pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism.

The scientist has authored several papers recently, published primarily in prominent venues such as ACS Catalysis and the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Notable papers include:

  • "Dual Catalytic Platform for Enabling sp 3 α C-H Arylation and Alkylation of Benzamides" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Fluoride Migration Catalysis Enables Simple, Stereoselective, and Iterative Glycosylation" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Defluorinative Coupling of Aliphatic Aldehydes with Trifluoromethyl Alkenes" (2022, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Redox-Active Esters with Aliphatic Aldehydes" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Engineering P450 TamI as an Iterative Biocatalyst for Selective Late-Stage C-H Functionalization and Epoxidation of Tirandamycin Antibiotics" (2021, ACS Catalysis)

Montgomery frequently publishes in the following scientific journals:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Science
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Paul M. Zimmerman, Girish C. Sati, Mo Chen, Alexander W. Rand, and Jichao Xiao, reflecting a network of contributors in related research fields.

Best Publications

  • Nickel-catalyzed reductive cyclizations and couplings.

    John Montgomery

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclizations, Couplings, and Cycloadditions Involving Three Reactive Components

    John Montgomery

  • A New Stereoselective Method for the Preparation of Allylic Alcohols

    Eric Oblinger;John Montgomery

  • Ligand-dependent scope and divergent mechanistic behavior in nickel-catalyzed reductive couplings of aldehydes and alkynes.

    Gireesh M. Mahandru;Gang Liu;John Montgomery

  • New N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and its application in asymmetric nickel-catalyzed aldehyde/alkyne reductive couplings.

    Mani Raj Chaulagain;Grant J. Sormunen;John Montgomery

  • Nucleosides of 2-Fluoroadenine

    John Montgomery;Kathleen Hewson

  • A contribution to the confusion surrounding the reaction of ketenes with imines to produce β-lactams. A comparison of stereoselectivity dependence on the method of ketene generation : acid chloride/triethylamine vs photolysis of chromium-carbene complexes

    Louis S. Hegedus;John Montgomery;Yukitoshi Narukawa;Daniel C. Snustad

  • Nickel‐katalysierte reduktive Cyclisierungen und Kupplungen

    John Montgomery

  • Mechanistic Basis for Regioselection and Regiodivergence in Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Couplings

    Evan P. Jackson;Hasnain A. Malik;Grant J. Sormunen;Ryan D. Baxter

  • A General Strategy for Regiocontrol in Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Couplings of Aldehydes and Alkynes

    Hasnain A. Malik;Grant J. Sormunen;John Montgomery

  • Dimerization of cyclopropyl ketones and crossed reactions of cyclopropyl ketones with enones as an entry to five-membered rings.

    Lei Liu;John Montgomery

  • Nickel-catalyzed organozinc-promoted carbocyclizations of electron-deficient alkenes with tethered unsaturation

    John Montgomery;Eric Oblinger;Alexey V. Savchenko

  • Nickel Catalysis in the Stereoselective Preparation of Quinolizidine, Pyrrolizidine, and Indolizidine Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (+)-Allopumiliotoxin 267A

    Xiao Qing Tang;John Montgomery

  • Dual Catalytic Platform for Enabling sp3 α C–H Arylation and Alkylation of Benzamides

    Alexander W. Rand;Hongfei Yin;Liang Xu;Jessica Giacoboni

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Preparation of Bicyclic Heterocycles: Total Synthesis of (+)-Allopumiliotoxin 267A, (+)-Allopumiliotoxin 339A, and (+)-Allopumiliotoxin 339B

    Xiao-Qing Tang and;John Montgomery

  • Enzymatic hydroxylation of an unactivated methylene C–H bond guided by molecular dynamics simulations

    Alison R.H. Narayan;Gonzalo Jiménez-Osés;Peng Liu;Solymar Negretti

  • Alkyne hydrosilylation catalyzed by nickel complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes

    Mani Raj Chaulagain;Gireesh M. Mahandru;John Montgomery

  • Nickel-catalyzed cyclizations of alkynyl enones with concomitant stereoselective tri- or tetrasubstituted alkene introduction

    John Montgomery;Alexey V. Savchenko

  • Regioselective allene hydrosilylation catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of nickel and palladium.

    Zachary D. Miller;Wei Li;Tomás R. Belderrain;John Montgomery

  • Selective oxidation of carbolide C–H bonds by an engineered macrolide P450 mono-oxygenase

    Shengying Li;Mani Raj Chaulagain;Allison R. Knauff;Larissa M. Podust

  • A Stereodivergent Approach to (−)-α-Kainic Acid and (+)-α-Allokainic Acid Utilizing the Complementarity of Alkyne and Allene Cyclizations

    Maxim V. Chevliakov;John Montgomery

  • Synthetic studies and mechanistic insight in nickel-catalyzed [4+2+1] cycloadditions.

    Yike Ni;John Montgomery

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Sherman
David H. Sherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Louis S. Hegedus
Louis S. Hegedus Colorado State University
Peng Liu
Peng Liu University of Pittsburgh
Mary Jane Heeg
Mary Jane Heeg Wayne State University
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald Grigg
Ronald Grigg University of Leeds
Mu-Hyun Baik
Mu-Hyun Baik Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Larry E. Overman
Larry E. Overman University of California, Irvine
H. Bernhard Schlegel
H. Bernhard Schlegel Wayne State University
Jane Evans
Jane Evans British Geological Survey

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