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Qi-Lin Zhou

Qi-Lin Zhou

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
27141
World Ranking
1495
National Ranking
271

Qi-Lin Zhou 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 Qi-Lin Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 378 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qi-Lin Zhou 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 Qi-Lin Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qi-Lin Zhou is a researcher primarily affiliated with Nankai University in China, with a focused expertise in chemistry, particularly organic chemistry. Zhou's scholarly output spans over 218 publications in the field of chemistry, with significant contributions to several subfields including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research prominently covers key topics such as asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, surface chemistry and catalysis, synthesis and catalytic reactions, as well as chemical synthesis and analysis.

Zhou has published numerous papers in high-impact scientific journals. Some of the recent featured papers include:

  • Enantioselective hydrogenation of dialkyl ketones, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Highly Enantioselective O-H Bond Insertion Reaction of α-Alkyl- and α-Alkenyl-α-diazoacetates with Water, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrosulfonylation of 1,3-Dienes with Sulfonyl Hydrazides, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Recent Progress of Asymmetric Catalysis from a Chinese Perspective, 2023, CCS Chemistry
  • Enantioselective Diarylcarbene Insertion into Si-H Bonds Induced by Electronic Properties of the Carbenes, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist's collaborative network frequently includes several co-authors, indicating sustained partnerships in research efforts. Frequent collaborators include Li-Jun Xiao, Jian-Hua Xie, Mao-Lin Li, Shou-Fei Zhu, and F. Yang.

Qi-Lin Zhou's publications appear regularly in a range of notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, CCS Chemistry, and ACS Catalysis.

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Enamines and Imines

    Jian-Hua Xie;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective heteroatom-hydrogen bond insertion reactions.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Chiral Diphosphine and Monodentate Phosphorus Ligands on a Spiro Scaffold for Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

    Jian-Hua Xie;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Asymmetric NH Insertion Reaction Cooperatively Catalyzed by Rhodium and Chiral Spiro Phosphoric Acids

    Bin Xu;Shou-Fei Zhu;Xiu-Lan Xie;Jun-Jie Shen

  • Synthesis of spiro diphosphines and their application in asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones.

    Jian-Hua Xie;Li-Xin Wang;Yu Fu;Shuo-Fei Zhu

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Reaction of Indoles and α-Aryl Enamides: Construction of Quaternary Carbon Atoms†

    Yi-Xia Jia;Jun Zhong;Shou-Fei Zhu;Can-Ming Zhang

  • An Additional Coordination Group Leads to Extremely Efficient Chiral Iridium Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones

    Jian-Hua Xie;Xiao-Yan Liu;Jian-Bo Xie;Li-Xin Wang

  • Enantioselective iron-catalysed O–H bond insertions

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Yan Cai;Hong-Xiang Mao;Jian-Hua Xie

  • Well-defined chiral spiro iridium/phosphine-oxazoline cationic complexes for highly enantioselective hydrogenation of imines at ambient pressure.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Jian-Bo Xie;Yong-Zhen Zhang;Shen Li

  • Highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines

    Mao-Lin Li;Jin-Han Yu;Yi-Hao Li;Shou-Fei Zhu

  • Monodentate chiral spiro phosphoramidites: efficient ligands for rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of enamides.

    Ai-Guo Hu;Yu Fu;Jian-Hua Xie;Hai Zhou

  • Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoids into N−H Bonds Catalyzed by Copper Complexes of Chiral Spiro Bisoxazolines

    Bin Liu;Shou-Fei Zhu;Wei Zhang;Chao Chen

  • Asymmetric Friedel−Crafts Alkylations of Indoles with Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Zn(II)−Bisoxazoline Complexes

    Yi-Xia Jia;Shuo-Fei Zhu;Yun Yang;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Highly enantioselective insertion of carbenoids into O-H bonds of phenols: an efficient approach to chiral alpha-aryloxycarboxylic esters.

    Chao Chen;Shou-Fei Zhu;Bin Liu;Li-Xin Wang

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Highly efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone catalyzed by iridium pincer complexes

    Wei Li;Jian-Hua Xie;Han Lin;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Chiral proton-transfer shuttle catalysts for carbene insertion reactions

    Yuan-Yuan Ren;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of unprotected enamines

    Jian-Hua Xie;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts addition of indoles to N-sulfonyl aldimines: a simple approach to optically active 3-indolyl-methanamine derivatives.

    Yi-Xia Jia;Jian-Hua Xie;Hai-Feng Duan;Li-Xin Wang

  • Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Styrenes and 1,3-Dienes with Organoboron Compounds.

    Li-Jun Xiao;Lei Cheng;Wei-Min Feng;Mao-Lin Li

  • Enantioselective rh-catalyzed arylation of N-tosylarylimines with arylboronic acids.

    Hai-Feng Duan;Yi-Xia Jia;Li-Xin Wang;Qi-Lin Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Hua Xie
Jian-Hua Xie Nankai University
Shou-Fei Zhu
Shou-Fei Zhu Nankai University
Michael P. Doyle
Michael P. Doyle The University of Texas at San Antonio
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Albert S. C. Chan
Albert S. C. Chan Sun Yat-sen University
Vincent M. Lynch
Vincent M. Lynch The University of Texas at Austin
Qing-Hua Fan
Qing-Hua Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long-Wu Ye
Long-Wu Ye Xiamen University
Kuiling Ding
Kuiling Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences

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