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Scott J. Miller

Scott J. Miller

Yale University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
26411
World Ranking
2195
National Ranking
787

Scott J. Miller 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 Scott J. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 300 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott J. Miller 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 Scott J. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Scott J. Miller is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, History and Philosophy of Science, Molecular Biology, and Inorganic Chemistry. The scientist's research covers a wide range of topics, among which Academic Writing and Publishing, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions are prominent.

Recent publications by Scott J. Miller highlight diverse areas of chemistry and catalysis. Selected papers include:

  • Potent Noncovalent Inhibitors of the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2 from Molecular Sculpting of the Drug Perampanel Guided by Free Energy Perturbation Calculations, 2021, ACS Central Science
  • Asymmetric Catalysis Mediated by Synthetic Peptides, Version 2.0: Expansion of Scope and Mechanisms, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Catalytic asymmetric and stereodivergent oligonucleotide synthesis, 2021, Science
  • Catalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions in Tandem to Construct Two-Axis Terphenyl Atropisomers, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Green Chemistry: A Framework for a Sustainable Future, 2021, Organic Process Research & Development

Frequent collaborators in research include Paul J. Chirik, Kai Rossen, Alanna Schepartz, Krishna N. Ganesh, and Deqing Zhang. This network of coauthors reflects a significant collaborative dimension in their scientific output.

Scott J. Miller has published extensively in several scientific journals. The venues with the highest number of publications include The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, and arXiv (Cornell University).

The scientist has been recognized with various awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2018
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2000

Best Publications

  • Ring-Closing Metathesis and Related Processes in Organic Synthesis

    Robert H. Grubbs;Scott J. Miller;Gregory C. Fu

  • Amino acids and peptides as asymmetric organocatalysts

    Elizabeth R. Jarvo;Scott J. Miller

  • Asymmetric catalysis mediated by synthetic peptides.

    Elizabeth A Colby Davie;Steven M Mennen;Yingju Xu;Scott J Miller

  • Application of Ring-Closing Metathesis to the Synthesis of Rigidified Amino Acids and Peptides

    Scott J. Miller;and Helen E. Blackwell;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Enantioselective catalysis and complexity generation from allenoates

    Bryan J. Cowen;Scott J. Miller

  • Nucleophilic Chiral Amines as Catalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis

    David J. Guerin;Scott J. Miller;Thomas Lectka

  • CHIRAL BIS(OXAZOLINE)COPPER(II) COMPLEXES AS LEWIS ACID CATALYSTS FOR THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE DIELS-ALDER REACTION

    David A. Evans;Scott J. Miller;Thomas Lectka;Peter von Matt

  • In search of peptide-based catalysts for asymmetric organic synthesis.

    Scott J. Miller

  • Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Biaryl Atropisomers via Peptide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Bromination

    Jeffrey L. Gustafson;Daniel Lim;Scott J. Miller

  • Bis(oxazoline)copper(II) complexes as chiral catalysts for the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction

    David A. Evans;Scott J. Miller;Thomas Lectka

  • Catalytic Ring-Closing Metathesis of Dienes: Application to the Synthesis of Eight-Membered Rings

    Scott J. Miller;Soong-Hoon Kim;Zhong-Ren Chen;Robert H. Grubbs

  • The Rauhut–Currier reaction: a history and its synthetic application

    Carrie E. Aroyan;Alpay Dermenci;Scott J. Miller

  • Enantioselective [3 + 2]-Cycloadditions Catalyzed by a Protected, Multifunctional Phosphine-Containing α-Amino Acid

    Bryan J. Cowen;Scott J. Miller

  • C2‐Symmetric Cationic Copper(II) Complexes as Chiral Lewis Acids: Counterion Effects in the Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reaction

    David A. Evans;Jerry A. Murry;Peter von Matt;Roger D. Norcross

  • 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

  • Fabrication of Nanometer Scale Patterns within Self-Assembled Monolayers by Nanografting

    Song Xu;Scott Miller;Paul E. Laibinis;Gang-yu Liu

  • Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols Catalyzed by Tripeptides Containing the N-Alkylimidazole Substructure

    Scott J. Miller;Gregory T. Copeland;Nikolaos Papaioannou;and Thomas E. Horstmann

  • Iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation of N-heterocyclic compounds under mild conditions by an outer-sphere pathway.

    Graham E Dobereiner;Ainara Nova;Nathan D Schley;Nilay Hazari

  • Selection of Enantioselective Acyl Transfer Catalysts from a Pooled Peptide Library through a Fluorescence-Based Activity Assay: An Approach to Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols of Broad Structural Scope

    Gregory T. Copeland;Scott J. Miller

  • Synthesis of Conformationally Restricted Amino Acids and Peptides Employing Olefin Metathesis

    Scott J. Miller;Robert H. Grubbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Chirik
Paul J. Chirik Princeton University
Erick M. Carreira
Erick M. Carreira ETH Zurich
Alanna Schepartz
Alanna Schepartz University of California, Berkeley
William B. Tolman
William B. Tolman Washington University in St. Louis
William L. Jorgensen
William L. Jorgensen Yale University
Anne B. McCoy
Anne B. McCoy University of Washington
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University

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