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Shi-Kai Tian

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
7339
World Ranking
14563
National Ranking
2266

Shi-Kai Tian 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 Shi-Kai Tian sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 122 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shi-Kai Tian 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 Shi-Kai Tian sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shi-Kai Tian is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China and specializes in the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions across related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work predominantly involves topics including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Tian has published extensively in several key venues, which reflect their research interests and collaborations. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Communications

Notable recent publications by Shi-Kai Tian are:

  • "Aromatic Aza-Claisen Rearrangement of Arylpropargylammonium Salts Generated in situ from Arynes and Tertiary Propargylamines", 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Inter- and Intramolecular Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions of Arylbenzylammonium Salts through Highly Site-Selective C-N Bond Cleavage", 2024, ACS Catalysis
  • "Asymmetric Aza-Claisen Rearrangement between Enantioenriched α-Chiral Allylamines and Allenones", 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Strain-release C-C bond cleavage enables the [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of tertiary allylamines", 2021, Chemical Communications
  • "Copper-catalyzed C-3 benzylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones with benzylsulfonyl hydrazides", 2022, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Shi-Kai Tian collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Muliang Zhang
  • Ren-Gui Tian
  • Rui-Han Dai
  • Longyu Wang
  • Lu Han

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Organic Catalysis with Modified Cinchona Alkaloids

    Shi-Kai Tian;Yonggang Chen;Jianfeng Hang;Liang Tang

  • Iodine-catalyzed regioselective sulfenylation of indoles with sulfonyl hydrazides.

    Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic asymmetric cyanosilylation of ketones with chiral Lewis base.

    Shi-Kai Tian;Ran Hong;Li Deng

  • A highly tunable stereoselective olefination of semistabilized triphenylphosphonium ylides with N-sulfonyl imines.

    De-Jun Dong;Hai-Hua Li;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Regioselective and stereospecific cross-coupling of primary allylic amines with boronic acids and boronates through palladium-catalyzed C-N bond cleavage.

    Man-Bo Li;Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Direct substitution of primary allylic amines with sulfinate salts.

    Xue-Song Wu;Yan Chen;Man-Bo Li;Meng-Guang Zhou

  • Catalytic regioselective synthesis of structurally diverse indene derivatives from N-benzylic sulfonamides and disubstituted alkynes.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Fu-Lai Yang;Yi-Zhou Jin;Xian-Tao Ma

  • Iodine-catalyzed three-component oxysulfenylation of alkenes with sulfonyl hydrazides and alcohols

    Fu-Lai Yang;Fu-Xiang Wang;Ting-Ting Wang;Yi-Jie Wang

  • Oxidative Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction of arylsulfonyl hydrazides for a highly regio- and stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted alkenes.

    Fu-Lai Yang;Xian-Tao Ma;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Sulfonyl hydrazides as sulfonyl sources in organic synthesis

    Fu-Lai Yang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of enantioenriched primary allylic amines with sulfonyl hydrazides leading to optically active allylic sulfones

    Ting-Ting Wang;Fu-Xiang Wang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of axially chiral BINAM derivatives catalyzed by a Brønsted acid

    Dao-Juan Cheng;Liang Yan;Shi-Kai Tian;Ming-Yue Wu

  • Catalyst-free alkylation of sulfinic acids with sulfonamides via sp(3) C-N bond cleavage at room temperature.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Man-Bo Li;Dao-Juan Cheng;Cui-Feng Yang

  • Selective benzylic and allylic alkylation of protic nucleophiles with sulfonamides through double Lewis acid catalyzed cleavage of sp3 carbon-nitrogen bonds.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Man-Bo Li;Cui-Feng Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Pictet–Spengler-Type Reaction for the Synthesis of Optically Active Indolo[3,4-cd][1]benzazepines

    Dao-Juan Cheng;Hai-Bian Wu;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Copper-Catalyzed Sulfenylation of Boronic Acids with Sulfonyl Hydrazides.

    Ting-Ting Wang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic decarboxylative alkylation of β-keto acids with sulfonamides via the cleavage of carbon-nitrogen and carbon-carbon bonds.

    Cui-Feng Yang;Jian-Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • An Expeditious Entry to Benzylic and Allylic Sulfones through Byproduct-Catalyzed Reaction of Alcohols with Sulfinyl Chlorides

    Hai-Hua Li;De-Jun Dong;Yin-Huan Jin;Shi-Kai Tian

  • A Highly Diastereoselective Decarboxylative Mannich Reaction of β-Keto Acids with Optically Active N-Sulfinyl α-Imino Esters

    Cui-Feng Yang;Chen Shen;Jian-Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Cu2+ induced formation of Au44(SC2H4Ph)32 and its high catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol at low temperature

    Man-Bo Li;Shi-Kai Tian;Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhikun Wu
Zhikun Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Zhi-Xiang Yu
Zhi-Xiang Yu Peking University

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