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D-Index
84
Citations
21393
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2869
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151

Thomas Wirth 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 Thomas Wirth sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 436 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Wirth 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 Thomas Wirth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2016 - Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Thomas Wirth is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has a prolific publication record primarily within the field of Chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics that Thomas Wirth focuses on include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Frequent coauthors in their work include Rebecca L. Melen, Rasool Babaahmadi, Darren M. C. Ould, Emma Richards, and Yara van Ingen.

Their research has been published in several notable scientific venues with multiple publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Chemical Science
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas Wirth include:

  • "Progress in organocatalysis with hypervalent iodine catalysts" (2022) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Advances in CO2 activation by frustrated Lewis pairs: from stoichiometric to catalytic reactions" (2023) published in Chemical Science
  • "Recent Advances in the Electrochemical Synthesis of Organosulfur Compounds" (2021) published in The Chemical Record
  • "Flow electrochemistry: a safe tool for fluorine chemistry" (2021) published in Chemical Science
  • "Flow Electrosynthesis of Sulfoxides, Sulfones, and Sulfoximines without Supporting Electrolytes" (2021) published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Thomas Wirth has been recognized with the Bader Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Hypervalent iodine chemistry in synthesis: scope and new directions.

    Thomas Wirth

  • Organoselenium Chemistry: Synthesis and Reactions

    Thomas Wirth

  • Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry

    Thomas Wirth

  • Microreactors in organic chemistry and catalysis

    Thomas Wirth

  • Hypervalent iodine goes catalytic.

    Robert D. Richardson;Thomas Wirth

  • Green Chemistry with Selenium Reagents: Development of Efficient Catalytic Reactions

    Diana Maria Freudendahl;Stefano Santoro;Sohail Anjum Shahzad;Claudio Santi

  • Organoselenium Chemistry in Stereoselective Reactions

    Thomas Wirth

  • Advanced organic synthesis using microreactor technology

    Batoul Ahmed-Omer;Johan Christian Brandt;Thomas Wirth

  • Chiral selenium compounds in organic synthesis

    Thomas Wirth

  • Hypervalent iodine-catalyzed oxidative functionalizations including stereoselective reactions.

    Fateh Veer Singh;Thomas Wirth

  • Iodine electrophiles in stereoselective reactions: recent developments and synthetic applications

    Andrew N. French;Stewart Bissmire;Thomas Wirth

  • IBX—New Reactions with an Old Reagent

    Thomas Wirth

  • Electroorganic Synthesis under Flow Conditions

    Mohamed Elsherbini;Thomas Wirth

  • Highly stereoselective metal-free oxyaminations using chiral hypervalent iodine reagents

    Umar Farid;Thomas Wirth

  • Hypervalente Iodverbindungen in der Synthese: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen

    Thomas Wirth

  • HYPERVALENT IODINE COMPOUNDS : RECENT ADVANCES IN SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS

    Thomas Wirth;Urs H. Hirt

  • New Strategies to α‐Alkylated α‐Amino Acids

    Thomas Wirth

  • Recent Advances in Organoselenium Chemistry

    Diana Maria Freudendahl;Sohail Anjum Shahzad;Thomas Wirth

  • Microreactors in organic synthesis and catalysis

    Thomas Wirth

  • Stereoselective Rearrangements with Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

    Umar Farid;Florence Malmedy;Romain Claveau;Lena Albers

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Konrad Allemann
Rudolf Konrad Allemann Cardiff University
Claudio Santi
Claudio Santi University of Perugia
Siegfried Blechert
Siegfried Blechert Technical University of Berlin
Viktor V. Zhdankin
Viktor V. Zhdankin University of Minnesota
Thomas Schierl
Thomas Schierl Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute
Norbert Krause
Norbert Krause TU Dortmund University
Friedrich K. Jondral
Friedrich K. Jondral Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wolfgang E. S. Unger
Wolfgang E. S. Unger Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Volker Hessel
Volker Hessel University of Adelaide
Norman Davidson
Norman Davidson California Institute of Technology

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