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D-Index
77
Citations
17043
World Ranking
4134
National Ranking
1304

Yian Shi 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 Yian Shi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 229 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yian Shi 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 Yian Shi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 1999 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yian Shi is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States and has made significant contributions in the field of chemistry, particularly within organic chemistry. Their primary research interests span several subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and process chemistry and technology. They have also contributed to biomedical engineering and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on catalytic processes and reaction mechanisms. Key themes include asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, synthesis and catalytic reactions, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, and cyclopropane reaction mechanisms.

Yian Shi has an extensive publication record, with a notable number of papers appearing in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chinese Chemical Letters

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yian Shi, illustrating the scope and focus of their research:

  • Progress on transition metal catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification, hydrocarboxylation, and hydroamidation reactions of olefins (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • A Pd-Catalyzed Site-Controlled Isomerization of Terminal Olefins (2020, Organic Letters)
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential C-H Activation/Amination with Diaziridinone: An Approach to Indoles (2021, Organic Letters)
  • Domino C-N Bond Formation via a Palladacycle with Diaziridinone. An Approach to Indolo[3,2-b]indoles (2021, Organic Letters)
  • Pd-Catalyzed Regioselective Branched Hydrocarboxylation of Terminal Olefins with Formic Acid (2022, Organic Letters)

Yian Shi frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Junhua Li
  • Wenlong Ren
  • Jianjun Wang
  • Jing Li
  • Xujian Sheng

Throughout their career, Yian Shi has been recognized with distinctions such as the Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded in 1999.

Best Publications

  • An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Method

    Zhi-Xian Wang;Yong Tu;Michael Frohn;and Jian-Rong Zhang

  • Organocatalytic Oxidation. Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins Catalyzed by Chiral Ketones and Iminium Salts

    O. Andrea Wong;Yian Shi

  • Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed sp3 C–H amination adjacent to double bonds and carbonyl groups

    Thomas A. Ramirez;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • An Efficient Asymmetric Epoxidation Method for trans-Olefins Mediated by a Fructose-Derived Ketone

    Yong Tu;Zhi-Xian Wang;Yian Shi

  • Organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation of olefins by chiral ketones.

    Yian Shi

  • Organocatalytic asymmetric epoxidation and aziridination of olefins and their synthetic applications.

    Yingguang Zhu;Qian Wang;Richard G. Cornwall;Yian Shi

  • Catalytic diamination of olefins via N-N bond activation.

    Yingguang Zhu;Richard G. Cornwall;Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Diamination of Conjugated Dienes and Triene

    Haifeng Du;Weicheng Yuan;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • Catalytic asymmetric allylic and homoallylic diamination of terminal olefins via formal C-H activation.

    Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • A facile Pd(0)-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective diamination of conjugated dienes and trienes.

    Haifeng Du;and Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • Enantioselective bromocyclization of olefins catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acid.

    Deshun Huang;Haining Wang;Fazhen Xue;Huan Guan

  • A novel class of tunable zinc reagents (RXZnCH2Y) for efficient cyclopropanation of olefins.

    Jon C. Lorenz;Jiang Long;Zhiqiang Yang;Song Xue

  • A Pd(0)-catalyzed diamination of terminal olefins at allylic and homoallylic carbons via formal C-H activation under solvent-free conditions.

    Haifeng Du;Weicheng Yuan;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • Exploring new reactive species for cyclopropanation

    Zhiqiang Yang;Jon C. Lorenz;Yian Shi

  • Chiral Ketone-Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins

    Michael Frohn;Yian Shi

  • Cu(I)-Catalyzed Regioselective Diamination of Conjugated Dienes via Dual Mechanistic Pathways

    Baoguo Zhao;Xingao Peng;Sunliang Cui;Yian Shi

  • Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Esters by Chiral Dioxirane

    Xin-Yan Wu;Xuegong She;Yian Shi

  • Organocatalytic asymmetric biomimetic transamination: from α-keto esters to optically active α-amino acid derivatives.

    Xiao Xiao;Ying Xie;Cunxiang Su;Mao Liu

  • Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Heck Reaction/CH Activation/Amination Sequence with Diaziridinone: A Facile Approach to Indolines†

    Huaiji Zheng;Yingguang Zhu;Yian Shi

  • Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies on Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diamination of Conjugated Dienes

    Baoguo Zhao;Haifeng Du;Sunliang Cui;Yian Shi

  • A Facile Pd(0)‐Catalyzed Regio‐ and Stereoselective Diamination of Conjugated Dienes and Trienes.

    Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Xiaoming Feng
Xiaoming Feng Sichuan University
Oren P. Anderson
Oren P. Anderson Colorado State University
David V. Goeddel
David V. Goeddel The Colum Group
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori University of Parma
Jérôme Lacour
Jérôme Lacour University of Geneva
Mario Pagliaro
Mario Pagliaro National Research Council (CNR)
Raimondo Maggi
Raimondo Maggi University of Parma
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki University of Tokyo
Shigeki Matsunaga
Shigeki Matsunaga Kyoto University

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