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Yong Huang

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Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
8348
World Ranking
14849
National Ranking
2308

Yong Huang 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 Yong Huang sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 214 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yong Huang 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 Yong Huang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yong Huang is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of chemistry and medicine, with significant contributions in organic chemistry and molecular biology. Additional subfields include infectious diseases, materials chemistry, and pharmacology.

Their work spans several main topics, including catalytic C-H functionalization methods, N-heterocyclic carbenes in organic and inorganic chemistry, and catalytic cross-coupling reactions. They also engage in computational drug discovery methods, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, radical photochemical reactions, and research related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

Yong Huang has coauthored publications frequently with the following researchers:

  • Jiean Chen (32 collaborations)
  • Charles A. Downs (10 collaborations)
  • Zipeng Gong (10 collaborations)
  • Lin Zheng (10 collaborations)
  • Melissa D. Pinto (9 collaborations)

The venues where Yong Huang has often published include:

  • Nature Communications (10 publications)
  • PubMed (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (7 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)

Selected recent publications by Yong Huang span from 2021 to 2022 and include works focusing on COVID-19 symptoms and long-hauler predictors as well as molecular insights relevant to drug discovery:

  • "COVID Symptoms, Symptom Clusters, and Predictors for Becoming a Long-Hauler: Looking for Clarity in the Haze of the Pandemic," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "COVID Symptoms, Symptom Clusters, and Predictors for Becoming a Long-Hauler Looking for Clarity in the Haze of the Pandemic," 2022, Clinical Nursing Research

Best Publications

  • Enantioselective organo-cascade catalysis.

    Yong Huang;Abbas M. Walji;Catharine H. Larsen;David W. C. MacMillan

  • Hydrogen bonding: single enantiomers from a chiral-alcohol catalyst.

    Yong Huang;Aditya K. Unni;Avinash N. Thadani;Viresh H. Rawal

  • An efficient approach to Aspidosperma alkaloids via [4 + 2] cycloadditions of aminosiloxydienes: stereocontrolled total synthesis of (+/-)-tabersonine. Gram-scale catalytic asymmetric syntheses of (+)-tabersonine and (+)-16-methoxytabersonine. Asymmetric syntheses of (+)-aspidospermidine and (-)-quebrachamine.

    Sergey A. Kozmin;Tetsuo Iwama;Yong Huang;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Intestinal epithelial vitamin D receptor signaling inhibits experimental colitis

    Weicheng Liu;Yunzi Chen;Yunzi Chen;Maya Aharoni Golan;Maria L. Annunziata

  • General and Efficient Synthesis of Indoles through Triazene‐Directed C–H Annulation

    Chengming Wang;Huan Sun;Yan Fang;Yong Huang

  • Circadian Clock Regulation of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism by Modulation of m6A mRNA Methylation.

    Xiang Zhong;Xiang Zhong;Jiayao Yu;Katya Frazier;Xiaocheng Weng;Xiaocheng Weng

  • Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H activation of arenes using a versatile and removable triazene directing group.

    Chengming Wang;Hu Chen;Zhaofeng Wang;Jiean Chen

  • Hydrogen-Bond-Promoted Hetero-Diels−Alder Reactions of Unactivated Ketones

    Yong Huang;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Traceless directing strategy: efficient synthesis of N-alkyl indoles via redox-neutral C-H activation.

    Chengming Wang;Yong Huang

  • Network modeling identifies molecular functions targeted by miR-204 to suppress head and neck tumor metastasis.

    Younghee Lee;Xinan Yang;Yong Huang;Hanli Fan

  • Highly practical synthesis of nitriles and heterocycles from alcohols under mild conditions by aerobic double dehydrogenative catalysis.

    Weiyu Yin;Chengming Wang;Yong Huang

  • General palladium-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation to generate double bonds

    Weiming Gao;Zhiqi He;Yong Qian;Jing Zhao;Jing Zhao

  • Highly Enantioselective Diels−Alder Reactions of 1-Amino-3-siloxy-dienes Catalyzed by Cr(III)-Salen Complexes

    Yong Huang;and Tetsuo Iwama;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Asymmetric catalysis with N -heterocyclic carbenes as non-covalent chiral templates

    Jiean Chen;Yong Huang

  • Seamless Bead to Microarray Screening: Rapid Identification of the Highest Affinity Protein Ligands from Large Combinatorial Libraries

    John M. Astle;Levi S. Simpson;Yong Huang;M. Muralidhar Reddy

  • Highly Enantioselective Aza‐Michael Reaction between Alkyl Amines and β‐Trifluoromethyl β‐Aryl Nitroolefins

    Leming Wang;Jiean Chen;Yong Huang

  • Highly enantioselective sulfa-Michael addition reactions using N-heterocyclic carbene as a non-covalent organocatalyst

    Jiean Chen;Sixuan Meng;Leming Wang;Hongmei Tang

  • Design and Development of Highly Effective Lewis Acid Catalysts for Enantioselective Diels−Alder Reactions

    Yong Huang;Tetsuo Iwama;Viresh H. Rawal

  • A general synthesis of ynones from aldehydes via oxidative C-C bond cleavage under aerobic conditions.

    Zhaofeng Wang;Li Li;Yong Huang

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed redox-neutral C-H activation via N-N cleavage: synthesis of N-substituted indoles.

    Zhenxing Zhang;Hao Jiang;Yong Huang

  • A multitasking functional group leads to structural diversity using designer C–H activation reaction cascades

    Ying Chen;Ying Chen;Dongqi Wang;Pingping Duan;Rong Ben;Rong Ben

  • The first catalytic enantioselective Diels–Alder reactions of 1,2-dihydropyridine: efficient syntheses of optically active 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octanes with chiral BINAM derived Cr(III) salen complexes

    Norito Takenaka;Yong Huang;Viresh H. Rawal

  • Transition-Metal-Free Suzuki-Type Cross-Coupling Reaction of Benzyl Halides and Boronic Acids via 1,2-Metalate Shift

    Zhiqi He;Feifei Song;Huan Sun;Yong Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Joe G.N. Garcia
Joe G.N. Garcia University of Arizona
Viresh H. Rawal
Viresh H. Rawal University of Chicago
Ting Wang
Ting Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Eugene B. Chang
Eugene B. Chang University of Chicago
Viswanathan Natarajan
Viswanathan Natarajan University of Illinois at Chicago
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao Nanjing University
Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago
Xinhao Zhang
Xinhao Zhang Peking University
Jianrong Li
Jianrong Li University of Arizona
Marc Bissonnette
Marc Bissonnette University of Chicago

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