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D-Index
54
Citations
8282
World Ranking
12831
National Ranking
2014

Zhenhua Gu 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 Zhenhua Gu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 201 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhenhua Gu 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 Zhenhua Gu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhenhua Gu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research activity spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Spectroscopy. Their work addresses specialized topics including Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis, Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions.

Their publication record includes contributions to frequent venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors including Biqiong Hong, Longhui Duan, Xiaoping Xue, Junwei Xi, and Zengyin Chao.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhenhua Gu include:

  • Atropisomerism in Styrene: Synthesis, Stability, and Applications, 2021, SynOpen
  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Biaryl Atropisomer Synthesis via a Torsional Strain Promoted Ring-Opening Reaction, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Recent Progress in Cyclic Aryliodonium Chemistry: Syntheses and Applications, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Atroposelective Ring Opening of Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts with Bulky Anilines Controlled by a Chiral Cobalt(III) Anion, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Catalytic asymmetric C-Si bond activation via torsional strain-promoted Rh-catalyzed aryl-Narasaka acylation, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization of Enynes

    Shengming Ma;Shichao Yu;Zhenhua Gu

  • Direct Trifluoromethylation of the CH Bond

    Hui Liu;Zhenhua Gu;Xuefeng Jiang

  • 1,4-migration of rhodium and palladium in catalytic organometallic reactions.

    Shengming Ma;Zhenhua Gu

  • Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric C-H functionalization/cyclization reaction of metallocenes: an efficient approach toward the synthesis of planar chiral metallocene compounds.

    Ruixian Deng;Yunze Huang;Xinna Ma;Gencheng Li

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropisomeric Vinyl Arene Compounds by Palladium Catalysis: A Carbene Strategy

    Jia Feng;Bin Li;Yun He;Zhenhua Gu

  • Cleavage of the C(O)–S Bond of Thioesters by Palladium/Norbornene/Copper Cooperative Catalysis: An Efficient Synthesis of 2-(Arylthio)aryl Ketones

    Fenggang Sun;Miao Li;Congfa He;Bin Wang

  • Enhanced Reactivity by Torsional Strain of Cyclic Diaryliodonium in Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring-Opening Reaction

    Kun Zhao;Longhui Duan;Shibo Xu;Julong Jiang

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Indole-Based Biaryl Atropisomers via Palladium-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Intramolecular C–H Cyclization

    Congfa He;Mengqing Hou;Zixi Zhu;Zhenhua Gu

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Catellani ortho‐Acylation Reaction: An Efficient and Regiospecific Synthesis of Diaryl Ketones

    Yunze Huang;Rui Zhu;Kun Zhao;Zhenhua Gu

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Biaryl Atropisomer Synthesis via a Torsional Strain Promoted Ring-Opening Reaction

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  • Decarboxylative Alkynyl Termination of Palladium-Catalyzed Catellani Reaction: A Facile Synthesis of α-Alkynyl Anilines via Ortho C-H Amination and Alkynylation.

    Fenggang Sun;Zhenhua Gu

  • Cutting-Edge and Time-Honored Strategies for Stereoselective Construction of C-N Bonds in Total Synthesis.

    Artur K. Mailyan;John A. Eickhoff;Anastasiia S. Minakova;Zhenhua Gu

  • Total Synthesis of Pinnatoxins A and G and Revision of the Mode of Action of Pinnatoxin A

    Romulo Araoz;Denis Servent;Jordi Molgó;Bogdan I. Iorga

  • Goldkatalysierte Cyclisierung von Eninen

    Shengming Ma;Shichao Yu;Zhenhua Gu

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers via Pd/Norbornene-Catalyzed Three-Component Cross-Couplings

    Linlin Ding;Xianwei Sui;Zhenhua Gu

  • Total Synthesis of Maoecrystal V: Early-Stage C–H Functionalization and Lactone Assembly by Radical Cyclization

    Ping Lu;Zhenhua Gu;Armen Zakarian

  • Pd-catalyzed Heck-type cascade reactions with N-tosyl hydrazones: an efficient way to alkenes via in situ generated alkylpalladium.

    Xianglei Liu;Xinna Ma;Yunze Huang;Zhenhua Gu

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of 2‐Aryl Cyclohex‐2‐enone Atropisomers: Platform Molecules for the Divergent Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl Compounds

    Chongqing Pan;Zixi Zhu;Mingkai Zhang;Zhenhua Gu

  • Concise Total Synthesis of Sintokamides A, B, and E by a Unified, Protecting‐Group‐Free Strategy

    Zhenhua Gu;Armen Zakarian

  • Pd-Catalyzed Chemoselective Catellani Ortho-Arylation of Iodopyrroles: Rapid Total Synthesis of Rhazinal

    Xianwei Sui;Rui Zhu;Gencheng Li;Xinna Ma

  • Enantioselective synthesis of (-)-maoecrystal V by enantiodetermining C-H functionalization.

    Ping Lu;Artur Mailyan;Zhenhua Gu;David M. Guptill

Frequent Co-Authors

Shengming Ma
Shengming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuefeng Jiang
Xuefeng Jiang East China Normal University
Yao Fu
Yao Fu University of Science and Technology of China
Jordi Molgó
Jordi Molgó Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vincent Gandon
Vincent Gandon University of Paris-Saclay
Zhide Hu
Zhide Hu Lanzhou University
Huw M. L. Davies
Huw M. L. Davies Emory University
K. Peter C. Vollhardt
K. Peter C. Vollhardt University of California, Berkeley

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