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The idea behind Trackademia is to build on existing academic databases like Google Scholar and OpenAlex so that you can trust the data and use it for whatever you want. That comes down to two things.

More data, and more ways to use it. We aggregate publication data from every major source into a single dataset and add information pulled from faculty CVs. Then we let you slice it however you want: choose which sources to build from, write your own formulas, weight journals, adjust for department size.

More accurate, and honest about where it isn’t. We focus on a smaller set of schools so we can verify everything carefully. Faculty lists come from department websites rather than being inferred from publication records, so we know who should be in the data before we go looking. When we can’t find data on someone, we record the gap instead of dropping them. Every number comes with a coverage rate you can check against ground truth.

Everything in Trackademia is built from seven units. AI merges duplicate records across sources and tags each publication so these categories hold up:

  • Publication — citation counts, authors, journal, peer review status, and more
  • Publication group — versions of the same work combined into one entity, such as a working paper and the article it became
  • Academic
  • Department
  • University
  • Field
  • Journal

There are two modes. In Database mode you browse the underlying records and filter by any of the seven units. In Analytics mode you get graphs and comparisons, and you switch views to compare two departments, compare one department against the average of the others, or see them all at once. Tabs let you focus on a particular level of the data.
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David MacMillan

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DepartmentPrinceton Chemistry
UniversityPrinceton
FieldChemistry
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Totals

Publications100
Citations77,173
h-index142 · Scholar
Citations per year in post—
Years in postno first year on the CV

Coverage

Works with a count100 of 100
Share100%

Top venues 16 venues

The 8 holding the most of these works; 8 more hold at least one.

Journal of the American Chemical Society51
Science14
Nature12
Angewandte Chemie International Edition4
Angewandte Chemie3
Nature Chemistry3
Accounts of Chemical Research2
Chemical Reviews2

Publications per year

Works this academic published in each year, by the year each work appeared; an undated work is in no year, and a work two colleagues wrote counts for each of them. The kind, works and year filters decide which works are here at all.

Citations per year

Citations received in each year, from this academic’s verified Scholar profile, which counts every citation to everything they ever wrote: no publication filter reaches this line - not the kinds, not the works switch, not the year window on publication - and no journal weight either. It is a profile total, so it does not match the works listed below.

Publications 100 works

Every work these filters select, most cited first and the works with no count at the end: a work nobody has a figure for is unknown, never a zero to be ranked among the works that have one, and it prints an em dash. Each figure is that work’s own citations - Scholar’s count where there is one, else OpenAlex’s - and is not weighted.

YearTitleVenueKindCitations
2013Visible light photoredox catalysis with transition metal complexes: applications in organic synthesisChemical Reviewsarticle10,495
2016Photoredox catalysis in organic chemistryThe Journal of Organic Chemistryarticle3,633
2008The advent and development of organocatalysisNaturearticle3,115
2008Merging photoredox catalysis with organocatalysis: the direct asymmetric alkylation of aldehydesSciencearticle2,943
2000New strategies for organic catalysis: the first highly enantioselective organocatalytic Diels− Alder reactionJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle2,799
2017The merger of transition metal and photocatalysisNature Reviews Chemistryarticle2,366
2022Metallaphotoredox: the merger of photoredox and transition metal catalysisChemical Reviewsarticle1,826
2014Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp3-carbons with aryl halidesSciencearticle1,823
2011Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes by means of photoredox catalysisNaturearticle1,478
2012Synergistic catalysis: a powerful synthetic strategy for new reaction developmentChemical Sciencearticle1,262
2011Discovery of an α-amino C–H arylation reaction using the strategy of accelerated serendipitySciencearticle1,161
2009The Enantioselective α-Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes via Photoredox OrganocatalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle1,128
2006Modern strategies in organic catalysis: the advent and development of iminium activationChemInformarticle974
2002The first direct and enantioselective cross-aldol reaction of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle973
2007Enantioselective organocatalysis using SOMO activationSciencearticle911
2006Enantioselective organocatalytic reductive aminationJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle888
2005Enantioselective organo-cascade catalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle847
2002Enantioselective organocatalytic indole alkylations. Design of a new and highly effective chiral amine for iminium catalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle844
2001new strategies in organic catalysis: the first enantioselective organocatalytic Friedel− Crafts alkylationJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle834
2011Collective synthesis of natural products by means of organocascade catalysisNaturearticle795
2000New strategies for organic catalysis: the first enantioselective organocatalytic 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditionJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle787
2015Alcohols as alkylating agents in heteroarene C–H functionalizationNaturearticle761
2016Native functionality in triple catalytic cross-coupling: sp3 C–H bonds as latent nucleophilesSciencearticle716
2016Silyl radical activation of alkyl halides in metallaphotoredox catalysis: a unique pathway for cross-electrophile couplingJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle711
2015Switching on elusive organometallic mechanisms with photoredox catalysisNaturearticle711
2018Visible light photocatalysis in organic chemistry—book691
2003The direct and enantioselective organocatalytic α-oxidation of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle680
2016Aryl amination using ligand-free Ni (II) salts and photoredox catalysisSciencearticle679
2014Carboxylic acids as a traceless activation group for conjugate additions: a three-step synthesis of (±)-pregabalinJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle652
2007Enantioselective organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions using Hantzsch estersAccounts of Chemical Researcharticle642
2005Enantioselective organocatalytic hydride reductionJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle639
2002The first general enantioselective catalytic Diels− Alder reaction with simple α, β-unsaturated ketonesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle637
2014Decarboxylative arylation of α-amino acids via photoredox catalysis: a one-step conversion of biomass to drug pharmacophoreJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle633
2017Photosensitized, energy transfer-mediated organometallic catalysis through electronically excited nickel (II)Sciencearticle631
2015O–H hydrogen bonding promotes H-atom transfer from α C–H bonds for C-alkylation of alcoholsSciencearticle629
2019The evolution of high-throughput experimentation in pharmaceutical development and perspectives on the futureOrganic Process Research & Developmentarticle613
2013Photoredox activation for the direct β-arylation of ketones and aldehydesSciencearticle611
2017Selective sp3 C–H alkylation via polarity-match-based cross-couplingNaturearticle608
2018Direct arylation of strong aliphatic C–H bondsNaturearticle601
2010Enantioselective α-benzylation of aldehydes via photoredox organocatalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle582
2005Enantioselective organocatalytic α-fluorination of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle582
2017Photoredox-catalyzed deuteration and tritiation of pharmaceutical compoundsSciencearticle579
2003The first enantioselective organocatalytic mukaiyama− michael reaction: A direct method for the synthesis of enantioenriched γ-butenolide architectureJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle577
2016Enantioselective decarboxylative arylation of α-amino acids via the merger of photoredox and nickel catalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle562
2015The direct arylation of allylic sp3 C–H bonds via organic and photoredox catalysisNaturearticle549
2004Enantioselective organocatalytic construction of pyrroloindolines by a cascade addition–cyclization strategy: Synthesis of (–)-flustramine BProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesarticle534
2020Microenvironment mapping via Dexter energy transfer on immune cellsSciencearticle524
2016Metallaphotoredox-catalysed sp3–sp3 cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with alkyl halidesNaturearticle513
2011Photoredox catalysis: a mild, operationally simple approach to the synthesis of α-trifluoromethyl carbonyl compoundsAngewandte Chemie International Editionarticle510
2004Two-step synthesis of carbohydrates by selective aldol reactionsSciencearticle506
2015Merging photoredox and nickel catalysis: decarboxylative cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with vinyl halidesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle501
2018A radical approach to the copper oxidative addition problem: Trifluoromethylation of bromoarenesSciencearticle499
2015Direct α‐Arylation of Ethers through the Combination of Photoredox‐Mediated C H Functionalization and the Minisci ReactionAngewandte Chemiearticle489
2014Photoredox α-vinylation of α-amino acids and N-aryl aminesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle482
2004Direct and enantioselective organocatalytic α-chlorination of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle480
2018Decarboxylative sp3 C–N coupling via dual copper and photoredox catalysisNaturearticle474
2021Metallaphotoredox-enabled deoxygenative arylation of alcoholsNaturearticle469
2002The enantioselective organocatalytic 1, 4-addition of electron-rich benzenes to α, β-unsaturated aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle461
2005Enantioselective organocatalytic cyclopropanations. The identification of a new class of iminium catalyst based upon directed electrostatic activationJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle449
2007Enantioselective organocatalytic singly occupied molecular orbital activation: the enantioselective α-enolation of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle437
2015Oxalates as activating groups for alcohols in visible light photoredox catalysis: formation of quaternary centers by redox-neutral fragment couplingJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle436
2015Decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids via photoredox catalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle431
2018Decarboxylative alkylation for site-selective bioconjugation of native proteins via oxidation potentialsNature Chemistryarticle420
2004Enantioselective organocatalytic direct aldol reactions of α‐oxyaldehydes: step one in a two‐step synthesis of carbohydratesAngewandte Chemie International Editionarticle418
2003The first Suzuki cross-couplings of aryltrimethylammonium saltsJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle405
2010The Productive Merger of Iodonium Salts and Organocatalysis. A Non-Photolytic Approach to the Enantioselective α-Trifluoromethylation of AldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle402
2006Enantioselective organocatalytic amine conjugate additionJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle397
2009A Nine-Step Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-MinfiensineJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle381
2015Merging photoredox and nickel catalysis: The direct synthesis of ketones by the decarboxylative arylation of α‐oxo acidsAngewandte Chemie International Editionarticle360
2020The merger of decatungstate and copper catalysis to enable aliphatic C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylationNature Chemistryarticle358
2011Enantioselective α-arylation of aldehydes via the productive merger of iodonium salts and organocatalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle355
2020Copper-mediated synthesis of drug-like bicyclopentanesNaturearticle353
2017Direct Aldehyde C–H Arylation and Alkylation via the Combination of Nickel, HAT, and Photoredox CatalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle337
2005Enantioselective organocatalytic intramolecular Diels− Alder reactions. The asymmetric synthesis of solanapyrone DJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle337
2008Enantioselective organo-SOMO catalysis: the α-vinylation of aldehydesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle330
2017A general small-scale reactor to enable standardization and acceleration of photocatalytic reactionsACS Central Sciencearticle326
2014A general strategy for organocatalytic activation of C–H bonds via photoredox catalysis: direct arylation of benzylic ethersJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle323
2014Activation of C–H bonds via the merger of photoredox and organocatalysis: a coupling of benzylic ethers with Schiff basesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle320
2012Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Construction of Aryl-Pyrroloindolines via an Arylation–Cyclization CascadeJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle319
2009Cycle‐specific organocascade catalysis: application to olefin hydroamination, hydro‐oxidation, and amino‐oxidation, and to natural product synthesisAngewandte Chemie International Editionarticle312
2009The Enantioselective α-Arylation of Aldehydes via Organo-SOMO Catalysis. An Ortho-Selective Arylation Reaction Based on an Open-Shell PathwayJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle308
2007Strategies to bypass the taxol problem. Enantioselective cascade catalysis, a new approach for the efficient construction of molecular complexitySynlettarticle301
2016Alcohols as latent coupling fragments for metallaphotoredox catalysis: sp3-sp2 cross-coupling of oxalates with aryl halidesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle298
2013Enantioselective Direct α‑Amination of Aldehydes via a Photoredox Mechanism: A Strategy for Asymmetric Amine Fragment CouplingJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle295
2006Organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation of cyclic enonesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle295
2010Enantioselective polyene cyclization via organo-SOMO catalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle290
2020Mechanistic analysis of metallaphotoredox C–N coupling: photocatalysis initiates and perpetuates Ni (I)/Ni (III) coupling activityJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle286
2005Total synthesis of brasoside and littoralisoneJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle276
2022Carboxylic acids as adaptive functional groups in metallaphotoredox catalysisAccounts of Chemical Researcharticle274
1997C2-Symmetric Tin(II) Complexes as Chiral Lewis Acids. Catalytic Enantioselective Anti Aldol Additions of Enolsilanes to Glyoxylate and Pyruvate EstersJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle270
2015Selective radical–radical cross-couplings: design of a formal β‑Mannich reactionJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle268
2020Cross-electrophile coupling of unactivated alkyl chloridesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle265
1997C2-Symmetric Copper(II) Complexes as Chiral Lewis Acids. Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Additions of Enolsilanes to Pyruvate EstersJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle259
2009Enantioselective Linchpin Catalysis by SOMO Catalysis: An Approach to the Asymmetric α‐Chlorination of Aldehydes and Terminal Epoxide FormationAngewandte Chemiearticle246
2022Nontraditional fragment couplings of alcohols and carboxylic acids: C (sp3)–C (sp3) cross-coupling via radical sortingJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle244
2011Enantioselective organocatalytic α-fluorination of cyclic ketonesJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle244
2021A biomimetic SH2 cross-coupling mechanism for quaternary sp3-carbon formationSciencearticle239
2013Direct β‑Functionalization of Cyclic Ketones with Aryl Ketones via the Merger of Photoredox and OrganocatalysisJournal of the American Chemical Societyarticle238
2017Direct, enantioselective α-alkylation of aldehydes using simple olefinsNature Chemistryarticle236
2018Selective Hydrogen Atom Abstraction through Induced Bond Polarization: Direct α‐Arylation of Alcohols through Photoredox, HAT, and Nickel CatalysisAngewandte Chemiearticle235