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David A. Leigh

Active 1990–2025

130
Papers
30,770
Citations
95
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Citations

Citations per year for David A. Leigh1991: 1 citations1993: 1 citations1995: 1 citations1996: 6 citations1997: 11 citations1998: 6 citations1999: 11 citations2000: 16 citations2001: 23 citations2002: 29 citations2003: 38 citations2004: 76 citations2005: 101 citations2006: 188 citations2007: 117 citations2008: 96 citations2009: 160 citations2010: 151 citations2011: 201 citations2012: 203 citations2013: 160 citations2014: 193 citations2015: 323 citations2016: 212 citations2017: 309 citations2018: 295 citations2019: 629 citations2020: 563 citations2021: 406 citations2022: 388 citations2023: 339 citations2024: 498 citations2025: 173 citations2026: 7 citations1992: no citations, so this year is not shown1994: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 531 citing papers, 17.1% of this breakdownChina: 471 citing papers, 15.2% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 370 citing papers, 11.9% of this breakdownGermany: 259 citing papers, 8.3% of this breakdownFrance: 176 citing papers, 5.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 162 citing papers, 5.2% of this breakdownItaly: 160 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownJapan: 153 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownSpain: 88 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownIndia: 81 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 62 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 52 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Chemistry40.2%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology19%
  • Materials Science16.4%
  • Physics and Astronomy9.4%
  • Engineering6.6%
  • Neuroscience4.3%
  • Other4.1%

Topics

  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes11.8%
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis6.7%
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research6.6%
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques5.2%
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials4.7%
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection4.2%
  • Other60.8%

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  1. Artificial Molecular Machines

    Authors: Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Alina L. Nussbaumer - Chemical Reviews 2015 cited by 1,947

  2. Artificial molecular motors

    Authors: Salma Kassem, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Anouk S. Lubbe, Miriam R. Wilson, Ben L. Feringa, David A. Leigh - Chemical Society Reviews 2017 cited by 934

  3. Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines

    Authors: Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh, Francesco Zerbetto - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2006 cited by 2,606

  4. An autonomous chemically fuelled small-molecule motor

    Authors: Miriam R. Wilson, Jordi Solà, Armando Carlone, Stephen M. Goldup, Nathalie Lebrasseur, David A. Leigh - Nature 2016 cited by 498

  5. Autonomous fuelled directional rotation about a covalent single bond

    Authors: Stefan Borsley, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts - Nature 2022 cited by 154

  6. Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction

    Authors: Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024 cited by 106

  7. A molecular information ratchet

    Authors: Viviana Serreli, Chin‐Fa Lee, Euan R. Kay, David A. Leigh - Nature 2007 cited by 713

  8. A catalysis-driven artificial molecular pump

    Authors: Shuntaro Amano, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh - Nature 2021 cited by 228

  9. Using Catalysis to Drive Chemistry Away from Equilibrium: Relating Kinetic Asymmetry, Power Strokes, and the Curtin–Hammett Principle in Brownian Ratchets

    Authors: Shuntaro Amano, Massimiliano Esposito, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A. Leigh, Emanuele Penocchio, Benjamin M. W. Roberts - Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 cited by 78

  10. Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel

    Authors: Sündüs Erbaş-Çakmak, Stephen D. P. Fielden, Ulvi Karaca, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Daniel J. Tetlow, Miriam R. Wilson - Science 2017 cited by 402

  11. The role of kinetic asymmetry and power strokes in an information ratchet

    Authors: Lorna Binks, Stefan Borsley, Todd R. Gingrich, David A. Leigh, Emanuele Penocchio, Benjamin M. W. Roberts - Chem 2023 cited by 55

  12. Catenanes: Fifty Years of Molecular Links

    Authors: Guzmán Gil‐Ramírez, David A. Leigh, Alexander J. Stephens - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015 cited by 603

  13. Molecular Knots

    Authors: Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, Steffen L. Woltering - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017 cited by 327

  14. A Doubly Kinetically-Gated Information Ratchet Autonomously Driven by Carbodiimide Hydration

    Authors: Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts - Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021 cited by 114

  15. Artificial switchable catalysts

    Authors: Víctor Blanco, David A. Leigh, Vanesa Marcos - Chemical Society Reviews 2015 cited by 668

  16. A mechanically interlocked molecular system programmed for the delivery of an anticancer drug

    Authors: Romain Barat, Thibaut Legigan, Isabelle Tranoy‐Opalinski, Brigitte Renoux, Elodie Péraudeau, Jonathan Clarhaut, Pauline Poinot, Antony E. Fernandes, Vincent Aucagne, David A. Leigh, Sébastien Papot - Chemical Science 2015 cited by 163

  17. Knotting matters: orderly molecular entanglements

    Authors: Zoe Ashbridge, Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Liang Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews 2022 cited by 143

  18. Chemical engines: driving systems away from equilibrium through catalyst reaction cycles

    Authors: Shuntaro Amano, Stefan Borsley, David A. Leigh, Zhanhu Sun - Nature Nanotechnology 2021 cited by 131

  19. Unidirectional rotation in a mechanically interlocked molecular rotor

    Authors: David A. Leigh, Jenny K. Y. Wong, François Dehez, Francesco Zerbetto - Nature 2003 cited by 934

  20. Strategies and Tactics for the Metal‐Directed Synthesis of Rotaxanes, Knots, Catenanes, and Higher Order Links

    Authors: Jonathon E. Beves, Barry A. Blight, Christopher J. Campbell, David A. Leigh, Roy T. McBurney - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011 cited by 678

  21. Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles

    Authors: James D. Crowley, Stephen M. Goldup, Ai‐Lan Lee, David A. Leigh, Roy T. McBurney - Chemical Society Reviews 2009 cited by 641

  22. Sequence-Specific Peptide Synthesis by an Artificial Small-Molecule Machine

    Authors: Bartosz Lewandowski, Guillaume De Bo, John W. Ward, Marcus Papmeyer, Sonja Kuschel, María J. Aldegunde, Philipp M. E. Gramlich, Dominik Heckmann, Stephen M. Goldup, D.M. D'Souza, Antony E. Fernandes, David A. Leigh - Science 2013 cited by 708

  23. A tape-reading molecular ratchet

    Authors: Yansong Ren, Romain Jamagne, Daniel J. Tetlow, David A. Leigh - Nature 2022 cited by 82

  24. Pumping between phases with a pulsed-fuel molecular ratchet

    Authors: Dean Thomas, Daniel J. Tetlow, Yansong Ren, Salma Kassem, Ulvi Karaca, David A. Leigh - Nature Nanotechnology 2022 cited by 78