Synlett 2024; 35(08): 833-839
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1774827
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A Personal Account from Inside Keith Fagnou’s Research Laboratory

Louis-Charles Campeau




Publication History

Received: 23 April 2024

Accepted after revision: 23 April 2024

Article published online:
23 April 2024

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  • 33 In 2019, nine years after his death, Keith Fagnou was still listed in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers report; see: https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2019/ (accessed Apr. 16, 2024)
  • 34 Keith Fagnou – Eternal Authorship, In Just Like Cooking Blog; 2012; https://justlikecooking.blogspot.com/2012/02/keith-fagnou-eternal-authorship.html (accessed Apr. 16, 2024)