Alain Goeppert

13.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
75 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Alain Goeppert is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Catalysis and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Goeppert has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 33 papers in Catalysis and 32 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Alain Goeppert's work include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (34 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (32 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (26 papers). Alain Goeppert is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (34 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (32 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (26 papers). Alain Goeppert collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Alain Goeppert's co-authors include G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah, Miklós Czaun, Sayan Kar, Jotheeswari Kothandaraman, John‐Paul Jones, Raktim Sen, Robert B. May, S. R. Narayanan and Wei‐Hsuan Hung and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Alain Goeppert

75 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dime... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2014 2011 2012 2009 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether: From Greenhouse Gas to Renewable, Environmentally Carbon Neutral Fuels and Synthetic Hydrocarbons
    2008 1.2k citations George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
  2. Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop
    2014 1.2k citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  3. Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future
    2011 1.1k citations George A. Olah, G. K. Surya Prakash et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Air as the renewable carbon source of the future: an overview of CO2 capture from the atmosphere
    2012 609 citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. profile →
  5. Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy
    2009 584 citations George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert et al. profile →
  6. Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based Regenerable Solid Adsorbent
    2011 460 citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Goeppert United States 40 4.4k 4.3k 3.8k 3.7k 3.4k 75 10.8k
Jian Sun China 52 3.2k 0.7× 5.5k 1.3× 5.0k 1.3× 4.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 263 10.8k
Siglinda Perathoner Italy 70 8.2k 1.9× 7.8k 1.8× 2.5k 0.7× 11.1k 3.0× 3.2k 0.9× 333 19.3k
Shenggang Li China 49 2.9k 0.6× 5.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.5× 5.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.4× 224 9.4k
Kwang‐Deog Jung South Korea 47 2.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.3× 4.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 195 7.4k
Yanqiang Huang China 70 11.7k 2.7× 7.8k 1.8× 2.9k 0.8× 11.1k 3.0× 2.0k 0.6× 203 19.6k
Binhang Yan China 42 2.7k 0.6× 5.2k 1.2× 1.9k 0.5× 5.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.3× 165 8.1k
Guido Mul Netherlands 57 8.8k 2.0× 4.7k 1.1× 943 0.2× 8.9k 2.4× 1.4k 0.4× 251 14.4k
Zhenzhen Yang China 59 3.8k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 4.3k 1.2× 2.2k 0.7× 224 10.6k
Armando Borgna Singapore 59 2.8k 0.6× 4.6k 1.1× 667 0.2× 7.9k 2.1× 3.7k 1.1× 172 12.1k
Nikolaos Dimitratos United Kingdom 60 4.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 882 0.2× 10.3k 2.8× 2.2k 0.7× 215 13.6k

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All Works

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Goeppert, Alain, et al.. (2024). Lanthanide promoted nickel catalysts for the integrated capture and conversion of carbon dioxide to methane via metal carbonates. RSC Sustainability. 2(10). 2885–2895. 5 indexed citations
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Sen, Raktim, Alain Goeppert, & G. K. Surya Prakash. (2022). Homogeneous Hydrogenation of CO2 and CO to Methanol: The Renaissance of Low‐Temperature Catalysis in the Context of the Methanol Economy. Angewandte Chemie. 134(42). 6 indexed citations
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Sen, Raktim, Alain Goeppert, Sayan Kar, & G. K. Surya Prakash. (2020). Hydroxide Based Integrated CO 2 Capture from Air and Conversion to Methanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(10). 4544–4549. 191 indexed citations
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Kothandaraman, Jotheeswari, Sayan Kar, Raktim Sen, et al.. (2017). Efficient Reversible Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Amine Reforming of Methanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(7). 2549–2552. 108 indexed citations
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Kothandaraman, Jotheeswari, Miklós Czaun, Alain Goeppert, et al.. (2015). Amine‐Free Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Formate Salts Catalyzed by Ruthenium Pincer Complex without pH Control or Solvent Change. ChemSusChem. 8(8). 1442–1451. 114 indexed citations
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Goeppert, Alain, Miklós Czaun, John‐Paul Jones, G. K. Surya Prakash, & George A. Olah. (2014). Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop. Chemical Society Reviews. 43(23). 7995–8048. 1218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goeppert, Alain, Hang Zhang, Miklós Czaun, et al.. (2014). Easily Regenerable Solid Adsorbents Based on Polyamines for Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air. ChemSusChem. 7(5). 1386–1397. 148 indexed citations
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Czaun, Miklós, Alain Goeppert, Robert B. May, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition by Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes. Tetraruthenium Dodecacarbonyl Tetrahydride as an Active Intermediate. ChemSusChem. 4(9). 1241–1248. 75 indexed citations
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Goeppert, Alain, Miklós Czaun, Robert B. May, et al.. (2011). Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based Regenerable Solid Adsorbent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(50). 20164–20167. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hou, Wenbo, Wei‐Hsuan Hung, Prathamesh Pavaskar, et al.. (2011). Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbon Fuels via Plasmon-Enhanced Absorption and Metallic Interband Transitions. ACS Catalysis. 1(8). 929–936. 493 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., Alain Goeppert, & G. K. Surya Prakash. (2009). Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stadler, Daniel, Alain Goeppert, Golam Rasul, et al.. (2008). Chiral Benzylic Carbocations: Low-Temperature NMR Studies and Theoretical Calculations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(1). 312–318. 38 indexed citations
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Goeppert, Alain, Peter Dinér, Per Ahlberg, & Jean Sommer. (2002). Methane Activation and Oxidation in Sulfuric Acid. Chemistry - A European Journal. 8(14). 3277–3277. 8 indexed citations
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Goeppert, Alain & Jean Sommer. (2002). H/D exchange, protolysis and oxidation of C3–C5alkanes in HF–SbF5. σ-Basicity vs. reactivity of C–H bonds. New Journal of Chemistry. 26(10). 1335–1339. 5 indexed citations
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Ahlberg, Per, et al.. (2001). Solvated CH5+ in liquid superacid (vol 7, pg 1936, 2001). Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(12). 2501–2501. 1 indexed citations
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Ahlberg, Per, et al.. (2001). Solvated CH5+ in Liquid Superacid. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(9). 1936–1943. 21 indexed citations
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Goeppert, Alain, et al.. (1998). Activation, isomerization and H/D exchange of small alkanes in triflic acid. Catalysis Letters. 56(1). 43–48. 13 indexed citations

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