Bernhard Rieger

25.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
499 papers, 22.0k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Rieger is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Rieger has authored 499 papers receiving a total of 22.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 276 papers in Organic Chemistry, 147 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 126 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Rieger's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (179 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (147 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (106 papers). Bernhard Rieger is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (179 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (147 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (106 papers). Bernhard Rieger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. Bernhard Rieger's co-authors include Rolf Mülhaupt, David M. Fischer, Robert M. Waymouth, Hans H. Brintzinger, Christian Bruckmeier, Fritz E. Kühn, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Mirza Cokoja, Sergei I. Vagin and Malte Winnacker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Rieger

490 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

Stereospecific Olefin Pol... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2011 2010 1995 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization with Chiral Metallocene Catalysts
    1995 2.4k citations Bernhard Rieger et al. profile →
  2. Transformation of Carbon Dioxide with Homogeneous Transition‐Metal Catalysts: A Molecular Solution to a Global Challenge?
    2011 1.5k citations Bernhard Rieger et al. profile →
  3. Recent advances in CO2/epoxide copolymerization—New strategies and cooperative mechanisms
    2010 625 citations Bernhard Rieger et al. profile →
  4. Stereospezifische Olefinpolymerisation mit chiralen Metallocenkatalysatoren
    1995 522 citations Bernhard Rieger et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  5. Ortho-Phosphinobenzenesulfonate: A Superb Ligand for Palladium-Catalyzed Coordination–Insertion Copolymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers
    2013 481 citations Bernhard Rieger et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bernhard Rieger 13.1k 8.9k 6.9k 4.9k 3.4k 499 22.0k
Robert M. Waymouth 20.0k 1.5× 9.7k 1.1× 4.9k 0.7× 10.2k 2.1× 2.8k 0.8× 318 28.0k
Stefan Mecking 13.1k 1.0× 6.4k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 356 19.2k
Geoffrey W. Coates 19.9k 1.5× 16.0k 1.8× 4.3k 0.6× 14.1k 2.9× 3.7k 1.1× 319 35.1k
Changle Chen 10.2k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 241 13.7k
William R. Dichtel 5.2k 0.4× 910 0.1× 10.8k 1.6× 2.1k 0.4× 18.1k 5.2× 228 26.9k
Ding Ma 5.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.2× 5.2k 0.8× 793 0.2× 21.2k 6.2× 517 33.1k
Marc A. Hillmyer 21.7k 1.7× 7.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 15.8k 3.2× 15.4k 4.5× 499 42.2k
Masami Kamigaito 16.5k 1.3× 1.1k 0.1× 1.8k 0.3× 3.7k 0.7× 3.7k 1.1× 306 19.2k
Mitsuo Sawamoto 20.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.1× 2.0k 0.3× 4.6k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 359 23.3k
Yong Cui 4.9k 0.4× 593 0.1× 13.6k 2.0× 1.3k 0.3× 11.9k 3.5× 284 19.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Ruohan, Patrick Rupper, Edith Perret, et al.. (2024). Ambient Catalytic Spinning of Polyethylene Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie. 136(10). 2 indexed citations
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Rieger, Bernhard, et al.. (2024). Methyl-Branched Polyethylene Produced by Hafnocene Complexes Exhibiting Unconventional Dialkoxy Bridges. Organometallics. 44(1). 8–13. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jin Yu, Shigeyoshi Inoue, & Bernhard Rieger. (2024). Isolation and Reactivity of Silepins with a Sterically Demanding Silyl Ligand. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 27(21). 1 indexed citations
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Rieger, Bernhard, et al.. (2023). Tailored Syndiotactic Polypropylene Feedstock Material for Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion of Polymers: Material Development and Processability. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(4). 2430–2439. 11 indexed citations
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Rieger, Bernhard, et al.. (2023). High-Throughput Approach in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Enables Rapid Evaluation of Yttrium Salan Catalysts. Organometallics. 42(10). 876–884. 3 indexed citations
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Kratky, Tim, et al.. (2022). Azide‐Modified Poly(diethyl vinylphosphonate) for Straightforward Graft‐to Carbon Nanotube Functionalization. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 308(6). 4 indexed citations
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Meldrum, A., et al.. (2022). Colloidal Silicon Quantum Dot‐Based Cavity Light‐Emitting Diodes with Narrowed and Tunable Electroluminescence. Advanced Optical Materials. 11(1). 15 indexed citations
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Kratky, Tim, et al.. (2021). Silicon Nanosheets versus Graphene Nanosheets: A Comparison of Their Nonlinear Optical Response. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(2). 815–821. 14 indexed citations
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Rieger, Bernhard, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and Application of Functional Group-Bearing Pyridyl-Based Initiators in Rare Earth Metal-Mediated Group Transfer Polymerization. Macromolecules. 53(11). 4345–4354. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Sebastian Henke, et al.. (2020). The synergistic effect of heterostructured dissimilar metal–organic framework thin films on adsorption properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(26). 12990–12995. 17 indexed citations
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Causero, Andrea, Carsten Troll, & Bernhard Rieger. (2020). (+)-Limonene Functionalization: Syntheses, Optimization, and Scale-up Procedures for Sustainable Polymer Building Blocks. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(35). 15464–15477. 13 indexed citations
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Eftaiha, Ala’a F., Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Fatima Alsoubani, et al.. (2019). CO2 activation through C–N, C–O and C–C bond formation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(3). 1306–1312. 19 indexed citations
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Grötsch, Raphael K., Arzu Angı, Caren Wanzke, et al.. (2018). Dissipative Selbstassemblierung photolumineszierender Siliciumnanokristalle. Angewandte Chemie. 130(44). 14817–14822. 18 indexed citations
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Rieger, Bernhard, et al.. (2018). Positive effect of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) on homogeneous photocatalytic reduction of CO2. Chemical Communications. 54(27). 3323–3326. 10 indexed citations
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Kehrle, Julian, Tapas K. Purkait, Konstantinos N. Raftopoulos, et al.. (2018). Superhydrophobic Silicon Nanocrystal–Silica Aerogel Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Sensing Application. Langmuir. 34(16). 4888–4896. 25 indexed citations
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Yu, Haoyang, Lavinia M. Scherf, Jian Chen, et al.. (2018). Radical-Initiated and Thermally Induced Hydrogermylation of Alkenes on the Surfaces of Germanium Nanosheets. Chemistry of Materials. 30(7). 2274–2280. 35 indexed citations
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Drees, Markus, et al.. (2018). High-Melting, Elastic Polypropylene: A One-Pot, One-Catalyst Strategy toward Propylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers. Macromolecules. 51(3). 914–929. 11 indexed citations
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Jandl, Christian, et al.. (2017). Titanocenes in Olefin Polymerization: Sustainable Catalyst System or an Extinct Species?. Organometallics. 36(7). 1408–1418. 19 indexed citations
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Herz, Fabian, et al.. (2017). Core-First Synthesis of Three-Armed Star-Shaped Polymers by Rare Earth Metal-Mediated Group Transfer Polymerization. Macromolecules. 50(17). 6569–6576. 28 indexed citations

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