Bernhard Westermann

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Westermann is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Westermann has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Organic Chemistry, 67 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Westermann's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (45 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (19 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (17 papers). Bernhard Westermann is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (45 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (19 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (17 papers). Bernhard Westermann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Cuba and Brazil. Bernhard Westermann's co-authors include Michael Arend, Nikolaus Risch, Sander S. van Berkel, Sebastian Brauch, Ludger A. Wessjohann, Márcio W. Paixão, Muhammad Ayaz, Akbar Ali, Marloes A. Wijdeven and Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Westermann

100 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Modern Variants of the Mannich Reaction

1998 972 citations Bernhard Westermann et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Higher-order multicomponent reactions: beyond four reactants

2013 505 citations Sebastian Brauch, Bernhard Westermann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Westermann Germany	31	3.5k	1.7k	479	296	258	104	4.2k
Biswanath Das India	32	3.3k 1.0×	837 0.5×	471 1.0×	312 1.1×	185 0.7×	197	3.9k
Jacques Lebreton France	31	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	290 0.6×	167 0.6×	129 0.5×	175	3.7k
Charles B. de Koning South Africa	32	2.8k 0.8×	783 0.5×	325 0.7×	247 0.8×	134 0.5×	133	3.3k
George A. O’Doherty United States	43	4.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	412 0.9×	1.0k 3.5×	217 0.8×	186	5.3k
Kozo Shishido Japan	35	3.4k 1.0×	854 0.5×	310 0.6×	370 1.3×	183 0.7×	219	4.0k
Nagula Shankaraiah India	43	4.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	242 0.5×	402 1.4×	124 0.5×	196	5.6k
Yashwant D. Vankar India	37	4.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	416 0.9×	189 0.6×	174 0.7×	180	4.4k
Masaaki Miyashita Japan	31	3.1k 0.9×	981 0.6×	315 0.7×	501 1.7×	143 0.6×	171	3.9k
Tony K. M. Shing Hong Kong	28	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	228 0.5×	330 1.1×	109 0.4×	130	3.2k
Nabin C. Barua India	26	1.6k 0.4×	949 0.6×	322 0.7×	166 0.6×	281 1.1×	105	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernhard Westermann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Westermann

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All Works

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Ramírez, Javier A., et al.. (2025). Formaldehyde surrogates in multicomponent reactions. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 21. 564–595. 2 indexed citations

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Bouzidi, Mohamed, Theodoro da Rosa Salles, Bernhard Westermann, et al.. (2024). Efficient removal of organophosphate insecticide employing magnetic chitosan-derivatives. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 279(Pt 1). 134992–134992. 6 indexed citations

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Méndez, Yanira, Aldrin V. Vasco, Thomas Ebensen, et al.. (2023). Diversification of a Novel α‐Galactosyl Ceramide Hotspot Boosts the Adjuvant Properties in Parenteral and Mucosal Vaccines. Angewandte Chemie. 136(1).

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Méndez, Yanira, Aldrin V. Vasco, Thomas Ebensen, et al.. (2023). Diversification of a Novel α‐Galactosyl Ceramide Hotspot Boosts the Adjuvant Properties in Parenteral and Mucosal Vaccines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(1). e202310983–e202310983. 3 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Solano, Beatriz, et al.. (2023). Cultural Characterization and Antagonistic Activity of Cladobotryum virescens against Some Phytopathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes. Agronomy. 13(2). 389–389. 2 indexed citations

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Hussain, Hidayat, Jianbo Xiao, Akbar Ali, Ivan R. Green, & Bernhard Westermann. (2022). Unusually cyclized triterpenoids: occurrence, biosynthesis and chemical synthesis. Natural Product Reports. 40(2). 412–451. 20 indexed citations

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Westermann, Bernhard, et al.. (2019). Multicomponent synthesis of α-acylamino and α-acyloxy amide derivatives of desmycosin and their activity against gram-negative bacteria. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(15). 3237–3247. 11 indexed citations

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Méndez, Yanira, Mario E. Valdés‐Tresanco, Pedro A. Valiente, et al.. (2018). Discovery of potent and selective inhibitors of the Escherichia coli M1-aminopeptidase via multicomponent solid-phase synthesis of tetrazole-peptidomimetics. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 163. 481–499. 30 indexed citations

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Moţ, Augustin C., Erik Prell, Maria Klecker, et al.. (2017). Real‐time detection of N‐end rule‐mediated ubiquitination via fluorescently labeled substrate probes. New Phytologist. 217(2). 613–624. 32 indexed citations

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Hinderberger, Dariush, et al.. (2016). Spin-labelled diketopiperazines and peptide–peptoid chimera by Ugi-multi-component-reactions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(48). 11336–11341. 11 indexed citations

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Echemendía, Radell, Alexander F. de la Torre, Arlene G. Corrêa, et al.. (2015). Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural‐Product‐Like Hybrids by an Organocatalytic/Multicomponent Reaction Sequence. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(26). 7621–7625. 51 indexed citations

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Laub, Annegret, Andrea Porzel, Jürgen Schmidt, et al.. (2015). Isolation and Total Synthesis of Albupeptins A–D: 11‐Residue Peptaibols from the Fungus Gliocladium album. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2015(34). 7449–7459. 16 indexed citations

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Sproß, Jens, Sebastian Brauch, Moritz Wagner, et al.. (2012). Multidimensional nano-HPLC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry for analyzing biotinylated proteins. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 405(7). 2163–2173. 11 indexed citations

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Rivera, Daniel G., et al.. (2012). Carbohydrate–steroid conjugation by Ugi reaction: one-pot synthesis of triple sugar/pseudo-peptide/spirostane hybrids. Carbohydrate Research. 359. 102–110. 23 indexed citations

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Abbas, Muhammad, et al.. (2011). Oxidative allylic rearrangement of cycloalkenols: Formal total synthesis of enantiomerically pure trisporic acid B. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 421–425. 3 indexed citations

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Brauch, Sebastian, et al.. (2010). Seven-component reactions by sequential chemoselective Ugi–Mumm/Ugi–Smiles reactions. Chemical Communications. 46(19). 3387–3387. 60 indexed citations

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Westermann, Bernhard, et al.. (2006). Lanthanum-catalyzed aqueous acylation of monosaccharides by benzoyl methyl phosphate. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 84(4). 620–624. 7 indexed citations

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Westermann, Bernhard, et al.. (2005). Dihydroxyaceton in Aminosäure‐katalysierten Mannich‐Reaktionen. Angewandte Chemie. 117(26). 4145–4147. 26 indexed citations

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Westermann, Bernhard. (2003). Asymmetric Catalytic Aza‐Henry Reactions Leading to 1,2‐Diamines and 1,2‐Diaminocarboxylic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(2). 151–153. 167 indexed citations

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Westermann, Bernhard. (2003). Asymmetrische katalytische Aza‐Henry‐Reaktionen zu 1,2‐Diaminen und 1,2‐Diaminocarbonsäuren. Angewandte Chemie. 115(2). 161–163. 39 indexed citations

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