Bert Klumperman

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
205 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Bert Klumperman is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Klumperman has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Organic Chemistry, 46 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Bert Klumperman's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (114 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (22 papers). Bert Klumperman is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (114 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (22 papers). Bert Klumperman collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and Australia. Bert Klumperman's co-authors include Han Goossens, Judit Canadell, James B. McLeary, Anton L. German, Michael Buback, Michael J. Monteiro, Rajan Venkatesh, Gregory T. Russell, Robin A. Hutchinson and Robert G. Gilbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Bert Klumperman

199 papers receiving 8.4k citations

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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.

Self-Healing Materials Based on Disulfide Links

2011 831 citations Bert Klumperman et al. Macromolecules profile →
Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free‐radical polymerization, 1. Propagation rate coefficient for styrene

1995 583 citations Robin A. Hutchinson, Bert Klumperman et al. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics profile →
Self-healing systems based on disulfide–thiol exchange reactions

2013 395 citations Bert Klumperman et al. Polymer Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert Klumperman South Africa	48	5.8k	2.6k	2.0k	1.6k	1.4k	205	8.6k
John Chiefari Australia	24	6.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	48	8.1k
Dominik Konkolewicz United States	56	6.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	179	10.0k
Athina Anastasaki Switzerland	56	7.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	166	9.2k
Helmut Ritter Germany	44	4.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	376	7.7k
Yves Gnanou France	60	9.0k 1.6×	3.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	3.9k 2.5×	968 0.7×	242	11.9k
Ming Jiang China	56	4.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	4.6k 2.2×	3.1k 2.0×	2.1k 1.5×	298	10.8k
Almar Postma Australia	39	4.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	92	8.3k
Norman Ć. Billingham United Kingdom	54	5.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	973 0.7×	166	8.9k
Jinying Yuan China	55	4.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	3.3k 2.1×	2.6k 1.9×	191	9.6k
Oskar Nuyken Germany	51	6.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	976 0.7×	379	10.3k

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2025). Aqueous Solution Behavior of Poly(styrene-alt-maleic acid)-b-poly(N-acryloylmorpholine) Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymers in the Absence and Presence of Divalent Cations and Phospholipids. Macromolecules. 58(13). 6804–6819. 1 indexed citations

Klumperman, Bert, et al.. (2025). Amphiphilic Copolymers and Their Role in the Study of Membrane Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(23). 5784–5799.

Klumperman, Bert, et al.. (2025). The RAFT-Mediated Synthesis of Poly(styrene-co-maleic acid) through Direct Copolymerization of Maleic Acid. Macromolecules. 58(15). 8409–8418.

Klumperman, Bert, et al.. (2025). Bioderived copolymer alternatives to poly(styrene- co -maleic anhydride) via RAFT-mediated copolymerization. Polymer Chemistry. 16(9). 1019–1023. 4 indexed citations

Beuermann, Sabine, Marco Drache, Christopher M. Fellows, et al.. (2024). IUPAC recommended experimental methods and data evaluation procedures for the determination of radical copolymerization reactivity ratios from composition data. Polymer Chemistry. 15(18). 1851–1861. 22 indexed citations

Herk, Alex M. van & Bert Klumperman. (2024). IUPAC Recommendations for Estimating Copolymerization Reactivity Ratios. Macromolecules. 57(11). 5121–5122. 4 indexed citations

Lederer, Albena, et al.. (2024). Biradical Initiation in Photoinitiated Copolymerization of Styrene and Maleic Anhydride. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 226(7).

Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of thermoresponsive PNIPAm-b-PVP-b-PNIPAm hydrogels via aqueous RAFT polymerization. Polymer Chemistry. 14(31). 3569–3579. 15 indexed citations

Toit, Lisa C. du, et al.. (2022). Investigation of the 3D Printability of Covalently Cross-Linked Polypeptide-Based Hydrogels. ACS Omega. 7(9). 7556–7571. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Liang, Jingjing Jiang, Lichen Yin, et al.. (2022). Macrophage-Targeted Hydroxychloroquine Nanotherapeutics for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(7). 8824–8837. 50 indexed citations

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2021). Linear Dichroism Activity of Chiral Poly(p-Aryltriazole) Foldamers. ACS Omega. 6(48). 33231–33237. 2 indexed citations

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2020). Influence of DIBMA Polymer Length on Lipid Nanodisc Formation and Membrane Protein Extraction. Biomacromolecules. 22(2). 763–772. 24 indexed citations

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2020). Facile Route to Targeted, Biodegradable Polymeric Prodrugs for the Delivery of Combination Therapy for Malaria. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 6(11). 6217–6227. 13 indexed citations

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2020). Chemical Identity of Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) End Groups Impact Shape Evolution During the Synthesis of Ag Nanostructures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(1). 184–195. 38 indexed citations

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Pfukwa, Rueben, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and Cell Interaction of Statistical l-Arginine–Glycine–l-Aspartic Acid Terpolypeptides. Biomacromolecules. 19(7). 3058–3066. 4 indexed citations

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Solms, Nicolas von, et al.. (2017). First Study of Poly(3-methylene-2-pyrrolidone) as a Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor. Energy & Fuels. 31(12). 13572–13577. 12 indexed citations

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Klumperman, Bert, et al.. (2011). Synthesis of novel glycopolymer brushes via a combination of RAFT-mediated polymerisation and ATRP : research article. South African Journal of Science. 107. 1–11. 1 indexed citations

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Heunis, Tiaan, et al.. (2011). Antimicrobial Fibers: Therapeutic Possibilities and Recent Advances. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 3(14). 1821–1847. 47 indexed citations

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Klumperman, Bert, et al.. (2005). The synthesis of poly((styrene-co-acrylonitrile)-block-(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride)) via RAFT-mediated polymerization. Polymer preprints. 46(2). 450–451. 1 indexed citations

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Venkatesh, Rajan & Bert Klumperman. (2003). Olefin copolymerization using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Polymer preprints. 44(1). 798–799. 1 indexed citations

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