F. J. Zeelen

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

F. J. Zeelen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, F. J. Zeelen has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in F. J. Zeelen's work include Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (23 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (14 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (7 papers). F. J. Zeelen is often cited by papers focused on Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (23 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (14 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (7 papers). F. J. Zeelen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and Finland. F. J. Zeelen's co-authors include H. van der Goot, H. Timmerman, Nico Vermeulen, Aalt Bast, Marinus B. Groen, James Redpath, Kimmo Kontula, Olli A. Jänne, Reijo Vihko and E. Havinga and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

F. J. Zeelen

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Comprehensive medicinal chemistry 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Comprehensive medicinal chemistry
    1991 1.0k citations H. Timmerman, Aalt Bast et al. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. J. Zeelen Netherlands 11 701 665 205 201 176 35 1.6k
H. van der Goot Netherlands 18 1.0k 1.5× 774 1.2× 47 0.2× 208 1.0× 228 1.3× 60 2.2k
Edward D. Mihelich United States 27 820 1.2× 1.3k 2.0× 198 1.0× 123 0.6× 228 1.3× 46 2.2k
Gregory J. Wells United States 22 697 1.0× 971 1.5× 55 0.3× 120 0.6× 57 0.3× 54 1.9k
Iain M. McLay United Kingdom 22 695 1.0× 402 0.6× 229 1.1× 195 1.0× 233 1.3× 32 1.5k
Raymond E. Counsell United States 23 743 1.1× 354 0.5× 300 1.5× 92 0.5× 176 1.0× 163 2.4k
Simon F. Campbell United Kingdom 22 833 1.2× 791 1.2× 27 0.1× 166 0.8× 124 0.7× 54 1.9k
Andreas Link Germany 24 1.4k 2.0× 813 1.2× 71 0.3× 165 0.8× 229 1.3× 121 2.3k
Erwin von Angerer Germany 29 713 1.0× 1.4k 2.2× 591 2.9× 103 0.5× 157 0.9× 94 2.4k
Mikael Peräkylä Finland 28 980 1.4× 497 0.7× 281 1.4× 172 0.9× 53 0.3× 79 2.0k
Paul V. Fish United Kingdom 22 1.9k 2.7× 648 1.0× 103 0.5× 155 0.8× 203 1.2× 59 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. J. Zeelen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. J. Zeelen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Szpilfogel, S. A. & F. J. Zeelen. (1996). Steroid research at Organon in the golden 1950s and the following years. Steroids. 61(8). 483–491. 6 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J.. (1994). Steroid total synthesis. Natural Product Reports. 11(6). 607–607. 47 indexed citations
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Timmerman, H., Aalt Bast, H. van der Goot, Nico Vermeulen, & F. J. Zeelen. (1991). Comprehensive medicinal chemistry. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 12. 167–168. 1003 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zeelen, F. J.. (1989). Molecular biological techniques make an impact on medicinal chemistry. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 10(12). 472–472.
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Peters, John A., et al.. (1986). An alternative synthesis of 17β‐hydroxy‐7α‐methyl‐19‐nor‐17α‐pregn‐5(10)‐en‐20‐yn‐3‐one (Org OD 14). Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 105(4). 111–115. 8 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B. & F. J. Zeelen. (1986). Steroid total synthesis. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 105(11). 465–487. 38 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J.. (1985). Innovative approaches in drug research. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 6. 426–427. 37 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B., et al.. (1985). Biomimetic total synthesis of steroids, IX. Stereospecific synthesis of C‐homo‐19‐norsteroids. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 104(2). 59–62. 3 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B. & F. J. Zeelen. (1982). Biomimetic total synthesis of 14α-methyl-19-norsteroids stereoselective epoxidations with Mo(CO)6/-BuOOH.. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(35). 3611–3614. 15 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B., et al.. (1982). Ent-16α-methylamino-3-methoxy-1,3,5(10)-estratrien-17β-ol hydrochloride, a selective anti-arrhytmic enantiosteroid. Steroids. 40(6). 615–623. 2 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J., et al.. (1980). Biomimetic polyene cyclizations. Total synthesis of dl-19-nor-4-pregnen-20-one. Asymmetric induction by the initiating center. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(11). 2208–2214. 8 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B. & F. J. Zeelen. (1979). Biomimetic total synthesis of steroids III: Stereoselective synthesis of 11α‐methyl‐19‐norsteroids. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 98(2). 32–36. 5 indexed citations
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Groen, Marinus B. & F. J. Zeelen. (1978). Biomimetic total synthesis of steroids II: Stereoselective synthesis of 7α‐methyl‐19‐norsteroids. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 97(11). 301–304. 10 indexed citations
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Rohrer, D. C., William L. Duax, & F. J. Zeelen. (1978). Conformational analysis of progestational agents: 11β-fluoro-19-nor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-17β-ol. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 34(12). 3801–3803. 6 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J., et al.. (1975). Pharmacological profile of a new orally active progestational steroid: Org 2969. (Abstract only). 80. 7 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J. & E. Havinga. (1958). Synthesis of stearoylamino‐acids. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 77(3). 267–272. 16 indexed citations
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Zeelen, F. J., et al.. (1958). The reaction of 2‐chlorocyclohexanol with brucine. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 77(7). 674–677. 4 indexed citations

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