Filip Du Prez

25.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
403 papers, 21.6k citations indexed

About

Filip Du Prez is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Filip Du Prez has authored 403 papers receiving a total of 21.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 262 papers in Organic Chemistry, 175 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 97 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Filip Du Prez's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (149 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (113 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (68 papers). Filip Du Prez is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (149 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (113 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (68 papers). Filip Du Prez collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Germany. Filip Du Prez's co-authors include Johan M. Winne, Wim Denissen, Pieter Espeel, Ludwik Leibler, Marc Guerre, Muhammed Gökmen, Wim Van Camp, Christian Taplan, Renaud Nicolaÿ and Xander Hillewaere and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Filip Du Prez

394 papers receiving 21.4k 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.

Vitrimers: permanent organic networks with glass-like fluidity

2015 1.4k citations Wim Denissen, Johan M. Winne et al. Chemical Science profile →
Vinylogous Urethane Vitrimers

2015 937 citations Wim Denissen, Johan M. Winne et al. profile →
“Clicking” Polymers or Just Efficient Linking: What Is the Difference?

2010 560 citations Christopher Barner‐Kowollik, Filip Du Prez et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Dynamic covalent chemistry in polymer networks: a mechanistic perspective

2019 546 citations Johan M. Winne, Filip Du Prez et al. Polymer Chemistry profile →
Vitrimers: directing chemical reactivity to control material properties

2020 478 citations Johan M. Winne, Filip Du Prez et al. Chemical Science profile →
Chemical control of the viscoelastic properties of vinylogous urethane vitrimers

2017 444 citations Wim Denissen, Johan M. Winne et al. profile →
Taking dynamic covalent chemistry out of the lab and into reprocessable industrial thermosets

2025 50 citations Nezha Badi, Johan M. Winne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Filip Du Prez Belgium	74	12.9k	10.8k	5.4k	4.7k	3.8k	403	21.6k
Holger Frey Germany	67	10.1k 0.8×	11.1k 1.0×	4.4k 0.8×	4.7k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	475	20.4k
Brent S. Sumerlin United States	81	15.9k 1.2×	6.6k 0.6×	5.9k 1.1×	6.4k 1.4×	4.5k 1.2×	264	24.5k
Zhibin Guan United States	60	8.1k 0.6×	7.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	141	14.9k
Patrick Théato Germany	66	7.0k 0.5×	4.2k 0.4×	5.4k 1.0×	3.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	351	16.8k
Yusuf Yağcı Türkiye	82	20.2k 1.6×	10.0k 0.9×	9.2k 1.7×	2.9k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	736	31.0k
Graeme Moad Australia	70	24.2k 1.9×	7.1k 0.7×	7.0k 1.3×	6.3k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	241	29.6k
Takeshi Endo Japan	72	13.9k 1.1×	8.2k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	7.3k 1.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.2k	25.3k
Brigitte Voit Germany	65	7.9k 0.6×	9.9k 0.9×	4.9k 0.9×	2.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	642	21.3k
Wantai Yang China	61	5.1k 0.4×	3.9k 0.4×	4.7k 0.9×	4.0k 0.9×	4.5k 1.2×	654	15.5k
San H. Thang Australia	50	19.1k 1.5×	5.1k 0.5×	5.5k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	195	22.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Filip Du Prez

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Prez, Filip Du, et al.. (2025). Low-Viscosity, Dynamic Amidoamine Hardeners with Tunable Curing Kinetics for Epoxy Adhesives. Macromolecules. 58(17). 9209–9216. 1 indexed citations

Sijbesma, Rint P., et al.. (2025). Comparing Triaminononane and TREN as Trifunctional Amine Cross-Linkers in Covalent Adaptable Networks. ACS Polymers Au. 5(5). 613–619. 1 indexed citations

Baere, Ives De, et al.. (2025). Scalable β-Aminoester-Based Covalent Adaptable Networks for Wind Turbine Blade Composites. Macromolecules. 58(15). 7948–7956. 1 indexed citations

Hernández, María, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of triamine-functionalized rigid crosslinkers for materials science. Polymer Chemistry. 16(14). 1546–1555. 1 indexed citations

Winne, Johan M., et al.. (2025). Creep Resistant and Reprocessable Polyamide Networks Based on Reversible Lactone Ring‐Opening. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(5). e19828–e19828.

Debsharma, Tapas, et al.. (2024). Interlaminar fracture toughness behaviour of a repairable glass-fibre-reinforced vitrimer for wind-energy applications. Composites Part B Engineering. 291. 112023–112023. 8 indexed citations

Badi, Nezha, et al.. (2024). Telechelic sequence-defined oligoamides: their step-economical synthesis, depolymerization and use in polymer networks. Chemical Science. 15(8). 2805–2816. 4 indexed citations

Fadlallah, Sami, et al.. (2024). Exploring the dual dynamic synergy of transesterification and siloxane exchange in vitrimers. European Polymer Journal. 213. 113117–113117. 8 indexed citations

Winne, Johan M., et al.. (2024). Activated Phenyl Ester Vitrimers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(4). e2400790–e2400790. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Loc Tan, et al.. (2024). Aza-Michael Chemistry for PDMS-Based Covalent Adaptable Elastomers: Design and Dual Role of the Silica Filler. Macromolecules. 57(10). 4817–4825. 15 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Loc Tan & Filip Du Prez. (2024). Direct restoration of photocurable cross-linkers for repeated light-based 3D printing of covalent adaptable networks. Materials Horizons. 11(24). 6408–6415. 1 indexed citations

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Golba, Bianka, Zifu Zhong, Niek N. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Visible Light Conjugation with Triazolinediones as a Route to Degradable Poly(ethylene glycol)–Lipids for mRNA Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202301102–e202301102. 14 indexed citations

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Aksakal, Resat, et al.. (2023). Sequence-defined antibody-recruiting macromolecules. Chemical Science. 14(24). 6572–6578. 10 indexed citations

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Prez, Filip Du, et al.. (2023). The Power of Action Plots: Unveiling Reaction Selectivity of Light‐Stabilized Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(40). e202310274–e202310274. 14 indexed citations

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Baere, Ives De, Wim Denissen, Wim Van Paepegem, Johan M. Winne, & Filip Du Prez. (2018). Assessement of urea based vitrimers as a new matrix material for fibre reinforced polymers. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Frank, Daniel, Pieter Espeel, Nezha Badi, & Filip Du Prez. (2017). Structurally diverse polymers from norbornene and thiolactone containing building blocks. European Polymer Journal. 98. 246–253. 16 indexed citations

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Reinicke, Stefan, Pieter Espeel, Nane Vanparijs, et al.. (2017). Immobilization of 2-Deoxy-d-ribose-5-phosphate Aldolase in Polymeric Thin Films via the Langmuir–Schaefer Technique. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(9). 8317–8326. 16 indexed citations

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Tsangouri, Eleni, Kim Van Tittelboom, Xander Hillewaere, et al.. (2013). Investigation of the fracture cracking behavior of self-healing systems by use of optical and acoustic experimental methods. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 726–729. 1 indexed citations

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Skey, Jared, et al.. (2010). Polymeric ligands as homogeneous, reusable catalyst systems for copper assisted click chemistry. Chemical Communications. 46(46). 8719–8719. 45 indexed citations

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Camp, Wim Van, et al.. (2008). Degradable microgels and hollow capsules by 'click' chemistry. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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