Fred van Rantwijk

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
170 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Fred van Rantwijk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred van Rantwijk has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Organic Chemistry and 32 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Fred van Rantwijk's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (95 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (21 papers). Fred van Rantwijk is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (95 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (21 papers). Fred van Rantwijk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Russia and Germany. Fred van Rantwijk's co-authors include Roger A. Sheldon, Rute Madeira Lau, Kenneth R. Seddon, Linqiu Cao, Luuk M. van Langen, R. Ann Sheldon, M. P. J. van Deurzen, H. van Bekkum, Michiel H. A. Janssen and Rob Schoevaart and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Fred van Rantwijk

167 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Biocatalysis in Ionic Liquids

2007 1.3k citations Fred van Rantwijk, Roger A. Sheldon profile →
Biocatalysis in ionic liquids

2002 635 citations Roger A. Sheldon, Rute Madeira Lau et al. profile →
Biocatalytic transformations in ionic liquids

2003 531 citations Fred van Rantwijk, Rute Madeira Lau et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred van Rantwijk Netherlands	50	6.4k	2.9k	2.5k	2.2k	2.0k	170	10.5k
Udo Kragl Germany	48	3.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	211	7.7k
Wen‐Yong Lou China	47	3.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	971 0.4×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	225	7.9k
Ulf Hanefeld Netherlands	47	4.3k 0.7×	652 0.2×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	799 0.4×	194	8.2k
Isabel W. C. E. Arends Netherlands	63	3.7k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	9.4k 3.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	190	17.7k
Pablo Domı́nguez de Marı́a Germany	45	3.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	480 0.2×	134	5.7k
Pedro Lozano Spain	42	2.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	853 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	941 0.5×	146	5.2k
Andreas Liese Germany	42	4.2k 0.7×	476 0.2×	980 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	750 0.4×	218	6.1k
Giacomo Carrea Italy	45	5.4k 0.8×	277 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	841 0.4×	217	7.1k
Kyung Ho Row South Korea	51	1.3k 0.2×	4.0k 1.3×	818 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	807 0.4×	419	11.2k
François Jérôme France	53	1.2k 0.2×	3.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	4.6k 2.1×	929 0.5×	178	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Fred van Rantwijk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred van Rantwijk

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Pelt, Sander van, Meng Zhang, Linda G. Otten, et al.. (2011). Probing the enantioselectivity of a diverse group of purified cobalt-centred nitrile hydratases. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(8). 3011–3011. 21 indexed citations

Chmura, A., Sander van Pelt, Fred van Rantwijk, et al.. (2008). Utilization of arylaliphatic nitriles by haloalkaliphilic Halomonas nitrilicus sp. nov. isolated from soda soils. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 81(2). 371–378. 19 indexed citations

Bode, Moira L., Fred van Rantwijk, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2003). Crude aminoacylase from aspergillus sp. is a mixture of hydrolases. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 84(6). 710–713. 21 indexed citations

Brady, Dean, et al.. (2003). Characterisation of nitrilase and nitrile hydratase biocatalytic systems. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 64(1). 76–85. 100 indexed citations

Rantwijk, Fred van, Rute Madeira Lau, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2003). Biocatalytic transformations in ionic liquids. Trends in biotechnology. 21(3). 131–138. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

Janssen, Michiel H. A., et al.. (2002). Evaluation of the performance of immobilized penicillin G acylase using active‐site titration. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 78(4). 425–432. 51 indexed citations

Wegman, Margreth A., Luuk M. van Langen, Fred van Rantwijk, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2002). A two‐step, one‐pot enzymatic synthesis of cephalexin from D‐phenylglycine nitrile. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 79(3). 356–361. 24 indexed citations

Youshko, Maxim I., Luuk M. van Langen, Erik de Vroom, et al.. (2002). Penicillin acylase‐catalyzed ampicillin synthesis using a pH gradient: A new approach to optimization. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 78(5). 589–593. 38 indexed citations

Rantwijk, Fred van, et al.. (2002). Glycosidation of fructose-containing disaccharides using MCM-41 material as the catalyst. Carbohydrate Research. 337(21-23). 1993–1998. 16 indexed citations

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Conesa, Ana, Fred van de Velde, Fred van Rantwijk, et al.. (2001). Expression of the Caldariomyces fumagoChloroperoxidase in Aspergillus niger and Characterization of the Recombinant Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(21). 17635–17640. 36 indexed citations

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Velde, Fred van de, et al.. (2001). Engineering chloroperoxidase for activity and stability. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic. 11(4-6). 765–769. 39 indexed citations

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Wegman, Margreth A., Michiel H. A. Janssen, Fred van Rantwijk, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2001). Towards Biocatalytic Synthesis of β-Lactam Antibiotics. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 343(6-7). 559–576. 144 indexed citations

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Velde, Fred van de, Martin G. Bakker, Fred van Rantwijk, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2001). Chloroperoxidase‐catalyzed enantioselective oxidations in hydrophobic organic media. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 72(5). 523–529. 1 indexed citations

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Bakker, Martin G., Fred van de Velde, Fred van Rantwijk, & Roger A. Sheldon. (2000). Highly efficient immobilization of glycosylated enzymes into polyurethane foams. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 70(3). 342–348. 32 indexed citations

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Rantwijk, Fred van, et al.. (2000). Lipase and esterase-catalyzed acylation of hetero-substituted nitrogen nucleophiles in water and organic solvents. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 68(1). 84–91. 16 indexed citations

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Schoevaart, Rob, Fred van Rantwijk, & R. Ann Sheldon. (2000). Stereochemistry of nonnatural aldol reactions catalyzed by DHAP aldolases. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 70(3). 349–352. 17 indexed citations

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Seelbach, Karsten, M. P. J. van Deurzen, Fred van Rantwijk, Roger A. Sheldon, & Udo Kragl. (1997). Improvement of the total turnover number and space-time yield for chloroperoxidase catalyzed oxidation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 55(2). 283–288. 91 indexed citations

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Luijkx, G. C. A., Fred van Rantwijk, H. van Bekkum, & Michael Jerry Antal. (1995). The role of deoxyhexonic acids in the hydrothermal decarboxylation of carbohydrates. Carbohydrate Research. 272(2). 191–202. 74 indexed citations

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Berg, Ronald van den, et al.. (1992). The periodate oxidation of sucrose in aqueous N,N-dimethylformamide. Carbohydrate Research. 226(2). 253–260. 15 indexed citations

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Rantwijk, Fred van, A. P. G. Kieboom, & H. van Bekkum. (1975). Homogeneously and heterogeneously catalyzed antarafacial addition of hydrogen. Journal of Molecular Catalysis. 1(1). 27–33. 5 indexed citations

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