Gérard Roelfes

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Gérard Roelfes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Roelfes has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Organic Chemistry and 44 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gérard Roelfes's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (41 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (34 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers). Gérard Roelfes is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (41 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (34 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (26 papers). Gérard Roelfes collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Gérard Roelfes's co-authors include Ben L. Feringa, Arnold J. Boersma, Rik P. Megens, Ivana Drienovská, Jeffrey Bos, David Coquière, Fiora Rosati, Clemens Mayer, Lawrence Que and Reuben B. Leveson‐Gower and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Roelfes

139 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

DNA‐Based Asymmetric Catalysis 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2010 100 200 300
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. DNA‐Based Asymmetric Catalysis
    2005 339 citations Gérard Roelfes, Ben L. Feringa Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. DNA-based asymmetric catalysis
    2010 259 citations Arnold J. Boersma, Ben L. Feringa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gérard Roelfes Netherlands 49 4.1k 3.5k 2.1k 1.2k 1.2k 142 7.5k
Bernhard Spingler Switzerland 47 1.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.0k 1.6× 2.0k 1.7× 222 7.2k
Enrique García‐España Spain 46 2.2k 0.5× 3.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 3.6k 3.0× 2.0k 1.7× 357 9.2k
Jim A. Thomas United Kingdom 43 2.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 918 0.4× 2.0k 1.6× 3.3k 2.9× 150 6.8k
Abraha Habtemariam United Kingdom 56 1.9k 0.5× 6.1k 1.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.5× 6.0k 5.2× 127 9.2k
Challa V. Kumar United States 39 4.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.7× 965 0.5× 2.1k 1.7× 3.2k 2.8× 170 8.6k
Olivier Blacque Switzerland 47 875 0.2× 4.3k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 2.4k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 321 7.5k
Wee Han Ang Singapore 49 2.0k 0.5× 3.8k 1.1× 880 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 3.9k 3.4× 135 7.7k
Claudia Turró United States 55 2.3k 0.6× 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 3.9k 3.2× 4.1k 3.5× 203 9.0k
Angela Lombardi Italy 38 3.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 631 0.5× 161 5.0k
Anthony G. M. Barrett United Kingdom 56 2.8k 0.7× 9.5k 2.7× 2.7k 1.3× 2.8k 2.3× 585 0.5× 422 12.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérard Roelfes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thunnissen, A.M.W.H., et al.. (2025). Genetically encoded 3-aminotyrosine as catalytic residue in a designer Friedel–Crafts alkylase. Chemical Science. 16(20). 8721–8728. 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Ru, et al.. (2025). An Artificial Copper‐Michaelase Featuring a Genetically Encoded Bipyridine Ligand for Asymmetric Additions to Nitroalkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(17). e202423182–e202423182. 4 indexed citations
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Vornholt, Tobias, et al.. (2024). Artificial metalloenzymes. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 4(1). 28 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhi, et al.. (2022). In Vivo Biocatalytic Cascades Featuring an Artificial‐Enzyme‐Catalysed New‐to‐Nature Reaction**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(1). 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhi, et al.. (2022). In Vivo Biocatalytic Cascades Featuring an Artificial‐Enzyme‐Catalysed New‐to‐Nature Reaction**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(1). e202214191–e202214191. 18 indexed citations
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Iyer, Aditya, Maksim V. Baranov, Gérard Roelfes, et al.. (2021). Chemogenetic Tags with Probe Exchange for Live-Cell Fluorescence Microscopy. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(5). 891–904. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhi & Gérard Roelfes. (2021). Synergistic Catalysis of Tandem Michael Addition/Enantioselective Protonation Reactions by an Artificial Enzyme. ACS Catalysis. 11(15). 9366–9369. 28 indexed citations
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Leveson‐Gower, Reuben B., Zhi Zhou, Ivana Drienovská, & Gérard Roelfes. (2021). Unlocking Iminium Catalysis in Artificial Enzymes to Create a Friedel–Crafts Alkylase. ACS Catalysis. 11(12). 6763–6770. 42 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhi & Gérard Roelfes. (2020). Synergistic catalysis in an artificial enzyme by simultaneous action of two abiological catalytic sites. Nature Catalysis. 3(3). 289–294. 145 indexed citations
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Villarino, Lara, Lur Alonso‐Cotchico, Eswar R. Reddem, et al.. (2020). Cofactor Binding Dynamics Influence the Catalytic Activity and Selectivity of an Artificial Metalloenzyme. ACS Catalysis. 10(20). 11783–11790. 35 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Cotchico, Lur, Giuseppe Sciortino, Pietro Vidossich, et al.. (2019). Integrated Computational Study of the Cu-Catalyzed Hydration of Alkenes in Water Solvent and into the Context of an Artificial Metallohydratase. ACS Catalysis. 9(5). 4616–4626. 10 indexed citations
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Boersma, Arnold J., et al.. (2019). A Trifunctional Linker for Palmitoylation and Peptide and Protein Localization in Biological Membranes. ChemBioChem. 21(9). 1320–1328. 1 indexed citations
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Villarino, Lara, Kathryn E. Splan, Eswar R. Reddem, et al.. (2018). An Artificial Heme Enzyme for Cyclopropanation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie. 130(26). 7911–7915. 29 indexed citations
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Stuart, Marc C. A., et al.. (2017). Responsive DNA G-quadruplex micelles. Chemical Communications. 54(3). 260–263. 28 indexed citations
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Drienovská, Ivana, Lur Alonso‐Cotchico, Pietro Vidossich, et al.. (2017). Design of an enantioselective artificial metallo-hydratase enzyme containing an unnatural metal-binding amino acid. Chemical Science. 8(10). 7228–7235. 70 indexed citations
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Vrajmasu, Vladislav V., et al.. (2001). Mossbauer and EPR studies of mononuclear [Fe-III(N4Py)(eta(1)- OOH)](2+) and [Fe-III(N4Py)(eta(2)-OO)](+) - models for activated bleomycin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 86(1). 472–472. 2 indexed citations
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Roelfes, Gérard, Marcel Lubben, Ronald Hage, Lawrence Que, & Ben L. Feringa. (2000). Catalytic Oxidation with a Non-Heme Iron Complex That Generates a Low-Spin FeIIIOOH Intermediate. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(12). 2152–2159. 168 indexed citations
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Roelfes, Gérard, et al.. (1999). N4Py iron complexes as model for iron bleomycin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 74(8). 279–279. 1 indexed citations

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