Horst Prinzbach

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
452 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Horst Prinzbach is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Horst Prinzbach has authored 452 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 365 papers in Organic Chemistry, 112 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 93 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Horst Prinzbach's work include Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (71 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (58 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (55 papers). Horst Prinzbach is often cited by papers focused on Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (71 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (58 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (55 papers). Horst Prinzbach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and France. Horst Prinzbach's co-authors include Hans Fritz, Reinhard Schwesinger, Dieter Hunkler, Wolf‐Dieter Fessner, Lothar Knothe, Fabian Wahl, Jürgen Wörth, Rolf Pinkos, Peter Landenberger and Grety Rihs and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Horst Prinzbach

447 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Gas-phase production and photoelectron spectroscopy of the smallest fullerene, C20
    2000 643 citations Horst Prinzbach, Andreas Weiler et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Horst Prinzbach Germany 39 6.7k 2.0k 1.7k 1.2k 848 452 8.2k
Andrew Streitwieser United States 46 6.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 693 0.8× 367 10.1k
Philip E. Eaton United States 43 4.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 653 0.6× 696 0.8× 135 6.2k
Howard E. Zimmerman United States 38 5.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 603 0.5× 754 0.9× 266 7.1k
Thomas J. Katz United States 54 7.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 822 0.5× 626 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 154 8.8k
W. von E. Doering United States 46 5.7k 0.9× 672 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 833 0.7× 921 1.1× 144 7.5k
Otto Exner Czechia 34 3.8k 0.6× 849 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 904 0.8× 623 0.7× 315 5.4k
Jerome A. Berson United States 33 3.7k 0.6× 553 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 974 0.8× 482 0.6× 265 5.2k
Armin de Meijere Germany 50 11.2k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 681 0.4× 824 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 485 12.8k
Weston Thatcher Borden United States 57 6.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 3.8k 2.2× 4.3k 3.6× 489 0.6× 303 11.4k
Curt Wentrup Australia 45 7.0k 1.0× 606 0.3× 3.2k 1.9× 1.3k 1.1× 745 0.9× 448 8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Horst Prinzbach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Horst Prinzbach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Horst Prinzbach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Horst Prinzbach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Horst Prinzbach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Horst Prinzbach. Horst Prinzbach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weber, Klaus, Manfred Keller, Dieter Hunkler, et al.. (2006). Bromination of Unsaturated Dodecahedranes—En Route to C20 Fullerene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(24). 6242–6254. 21 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, Andreas Weiler, Peter Landenberger, et al.. (2000). Gas-phase production and photoelectron spectroscopy of the smallest fullerene, C20. Nature. 407(6800). 60–63. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bertau, Martin, et al.. (1996). The Pagodane → Dodecahedrane Concept–Shorter Routes, Higher Yields. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2(5). 570–579. 28 indexed citations
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Melder, Johann‐Peter, Rolf Pinkos, Hans Fritz, & Horst Prinzbach. (1989). The Pagodane Route to Dodecahedranes: Polyfunctionalized Pentagonal Dodecahedranes and Dodecahedrenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 28(3). 305–310. 18 indexed citations
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Streith, Jacques, Horst Prinzbach, & Gottfried Schill. (1985). Organic synthesis : an interdisciplinary challenge : proceedings of the 5th IUPAC Symposium on Organic Synthesis Freiburg, i. Br., FRG 27-30 August 1984. 3 indexed citations
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Fischer, Gerhard W., Dieter Hunkler, Horst Prinzbach, Grety Rihs, & Hans Fritz. (1984). The azoxy(azo)-chromophore as π2-component in photo [2+2] cycloaddition reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(23). 2459–2462. 27 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1981). Cyclisch gekreuzt‐konjugierte Bindungssysteme, 381)Vierzehn‐Elektronen‐Elektrocyclisierung des vinylogen Sesquifulvalens – Phenazulen. Chemische Berichte. 114(5). 1697–1722. 21 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1978). Bis-[2.X]-σ-homobenzenes. Tetrahedron Letters. 19(25). 2195–2198. 6 indexed citations
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Günther, Harald, et al.. (1973). Protonenresonanz‐Spektroskopie ungesättigter Ringsysteme, XVIII. Ein Benzolimin‐1H‐Azepin‐Gleichgewicht. Chemische Berichte. 106(3). 984–995. 24 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst & H.‐D. MARTIN. (1969). Photolyse und Acidolyse von 2,3-Diaza-bicyclo[3,2,0]hepten-Derivaten. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 23(1). 37–37. 1 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1967). Oxépines à partir d’oxaquadricyclènes. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 21(9). 469–469. 2 indexed citations
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Lüttringhaus, Arthur, et al.. (1965). Thia-aromaten XII 1,4-dithiafulvalene. Tetrahedron Letters. 6(25). 2121–2129. 4 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Photochemische Isomerisierung des Tricyclo[3.2.1.02.4]octen-Systems, eines Homovinylcyclopropan-Systems. Angewandte Chemie. 77(10). 454–454. 32 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Synthesis of 1‐Dicyanomethylenephenalene and 1‐(Ethoxycarbonylcyanomethylene)phenalene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 4(3). 243–243. 2 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Synthesis and Properties of 5,6‐Dimethyldibenzo[a,c]calicene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 4(7). 598–599. 4 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Synthese und Eigenschaften von 1.2.3.4‐Dibenzo‐5.6‐dimethylcalicen. Angewandte Chemie. 77(14). 621–622. 18 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Photochemical Isomerization of the Tricyclo [3,2,1,02,4]octene System — a Homovinylcyclopropane System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 4(5). 436–437. 8 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1965). Synthese von Dicyanmethylen‐ und Äthoxycarbonylcyanmethylen‐phenalen. Angewandte Chemie. 77(7). 346–346. 15 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1963). Photoisomerisation of 1,3‐Cyclohexadienes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 2(8). 477–478. 2 indexed citations
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Prinzbach, Horst, et al.. (1963). Photoisomerisierung von 1.3‐Cyclohexadienen. II. Angewandte Chemie. 75(13). 639–639. 3 indexed citations

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