Jan C. A. Boeyens

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
205 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Jan C. A. Boeyens is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan C. A. Boeyens has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Organic Chemistry, 54 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 50 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jan C. A. Boeyens's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (39 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (34 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (27 papers). Jan C. A. Boeyens is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (39 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (34 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (27 papers). Jan C. A. Boeyens collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and Australia. Jan C. A. Boeyens's co-authors include Robert D. Hancock, Susan M. Dobson, David G. Evans, Corinda Erasmus, F. H. Herbstein, Peter W. Wade, J. F. Ogilvie, J. P. R. de Villiers, Mooniq Shaikjee and Neil J. Coville and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jan C. A. Boeyens

201 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The conformation of six-membered rings 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The conformation of six-membered rings
    1978 305 citations Jan C. A. Boeyens Journal of Chemical Crystallography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan C. A. Boeyens South Africa 35 1.6k 1.4k 1.4k 1.0k 870 205 4.2k
Colin H. L. Kennard Australia 35 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.4× 297 4.8k
J.A. Potenza United States 35 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 926 1.1× 170 3.4k
Hans Beat Buergi Switzerland 28 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 774 0.7× 937 1.1× 43 3.5k
R. Linn Belford United States 34 958 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 838 0.8× 880 1.0× 157 3.6k
Charles E. Strouse United States 34 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 478 0.5× 720 0.8× 82 3.4k
R. D. Gillard United Kingdom 35 2.0k 1.2× 1.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 1.8k 1.7× 767 0.9× 343 4.7k
Harvey J. Schugar United States 41 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 136 4.5k
Ralph G. Wilkins United States 31 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 542 0.6× 143 4.3k
A. Alan Pinkerton United States 39 2.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 579 0.6× 1000 1.1× 222 4.8k
Junnosuke Fujita Japan 30 2.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 2.0k 2.0× 874 1.0× 200 4.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boeyens, Jan C. A.. (2016). A tale of two Tswana towns : in quest of Tswenyane and the twin capital of the Hurutshe in the Marico. Southern African humanities. 28(1). 1–37. 5 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (2014). The cultural and symbolic significance of the African rhinoceros: a review of the traditional beliefs, perceptions and practices of agropastoralist societies in southern Africa. Southern African humanities. 26(1). 21–55. 8 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A.. (2013). The Chemistry of Matter Waves. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 2 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (2009). From uterus to jar: the significance of an infant pot burial from Melora Saddle, an early nineteenth-century African farmer site on the Waterberg Plateau. Southern African humanities. 21(1). 213–238. 7 indexed citations
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Hall, Simon, et al.. (2006). An exploratory study of copper and iron production at Marothodi, an early 19th century Tswana town, Rustenburg District, South Africa. Journal of African Archaeology. 4(1). 3–35. 16 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (2003). Thermal oligomerisation of aryl isocyanides: formation of pyrazino[1,2-a:4,5-a′]diindoles and indigo diarylimines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(12). 2168–2172. 11 indexed citations
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Levendis, Demetrius C., et al.. (1989). Substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 368(3). 339–350. 10 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A. & Demetrius C. Levendis. (1986). Disorder in crystals of the perylene–pyromellitic dianhydride complex. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 84(7). 3986–3992. 3 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (1984). Refinement of the structure of the nickel perchlorate complex of 1,4-diazacyclooctane, [Ni(Daco)2](ClO4)2·2H2O by empirical force-field methods. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 87(1). 1–4. 19 indexed citations
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Harris, G. W., Jan C. A. Boeyens, & Neil J. Coville. (1983). Structure of tricarbonylbis(methyl isocyanide)iron(0), Fe(C2H3N)2(CO)3. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 39(9). 1180–1182. 6 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (1978). Synthesis and crystal structure of 7-acetamido-6,7,8-trideoxy-1,2:3,4-Di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-glycero-d-galacto-octo-pyranose. Carbohydrate Research. 62(1). 39–47. 7 indexed citations
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Spies, H. S. C., et al.. (1978). Electrophilic addition of dichloromethylmthyl ether to dienes. A new annulating procedure. Tetrahedron Letters. 19(1). 81–84. 2 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A., et al.. (1976). Bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-5-thiolo-3-onato)palladium(II). Acta Crystallographica Section B. 32(5). 1599–1601. 8 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A. & J. P. R. de Villiers. (1972). Crystal structure of the basic erbium tetramethyl-heptanedionate, Er8O(thd)10(OH)12. Journal of Chemical Crystallography. 2(4). 197–211. 20 indexed citations
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Roux, J.P. & Jan C. A. Boeyens. (1969). The crystal structure of the 1:2 potassium iodide–diacetamide complex. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 25(11). 2395–2400. 6 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A. & F. H. Herbstein. (1966). Ionic Complexes Of Thiourea. Nature. 211(5049). 588–590. 8 indexed citations
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Boeyens, Jan C. A. & F. H. Herbstein. (1965). Molecular Compounds and Complexes. III. The Crystal Structures of the Equimolar π-Molecular Compounds of Anthracene and Perylene with Pyromellitic Dianhydride1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69(7). 2160–2176. 51 indexed citations

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