Jan C. M. van Hest

31.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
436 papers, 26.8k citations indexed

About

Jan C. M. van Hest is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan C. M. van Hest has authored 436 papers receiving a total of 26.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Molecular Biology, 179 papers in Organic Chemistry and 139 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Jan C. M. van Hest's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (85 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (71 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (57 papers). Jan C. M. van Hest is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (85 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (71 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (57 papers). Jan C. M. van Hest collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United Kingdom. Jan C. M. van Hest's co-authors include Roeland J. M. Nolte, Daniela A. Wilson, Dennis W. P. M. Löwik, Floris P. J. T. Rutjes, Bastiaan C. Buddingh’, Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen, Joost A. Opsteen, David A. Tirrell, Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen and Sanne Schoffelen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jan C. M. van Hest

424 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Readily Accessible Bicyclononynes for Bioorthogonal Labeling and Three‐Dimensional Imaging of Living Cells

2010 594 citations Floris P. J. T. Rutjes, Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →
Sub-Micron Polymeric Stomatocytes as Promising Templates for Confined Crystallization and Diffraction Experiments

2017 589 citations Jan C. M. van Hest et al. Small profile →
Artificial Cells: Synthetic Compartments with Life-like Functionality and Adaptivity

2017 536 citations Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →
Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

2012 535 citations Roeland J. M. Nolte, Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →
Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes

2013 480 citations Jan C. M. van Hest, Sébastien Lecommandoux et al. profile →
Supramolecular Adaptive Nanomotors with Magnetotaxis Behavior

2016 462 citations Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →
Polystyrene-Dendrimer Amphiphilic Block Copolymers with a Generation-Dependent Aggregation

1995 440 citations Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →
The chemistry of tissue adhesive materials

2014 369 citations Petra J. M. Bouten, Jan C. M. van Hest et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan C. M. van Hest Netherlands	84	10.3k	10.2k	7.9k	7.4k	5.5k	436	26.8k
Akihiko Kikuchi Japan	84	5.1k 0.5×	2.9k 0.3×	6.7k 0.8×	10.4k 1.4×	2.6k 0.5×	511	26.9k
Ian W. Hamley United Kingdom	79	8.0k 0.8×	13.1k 1.3×	11.6k 1.5×	2.6k 0.4×	11.0k 2.0×	499	28.5k
Bing Xu United States	96	13.3k 1.3×	9.4k 0.9×	19.0k 2.4×	8.2k 1.1×	9.7k 1.8×	455	33.3k
Wilhelm T. S. Huck Netherlands	91	5.7k 0.6×	6.0k 0.6×	4.3k 0.5×	14.4k 1.9×	5.5k 1.0×	367	33.1k
Allan S. Hoffman United States	79	7.3k 0.7×	6.5k 0.6×	11.3k 1.4×	11.3k 1.5×	2.9k 0.5×	249	32.2k
Joseph M. DeSimone United States	82	5.1k 0.5×	5.4k 0.5×	7.7k 1.0×	12.5k 1.7×	5.6k 1.0×	372	29.2k
Junbai Li China	76	6.2k 0.6×	5.0k 0.5×	8.6k 1.1×	6.2k 0.8×	6.9k 1.3×	373	20.0k
Françoise M. Winnik Canada	71	4.5k 0.4×	9.5k 0.9×	5.3k 0.7×	4.9k 0.7×	6.7k 1.2×	299	24.0k
Atsushi Harada Japan	65	7.1k 0.7×	5.6k 0.5×	6.9k 0.9×	3.9k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	273	18.1k
Zhen Gu United States	108	13.8k 1.3×	1.9k 0.2×	10.3k 1.3×	17.7k 2.4×	4.8k 0.9×	386	39.4k

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Abdelmohsen, Loai K. E. A., et al.. (2025). Beyond Aggregation: Engineering AIEgens from Molecular Design to Supramolecular Assembly for Advanced Photophysical Function. Small Structures. 6(11).

Song, Siyu, Han Hao, Jingxin Shao, et al.. (2025). Polymersome-based nanomotors: preparation, motion control, and biomedical applications. Chemical Science. 16(17). 7106–7129. 3 indexed citations

Thamdrup, Lasse Højlund Eklund, et al.. (2025). Topology Determines DNA Origami Diffusion in Intestinal Mucus. Nano Letters. 25(45). 16060–16067.

Guyse, Joachim F. R. Van, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Structure–Reactivity and Structure–Property Relationships for the Amidation of Methyl Ester-Functionalized Poly(2-Oxazoline)s. Macromolecules. 58(4). 2026–2037. 2 indexed citations

Li, Shukun, et al.. (2024). Assembly-enhanced indocyanine green nanoparticles for fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal therapy. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 12(42). 10915–10922. 6 indexed citations

Brunsveld, Luc, et al.. (2024). Competitive protein recruitment in artificial cells. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 148–148. 3 indexed citations

Shao, Jingxin, et al.. (2023). Biodegradable Grubbs-Loaded Artificial Organelles for Endosomal Ring-Closing Metathesis. Biomacromolecules. 24(9). 4148–4155. 3 indexed citations

İbrahimova, Vüsala, Hanglong Wu, Tomás Torres⊗, et al.. (2023). Light‐Responsive Elastin‐Like Peptide‐Based Targeted Nanoparticles for Enhanced Spheroid Penetration. Angewandte Chemie. 135(24). 3 indexed citations

Cao, Shoupeng, Jingxin Shao, Yifeng Xia, et al.. (2019). Molecular Programming of Biodegradable Nanoworms via Ionically Induced Morphology Switch toward Asymmetric Therapeutic Carriers. Small. 15(38). e1901849–e1901849. 26 indexed citations

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Cao, Shoupeng, Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen, Jingxin Shao, et al.. (2018). pH-Induced Transformation of Biodegradable Multilamellar Nanovectors for Enhanced Tumor Penetration. ACS Macro Letters. 7(11). 1394–1399. 29 indexed citations

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Pijpers, Imke A. B., Alexander F. Mason, David Williams, et al.. (2018). Development of Morphologically Discrete PEG–PDLLA Nanotubes for Precision Nanomedicine. Biomacromolecules. 20(1). 177–183. 25 indexed citations

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Pijpers, Imke A. B., Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen, David Williams, & Jan C. M. van Hest. (2017). Morphology Under Control: Engineering Biodegradable Stomatocytes. ACS Macro Letters. 6(11). 1217–1222. 51 indexed citations

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Boelens, Wilbert C., et al.. (2016). Coiled‐Coil‐Mediated Activation of Oligoarginine Cell‐Penetrating Peptides. ChemBioChem. 18(2). 185–188. 26 indexed citations

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Brauch, Sebastian, Zhuo Wang, Matthijs C. M. van Oers, Jan C. M. van Hest, & Floris P. J. T. Rutjes. (2014). Supramolecular chemical reactors towards the application of self-assembled polymersomes in cascade reactions. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). 32(3). 73–77. 1 indexed citations

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Eldijk, Mark B. van, Victor A. Mikhailov, Harry R. Harhangi, et al.. (2013). Evidence that the catenane form of CS2 hydrolase is not an artefact. Chemical Communications. 49(71). 7770–7770. 29 indexed citations

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Lanao, Rosa P. Félix, Anika M. Jonker, Joop G.C. Wolke, et al.. (2013). Physicochemical Properties and Applications of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) for Use in Bone Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews. 19(4). 380–390. 170 indexed citations

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Oers, Matthijs C. M. van, Floris P. J. T. Rutjes, & Jan C. M. van Hest. (2013). Tubular polymersomes: a crosslinker-induced shape transformation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2 indexed citations

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Villani, Marco, Dennis W. P. M. Löwik, Jan C. M. van Hest, & Sharad Rastogi. (2011). Morphogenesis in self-assembling process of oligopeptides obtained from keratins. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 241. 1 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Trillo, Francisco, Jan C. M. van Hest, Jens Thies, et al.. (2008). Fine-tuning the transition temperature of a stimuli-responsive polymer by a simple blending procedure. Chemical Communications. 2230–2230. 37 indexed citations

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Hest, Jan C. M. van, et al.. (2006). Enzyme positional assembly in pollymeric capsules. Polymer preprints. 47. 238–238. 1 indexed citations

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