Jan Kroon

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
136 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Jan Kroon is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Kroon has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 42 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jan Kroon's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (29 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (21 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers). Jan Kroon is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (29 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (21 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers). Jan Kroon collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and France. Jan Kroon's co-authors include René A. J. Janssen, Wiljan Verhees, Martijn M. Wienk, Sjoerd Veenstra, Bouke P. van Eijck, Joachim Loos, Jan C. Hummelen, Joop Knol, Paul A. van Hal and Xiaoniu Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jan Kroon

134 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoscale Morphology of High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells 2003 2026 2010 2018 2005 2003 2008 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. Nanoscale Morphology of High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells
    2005 1.4k citations Wiljan Verhees, Martijn M. Wienk et al. profile →
  2. Efficient Methano[70]fullerene/MDMO‐PPV Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells
    2003 1.0k citations Martijn M. Wienk, Jan Kroon et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Compositional and Electric Field Dependence of the Dissociation of Charge Transfer Excitons in Alternating Polyfluorene Copolymer/Fullerene Blends
    2008 504 citations Jan Kroon, René A. J. Janssen et al. profile →
  4. Degradation mechanisms in organic photovoltaic devices
    2011 393 citations Jan Kroon 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
Jan Kroon Netherlands 48 5.3k 3.6k 2.6k 1.8k 1.3k 136 9.7k
Luis M. Campos United States 49 4.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 5.2k 2.0× 2.7k 1.5× 820 0.6× 142 11.1k
Hongbing Fu China 67 9.2k 1.8× 2.1k 0.6× 11.0k 4.2× 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 394 16.4k
Andreas Winter Germany 49 3.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 4.0k 1.6× 3.7k 2.0× 312 0.2× 219 11.0k
Benjamin Dietzek Germany 49 1.6k 0.3× 954 0.3× 3.6k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 968 0.8× 329 9.7k
Kirk S. Schanze United States 78 8.5k 1.6× 4.2k 1.2× 12.0k 4.7× 5.1k 2.8× 1.8k 1.4× 429 20.8k
Hiroyuki Tanaka Japan 41 7.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.3× 6.0k 2.3× 1.4k 0.8× 655 0.5× 202 11.1k
Manuel Márquez United States 63 3.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 6.5k 2.5× 2.8k 1.5× 404 0.3× 168 15.5k
Mónica Olvera de la Cruz United States 62 2.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 5.4k 2.1× 3.5k 1.9× 3.1k 2.4× 380 14.4k
Theodore Goodson United States 59 2.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 5.5k 2.1× 1.2k 0.6× 862 0.7× 206 9.9k
Jaume Veciana Spain 65 5.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 8.4k 3.3× 4.2k 2.3× 1.7k 1.3× 605 20.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Kroon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Kroon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carr, A.J., et al.. (2025). Validation of shading model in SolarMoves. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 292. 113783–113783. 1 indexed citations
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Sommeling, P.M., Ji Liu, & Jan Kroon. (2023). Corrosion effects in bifacial crystalline silicon PV modules; interactions between metallization and encapsulation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 256. 112321–112321. 38 indexed citations
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Dörenkämper, Maarten, et al.. (2023). Modeled and Measured Operating Temperatures of Floating PV Modules: A Comparison. Energies. 16(20). 7153–7153. 11 indexed citations
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Wadman, Sipke H., Jan Kroon, Klaas Bakker, et al.. (2007). Cyclometalated ruthenium complexes for sensitizing nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells. Chemical Communications. 1907–1907. 141 indexed citations
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Wienk, Martijn M., Jan Kroon, Wiljan Verhees, et al.. (2003). Efficient Methano[70]fullerene/MDMO‐PPV Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(29). 3371–3375. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kojić-Prodić, B. & Jan Kroon. (2001). Bio)Crystallography at the turn of the Millennium. Croatica Chemica Acta. 74(1). 1–35.
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Dekker, Carien, Bogos Agianian, Martin H. Weik, et al.. (2001). Biophysical Characterization of the Influence of Salt on Tetrameric SecB. Biophysical Journal. 81(1). 455–462. 2 indexed citations
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Huizinga, Eric G., Arie Schouten, Thomas Connolly, et al.. (2001). The structure of leech anti-platelet protein, an inhibitor of haemostasis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(8). 1071–1078. 12 indexed citations
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Romijn, Roland A., Barend Bouma, Piet Gros, et al.. (2001). Identification of the Collagen-binding Site of the von Willebrand Factor A3-domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(13). 9985–9991. 78 indexed citations
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Vandeputte-Rutten, Lucy, Reinhard Krämer, Jan Kroon, et al.. (2001). Crystal structure of the outer membrane protease OmpT from Escherichia coli suggests a novel catalytic site. The EMBO Journal. 20(18). 5033–5039. 201 indexed citations
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Specht, Alexandre, Thomas Ursby, Martin H. Weik, et al.. (2001). Cryophotolysis of ortho-Nitrobenzyl Derivatives of Enzyme Ligands for the Potential Kinetic Crystallography of Macromolecules. ChemBioChem. 2(11). 845–845. 13 indexed citations
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Kooijman, H., Kjeld J. C. van Bommel, Willem Verboom, et al.. (2000). Polymorphs and pseudo-polymorphs of μ-oxo-bis{[N,N′-bis(salicylidene)propane-1,3-diamine]oxorhenium(V)}. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 56(7). 749–757. 4 indexed citations
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Keller, Daphne E., et al.. (2000). (8-Dimethylamino-1-naphthyl)dimethylammonium 3-carboxy-1,4,5,-6,7,7-hexachlorobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylate hydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 56(4). 479–480. 3 indexed citations
14.
Eijck, Bouke P. van & Jan Kroon. (1999). Upack program package for crystal structure prediction: Force fields and crystal structure generation for small carbohydrate molecules. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 20(8). 799–812. 61 indexed citations
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Ravelli, Raimond B. G., Mia L. Raves, Zhong Ren, et al.. (1998). Static Laue Diffraction Studies on Acetylcholinesterase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 54(6). 1359–1366. 26 indexed citations
16.
Steiner, Thomas, A.M.M. Schreurs, J. A. Kanters, & Jan Kroon. (1998). Water Molecules Hydrogen Bonding to Aromatic Acceptors of Amino Acids: the Structure of Tyr-Tyr-Phe Dihydrate and a Crystallographic Database Study on Peptides. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 54(1). 25–31. 24 indexed citations
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Elsen, Jean van den, James N. Herron, Peter Hoogerhout, et al.. (1997). Bactericidal antibody recognition of a PorA epitope of Neisseria meningitidis: Crystal structure of a Fab fragment in complex with a fluorescein‐conjugated peptide. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 29(1). 113–125. 28 indexed citations
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Verdonk, Marcel L., et al.. (1993). Stereochemistry of charged nitrogen-aromatic interactions and its involvement in ligand-receptor binding. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 7(2). 173–182. 34 indexed citations
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Kroon, Jan, et al.. (1991). Temperature-Dependent Order-Disorder Phenomena in Crystal Structures Containing Dimers of Carboxylic Acids: The Crystal and Molecular Structure of 3,5-Dinitrobenzoic Acid at Room and Liquid Nitrogen Temperature and Statistics of the Geometries of Hydrogen-Bonded Carboxyl Groups. Croatica Chemica Acta. 64(3). 353–370. 12 indexed citations
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Kroon, Jan & J. A. Kanters. (1982). The Two Fundamental H-Bond Types in Acid Salts Displayed in the Dimorphs of Potassium Hydrogen Tartronate. Croatica Chemica Acta. 55. 99–104. 2 indexed citations

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