Johannes A. Lercher

43.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
618 papers, 36.0k citations indexed

About

Johannes A. Lercher is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes A. Lercher has authored 618 papers receiving a total of 36.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 394 papers in Materials Chemistry, 320 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 238 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Johannes A. Lercher's work include Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (259 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (252 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (181 papers). Johannes A. Lercher is often cited by papers focused on Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (259 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (252 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (181 papers). Johannes A. Lercher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Johannes A. Lercher's co-authors include Chen Zhao, Andreas Jentys, Oliver Y. Gutiérrez, Donald M. Camaioni, Maricruz Sanchez‐Sanchez, Angeliki A. Lemonidou, K. Seshan, Yue Liu, Jiayue He and Hui Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Johannes A. Lercher

606 papers receiving 35.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Single-site trinuclear copper oxygen clusters in mordenite for selective conversion of methane to methanol

2015 646 citations Andreas Jentys, Johannes A. Lercher et al. profile →
Highly Selective Catalytic Conversion of Phenolic Bio‐Oil to Alkanes

2009 590 citations Angeliki A. Lemonidou, Johannes A. Lercher et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Aqueous-phase hydrodeoxygenation of bio-derived phenols to cycloalkanes

2011 463 citations Angeliki A. Lemonidou, Johannes A. Lercher et al. Journal of Catalysis profile →
Towards Quantitative Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization

2011 450 citations Thomas Reiner, Angeliki A. Lemonidou et al. Chemistry - A European Journal profile →
Ni-Catalyzed Cleavage of Aryl Ethers in the Aqueous Phase

2012 430 citations Johannes A. Lercher et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Infrared studies of the surface acidity of oxides and zeolites using adsorbed probe molecules

1996 418 citations Johannes A. Lercher et al. profile →
Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane: Common Principles and Mechanistic Aspects

2013 398 citations Johannes A. Lercher et al. ChemCatChem profile →
Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation

2023 196 citations Wei Zhang, Sung Min Kim et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johannes A. Lercher Germany	98	20.1k	15.3k	12.8k	11.8k	11.6k	618	36.0k
Enrique Iglesia United States	108	26.3k 1.3×	11.2k 0.7×	8.5k 0.7×	21.4k 1.8×	6.3k 0.5×	347	34.5k
Feng‐Shou Xiao China	96	26.1k 1.3×	16.8k 1.1×	6.6k 0.5×	8.4k 0.7×	5.3k 0.5×	600	35.0k
Emiel J. M. Hensen Netherlands	105	23.7k 1.2×	11.6k 0.8×	9.6k 0.8×	14.2k 1.2×	9.5k 0.8×	669	40.6k
Jorge Gascón Netherlands	102	24.6k 1.2×	23.9k 1.6×	10.8k 0.8×	8.5k 0.7×	4.1k 0.4×	439	40.1k
Guido Busca Italy	94	26.9k 1.3×	6.0k 0.4×	10.1k 0.8×	18.0k 1.5×	4.9k 0.4×	500	34.8k
Silvia Bordiga Italy	112	35.3k 1.8×	33.6k 2.2×	7.6k 0.6×	12.7k 1.1×	4.4k 0.4×	503	50.8k
Jeroen A. van Bokhoven Switzerland	87	19.3k 1.0×	9.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.3×	9.8k 0.8×	3.8k 0.3×	519	27.5k
Carlo Lamberti Italy	96	26.9k 1.3×	22.4k 1.5×	4.6k 0.4×	8.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.2×	399	37.4k
Krijn P. de Jong Netherlands	79	19.2k 1.0×	5.7k 0.4×	6.3k 0.5×	12.1k 1.0×	5.4k 0.5×	261	26.0k
Ryong Ryoo South Korea	93	29.4k 1.5×	17.1k 1.1×	5.1k 0.4×	4.3k 0.4×	4.4k 0.4×	312	38.7k

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Kim, Sung Min, Oliver Y. Gutiérrez, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ru-Catalyzed Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis under Quasi-Supercritical Conditions. JACS Au. 5(4). 1760–1770. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Sung Min Kim, Michele L. Sarazen, et al.. (2025). Advances and Challenges in Low‐Temperature Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins via Tandem Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202500559–e202500559. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ruixue, Sung Min Kim, Mal‐Soon Lee, et al.. (2025). Interactions of Polar and Nonpolar Groups of Alcohols in Zeolite Pores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(29). 26049–26059.

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Zhang, Wei, Rachit Khare, Wenda Hu, et al.. (2024). Chloride and Hydride Transfer as Keys to Catalytic Upcycling of Polyethylene into Liquid Alkanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(17). e202319580–e202319580. 18 indexed citations

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Deng, Fuli, Iris K.M. Yu, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). Palladium hydride promotion by KHCO3 enhances the decarboxylation rate. Journal of Catalysis. 427. 115086–115086. 1 indexed citations

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Ginovska, Bojana, Oliver Y. Gutiérrez, Abhi Karkamkar, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired Catalyst Design Principles: Progress in Emulating Properties of Enzymes in Synthetic Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 13(18). 11883–11901. 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Linxiao, Yifeng Zhu, Laura C. Meyer, et al.. (2022). Effect of reaction conditions on the hydrogenolysis of polypropylene and polyethylene into gas and liquid alkanes. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 7(4). 844–854. 90 indexed citations

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Hintermeier, Peter H., Sebastian Eckstein, Sung Min Kim, et al.. (2021). Role of the ionic environment in enhancing the activity of reacting molecules in zeolite pores. Science. 372(6545). 952–957. 117 indexed citations

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Sanyal, Udishnu, Simuck F. Yuk, Katherine Koh, et al.. (2020). Hydrogen Bonding Enhances the Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde in the Aqueous Phase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(1). 290–296. 69 indexed citations

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Sanyal, Udishnu, Simuck F. Yuk, Katherine Koh, et al.. (2020). Hydrogen Bonding Enhances the Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde in the Aqueous Phase. Angewandte Chemie. 133(1). 294–300. 20 indexed citations

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Vaccari, Angelo, Gianpiero Groppi, Patricia Benito, et al.. (2020). FeCrAl as a Catalyst Support. Chemical Reviews. 120(15). 7516–7550. 73 indexed citations

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Koh, Katherine, Udishnu Sanyal, Mal‐Soon Lee, et al.. (2019). Electrochemically Tunable Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer in Pd‐Catalyzed Benzaldehyde Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(4). 1517–1521. 20 indexed citations

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Koh, Katherine, Udishnu Sanyal, Mal‐Soon Lee, et al.. (2019). Electrochemically Tunable Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer in Pd‐Catalyzed Benzaldehyde Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(4). 1501–1505. 76 indexed citations

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Lou, Yu, et al.. (2017). Enhanced Activity in Methane Dry Reforming by Carbon Dioxide Induced Metal‐Oxide Interface Restructuring of Nickel/Zirconia. ChemCatChem. 9(20). 3809–3813. 28 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenchao, Hui Shi, Chuan Wan, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of Phenol Alkylation in Zeolite H-BEA Using In Situ Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(27). 9178–9185. 60 indexed citations

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Hahn, Maximilian, et al.. (2014). Tailoring hierarchically structured SiO 2 spheres for high pressure CO 2 adsorption. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 13624. 2 indexed citations

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Reiner, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Towards Quantitative Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(21). 5939–5948. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Sungsik, Byeongdu Lee, Marcel Di Vece, et al.. (2010). Combined TPRx, in situ GISAXS and GIXAS studies of model semiconductor-supported platinum catalysts in the hydrogenation of ethene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(21). 5585–5585. 36 indexed citations

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Lercher, Johannes A., Roberta Olindo, & Carsten Sievers. (2005). Advances And Prospects of Isobutane Alkylation On Solid Catalysts. 1 indexed citations

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Eder, Florian & Johannes A. Lercher. (1996). Alkane sorption on siliceous and aluminophosphate molecular sieves. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 16460–16462. 2 indexed citations

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