Karel Goossens

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Karel Goossens is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Karel Goossens has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 11 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Karel Goossens's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (10 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (10 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (7 papers). Karel Goossens is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (10 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (10 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (7 papers). Karel Goossens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Korea and United States. Karel Goossens's co-authors include Koen Binnemans, Christopher W. Bielawski, Kathleen Lava, Thomas Cardinaels, Kristof Van Hecke, Luc Van Meervelt, Kris Driesen, Peter Nockemann, Christiane Görller‐Walrand and Bart Goderis and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karel Goossens

35 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Ionic Liquid Crystals: Versatile Materials 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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. Ionic Liquid Crystals: Versatile Materials
    2016 653 citations Karel Goossens, Kathleen Lava et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karel Goossens Belgium 17 593 555 549 514 241 36 1.5k
Junko Kagimoto Japan 11 493 0.8× 252 0.5× 275 0.5× 273 0.5× 234 1.0× 13 954
Kathleen Lava Belgium 18 566 1.0× 532 1.0× 405 0.7× 887 1.7× 252 1.0× 22 1.9k
Haesook Han United States 20 260 0.4× 434 0.8× 328 0.6× 370 0.7× 300 1.2× 84 1.1k
Yutaka Kuwahara Japan 19 204 0.3× 978 1.8× 486 0.9× 427 0.8× 442 1.8× 93 1.8k
Sven Sauer Germany 12 162 0.3× 763 1.4× 955 1.7× 903 1.8× 274 1.1× 12 1.7k
Xiangtao Bai China 18 330 0.6× 502 0.9× 382 0.7× 464 0.9× 208 0.9× 30 1.1k
Mutsuo Tanaka Japan 23 170 0.3× 728 1.3× 165 0.3× 544 1.1× 483 2.0× 101 1.8k
Youngseon Shim South Korea 23 901 1.5× 399 0.7× 470 0.9× 129 0.3× 541 2.2× 41 1.7k
Gary Annat Australia 12 1.5k 2.5× 319 0.6× 134 0.2× 272 0.5× 558 2.3× 13 1.8k
Alexander Stoppa Germany 20 1.8k 3.0× 357 0.6× 98 0.2× 313 0.6× 319 1.3× 23 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Karel Goossens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karel Goossens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karel Goossens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karel Goossens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karel Goossens 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 Karel Goossens. Karel Goossens 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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Sonstrom, Reilly E., et al.. (2023). Absolute configuration assignment of highly fluorinated carboxylic acids via VCD and MRR spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 306. 123625–123625. 2 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tsubasa, Shintaro Yoshida, Karel Goossens, et al.. (2020). Double‐Gyroid Nanostructure Formation by Aggregation‐Induced Atropisomerization and Co‐Assembly of Ionic Liquid‐Crystalline Amphiphiles. Angewandte Chemie. 132(22). 8523–8528. 2 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Lena Rakers, Tae Joo Shin, et al.. (2019). Substituted Azolium Disposition: Examining the Effects of Alkyl Placement on Thermal Properties. Crystals. 9(1). 34–34. 4 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Lena Rakers, Benoı̂t Heinrich, et al.. (2019). Anisotropic, Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal Mesophases from Persubstituted Imidazolium Pentacyanocyclopentadienide Salts. Chemistry of Materials. 31(23). 9593–9603. 23 indexed citations
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Sun, Jinhua, Junpeng Ma, Yue Sun, et al.. (2018). Covalent bonding of sulfur nanoparticles to unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. Nanotechnology. 30(2). 24001–24001. 28 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, et al.. (2018). Dicyanamide Salts that Adopt Smectic, Columnar, or Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid‐Crystalline Mesophases. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(24). 6399–6411. 16 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Kathleen Lava, Christopher W. Bielawski, & Koen Binnemans. (2016). Ionic Liquid Crystals: Versatile Materials. Chemical Reviews. 116(8). 4643–4807. 653 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klein, Michael J., Karel Goossens, Christopher W. Bielawski, & Arumugam Manthiram. (2016). Elucidating the Electrochemical Activity of Electrolyte-Insoluble Polysulfide Species in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 163(9). A2109–A2116. 24 indexed citations
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Lambrechts, Dennis, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Karel Goossens, et al.. (2015). A Causal Relation between Bioluminescence and Oxygen to Quantify the Cell Niche (vol 9, e97572, 2014). 1 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Víctor Pacheco, Dieter Willbold, et al.. (2015). Accurate Diffusion Coefficients of Organosoluble Reference Dyes in Organic Media Measured by Dual-Focus Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. ACS Nano. 9(7). 7360–7373. 5 indexed citations
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Lambrechts, Dennis, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Karel Goossens, et al.. (2014). A Causal Relation between Bioluminescence and Oxygen to Quantify the Cell Niche. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97572–e97572. 16 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Duncan W. Bruce, Rik Van Deun, Koen Binnemans, & Thomas Cardinaels. (2012). Nematogenic tetracatenar lanthanidomesogens. Dalton Transactions. 41(43). 13271–13271. 11 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Sil Wellens, Kristof Van Hecke, et al.. (2011). T‐Shaped Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on the Imidazolium Motif: Exploring Substitution of the C‐2 Imidazolium Carbon Atom. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(15). 4291–4306. 33 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Kathleen Lava, Peter Nockemann, et al.. (2009). Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquid Crystals with Pendant Mesogenic Groups. Langmuir. 25(10). 5881–5897. 63 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, Kathleen Lava, Peter Nockemann, et al.. (2008). Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquid Crystals. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(3). 656–674. 119 indexed citations
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Knyazev, A. A., Yu. G. Galyametdinov, Bart Goderis, et al.. (2008). Liquid‐Crystalline Ternary Rare‐Earth Complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2008(5). 756–761. 35 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel & Leo Van Biesen. (2005). Dielectrophoretic Characterization Of Particles Of Geological Origin. 289. 999–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, et al.. (1992). Theoretical and experimental analysis of the dielectric properties of powders. 73–76. 4 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel & Leo Van Biesen. (1989). Mathematical Analysis and Computational Method for 3D Electrostatic Problems. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 1 indexed citations
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Goossens, Karel, et al.. (1981). Het bedrijfseconomische karakter van het Plan De Wulf. Brussels economic review. 90. 203–228.

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