Marcel Eck

960 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 756 citations indexed

About

Marcel Eck is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Eck has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 756 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomaterials, 7 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Marcel Eck's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (10 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (6 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers). Marcel Eck is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (10 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (6 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers). Marcel Eck collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Marcel Eck's co-authors include Stefan Mecking, Manuel Häußler, Glauco Battagliarin, Taylor F. Nelson, Rufina G. Alamo, Hamed Janani, Christian Krämer and Kohji Tashiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Eck

11 papers receiving 743 citations

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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.

Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials

2021 556 citations Manuel Häußler, Marcel Eck et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel Eck Germany	8	493	275	258	244	150	11	756
Manuel Häußler Germany	9	479 1.0×	287 1.0×	297 1.2×	199 0.8×	173 1.2×	12	783
Rulin Yang China	15	475 1.0×	150 0.5×	183 0.7×	226 0.9×	249 1.7×	47	739
Ryan W. Clarke United States	17	434 0.9×	259 0.9×	493 1.9×	150 0.6×	221 1.5×	28	966
Patrick Ortmann Germany	9	498 1.0×	297 1.1×	312 1.2×	148 0.6×	169 1.1×	10	699
Christopher M. Thurber United States	8	352 0.7×	329 1.2×	330 1.3×	134 0.5×	111 0.7×	10	717
Christoph Alberti Germany	17	491 1.0×	104 0.4×	93 0.4×	288 1.2×	310 2.1×	24	615
Danielle E. Fagnani United States	8	204 0.4×	154 0.6×	182 0.7×	112 0.5×	82 0.5×	12	465
Ethan C. Quinn United States	9	364 0.7×	96 0.3×	203 0.8×	97 0.4×	170 1.1×	21	490
Changxia Shi United States	18	1.0k 2.1×	352 1.3×	640 2.5×	291 1.2×	566 3.8×	35	1.4k
Keith E. L. Husted United States	8	246 0.5×	311 1.1×	405 1.6×	75 0.3×	96 0.6×	13	693

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Eck

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Janani, Hamed, Marcel Eck, Stefan Mecking, & Rufina G. Alamo. (2025). Analysis of the isothermal crystallization kinetics and melting points of sustainable long-spaced aliphatic polyesters type PE-X,Y. Polymer. 337. 129003–129003. 2 indexed citations

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Janani, Hamed, et al.. (2025). Crystallization Rate Minima of Aliphatic Polyesters Type PE-X,Y in a Wide Range of Undercooling: Role of CH₂ Sequence Length and Layered Crystallites. Macromolecules. 58(11). 5688–5705. 7 indexed citations

3.

Janani, Hamed, et al.. (2024). Polymorphism and Stretch-Induced Transformations of Sustainable Polyethylene-Like Materials. ACS Macro Letters. 201–206. 7 indexed citations

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Eck, Marcel & Stefan Mecking. (2024). Closed-Loop Recyclable and Nonpersistent Polyethylene-like Polyesters. Accounts of Chemical Research. 57(6). 971–980. 41 indexed citations

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Häußler, Manuel, et al.. (2023). Effect of CH2 run length on the crystallization kinetics of sustainable long-spaced aliphatic polyesters. Polymer. 282. 126181–126181. 17 indexed citations

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Eck, Marcel, et al.. (2023). Waxes from Long-Chain Aliphatic Difunctional Monomers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(47). 16716–16721. 5 indexed citations

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Eck, Marcel, et al.. (2023). Polyethylene-Like Blends Amenable to Abiotic Hydrolytic Degradation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(12). 4523–4530. 13 indexed citations

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Eck, Marcel, et al.. (2022). Biodegradable High‐Density Polyethylene‐like Material. Angewandte Chemie. 135(6). 16 indexed citations

9.

Eck, Marcel, et al.. (2022). Biodegradable High‐Density Polyethylene‐like Material. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(6). e202213438–e202213438. 73 indexed citations

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Häußler, Manuel, et al.. (2021). Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials. Nature. 590(7846). 423–427. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eck, Marcel, et al.. (1970). Lies and truth. Macmillan eBooks. 19 indexed citations

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