Olaf Walter

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Olaf Walter is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Walter has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 94 papers in Organic Chemistry and 75 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Olaf Walter's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (59 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (50 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (37 papers). Olaf Walter is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (59 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (50 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (37 papers). Olaf Walter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Olaf Walter's co-authors include J. Schirmer, Lorenz S. Cederbaum, Manfred Döring, Christos Apostolidis, László Zsolnai, Eckhard Dinjus, Gottfried Hüttner, Siegfried Schindler, Thomas A. Zevaco and Michał Dutkiewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Walter

202 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olaf Walter Germany	41	2.7k	2.4k	1.9k	965	861	206	6.4k
Artur Michalak Poland	37	2.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	636 0.7×	90	6.7k
Hans‐Jörg Himmel Germany	43	2.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	890 0.9×	836 1.0×	274	6.5k
Klaus Köhler Germany	41	2.4k 0.9×	5.2k 2.2×	2.9k 1.5×	752 0.8×	562 0.7×	161	8.8k
Nobuaki Koga Japan	46	2.4k 0.9×	4.5k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	420 0.5×	197	6.8k
Jennifer C. Green United Kingdom	50	4.6k 1.7×	6.8k 2.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	304	9.6k
Dirk Andrae Germany	15	2.8k 1.0×	3.9k 1.7×	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.3×	44	8.3k
Ralf Haiges United States	44	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	430 0.4×	713 0.8×	185	6.6k
Karin Eichkorn Germany	8	2.4k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	1.0k 1.2×	9	7.5k
Gregory S. Girolami United States	46	3.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	3.9k 2.0×	734 0.8×	2.7k 3.1×	287	9.0k
Matthias Bauer Germany	43	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	644 0.7×	579 0.7×	243	5.9k

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Ramanantoanina, Harry, Natalia Palina, Jörg Rothe, et al.. (2025). The Role of Halides in the Bonding and Electronic Structure of Actinyl(VI) Halides─Energy Match Driven Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(39). 35401–35412.

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Walter, Olaf, S. Carturan, A. Bulgheroni, et al.. (2024). First Structured Uranium‐Based Monoliths Produced via Vat Photopolymerization for Nuclear Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(46). 5 indexed citations

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Corradetti, S., S. Carturan, Michele Ballan, et al.. (2021). Effect of graphite and graphene oxide on thorium carbide microstructural and thermal properties. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9058–9058. 8 indexed citations

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Walter, Olaf, A. Beck, Oliver Dieste Blanco, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline U1-Pu O2(+) mixed oxides. Materials Today Advances. 8. 100105–100105. 14 indexed citations

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Murphy, Gabriel L., et al.. (2020). Insights into the Structural Chemistry of Anhydrous and Hydrous Hexavalent Uranium and Neptunium Dinitrato, Trinitrato, and Tetranitrato Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(10). 7204–7215. 15 indexed citations

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Prieur, Damien, Walter Bonani, Karin Popa, et al.. (2020). Size Dependence of Lattice Parameter and Electronic Structure in CeO₂ Nanoparticles. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(8). 5760–5767. 149 indexed citations

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Kvashnina, Kristina O., Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Ivan Pidchenko, et al.. (2019). A Novel Metastable Pentavalent Plutonium Solid Phase on the Pathway from Aqueous Plutonium(VI) to PuO₂ Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie. 131(49). 17722–17726. 5 indexed citations

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Kvashnina, Kristina O., Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Ivan Pidchenko, et al.. (2019). A Novel Metastable Pentavalent Plutonium Solid Phase on the Pathway from Aqueous Plutonium(VI) to PuO₂ Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(49). 17558–17562. 41 indexed citations

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Hudry, Delphine, Christos Apostolidis, Olaf Walter, et al.. (2014). Ultra‐Small Plutonium Oxide Nanocrystals: An Innovative Material in Plutonium Science. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(33). 10431–10438. 43 indexed citations

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Walter, Olaf. (2013). 1-(5,5-Dimethoxypentyl)-3-methylimidazolium-2-carboxylate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(11). o1611–o1611. 2 indexed citations

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Zevaco, Thomas A., Erika Ember, Olaf Walter, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide catalyzed by an easy-to-handle ionic iron(iii) complex. Dalton Transactions. 42(15). 5322–5322. 80 indexed citations

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Kannicht, Christoph, Margareta Ramström, Guido Kohla, et al.. (2012). Characterisation of the post-translational modifications of a novel, human cell line-derived recombinant human factor VIII. Thrombosis Research. 131(1). 78–88. 96 indexed citations

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Casademunt, Elisabeth, et al.. (2012). The first recombinant human coagulation factor VIII of human origin: human cell line and manufacturing characteristics. European Journal Of Haematology. 89(2). 165–176. 58 indexed citations

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Apostolidis, Christos, Bernd Schimmelpfennig, Nicola Magnani, et al.. (2010). [An(H₂O)₉](CF₃SO₃)₃ (An=U–Cm, Cf): Exploring Their Stability, Structural Chemistry, and Magnetic Behavior by Experiment and Theory. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(36). 6343–6347. 78 indexed citations

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Berntorp, Erik, et al.. (2010). A retrospective study of Octaplex in the treatment of bleeding in patients with haemophilia A complicated by inhibitors. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 21(6). 577–583. 4 indexed citations

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Lindqvist‐Reis, Patric, Christos Apostolidis, J. Rébizant, et al.. (2007). The Structures and Optical Spectra of Hydrated Transplutonium Ions in the Solid State and in Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(6). 919–922. 86 indexed citations

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Würtele, Christian, et al.. (2007). Transformation of Nitrile to Cyanide and Aldehyde Using a Cobalt(II) Complex and Dioxygen. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(41). 7775–7777. 22 indexed citations

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Habicht, W., Ν. Boukis, G. Franz, Olaf Walter, & Eckhard Dinjus. (2006). Exploring Hydrothermally Grown Potassium Titanate Fibers by STEM-in-SEM/EDX and XRD. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 12(4). 322–326. 5 indexed citations

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Guckian, Adrian, M. Ciesielski, Olaf Walter, et al.. (2004). Assessment of intercomponent interaction in phenylene bridged dinuclear ruthenium(ii) and osmium(ii) polypyridyl complexes. Dalton Transactions. 3943–3943. 29 indexed citations

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Döring, Manfred, M. Ciesielski, Olaf Walter, & Helmar Görls. (2002). Salicylaldimine Dizinc Complexes: Activation of Water Molecules and Fixation of CO2 in the Coordination Sphere of Zinc. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2002(7). 1615–1621. 25 indexed citations

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