Patrick Kurr

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Patrick Kurr is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Kurr has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Materials Chemistry, 4 papers in Catalysis and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick Kurr's work include Catalysts for Methane Reforming (4 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (3 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (3 papers). Patrick Kurr is often cited by papers focused on Catalysts for Methane Reforming (4 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (3 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (3 papers). Patrick Kurr collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Patrick Kurr's co-authors include Robert Schlögl, Igor Kasatkin, Malte Behrens, Richard W. Fischer, Stefan Zander, Frank Girgsdies, Michael Tovar, Michael Hävecker, Stefanie Kühl and Felix Studt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Kurr

6 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al ₂ O ₃ Industrial Catalysts

2012 2.2k citations Malte Behrens, Felix Studt et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Kurr Germany	6	2.3k	2.1k	882	656	386	6	3.0k
Benjamin-Louis Kniep Germany	2	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	711 0.8×	525 0.8×	269 0.7×	3	2.3k
T. Uchijima Japan	27	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	446 0.5×	357 0.5×	427 1.1×	80	2.7k
G.C. Chinchen United Kingdom	14	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	384 0.4×	282 0.4×	491 1.3×	21	2.5k
Daniel Widmann Germany	30	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	213 0.3×	333 0.9×	55	3.4k
Dong‐Bo Cao China	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	485 0.5×	142 0.2×	430 1.1×	50	2.0k
Felicia R. Lucci United States	20	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	125 0.2×	417 1.1×	27	3.0k
Peter Ferrin United States	12	1.7k 0.7×	929 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	149 0.2×	267 0.7×	13	2.4k
L. Piccolo France	36	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	112 0.2×	614 1.6×	99	3.4k
Farzad Behafarid United States	27	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 2.4×	170 0.3×	190 0.5×	34	3.5k
Luan Nguyen United States	23	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	700 0.8×	68 0.1×	327 0.8×	35	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Kurr

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Kurr

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Kurr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Kurr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Kurr 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 Patrick Kurr. Patrick Kurr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Behrens, Malte, Stefan Zander, Patrick Kurr, et al.. (2013). Performance Improvement of Nanocatalysts by Promoter-Induced Defects in the Support Material: Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO:Al. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(16). 6061–6068. 231 indexed citations

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Behrens, Malte, Felix Studt, Igor Kasatkin, et al.. (2012). The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al ₂ O ₃ Industrial Catalysts. Science. 336(6083). 893–897. 2226 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kurr, Patrick, Igor Kasatkin, Frank Girgsdies, et al.. (2008). Microstructural characterization of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts for methanol steam reforming—A comparative study. Applied Catalysis A General. 348(2). 153–164. 102 indexed citations

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Kasatkin, Igor, Patrick Kurr, Benjamin Kniep, Annette Trunschke, & Robert Schlögl. (2007). Role of Lattice Strain and Defects in Copper Particles on the Activity of Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(38). 7324–7327. 223 indexed citations

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Kasatkin, Igor, Patrick Kurr, Benjamin Kniep, Annette Trunschke, & Robert Schlögl. (2007). Role of Lattice Strain and Defects in Copper Particles on the Activity of Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 119(38). 7465–7468. 187 indexed citations

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Purnama, Herry, Patrick Kurr, Andrea Schmidt, et al.. (2006). α‐methylstyrene hydrogenation in a flow‐through membrane reactor. AIChE Journal. 52(8). 2805–2811. 22 indexed citations

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