Rainer Walter

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rainer Walter is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Walter has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Pharmacology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Walter's work include Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (8 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (6 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (3 papers). Rainer Walter is often cited by papers focused on Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (8 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (6 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (3 papers). Rainer Walter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Rainer Walter's co-authors include Gerhard Bringmann, Ralf Weirich, Roland Götz, Michael R. Boyd, Paul A. Keller, Gerald J. Roth, Ulrike Tontsch-Grunt, Florian Colbatzky, Frank Hilberg and Ralf Lotz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Walter

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Directed Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds: Modern Concep... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Directed Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds: Modern Concepts and Strategies
    1990 544 citations Gerhard Bringmann, Rainer Walter et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Walter Germany 11 990 214 176 136 80 15 1.2k
Thomas G. Gant United States 10 972 1.0× 136 0.6× 325 1.8× 58 0.4× 384 4.8× 14 1.5k
Peter T. W. Cheng United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 63 0.3× 302 1.7× 105 0.8× 272 3.4× 49 1.5k
Noriaki Hirayama Japan 18 393 0.4× 163 0.8× 325 1.8× 46 0.3× 90 1.1× 92 1.0k
Christopher G. Newton United Kingdom 21 2.1k 2.1× 201 0.9× 392 2.2× 118 0.9× 490 6.1× 52 2.5k
Michiko Miyazaki Japan 22 857 0.9× 54 0.3× 275 1.6× 63 0.5× 217 2.7× 53 1.1k
Maria Chrzanowska Poland 15 1.2k 1.2× 54 0.3× 293 1.7× 121 0.9× 200 2.5× 62 1.6k
John W. Lampe United States 17 1.2k 1.2× 126 0.6× 631 3.6× 29 0.2× 179 2.2× 30 1.6k
Andrew C. Flick United States 21 829 0.8× 49 0.2× 340 1.9× 70 0.5× 148 1.9× 39 1.1k
Cecilia Cortez United States 15 475 0.5× 83 0.4× 240 1.4× 28 0.2× 40 0.5× 41 816
David E. Seitz United States 17 338 0.3× 135 0.6× 294 1.7× 34 0.3× 52 0.7× 39 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Walter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Walter

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Papadakis, S. J., Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Rainer Walter, et al.. (2017). Sample survivability for a comet surface sample return mission. 710. 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Roth, Gerald J., Armin Heckel, Florian Colbatzky, et al.. (2009). Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Indolinones as Triple Angiokinase Inhibitors and the Discovery of a Highly Specific 6-Methoxycarbonyl-Substituted Indolinone (BIBF 1120). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(14). 4466–4480. 202 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, et al.. (1999). . European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1999(11). 3047–3055. 1 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, et al.. (1999). Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryls by Atropo-Diastereoselective Cleavage of Configurationally Unstable Biaryl Lactones with Menthol-DerivedO-Nucleophiles. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1999(11). 3047–3055. 22 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, Roland Götz, Paul A. Keller, et al.. (1998). A Convergent Total Synthesis of the Michellamines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(4). 1090–1097. 74 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, et al.. (1996). Acetogenic Isoquinoline Alkaloids, LXXXII. Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Michellamines A–C. Liebigs Annalen. 1996(12). 2045–2058. 38 indexed citations
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Kelly, T. Ross, Alberto Garcı́a, Fengrui Lang, et al.. (1994). Convergent total synthesis of the michellamines. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(41). 7621–7624. 52 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, Jörg Holenz, Roland Götz, et al.. (1994). ‘Biomimetic’ oxidative dimerization of korupensamine A: Completion of the first total synthesis of michellamines A, B, and C. Tetrahedron. 50(32). 9643–9648. 50 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, Roland Götz, Paul A. Keller, et al.. (1994). First Total Synthesis of Korupensamines A and B. Heterocycles. 39(2). 503–503. 40 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (1994). Intramolecular C-H Insertion by an Alkylidene Carbene: Diastereoselective Synthesis of a Taxol A Ring Synthon. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(20). 6014–6017. 27 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Gerhard, Rainer Walter, & Ralf Weirich. (1990). The Directed Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds: Modern Concepts and Strategies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 29(9). 977–991. 544 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bringmann, Gerhard, Rainer Walter, & Ralf Weirich. (1990). Der gezielte Aufbau von Biarylverbindungen: Moderne Konzepte und Strategien. Angewandte Chemie. 102(9). 1006–1019. 124 indexed citations
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Walter, Rainer, et al.. (1970). Electrostatic acceleration system for hypervelocity microparticles with selected kinematic properties. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations

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