Robert Loos

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Loos is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Loos has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Biomaterials and 3 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Robert Loos's work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (6 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (4 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers). Robert Loos is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (6 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (4 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers). Robert Loos collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Japan. Robert Loos's co-authors include Herbert Mayr, Roland Lucius, Thorsten Bug, Armin R. Ofial, G. Ya. Remennikov, Matthias Gotta, Bernhard Kempf, Bernhard Irrgang, Shinjiro Kobayashi and Shinya Minegishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemistry - A European Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert Loos

12 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Reference Scales for the Characterization of Cationic Electrophiles and Neutral Nucleophiles^,

2001 613 citations Herbert Mayr, Thorsten Bug et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Loos Germany	9	1.1k	246	236	158	103	12	1.3k
Sonia Ilieva Bulgaria	22	729 0.6×	343 1.4×	220 0.9×	210 1.3×	93 0.9×	54	1.1k
Kenneth B. Ling United Kingdom	21	1.0k 0.9×	339 1.4×	113 0.5×	240 1.5×	232 2.3×	34	1.4k
Willi Sicking Germany	21	859 0.7×	161 0.7×	183 0.8×	314 2.0×	102 1.0×	40	1.1k
Bernhard Kempf Germany	8	2.1k 1.8×	294 1.2×	314 1.3×	360 2.3×	368 3.6×	9	2.2k
Alexander Wittkopp Germany	10	1.0k 0.9×	102 0.4×	179 0.8×	211 1.3×	208 2.0×	14	1.2k
Matthias Gotta Germany	8	1.0k 0.9×	169 0.7×	164 0.7×	134 0.8×	165 1.6×	11	1.1k
Pascal Vermeeren Netherlands	21	981 0.9×	211 0.9×	95 0.4×	156 1.0×	293 2.8×	48	1.4k
Amparo Asensio Spain	20	637 0.6×	186 0.8×	133 0.6×	372 2.4×	89 0.9×	38	992
James L. Fry United States	17	849 0.7×	163 0.7×	150 0.6×	181 1.1×	275 2.7×	57	1.2k
R. A. Aitken United Kingdom	19	1.3k 1.1×	114 0.5×	170 0.7×	231 1.5×	233 2.3×	221	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Loos

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Loos

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

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Vagin, Sergei I., Alexander Kronast, Peter T. Altenbuchner, et al.. (2017). Enzymatic degradation of synthetic poly(3-hydroxybutyrates) as a tool for combinatorial microstructure determination. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 143. 176–185. 4 indexed citations

Glasser, Wolfgang G., et al.. (2017). Melt-blown compostable polyester films with lignin. TAPPI Journal. 16(3). 111–121. 11 indexed citations

Altenbuchner, Peter T., Alexander Kronast, Stefan Kissling, et al.. (2015). Mechanistic Investigations of the Stereoselective Rare Earth Metal‐Mediated Ring‐Opening Polymerization of β‐Butyrolactone. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(39). 13609–13617. 39 indexed citations

Vagin, Sergei I., Malte Winnacker, Alexander Kronast, et al.. (2015). New Insights into the Ring‐Opening Polymerization of β‐Butyrolactone Catalyzed by Chromium(III) Salphen Complexes. ChemCatChem. 7(23). 3963–3971. 37 indexed citations

Appel, Roland, Robert Loos, & Herbert Mayr. (2008). Nucleophilicity Parameters for Phosphoryl-Stabilized Carbanions and Phosphorus Ylides: Implications for Wittig and Related Olefination Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(2). 704–714. 47 indexed citations

Minegishi, Shinya, Robert Loos, Shinjiro Kobayashi, & Herbert Mayr. (2005). Kinetics of the Reactions of Halide Anions with Carbocations: Quantitative Energy Profiles for S_N1 Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(8). 2641–2649. 81 indexed citations

Loos, Robert, Shinjiro Kobayashi, & Herbert Mayr. (2003). Ambident Reactivity of the Thiocyanate Anion Revisited: Can the Product Ratio Be Explained by the Hard Soft Acid Base Principle?. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(46). 14126–14132. 92 indexed citations

Loos, Robert. (2003). Nucleophile Reaktivität von Wittig-Yliden, phosphorylstabilisierten Carbanionen und anorganischen Anionen. Electronic Theses of LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). 1 indexed citations

Lucius, Roland, Robert Loos, & Herbert Mayr. (2002). Kinetic Studies of Carbocation-Carbanion Combinations: Key to a General Concept of Polar Organic Reactivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(1). 91–95. 210 indexed citations

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Lucius, Roland, Robert Loos, & Herbert Mayr. (2002). Kinetische Untersuchungen von Carbokation-Carbanion-Kombinationen: Schlüssel zu einem allgemeinen Modell polarer organischer Reaktivität. Angewandte Chemie. 114(1). 97–102. 122 indexed citations

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Mayr, Herbert, Thorsten Bug, Matthias Gotta, et al.. (2001). Reference Scales for the Characterization of Cationic Electrophiles and Neutral Nucleophiles^,. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(39). 9500–9512. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loos, Robert, I. Evangelou, David Barney, et al.. (2000). Results from the 1999 Beam Test of a Preshower Prototype. CERN Bulletin. 2 indexed citations

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