Stefan Leininger

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Stefan Leininger is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Leininger has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stefan Leininger's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (15 papers), Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (14 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers). Stefan Leininger is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (15 papers), Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (14 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers). Stefan Leininger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Puerto Rico. Stefan Leininger's co-authors include Peter J. Stang, Bogdan Olenyuk, M. Schmitz, Songping D. Huang, Jun Fan, Manfred Regitz, Paul Binger, Carl Krüger, Atta M. Arif and J. Bruckmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Leininger

22 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Self-Assembly of Discrete Cyclic Nanostructures Mediated ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Self-Assembly of Discrete Cyclic Nanostructures Mediated by Transition Metals
    2000 3.2k citations Stefan Leininger, Peter J. Stang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Leininger Germany 12 2.7k 2.3k 1.4k 1.1k 765 25 4.0k
S. Russell Seidel United States 15 2.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 953 0.8× 695 0.9× 16 3.1k
Rajesh Chakrabarty India 20 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 827 1.1× 26 3.7k
James E. M. Lewis United Kingdom 39 3.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 902 1.2× 86 4.1k
Paul N. W. Baxter France 33 1.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 688 0.9× 71 3.3k
Shigehisa Akine Japan 41 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 2.2k 1.9× 1.6k 2.1× 171 5.4k
Bradley J. Holliday United States 29 1.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.6× 503 0.7× 75 4.0k
Jungseok Heo South Korea 30 2.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 564 0.4× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.9× 48 4.2k
Takayoshi Kuroda‐Sowa Japan 38 1.8k 0.6× 3.3k 1.4× 2.7k 2.0× 1.7k 1.5× 359 0.5× 214 5.1k
Jeremy K. Klosterman United States 13 2.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 562 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 909 1.2× 19 3.3k
Chun Lin United States 28 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 669 0.6× 261 0.3× 43 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Leininger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Leininger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leininger, Stefan, Jun Fan, M. Schmitz, & Peter J. Stang. (2000). Archimedean solids: Transition metal mediated rational self-assembly of supramolecular-truncated tetrahedra. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(4). 1380–1384. 100 indexed citations
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Leininger, Stefan, M. Schmitz, & Peter J. Stang. (1999). Molecular Architecture via Coordination:  Self-Assembly of Pseudohexagonal A23X23-Macrocycles. Organic Letters. 1(12). 1921–1923. 47 indexed citations
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Schmitz, M., Stefan Leininger, Jun Fan, Atta M. Arif, & Peter J. Stang. (1999). Preparation and Solid-State Properties of Self-Assembled Dinuclear Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Rhomboids from Carbon and Silicon Tectons. Organometallics. 18(23). 4817–4824. 103 indexed citations
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Schmitz, M., et al.. (1998). . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 1998(2). 227–235.
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Leininger, Stefan, Peter J. Stang, & Songping D. Huang. (1998). Synthesis and Characterization of Organoplatinum Dendrimers with 1,3,5-Triethynylbenzene Building Blocks. Organometallics. 17(18). 3981–3987. 142 indexed citations
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Schmitz, M., et al.. (1998). Hydrostannylation of Phosphaalkynes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 1998(2). 227–235. 10 indexed citations
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Bergsträßer, Uwe, et al.. (1997). Organophosphorus Compounds, 121. Phosphaalkynes in Ene Reactions with Alkylidenecyclopropanes and Allenes. Liebigs Annalen. 1997(9). 1827–1839. 9 indexed citations
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Bergsträßer, Uwe, et al.. (1997). Phosphaalkenes as Building Blocks in Ene Reactions:  Synthesis and Reactivity of 3-Amino-1,2-dihydro-1,2-diphosphetes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(22). 7605–7613. 11 indexed citations
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Binger, Paul, Stefan Leininger, Klaus Günther, & Uwe Bergsträßer. (1997). New Phosphorus Heterocycles by Rearrangement of a [1,4‐Bis(trimethylsilyl) η8‐cyclooctatetraene‐1,3,5‐triphospha‐7‐hafnanorbornadiene Complex. Chemische Berichte. 130(10). 1491–1494. 12 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Andreas, Stefan Leininger, & Manfred Regitz. (1997). Organophosphorus compounds 115. Solvent-directed cooligomerization of kinetically stabilized phosphaalkynes with trialkylaluminium compounds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 539(1-2). 61–66. 4 indexed citations
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Binger, Paul, et al.. (1997). Homo-Diels—Alder reactions of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butyl-1,3,5-triphospha-Dewar-benzene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 529(1-2). 215–221. 15 indexed citations
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Breit, Bernhard, et al.. (1997). Tetraphosphasemibullvalene: First Valence Isomerizations in the Phosphaalkyne Cyclotetramer System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(12). 1337–1340. 18 indexed citations
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Breit, Bernhard, et al.. (1997). Tetraphosphasemibullvalen: erste Valenzisomerisierungen im Phosphaalkin‐Cyclotetramer‐System. Angewandte Chemie. 109(12). 1396–1398. 6 indexed citations
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Binger, Paul, et al.. (1996). ε8-Cyclooctatetraene Metal Complexes, A New Class of Templates for Phosphaalkyne Cyclooligomerizations.. Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements. 109(1-4). 149–152.
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Leininger, Stefan, et al.. (1995). Acid‐Induced cyclotrimerization of a phosphaalkyne with formal incorporation of water [1]. Heteroatom Chemistry. 6(6). 617–621. 1 indexed citations
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Binger, Paul, Barbara Gabor, Richard Mynott, et al.. (1995). Selective Syntheses of 1,3‐Diphosphacyclobutadiene, Dewar‐1,3,5‐triphosphabenzene, 1,3,5‐Triphosphabenzene, and 1,3,5,7‐Tetraphosphabarrelene by Cyclooligomerization of Phosphaalkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 34(20). 2227–2230. 74 indexed citations

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