Steffen L. Woltering

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Steffen L. Woltering is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen L. Woltering has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steffen L. Woltering's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (3 papers). Steffen L. Woltering is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (3 papers). Steffen L. Woltering collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Poland. Steffen L. Woltering's co-authors include David A. Leigh, Stephen D. P. Fielden, Jean‐François Lemonnier, Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, Alexander J. Stephens, Jonathan J. Danon, Harry L. Anderson, Anneke Krüger, Vanesa Marcos and Javier Jaramillo-García and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Steffen L. Woltering

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Braiding a molecular knot with eight crossings 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Braiding a molecular knot with eight crossings
    2017 217 citations Jonathan J. Danon, Anneke Krüger et al. Science profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steffen L. Woltering United Kingdom 11 855 398 257 240 235 18 1.1k
Jake L. Greenfield United Kingdom 21 666 0.8× 686 1.7× 213 0.8× 231 1.0× 201 0.9× 42 1.3k
Jean‐François Lemonnier France 20 913 1.1× 757 1.9× 294 1.1× 285 1.2× 276 1.2× 30 1.6k
Jean‐François Ayme United Kingdom 13 956 1.1× 411 1.0× 328 1.3× 385 1.6× 303 1.3× 18 1.3k
Fredrik Schaufelberger United Kingdom 19 664 0.8× 261 0.7× 226 0.9× 196 0.8× 245 1.0× 29 959
J.‐M. Lehn France 14 706 0.8× 676 1.7× 265 1.0× 261 1.1× 231 1.0× 22 1.5k
Tatsuo Kojima Japan 18 669 0.8× 278 0.7× 255 1.0× 182 0.8× 104 0.4× 37 853
David P. August United Kingdom 10 535 0.6× 249 0.6× 179 0.7× 189 0.8× 149 0.6× 11 773
Susnata Pramanik Germany 16 786 0.9× 451 1.1× 281 1.1× 310 1.3× 239 1.0× 32 1.1k
Diederik Roke Netherlands 11 537 0.6× 544 1.4× 153 0.6× 173 0.7× 90 0.4× 12 925
Marcus Papmeyer Switzerland 7 672 0.8× 288 0.7× 185 0.7× 212 0.9× 338 1.4× 9 902

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen L. Woltering

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Woltering, Steffen L., et al.. (2026). Synthesis and Crystal Engineering of Fluorinated Rubrenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 91(5). 1969–1976.
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Chen, Zhixin, Iain Grace, Steffen L. Woltering, et al.. (2024). Quantum interference enhances the performance of single-molecule transistors. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(7). 986–992. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhixin, Steffen L. Woltering, Bart Limburg, et al.. (2024). Connections to the Electrodes Control the Transport Mechanism in Single‐Molecule Transistors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(16). e202401323–e202401323. 7 indexed citations
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Gaweł, Przemysław, Steffen L. Woltering, Yaoyao Xiong, Kirsten E. Christensen, & Harry L. Anderson. (2020). Masked Alkyne Equivalents for the Synthesis of Mechanically Interlocked Polyynes**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(11). 6006–6012. 6 indexed citations
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Gaweł, Przemysław, Steffen L. Woltering, Yaoyao Xiong, Kirsten E. Christensen, & Harry L. Anderson. (2020). Masked Alkyne Equivalents for the Synthesis of Mechanically Interlocked Polyynes**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(11). 5941–5947. 18 indexed citations
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Leigh, David A., Jonathan J. Danon, Stephen D. P. Fielden, et al.. (2020). A molecular endless (74) knot. Nature Chemistry. 13(2). 117–122. 95 indexed citations
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Scriven, Lorel M., Katharina Kaiser, Fabian Schulz, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Cyclo[18]carbon via Debromination of C18Br6. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(30). 12921–12924. 98 indexed citations
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Anderson, Harry L., et al.. (2020). A Short History of Cyclocarbons. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 94(3). 798–811. 40 indexed citations
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Woltering, Steffen L., Przemysław Gaweł, Kirsten E. Christensen, Amber L. Thompson, & Harry L. Anderson. (2020). Photochemical Unmasking of Polyyne Rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(31). 13523–13532. 20 indexed citations
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Leigh, David A., Jean‐François Lemonnier, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2018). Comment on “Coordination‐Driven Self‐Assembly of a Molecular Knot Comprising Sixteen Crossings”. Angewandte Chemie. 130(38). 12390–12392. 2 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., David A. Leigh, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2017). Molecular Knots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(37). 11166–11194. 273 indexed citations
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Fielden, Stephen D. P., David A. Leigh, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2017). Molekulare Knoten. Angewandte Chemie. 129(37). 11318–11347. 64 indexed citations
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Danon, Jonathan J., Anneke Krüger, David A. Leigh, et al.. (2017). Braiding a molecular knot with eight crossings. Science. 355(6321). 159–162. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marcos, Vanesa, Alexander J. Stephens, Javier Jaramillo-García, et al.. (2016). Allosteric initiation and regulation of catalysis with a molecular knot. Science. 352(6293). 1555–1559. 223 indexed citations
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Campbell, Christopher J., David A. Leigh, Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2014). A Simple and Highly Effective Ligand System for the Copper(I)‐Mediated Assembly of Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(50). 13771–13774. 30 indexed citations
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Campbell, Christopher J., David A. Leigh, Íñigo J. Vitórica‐Yrezábal, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2014). A Simple and Highly Effective Ligand System for the Copper(I)‐Mediated Assembly of Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie. 126(50). 13991–13994. 7 indexed citations
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D'Souza, D.M., David A. Leigh, Marcus Papmeyer, & Steffen L. Woltering. (2012). A scalable synthesis of 5,5′-dibromo-2,2′-bipyridine and its stepwise functionalization via Stille couplings. Nature Protocols. 7(11). 2022–2028. 9 indexed citations

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