Tim Balensiefer

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Balensiefer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Balensiefer has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Biochemistry and 1 paper in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tim Balensiefer's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (5 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers) and Biochemical Acid Research Studies (2 papers). Tim Balensiefer is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (5 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers) and Biochemical Acid Research Studies (2 papers). Tim Balensiefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Tim Balensiefer's co-authors include Dieter Enders, Oliver Niemeier and Klaus Breuer and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Accounts of Chemical Research and Angewandte Chemie.

In The Last Decade

Tim Balensiefer

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nucleophilic Carbenes in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

2004 960 citations Dieter Enders, Tim Balensiefer Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Balensiefer Germany	4	1.3k	191	64	43	32	6	1.3k
Seung Youn Hong South Korea	12	971 0.8×	324 1.7×	26 0.4×	85 2.0×	27 0.8×	15	1.0k
Noam I. Saper United States	7	550 0.4×	192 1.0×	28 0.4×	33 0.8×	22 0.7×	9	599
Manojkumar Poonoth Germany	10	1.1k 0.8×	104 0.5×	32 0.5×	36 0.8×	22 0.7×	11	1.1k
Anders Palmelund Denmark	6	347 0.3×	153 0.8×	61 1.0×	77 1.8×	17 0.5×	6	416
Sophie Bezzenine‐Lafollée France	13	570 0.4×	267 1.4×	19 0.3×	63 1.5×	17 0.5×	26	604
Rahul Mondal India	14	959 0.7×	222 1.2×	39 0.6×	27 0.6×	71 2.2×	19	1.0k
Faben A. Cruz United States	8	916 0.7×	392 2.1×	55 0.9×	85 2.0×	47 1.5×	8	965
Bryan A. Frieman United States	11	438 0.3×	255 1.3×	36 0.6×	88 2.0×	27 0.8×	18	491
Gaku Hattori Japan	10	928 0.7×	259 1.4×	27 0.4×	105 2.4×	50 1.6×	11	999
Natsuko Toshida Japan	5	413 0.3×	129 0.7×	38 0.6×	41 1.0×	11 0.3×	7	437

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Balensiefer

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Enders, Dieter, Oliver Niemeier, & Tim Balensiefer. (2006). Asymmetric Intramolecular Crossed‐Benzoin Reactions by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 118(9). 1491–1495. 92 indexed citations

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Enders, Dieter, Oliver Niemeier, & Tim Balensiefer. (2006). Titelbild: Asymmetric Intramolecular Crossed‐Benzoin Reactions by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis (Angew. Chem. 9/2006). Angewandte Chemie. 118(9). 1351–1351. 3 indexed citations

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Enders, Dieter, Oliver Niemeier, & Tim Balensiefer. (2006). Asymmetric Intramolecular Crossed‐Benzoin Reactions by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(9). 1463–1467. 240 indexed citations

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Enders, Dieter & Tim Balensiefer. (2004). Nucleophilic Carbenes in Asymmetric Organocatalysis. ChemInform. 35(44). 3 indexed citations

5.

Enders, Dieter & Tim Balensiefer. (2004). Nucleophilic Carbenes in Asymmetric Organocatalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 37(8). 534–541. 960 indexed citations breakdown →

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Enders, Dieter, et al.. (2003). Preparation and Application of 1,3,4‐Triphenyl‐4,5‐dihydro‐1H‐1,2,4‐triazol‐5‐ylidene, a Stable Carbene.. ChemInform. 34(41). 5 indexed citations

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