Walter Leitner

34.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
509 papers, 27.8k citations indexed

About

Walter Leitner is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Leitner has authored 509 papers receiving a total of 27.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 205 papers in Organic Chemistry and 202 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Walter Leitner's work include Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (202 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (200 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (103 papers). Walter Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (202 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (200 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (103 papers). Walter Leitner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Walter Leitner's co-authors include Jürgen Klankermayer, Markus Hölscher, Giancarlo Franciò, Thomas E. Müller, Sebastian Wesselbaum, Thorsten vom Stein, Kassem Beydoun, Katharina Thenert, Philip G. Jessop and André Bardow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Walter Leitner

494 papers receiving 27.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sustainable Conversion ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2017 2012 2020 2016 1995 500 1000 1.5k
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. Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide: An Integrated Review of Catalysis and Life Cycle Assessment
    2017 1.8k citations Thomas E. Müller, Walter Leitner et al. profile →
  2. Worldwide innovations in the development of carbon capture technologies and the utilization of CO2
    2012 1.0k citations Walter Leitner, Thomas E. Müller et al. profile →
  3. Designing for a green chemistry future
    2020 896 citations Walter Leitner et al. profile →
  4. Selective Catalytic Synthesis Using the Combination of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen: Catalytic Chess at the Interface of Energy and Chemistry
    2016 725 citations Jürgen Klankermayer, Walter Leitner et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Carbon Dioxide as a Raw Material: The Synthesis of Formic Acid and Its Derivatives from CO2
    1995 677 citations Walter Leitner profile →
  6. Chemical Technologies for Exploiting and Recycling Carbon Dioxide into the Value Chain
    2011 597 citations Martina Peters, Walter Leitner et al. ChemSusChem profile →
  7. Selective and Flexible Transformation of Biomass‐Derived Platform Chemicals by a Multifunctional Catalytic System
    2010 538 citations Jürgen Klankermayer, Walter Leitner et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Chemical synthesis using supercritical fluids
    1999 515 citations Philip G. Jessop, Walter Leitner Wiley-VCH eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Leitner Germany 79 11.4k 10.0k 9.4k 7.4k 7.0k 509 27.8k
Philip G. Jessop Canada 61 5.7k 0.5× 6.3k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 4.6k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 231 18.3k
G. K. Surya Prakash United States 89 4.9k 0.4× 15.8k 1.6× 8.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.4× 6.4k 0.9× 892 37.3k
Buxing Han China 113 10.4k 0.9× 11.9k 1.2× 8.8k 0.9× 13.6k 1.8× 21.3k 3.0× 1.1k 54.7k
Suojiang Zhang China 102 6.9k 0.6× 6.3k 0.6× 4.4k 0.5× 11.1k 1.5× 7.3k 1.0× 805 43.7k
David Milstein Israel 104 10.6k 0.9× 29.1k 2.9× 26.4k 2.8× 3.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 416 39.7k
Peter Wasserscheid Germany 90 2.9k 0.3× 10.2k 1.0× 3.8k 0.4× 5.7k 0.8× 3.0k 0.4× 527 34.0k
Kathrin Junge Germany 90 6.0k 0.5× 18.7k 1.9× 17.8k 1.9× 4.3k 0.6× 3.0k 0.4× 316 26.1k
Jean‐Marie Basset France 82 2.3k 0.2× 12.4k 1.2× 7.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.6× 632 27.3k
George A. Olah United States 95 4.8k 0.4× 25.8k 2.6× 12.0k 1.3× 3.1k 0.4× 5.5k 0.8× 1.3k 49.4k
Yuhan Sun China 86 5.4k 0.5× 2.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.4× 5.6k 0.8× 9.2k 1.3× 638 30.2k

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All Works

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Bordet, Alexis, Walter Leitner, & B. Chaudret. (2025). Magnetically Induced Catalysis: Definition, Advances, and Potential. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202424151–e202424151. 6 indexed citations
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Fang, Wenting, Yuyan Zhang, Liqun Kang, et al.. (2024). Molecularly modified aluminum phosphates as support materials for Ru nanoparticles in selective hydrogenation. Journal of Catalysis. 442. 115911–115911.
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Monflier, Éric, et al.. (2024). The role of cyclodextrins in the acceleration of the reaction rate in a biphasic hydroformylations. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154114–154114. 6 indexed citations
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Weyhermüller, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Understanding Ligand Effects on Bielectronic Transitions: Chemo‐ and Electroreduction of Rhodium Bis(Diphosphine) Complexes to Low Oxidation States. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(37). e202408356–e202408356. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Walter, et al.. (2024). Biphasic Production of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in a Recyclable Deep Eutectic Solvent‐based System Catalyzed by H4SiW12O40. ChemSusChem. 18(3). e202401485–e202401485. 4 indexed citations
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Leitner, Walter, et al.. (2024). Methanolation of Olefins: Low‐Pressure Synthesis of Alcohols by the Formal Addition of Methanol to Olefins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(7). e202418984–e202418984. 1 indexed citations
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Das, Shubhajit, et al.. (2023). Theory-guided development of homogeneous catalysts for the reduction of CO2to formate, formaldehyde, and methanol derivatives. Chemical Science. 14(11). 2799–2807. 17 indexed citations
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Nattermann, Maren, Sebastian Wenk, Pascal Pfister, et al.. (2023). Engineering a new-to-nature cascade for phosphate-dependent formate to formaldehyde conversion in vitro and in vivo. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2682–2682. 31 indexed citations
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Dervişoğlu, Rıza, Liqun Kang, Serena DeBeer, et al.. (2023). A Simple and Versatile Approach for the Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Transition Metal Phosphide Nanoparticles from Metal Chloride Complexes and P(SiMe3)3. Advanced Materials. 35(49). e2306621–e2306621. 4 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yunxiang, et al.. (2022). Supercritical carbon dioxide as reaction medium for selective hydrogenation of fluorinated arenes. Green Chemistry. 24(22). 8671–8676. 4 indexed citations
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Werlé, Christophe, et al.. (2021). Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Electroconversion of CO2: An Organometallic Perspective. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(21). 11628–11686. 224 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yunxiang, Nils Theyssen, Bernd Spliethoff, et al.. (2021). Synthetic ferripyrophyllite: preparation, characterization and catalytic application. Dalton Transactions. 50(3). 850–857. 5 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas E. & Walter Leitner. (2015). CO2 Chemistry. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 11. 675–677. 12 indexed citations
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Coetzee, Jacorien, Deborah L. Dodds, Jürgen Klankermayer, et al.. (2013). Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Amides to Amines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(33). 11039–11050. 151 indexed citations
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Peters, Martina, Thomas Müller, & Walter Leitner. (2009). CO₂:From waste to value. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 46–47. 7 indexed citations
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Jessop, Philip G. & Walter Leitner. (1999). Chemical synthesis using supercritical fluids. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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