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Gerard van Koten

Gerard van Koten

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
41380
World Ranking
1510
National Ranking
36

Gerard van Koten publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerard van Koten sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,006 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Gerard van Koten D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerard van Koten sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2003 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Gerard van Koten is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and focuses their research primarily in the field of chemistry, with an emphasis on organic and inorganic chemistry. Their scholarly work spans a range of topics including organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, coordination chemistry, metal complexes synthesis and properties, ferrocene chemistry and applications, radical photochemical reactions, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Throughout their career, van Koten has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Bimetallic complexes that merge metallocene and pincer-metal building blocks: synthesis, stereochemistry and catalytic reactivity, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • Hybrid POCZP Aryl Pincer Metal Complexes and their Catalytic Applications, 2020, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Pincer Chemistry and Catalysis, 2020, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Computational Analysis of Mesomerism in para-Substituted mer-NCN Pincer Platinum(II) Complexes, Including its Relationships with Hammett σp Substituent Parameters, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Replacing the Z-phenyl Ring in Tamoxifen® with a para-Connected NCN Pincer-Pt-Cl Grouping by Post-Modification, 2021, Molecules

Frequent co-authorship has occurred with researchers such as Allan J. Canty, David Morales-Morales, Alireza Ariafard, Hugo Valdés, and Juan Manuel Germán-Acacio. Their work has appeared predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Molecules
  • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Van Koten has also contributed to the literature through book publications, including a work titled Metal-Ligand Co-operativity published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2021.

The research interests of van Koten align with several specialized subfields such as organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, oncology, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and pharmaceutical science.

Among the recognitions they have received, van Koten was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Platinum Group Organometallics Based on “Pincer” Complexes: Sensors, Switches, and Catalysts

    Martin Albrecht;Gerard van Koten

  • Homogeneous Catalysts Based on Silane Dendrimers Functionalized with Arylnickel(II) Complexes

    Joan W. J. Knapen;Alexander W. van der Made;Janine C. de Wilde;Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

  • Organoplatinum crystals for gas-triggered switches

    Martin Albrecht;Martin Lutz;Anthony L. Spek;Gerard van Koten

  • Mononuclear non-heme iron enzymes with the 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad: recent developments in enzymology and modeling studies.

    Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx;Gerard van Koten;Robertus J. M. Klein Gebbink

  • The mechanism of the modified Ullmann reaction

    Elena Sperotto;Gerard P.M. van Klink;Gerard van Koten;Johannes G. de Vries

  • 1,4-Diaza-1,3-butadiene (a-diimine) ligands: their coordination modes and the reactivity of their metal complexes

    G. van Koten;K. Vrieze

  • Fluorous phase separation techniques in catalysis

    Elwin de Wolf;Gerard van Koten;Berth-Jan Deelman

  • A 'Dendritic Effect' in Homogeneous Catalysis with Carbosilane-Supported Arylnickel (II) Catalysts: Observation of Active-Site Proximity Effects in Atom-Transfer Radical Addition

    G. van Koten;A.W. Kleij;R.A. Gossage;R.J.M. Klein Gebbink

  • Organometallic Pincer Chemistry

    Gerard van Koten;David Milstein;Annie Castonguay

  • The Use of Ultra- and Nanofiltration Techniques in Homogeneous Catalyst Recycling

    Harm P. Dijkstra;Gerard P. M. Van Klink;Gerard Van Koten

  • Homogeneous vanadium-based catalysts for the Ziegler–Natta polymerization of α-olefins

    Henk Hagen;Jaap Boersma;Gerard van Koten

  • Mechanisms of d8 organometallic reactions involving electrophiles and intramolecular assistance by nucleophiles

    AJ Canty;G van Koten

  • Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis

    Shinji Murai;H. Alper;R. A. Gossage;V. V. Grushin

  • Diagnostic organometallic and metallodendritic materials for SO2 gas detection: reversible binding of sulfur dioxide to arylplatinum(II) complexes

    Martin Albrecht;Robert A. Gossage;Martin Lutz;Anthony L. Spek

  • Syntheses of 3-amino-2-azetidinones: A literature survey

    Fred H. van der Steen;Gerard van Koten

  • Ligand-Free Copper-Catalyzed C−S Coupling of Aryl Iodides and Thiols

    Elena Sperotto;Gerard P. M. van Klink;Johannes G. de Vries;Gerard van Koten

  • Hydrogen-Transfer Catalysis with Pincer-Aryl Ruthenium(II) Complexes.

    Paulo Dani;Thomas Karlen;Robert A. Gossage;Serafino Gladiali

  • Diaminoarylnickel(II) “Pincer” Complexes: Mechanistic Considerations in the Kharasch Addition Reaction, Controlled Polymerization, and Dendrimeric Transition Metal Catalysts

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  • Metallorganische Pinzetten-Komplexe von Elementen der Platingruppe: Sensoren, Schalter und Katalysatoren

    Martin Albrecht;Gerard van Koten

  • Trans 2,6-bis[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl-N,N,C complexes of Pd(II) and Pt(II). Crystal structure of [PtI(MeC6H3(CH2NMe2)2-o,o)]BF4: A cyclohexadienyl carbonium ion with a s-bonded metal substituent,

    G. van Koten;D.M. Grove;J.N. Louwen;J.G. Noltes

  • Metallasupramolecular architectures, an overview of functional properties and applications

    Catelijne H. M. Amijs;Gerard P. M. van Klink;Gerard van Koten

  • Diaminoarylnickel(II) “Pincer” Complexes: Mechanistic Considerations in the Kharasch Addition Reaction, Controlled Polymerization, and Dendrimeric Transition Metal Catalysts

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony L. Spek
Anthony L. Spek Utrecht University
Martin Lutz
Martin Lutz Utrecht University
David M. Grove
David M. Grove Utrecht University
Jaap Boersma
Jaap Boersma Utrecht University
Kees Vrieze
Kees Vrieze University of Amsterdam
Martin Albrecht
Martin Albrecht University of Bern
Huub Kooijman
Huub Kooijman Utrecht University
Heinrich Lang
Heinrich Lang Chemnitz University of Technology

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