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D-Index
97
Citations
43688
World Ranking
1437
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110

Gerhard Erker 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 Gerhard Erker sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 973 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerhard Erker 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 Gerhard Erker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 97 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 2003 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gerhard Erker is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Additional subfields include Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

Their work centers on topics such as organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, coordination chemistry and organometallics, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, chemical synthesis and analysis, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis.

Frequent publication venues for Gerhard Erker include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dalton Transactions

Some of the recent papers published by Gerhard Erker are:

  • Formation and Cycloaddition Reactions of a Reactive Boraalkene Stabilized Internally by N-Heterocyclic Carbene, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Reductive Cleavage of the CO Molecule by a Reactive Vicinal Frustrated PH/BH Lewis Pair, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The [(NHC)B(H)C6F5]+ Cations and Their [B](H)−CO Borane Carbonyls, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Alkyne 1,1-Hydroboration to a Reactive Frustrated P/B-H Lewis Pair, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Reactions of an anionic chelate phosphane/borata-alkene ligand with [Rh(nbd)Cl]2, [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 and [Ir(cod)Cl]2, 2020, Chemical Science

Gerhard Erker has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Gerald Kehr
  • Constantin G. Daniliuc
  • Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
  • Chaohuang Chen
  • Jun Li

Throughout their career, Erker has received several distinctions. These include becoming a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2020, membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011 with a focus on Chemistry, and membership in Academia Europaea since 2003.

Best Publications

  • Frustrated Lewis pairs: metal-free hydrogen activation and more.

    Douglas W. Stephan;Gerhard Erker

  • Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry: development and perspectives.

    Douglas W. Stephan;Gerhard Erker

  • Reversible Metal-Free Carbon Dioxide Binding by Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Cornelia M. Mömming;Edwin Otten;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich

  • Metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of enamines, imines, and conjugated phosphinoalkenylboranes.

    Patrick Spies;Sina Schwendemann;Stefanie Lange;Gerald Kehr

  • Frustrierte Lewis‐Paare: metallfreie Wasserstoffaktivierung und mehr

    Douglas W. Stephan;Gerhard Erker

  • The Mechanism of Dihydrogen Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs Revisited

    Stefan Grimme;Holger Kruse;Lars Goerigk;Gerhard Erker

  • Rapid intramolecular heterolytic dihydrogen activation by a four-membered heterocyclic phosphane-borane adduct.

    Patrick Spies;Gerhard Erker;Gerald Kehr;Klaus Bergander

  • Lewis Acid Properties of Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. Structure and Bonding in L−B(C6F5)3 Complexes⊥

    Heiko Jacobsen;Heinz Berke;Steve Döring;Gerald Kehr

  • Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: a special boron Lewis acid for special reactions

    Gerhard Erker

  • Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur oxides

    Douglas W. Stephan;Gerhard Erker

  • Chemie frustrierter Lewis‐Paare: Entwicklung und Perspektiven

    Douglas W. Stephan;Gerhard Erker

  • Linear Alkane Polymerization on a Gold Surface

    Dingyong Zhong;Jörn-Holger Franke;Santhosh Kumar Podiyanachari;Tobias Blömker

  • Heterolytic dihydrogen activation with the 1,8-bis(diphenylphosphino)naphthalene/B(C6F5)3 pair and its application for metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of silyl enol ethers

    Huadong Wang;Roland Fröhlich;Gerald Kehr;Gerhard Erker

  • Reactions of an Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pair with Unsaturated Substrates: Evidence for a Concerted Olefin Addition Reaction

    Cornelia M Mömming;Silke Frömel;Gerald Kehr;Roland Fröhlich

  • Compounds Containing Planar‐Tetracoordinate Carbon

    Dirk Röttger;Gerhard Erker

  • Synthesis, structure, and equilibration of s-cis- and s-trans- .eta.4-conjugated diene-zirconocene complexes

    Gerhard Erker;Joachim Wicher;Klaus Engel;Frank Rosenfeldt

  • The role of torsional isomers of planarly chiral nonbridged bis(indenyl)metal type complexes in stereoselective propene polymerization

    Gerhard Erker;Michael Aulbach;Markus Knickmeier;Doris Wingbermuehle

  • Carbonylation of zirconocene complexes

    Gerhard Erker

  • The Remarkable Features of (η4-Conjugated Diene)zirconocene and -hafnocene Complexes

    Gerhard Erker;Carl Krüger;Gerhard Müller

  • 1,1-Carboboration

    Gerald Kehr;Gerhard Erker

  • The reaction of intermediate zirconocene-aryne complexes with CH bonds in the thermolysis of diarylzirconocenes

    Gerhard Erker

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Kehr
Gerald Kehr University of Münster
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Carl Krüger
Carl Krüger Max Planck Society
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Douglas W. Stephan
Douglas W. Stephan University of Toronto
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld University of Münster
Jeffrey L. Petersen
Jeffrey L. Petersen West Virginia University
Klaus Bergander
Klaus Bergander University of Münster

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