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Jürgen Klankermayer

Jürgen Klankermayer

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
9663
World Ranking
16281
National Ranking
1185

Jürgen Klankermayer 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 Jürgen Klankermayer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 136 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jürgen Klankermayer 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 Jürgen Klankermayer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jürgen Klankermayer is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has a research focus spanning multiple fields related to chemistry and environmental science. Their work frequently addresses the challenges of plastic waste recycling, catalysis, and sustainable chemical processes.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes - the environmental potential of chemical recycling (2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling)
  • Efficient Plastic Waste Recycling to Value-Added Products by Integrated Biomass Processing (2020, ChemSusChem)
  • Chemical recycling of bioplastics: technical opportunities to preserve chemical functionality as path towards a circular economy (2022, Green Chemistry)
  • Structurally Versatile Ligand System for the Ruthenium Catalyzed One-Pot Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities: EU Horizon 2020 project MIX-UP started January 2020 (2021, Environmental Sciences Europe)

Jürgen Klankermayer collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including Andreas Jupke, Ole Osterthun, Lars M. Blank, Dörte Rother, and Jan Wiesenthal. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work within their research scope.

Publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • ChemSusChem
  • Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • ChemCatChem
  • Green Chemistry
  • Communications Chemistry

Their research fields cover subfields including Molecular Biology, Process Chemistry and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Biomaterials. This interdisciplinary background supports investigations into chemical processes as well as biological and materials sciences.

Key topics of publication and study notably include:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Best Publications

  • Selective Catalytic Synthesis Using the Combination of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen: Catalytic Chess at the Interface of Energy and Chemistry

    Jürgen Klankermayer;Sebastian Wesselbaum;Kassem Beydoun;Walter Leitner;Walter Leitner

  • Selective and flexible transformation of biomass-derived platform chemicals by a multifunctional catalytic system

    Frank M. A. Geilen;Barthel Engendahl;Andreas Harwardt;Wolfgang Marquardt

  • Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol by Using a Homogeneous Ruthenium–Phosphine Catalyst

    Sebastian Wesselbaum;Thorsten vom Stein;Jürgen Klankermayer;Walter Leitner;Walter Leitner

  • Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol using a homogeneous ruthenium–Triphos catalyst : from mechanistic investigations to multiphase catalysis

    Sebastian Wesselbaum;Verena Moha;Markus Meuresch;Sandra Brosinski

  • Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes – the environmental potential of chemical recycling

    Raoul Meys;Felicitas Frick;Stefan Westhues;André Sternberg

  • Molecular catalyst systems as key enablers for tailored polyesters and polycarbonate recycling concepts.

    Stefan Westhues;Jasmine Idel;Jürgen Klankermayer

  • Enantioselective Hydrogenation with Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Dianjun Chen;Yutian Wang;Jürgen Klankermayer

  • Advanced Biofuels and Beyond: Chemistry Solutions for Propulsion and Production.

    Walter Leitner;Jürgen Klankermayer;Stefan Pischinger;Heinz Pitsch

  • Highly Versatile Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carboxylic and Carbonic Acid Derivatives using a Ru-Triphos Complex: Molecular Control over Selectivity and Substrate Scope

    Thorsten vom Stein;Markus Meuresch;Dominik Limper;Marc Schmitz

  • Cleaner production of cleaner fuels: wind-to-wheel – environmental assessment of CO2-based oxymethylene ether as a drop-in fuel

    Sarah Deutz;Dominik Bongartz;Benedikt Heuser;Arne Kätelhön

  • Selective homogeneous hydrogenation of biogenic carboxylic acids with [Ru(TriPhos)H]+: a mechanistic study.

    Frank M A Geilen;Barthel Engendahl;Markus Hölscher;Jürgen Klankermayer

  • Carbon Dioxide as a C1 Building Block for the Formation of Carboxylic Acids by Formal Catalytic Hydrocarboxylation

    Thomas G. Ostapowicz;Marc Schmitz;Monika Krystof;Jürgen Klankermayer

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed direct methylation of primary and secondary aromatic amines using carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen.

    Kassem Beydoun;Thorsten vom Stein;Jürgen Klankermayer;Walter Leitner;Walter Leitner

  • Highly enantioselective aza-Baylis-Hillman reaction in a chiral reaction medium.

    Rolf Gausepohl;Pascal Buskens;Jochen Kleinen;Angelika Bruckmann

  • Ruthenium‐Catalyzed C ? C Bond Cleavage in Lignin Model Substrates

    Thorsten vom Stein;Tim den Hartog;Julien Buendia;Spas Stoychev

  • Selektive katalytische Synthesen mit Kohlendioxid und Wasserstoff: Katalyse‐Schach an der Nahtstelle zwischen Energie und Chemie

    Jürgen Klankermayer;Sebastian Wesselbaum;Kassem Beydoun;Walter Leitner;Walter Leitner

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Dialkoxymethane Ethers Utilizing Carbon Dioxide and Molecular Hydrogen.

    Katharina Thenert;Kassem Beydoun;Jan Wiesenthal;Walter Leitner;Walter Leitner

  • Enantioselective Hydrosilylation with Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs

    Dianjun Chen;Valeri Leich;Fangfang Pan;Jürgen Klankermayer

  • Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Amides to Amines

    Jacorien Coetzee;Deborah L. Dodds;Jürgen Klankermayer;Sandra Brosinski

  • Love at second sight for CO2 and H2 in organic synthesis

    Jürgen Klankermayer;Walter Leitner

  • Bifunctional Activation and Racemization in the Catalytic Asymmetric Aza-Baylis−Hillman Reaction

    Pascal Buskens;Jürgen Klankermayer;Walter Leitner

  • Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Reductive Methylation of Imines Using Carbon Dioxide and Molecular Hydrogen

    Kassem Beydoun;Ghazi Ghattas;Katharina Thenert;Jürgen Klankermayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Leitner
Walter Leitner Max Planck Society
André Bardow
André Bardow ETH Zurich
Alexander Mitsos
Alexander Mitsos RWTH Aachen University
Stefan Pischinger
Stefan Pischinger RWTH Aachen University
Heinz Pitsch
Heinz Pitsch RWTH Aachen University
Christian W. Lehmann
Christian W. Lehmann Max Planck Society
Regina Palkovits
Regina Palkovits RWTH Aachen University
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus Bielefeld University
Bernhard Blümich
Bernhard Blümich RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich Schwaneberg
Ulrich Schwaneberg RWTH Aachen University

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