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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
90
Citations
26307
World Ranking
2092
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

J.W. de Leeuw is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Rheumatology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Plant Science also features among their research areas.

The scientist's research topics focus largely on pelvic floor disorders treatments and pregnancy-related medical research. Other notable areas of study include maternal and perinatal health interventions, pelvic and acetabular injuries, anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, plant surface properties and treatments, and postharvest quality and shelf life management.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by J.W. de Leeuw include:

  • Forceps and vacuum: one goal, two entities, 2021, International Urogynecology Journal
  • Leaf cuticle analyses: implications for the existence of cutan/non-ester cutin and its biosynthetic origin, 2020, Annals of Botany

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

  • Jeroen van Bavel
  • Anita C.J. Ravelli
  • Ben W. Mol
  • Klaas G.J. Nierop
  • J. Oliver Daly

Their work has appeared in several recurring publication venues, demonstrating a consistent contribution to the literature in obstetrics, gynecology, and related fields. These venues include:

  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Annals of Botany
  • International Urogynecology Journal
  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Best Publications

  • Evidence for gammacerane as an indicator of water column stratification

    J.S. Sinninghe Damsté;F. Kenig;M.P. Koopmans;J. Koster

  • Restricted utility of the pristane/phytane ratio as a palaeoenvironmental indicator

    H. L. ten Haven;J. W. de Leeuw;J. Rullkötter;J. S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • A reappraisal of kerogen formation

    E.W Tegelaar;J.W de Leeuw;S Derenne;C Largeau

  • A Review of Macromolecular Organic Compounds That Comprise Living Organisms and Their Role in Kerogen, Coal, and Petroleum Formation

    J. W. De Leeuw;C. Largeau

  • Tocopherols as likely precursors of pristane in ancient sediments and crude oils

    H. Goossens;J. W. de Leeuw;P. A. Schenck;S. C. Brassell

  • Analysis, structure and geochemical significance of organically-bound sulphur in the geosphere : state of the art and future research

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste;Jan W. De Leeuw

  • Black Sea sterol—a molecular fossil for dinoflagellate blooms

    Jaap J. Boon;W. Irene C. Rijpstra;Frits De Lange;J. W. De Leeuw

  • Application of biological markers in the recognition of palaeohypersaline environments

    H. L. ten Haven;J. W. de Leeuw;J. S. Sinninghe Damsté;P. A. Schenck

  • Lignin pyrolysis products: Their structures and their significance as biomarkers

    Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez;J. W. de Leeuw

  • A 6,000-year sedimentary molecular record of chemocline excursions in the Black Sea.

    J. S. Sinninghe Damste;S. G. Wakeham;M. E. L. Kohnen;M. E. L. Kohnen;J. M. Hayes

  • Organic geochemical studies of a Messinian evaporitic basin, northern Apennines (Italy) I: Hydrocarbon biological markers for a hypersaline environment

    H.L. Ten Haven;J.W. De Leeuw;P.A. Schenck

  • A cadinene biopolymer in fossil and extant dammar resins as a source for cadinanes and bicadinanes in crude oils from South East Asia

    B.G.K. Van Aarssen;H.C. Cox;P. Hoogendoorn;J.W. De Leeuw

  • Organic sulphur in macromolecular sedimentary organic matter: I. Structure and origin of sulphur-containing moieties in kerogen, asphaltenes and coal as revealed by flash pyrolysis

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Timothy I. Eglinton;Jan W. De Leeuw;P.A. Schenck

  • A new non-saponifiable highly aliphatic and resistant biopolymer in plant cuticles

    M. Nip;E. W. Tegelaar;J. W. de Leeuw;P. A. Schenck

  • Analysis of modern and fossil plant cuticles by Curie point Py-GC and Curie point Py-GC-MS: Recognition of a new, highly aliphatic and resistant biopolymer

    M. Nip;E.W. Tegelaar;H. Brinkhuis;J.W. De Leeuw

  • Chemical characterization of soil organic matter fractions by analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez;J. W. de Leeuw

  • Origin of organic sulphur compounds and sulphur-containing high molecular weight substances in sediments and immature crude oils

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;W. Irene;C. Rijpstra;Jan W. de Leeuw

  • Ether lipids of planktonic archaea in the marine water column

    M. J. L. Hoefs;S. Schouten;J. W. De Leeuw;L. L. King

  • Distribution of aliphatic, nonhydrolyzable biopolymers in marine microalgae

    F Gelin;J.K Volkman;C Largeau;S Derenne

  • Sedimentary organic matter: Organic facies and palynofacies

    C. Largeau;J.W. De Leeuw

Frequent Co-Authors

P.A. Schenck
P.A. Schenck Delft University of Technology
Jaap J. Boon
Jaap J. Boon Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté Utrecht University
Marianne Baas
Marianne Baas Delft University of Technology
Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez
Cesáreo Sáiz-Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
Claude Largeau
Claude Largeau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Margaret E. Collinson
Margaret E. Collinson Royal Holloway University of London
Sylvie Derenne
Sylvie Derenne Université Paris Cité
John M. Hayes
John M. Hayes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James R. Maxwell
James R. Maxwell University of Bristol

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