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Robert Kaptein 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 Robert Kaptein sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 482 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Kaptein 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 Robert Kaptein sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Robert Kaptein is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, and Biophysics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography, and Electron Spin Resonance Studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Genetic switching by the Lac repressor is based on two-state Monod-Wyman-Changeux allostery, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A tribute to Renad Sagdeev and his role in spin chemistry and hyperpolarization, 2021, Russian Chemical Bulletin
  • Issue Information, 2021, Biopolymers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert Kaptein include Julija Romanuka, Gert E. Folkers, Manuel Gnida, Lidija Kovačič, and Hans Wienk.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Russian Chemical Bulletin, and Biopolymers.

Robert Kaptein is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • AQUA and PROCHECK-NMR: programs for checking the quality of protein structures solved by NMR

    R A Laskowski;J A Rullmannn;M W MacArthur;R Kaptein

  • Solution structure of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain

    Torleif Härd;Edwin Kellenbach;Rolf Boelens;Bonnie A. Maler

  • The Nisin-Lipid II Complex Reveals a Pyrophosphate Cage that Provides a Blueprint for Novel Antibiotics

    Shang-Te D Hsu;Eefjan Breukink;Eugene Tischenko;Mandy A G Lutters

  • Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids

    John L. Markley;Ad Bax;Yoji Arata;C. W. Hilbers

  • Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids. IUPAC-IUBMB-IUPAB Inter-Union Task Group on the Standardization of Data Bases of Protein and Nucleic Acid Structures Determined by NMR Spectroscopy.

    John L. Markley;Ad Bax;Yoji Arata;C. W. Hilbers

  • Structure and Flexibility Adaptation in Nonspecific and Specific Protein-DNA Complexes

    Charalampos G. Kalodimos;Nikolaos Biris;Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin;Marc M. Levandoski

  • Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)

    John L. Markley;Ad Bax;Yoji Arata;C. W. Hilbers

  • A protein structure from nuclear magnetic resonance data. Lac Repressor headpiece

    R. Kaptein;E.R.P. Zuiderweg;R.M. Scheek;R. Boelens

  • Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization II : (Relation with anomalous ESR spectra)

    R. Kaptein;J.L. Oosterhoff

  • Proton-decoupled NMR. Spectra of carbon-13 With the nuclear overhauser effect suppressed

    R Freeman;H.D.W Hill;R Kaptein

  • Simple rules for chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization

    R. Kaptein

  • RECOORD: A recalculated coordinate database of 500+ proteins from the PDB using restraints from the BioMagResBank

    Aart J. Nederveen;Jurgen F. Doreleijers;Wim Vranken;Zachary Miller

  • Thiol ester-linked p-coumaric acid as a new photoactive prosthetic group in a protein with rhodopsin-like photochemistry

    W. D. Hoff;P. Dux;K. Hard;B. Devreese

  • Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization. VIII. Spin dynamics and diffusion of radical pairs

    R. Kaptein

  • The DNA-binding domain of HIV-1 integrase has an SH3-like fold.

    Astrid P.A.M. Eijkelenboom;Ramon A. Puras Lutzke;Rolf Boelens;Ronald H.A. Plasterk

  • Iterative procedure for structure determination from proton-proton NOEs using a full relaxation matrix approach. Application to a DNA octamer

    R Boelens;T.M.G Koning;G.A van der Marel;J.H van Boom

  • Determination of biomolecular structures from proton-proton NOE's using a relaxation matrix approach

    R. Boelens;T.M.G. Koning;R. Kaptein

  • SEQUENTIAL RESONANCE ASSIGNMENTS IN H-1-NMR SPECTRA OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL NMR-SPECTROSCOPY

    R. M. Scheek;R. Boelens;N. Russo;J. H. Van Boom

  • Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization III (anomalous multiplets of radical coupling and disproportionation products)

    R. Kaptein;L.J. Oosterhoff

  • Affinity selective isolation of ligands from peptide libraries through display on a lac repressor "headpiece dimer".

    Christian M. Gates;Willem P.C. Stemmer;Robert Kaptein;Peter J. Schatz

  • SEQUENTIAL RESONANCE ASSIGNMENTS IN DNA H-1-NMR SPECTRA BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL NOE SPECTROSCOPY

    Ruud Scheek;N Russo;R Boelens;R Kaptein

  • Protein structures from NMR.

    R Kaptein;R Boelens;R M Scheek;W F van Gunsteren

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Boelens
Rolf Boelens Utrecht University
Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin
Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin Utrecht University
Geerten W. Vuister
Geerten W. Vuister University of Leicester
J. H. Van Boom
J. H. Van Boom Leiden University
Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart
Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart Utrecht University
Klaas J. Hellingwerf
Klaas J. Hellingwerf University of Amsterdam
Keith S. Wilson
Keith S. Wilson University of York
P. J. Hore
P. J. Hore University of Oxford
G. A. Van Der Marel
G. A. Van Der Marel Leiden University
Hans-Joachim Gabius
Hans-Joachim Gabius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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