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D-Index
50
Citations
10141
World Ranking
14293
National Ranking
1040

Rolf Appel 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 Rolf Appel sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 408 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rolf Appel 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 Rolf Appel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% 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

  • 1986 - Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal), Society of German Chemists

Overview

Rolf Appel was affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany during their scientific career. Their research spanned several interconnected fields, mainly focusing on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology aspects as well as agricultural and biological sciences and medicine.

Their scientific contributions were notably situated within subfields such as physiology, aquatic science, and reproductive medicine. This interdisciplinary focus was reflected in their work on reproductive biology and its impacts on aquatic species, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and sperm and testicular function.

Among their identified research topics were:

  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Sperm and Testicular Function

Rolf Appel published in the venue Animal Reproduction Science, contributing once to this journal. The documented paper titled "Addition of antioxidant uric acid in extender for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) sperm cryopreservation" appeared in 2025. The paper addressed aspects of sperm preservation in fish species, relevant to both reproductive biology and aquaculture development.

Their frequent co-authors included Vinícius Wagner Silva, Myrian Megumy Tsunokawa Hidalgo, Karine Nicole Siqueira, Laurival A. Vilas-Bôas, and Lucienne Garcia Pretto-Giordano. Each collaboration represented a single joint publication, highlighting a collaborative research network focused on related scientific questions.

During their career, Rolf Appel was recognized with the Liebig-Denkmünze (Liebig Medal) awarded by the Society of German Chemists in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Tertiary Phosphane/Tetrachloromethane, a Versatile Reagent for Chlorination, Dehydration, and P ? N Linkage

    Rolf Appel

  • Tertiäres Phosphan/Tetrachlormethan, ein vielseitiges Reagens zur Chlorierung, Dehydratisierung und PN‐Verknüpfung

    Rolf Appel

  • Phospha‐alkenes and Phospha‐alkynes, Genesis and Properties of the (p‐p)π‐Multiple Bond

    Rolf Appel;Fritz Knoll;Ingo Ruppert

  • Phospha‐alkene und Phospha‐alkine, Genese und Charakteristika ihrer (p‐p)π‐Mehrfachbindung

    Rolf Appel;Fritz Knoll;Ingo Ruppert

  • Novel Nickel- and Palladium-Complexes with Aminobis(imino)phosphorane Ligands for the Polymerization of Ethylene

    Wilhelm Keim;Rolf Appel;Arnold Storeck;Carl Krüger

  • (CH3)3SiCP, ein silylfunktionelles phospha-alkin

    Rolf Appel;Axel Westerhaus

  • New Preparation of Isocyanides

    Rolf Appel;Roland Kleinstück;Klaus-Dieter Ziehn

  • Niederkoordinierte Phosphor‐Verbindungen, 17. Diphosphabutadiene

    Unknown

  • Darstellung silylierter Alkylen‐bisiminophosphorane und ihre Cyclisierung mit Phosphor(V)‐fluoriden

    Unknown

  • Über ein neues Darstellungsverfahren und eine ungewöhnliche Spaltung der Methylenbis(diorganylphosphane) durch Alkalimetalle

    Unknown

  • Das erste phospha-keten , spektroskopischer nachweis und folgereaktionen.

    Rolf Appel;Wilfried Paulen

  • Über die gemeinsame Einwirkung von Phosphinen und Tetrachlorkohlenstoff auf Ammoniak (Derivate), IV. Notiz über eine neue Carbodiimid‐Synthese

    Unknown

  • Neues Verfahren zur Darstellung von Isocyaniden

    Rolf Appel;Roland Kleinstück;Klaus‐Dieter Ziehn

  • The First Organodithioxophosphorane

    Rolf Appel;Falk Knoch;Holger Kunze

  • Ringöffnung durch [3,3]‐Diphospha‐Cope‐Umlagerung

    Rolf Appel;Johannes Hünerbein;Falk Knoch

  • Das erste Organodithioxophosphoran

    Rolf Appel;Falk Knoch;Holger Kunze

  • Niederkoordinierte Phosphorverbindungen, 56 Valenzisomerisierung eines 3,4‐Diphospha‐1,5‐hexadiins zu einem 3,4‐Bis(phosphamethylen)‐1‐cyclobuten

    Rolf Appel;Volker Winkhaus;Falk Knoch

  • Zur Kenntnis des Imins, III. Phosphin‐iminium‐chloride und Triphenylphosphin‐imin

    Unknown

  • Neuartige Nickel- und Palladium-Komplexe mit Aminobis(imino)phosphoran-Liganden zur Polymerisation von Ethylen

    Wilhelm Keim;Rolf Appel;Arnold Storeck;Carl Krüger

  • Ph(Me3Si)CPCl, the First P‐Halofunctionalized Methylenephosphane

    Rolf Appel;Axel Westerhaus

  • The First Stable Phosphaketene

    Rolf Appel;Wilfried Paulen

  • Asymmetric Michael additions via SAMP-/RAMP-hydrazones anti-diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of 3,4-disubstituted 5-oxo-alkanoates

    Dieter Enders;Kyriakos Papadopoulos;Beatrice E.M Rendenbach;Rolf Appel

  • Easy Synthesis of Phosphaalkenes by a Phosphorus‐Analogous Isocyanide Reaction and an Atypical Crystal Structure of a Tetracarbonyl(phosphaalkene)iron Complex

    Rolf Appel;Carl Casser;Michael Immenkeppel;Falk Knoch

  • A New 1,3‐Diphosphaallylnickel Complex for the Polymerization of Ethene

    Wilhelm Keim;Rolf Appel;Stefan Gruppe;Falk Knoch

  • Ph(Me3Si)CPCl, das ersteP-halogenfunktionalisierte Methylenphosphan

    Rolf Appel;Axel Westerhaus

  • Niederkoordinierte Phosphorverbindungen. 58. Synthese und Reaktivität der 2, 4, 6-Tri-tert-butylphenyl (halogenmethylen)phosphane†

    Rolf Appel;Michael Immenkeppel

  • 1,4‐Diphospha‐1,3‐butadiene

    Rolf Appel;Johannes Hünerbein;Nikolaos Siabalis

  • Synthesis of the First Triphosphabutadiene

    Rolf Appel;Bärbel Niemann;Winfried Schuhn;Falk Knoch

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Bock
Hans Bock Goethe University Frankfurt
Wilhelm Keim
Wilhelm Keim RWTH Aachen University
Martin Nieger
Martin Nieger University of Helsinki
Richard Goddard
Richard Goddard Max Planck Society
Gottfried Huttner
Gottfried Huttner Heidelberg University
Günther Maier
Günther Maier University of Giessen
Hans Peter Reisenauer
Hans Peter Reisenauer University of Giessen
Carl Krüger
Carl Krüger Max Planck Society

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