Jan Akkerman

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Netherlands

Active from

1946-12-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

30,298

Total plays

330,995

Jan Akkerman (born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitar virtuoso. In 1973 Akkerman was voted 'Best Guitarist in the World' by the readers of the British music magazine, Melody Maker. Akkerman is best known for his work with Amsterdam-based symphonic rock band Focus, with organ/flute player, Thijs van Leer, as its frontman. Akkerman was born in the heart of Amsterdam, the son of a scrap iron trader. At age five he took guitar lessons and at the age of fourteen his firs

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

   · 2012 · cited 28,469x

2. General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

   · 1993 · cited 19,086x

3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,519x

4. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,410x

5. Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping

   · 2009 · cited 16,553x

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.janakkerman.nl

Image

Jan Akkerman - TopPop 1974 07.png

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