Alexander Riss

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Alexander Riss is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Riss has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Materials Chemistry, 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexander Riss's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (24 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (20 papers) and Graphene research and applications (16 papers). Alexander Riss is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (24 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (20 papers) and Graphene research and applications (16 papers). Alexander Riss collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Alexander Riss's co-authors include Michael F. Crommie, Hsin‐Zon Tsai, Sebastian Wickenburg, Willi Auwärter, Johannes V. Barth, Aaron J. Bradley, Miguel M. Ugeda, Felix R. Fischer, Dimas G. de Oteyza and Manuela Garnica and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Riss

47 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Exploration of pyrazine-embedded antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons generated by solution and on-surface azomethine ylide homocoupling

2017 782 citations Xiaoye Wang, Marcus Richter et al. Nature Communications profile →
Characterization of collective ground states in single-layer NbSe2

2015 555 citations Miguel M. Ugeda, Aaron J. Bradley et al. profile →
Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions

2013 475 citations Dimas G. de Oteyza, Yen-Chia Chen et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Riss Germany	20	1.7k	1.2k	841	798	388	49	3.1k
Roland Widmer Switzerland	28	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	768 0.9×	676 0.8×	206 0.5×	84	3.1k
André Beyer Germany	32	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	501 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	182 0.5×	119	3.4k
Marek Malac Canada	23	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	681 0.8×	722 0.9×	217 0.6×	142	3.7k
Utkur Mirsaidov Singapore	40	2.3k 1.4×	969 0.8×	581 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	913 2.4×	124	4.4k
Mhairi Gass United Kingdom	29	3.4k 2.0×	1.4k 1.2×	986 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	417 1.1×	66	4.8k
Wei Yu China	35	3.0k 1.8×	3.0k 2.5×	1.2k 1.4×	832 1.0×	372 1.0×	312	5.8k
Niels de Jonge Germany	39	2.6k 1.5×	971 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	624 1.6×	151	5.9k
Tod A. Pascal United States	35	1.3k 0.8×	2.7k 2.2×	668 0.8×	747 0.9×	395 1.0×	90	4.8k
Paul D. Ashby United States	34	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	785 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	173 0.4×	105	3.7k

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Jha, Rajveer, Naohito Tsujii, Alexander Riss, et al.. (2025). High thermoelectric performance of p-type Fe ₂ V _0.8 Mn _0.2 Al Heusler alloy thin films grown on insulating oxide substrates. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 26(1). 2512705–2512705.

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Parzer, Michael, Fabian Garmroudi, Alexander Riss, et al.. (2024). Semiconducting Heusler Compounds beyond the Slater-Pauling Rule. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 5 indexed citations

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Piquero‐Zulaica, Ignacio, Alexander Riss, Biao Yang, et al.. (2024). Deceptive orbital confinement at edges and pores of carbon-based 1D and 2D nanoarchitectures. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1062–1062. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Biao, Alexander Riss, Joachim Reichert, et al.. (2024). On‐Surface Isomerization of Indigo within 1D Coordination Polymers. Angewandte Chemie. 136(15). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Biao, Kaifeng Niu, Nan Cao, et al.. (2023). On‐Surface Synthesis of Polyphenylene Wires Comprising Rigid Aliphatic Bicyclo[1.1.1]Pentane Isolator Units. Angewandte Chemie. 135(19). 3 indexed citations

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Duncan, David A., Paul T. P. Ryan, Reinhard J. Maurer, et al.. (2023). Zinc-Porphine on Coinage Metal Surfaces: Adsorption Configuration and Ligand-Induced Central Atom Displacement. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(15). 7501–7512. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Nan, Biao Yang, Alexander Riss, et al.. (2023). On-surface synthesis of enetriynes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1255–1255. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Nan, Jonas Björk, Zhi Chen, et al.. (2023). The role of aromaticity in the cyclization and polymerization of alkyne-substituted porphyrins on Au(111). Nature Chemistry. 15(12). 1765–1772. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Biao, Kaifeng Niu, Nan Cao, et al.. (2023). On‐Surface Synthesis of Polyphenylene Wires Comprising Rigid Aliphatic Bicyclo[1.1.1]Pentane Isolator Units. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(19). e202218211–e202218211. 5 indexed citations

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Riss, Alexander, Adam Matěj, Alissa Wiengarten, et al.. (2022). On-Surface Synthesis of Square-Type Porphyrin Tetramers with Central Antiaromatic Cyclooctatetraene Moiety. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(2). 967–977. 20 indexed citations

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Liou, Franklin, Hsin‐Zon Tsai, Andrew S. Aikawa, et al.. (2021). Imaging reconfigurable molecular concentration on a graphene field-effect transistor. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations

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Riss, Alexander, Marcus Richter, Alejandro Pérez Paz, et al.. (2020). Polycyclic aromatic chains on metals and insulating layers by repetitive [3+2] cycloadditions. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1490–1490. 26 indexed citations

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Lu, Jiong, Hsin‐Zon Tsai, Sebastian Wickenburg, et al.. (2019). Frustrated supercritical collapse in tunable charge arrays on graphene. Nature Communications. 10(1). 477–477. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoye, Marcus Richter, Yuanqing He, et al.. (2017). Exploration of pyrazine-embedded antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons generated by solution and on-surface azomethine ylide homocoupling. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1948–1948. 782 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riss, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Bifrontal brain abscesses secondary to orbital cellulitis and sinusitis extension. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 9(1). 23–23. 3 indexed citations

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Wickenburg, Sebastian, Jiong Lu, Johannes Lischner, et al.. (2016). Tuning charge and correlation effects for a single molecule on a graphene device. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13553–13553. 84 indexed citations

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Riss, Alexander, Alejandro Pérez Paz, Sebastian Wickenburg, et al.. (2016). Imaging single-molecule reaction intermediates stabilized by surface dissipation and entropy. Nature Chemistry. 8(7). 678–683. 127 indexed citations

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Riss, Alexander, Sebastian Wickenburg, Liang Z. Tan, et al.. (2014). Imaging and Tuning Molecular Levels at the Surface of a Gated Graphene Device. ACS Nano. 8(6). 5395–5401. 36 indexed citations

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Oteyza, Dimas G. de, Yen-Chia Chen, Sebastian Wickenburg, et al.. (2013). Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions. Science. 340(6139). 1434–1437. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riss, Alexander, Thomas Berger, Slavica Stankic, et al.. (2008). Charge Separation in Layered Titanate Nanostructures: Effect of Ion Exchange Induced Morphology Transformation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(8). 1496–1499. 42 indexed citations

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