Frank Hoffmann

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Frank Hoffmann is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Hoffmann has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 39 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Frank Hoffmann's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (18 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (17 papers). Frank Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (18 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (17 papers). Frank Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frank Hoffmann's co-authors include Michael Fröba, Maximilian Cornelius, Jürgen Morell, Ursula Rinas, Michael Fischer, G. Wolf, Felix Baitalow, J. Baumann, Edmund Maser and Narendar K. Khatri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Frank Hoffmann

179 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Silica‐Based Mesoporous Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Silica‐Based Mesoporous Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials
    2006 2.7k citations Frank Hoffmann, Michael Fröba et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Hoffmann Germany 44 4.8k 2.6k 1.5k 1.2k 986 191 8.7k
Heather J. Kulik United States 44 4.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 719 0.6× 583 0.6× 220 7.5k
Karen J. Edler United Kingdom 44 2.8k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 991 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 441 0.4× 237 7.5k
Tianbo Liu United States 56 6.5k 1.3× 3.7k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 2.9k 2.5× 514 0.5× 264 10.8k
Chunhua Hu United States 50 3.0k 0.6× 3.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.7k 2.2× 1.1k 1.1× 207 7.9k
Wei Chen China 59 5.9k 1.2× 4.2k 1.6× 613 0.4× 2.3k 2.0× 1.6k 1.6× 359 12.8k
Meng Wang China 54 5.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 446 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 534 0.5× 224 8.8k
Hui Li China 37 2.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 785 0.7× 717 0.7× 242 6.4k
Kunlun Hong United States 52 4.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 820 0.6× 2.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.1× 305 11.2k
U. Müeller Germany 37 3.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.5× 531 0.4× 961 1.0× 105 6.9k
Jun Xu China 51 5.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 482 0.3× 686 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 261 9.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Hoffmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Hoffmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Hoffmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Hoffmann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Hoffmann. Frank Hoffmann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2025). IR Spectroscopic Studies on Water Confined in an Isoreticular MOF Series–Influence of the Metal and Linker Functionality. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(10). 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Huan, Yuanwei Sun, Frank Hoffmann, et al.. (2024). Resolving Multielement Semiconductor Nanocrystals at the Atomic Level: Complete Deciphering of Domains and Order in Complex CuαZnβSnγSeδ (CZTSe) Tetrapods. Nano Letters. 24(7). 2125–2130. 3 indexed citations
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Qayyum, Faisal, V. I. Elagin, M. Kirschner, et al.. (2022). Influence of Non-Metallic Inclusions on Local Deformation and Damage Behavior of Modified 16MnCrS5 Steel. Crystals. 12(2). 281–281. 19 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2021). From the outside to the inside: Elucidation of the mechanism of pseudomorphic transformation of SBA-15 into MCM-41 by following its time-resolved conversion. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 328. 111442–111442. 4 indexed citations
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Prasad, Ram R. R., David B. Cordes, Magdalena M. Łozińska, et al.. (2020). Isoreticular chemistry of scandium analogues of the multicomponent metal–organic framework MIL-142. CrystEngComm. 23(4). 804–812. 12 indexed citations
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Bresien, Jonas, et al.. (2020). Visible‐Light Cascade Photooxygenation of Tetrahydrocarbazoles and Cyclohepta[b]indoles: Access to C,N‐Diacyliminium Ions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(30). 12450–12454. 24 indexed citations
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Bresien, Jonas, et al.. (2020). Visible‐Light Cascade Photooxygenation of Tetrahydrocarbazoles and Cyclohepta[b]indoles: Access to C,N‐Diacyliminium Ions. Angewandte Chemie. 132(30). 12550–12554. 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2019). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Aerobic Tandem Dehydrogenative Povarov/Aromatization Reaction: Synthesis of Isocryptolepines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(1). 269–274. 28 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2019). A new set of metal–organic frameworks synthesised from diisophthalate-based, 2′-phosphorus-substituted m-terphenyl linker molecules. Dalton Transactions. 48(40). 15127–15135. 3 indexed citations
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Prasad, Ram R. R., David B. Cordes, Magdalena M. Łozińska, et al.. (2019). STA-27, a porous Lewis acidic scandium MOF with an unexpected topology type prepared with 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)pyrazine. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(10). 5685–5701. 22 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2018). Visible‐Light Catalytic Photooxygenation of Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids: Access to Spirooxindole‐1,3‐oxazines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(40). 10253–10259. 21 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al.. (2017). A Photoredox‐Induced Stereoselective Dearomative Radical (4+2)‐Cyclization/1,4‐Addition Cascade for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Hexahydro‐1H‐carbazoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(5). 1402–1406. 65 indexed citations
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McCormick, Laura J., Morven J. Duncan, Frank Hoffmann, et al.. (2015). Tuning the nitric oxide release behavior of amino functionalized HKUST-1. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 216. 118–126. 39 indexed citations
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Kumbhar, Avinash S., Anupa A. Kumbhar, Ayesha Khan, et al.. (2015). Copper(ii) mixed-ligand polypyridyl complexes with doxycycline – structures and biological evaluation. Dalton Transactions. 45(7). 3003–3012. 19 indexed citations
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Großmann, Knut, et al.. (2007). Simulationstechnologien für virtuelle Werkzeugmaschinen. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 102(10). 614–619. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Frank, Thomas Wolff, Sergiy Minko, & Manfred Stamm. (2004). Photochemical structuring and fixing of structures in binary polymer brush layers via photodimerization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 282(2). 349–358. 10 indexed citations

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