Herbert Meier

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
500 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Herbert Meier is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Meier has authored 500 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 366 papers in Organic Chemistry, 142 papers in Materials Chemistry and 70 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Herbert Meier's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (65 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (58 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (55 papers). Herbert Meier is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (65 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (58 papers) and Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (55 papers). Herbert Meier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Colombia. Herbert Meier's co-authors include Derong Cao, Lingyun Wang, Heinz Kolshorn, Klaus‐Peter Zeller, Matthias Lehmann, Ulf Stalmach, Zu‐Sheng Huang, Yuhui Kou, Dai‐Bin Kuang and Zafar Iqbal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Meier

480 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

A Facile and Efficient Preparation of Pillararenes and a Pillarquinone

2009 619 citations Derong Cao, Yuhui Kou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Conjugated Oligomers with Terminal Donor–Acceptor Substitution

2005 475 citations Herbert Meier Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Effective conjugation length and UV/vis spectra of oligomers

1997 414 citations Herbert Meier, Heinz Kolshorn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert Meier Germany	47	6.2k	4.4k	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	500	10.6k
Chantu R. Saha‐Möller Germany	41	4.9k 0.8×	4.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	766 0.6×	168	10.2k
Tetsuo Osa Japan	45	2.8k 0.5×	3.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	748 0.5×	374	8.7k
Heinrich Lang Germany	53	10.2k 1.6×	3.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.7×	872 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	768	15.8k
Maren Pink United States	60	6.9k 1.1×	4.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	362 0.3×	347	11.8k
Sheshanath V. Bhosale India	43	2.4k 0.4×	4.7k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	300	8.8k
Gianfranco Scorrano Italy	50	5.4k 0.9×	5.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	843 0.5×	449 0.3×	214	9.1k
Nagao Kobayashi Japan	68	5.2k 0.8×	15.0k 3.4×	2.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	940 0.7×	551	18.7k
Daniel T. Gryko Poland	61	5.6k 0.9×	8.9k 2.0×	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	700 0.5×	363	13.4k
Lev N. Zakharov United States	62	8.3k 1.3×	5.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	278 0.2×	381	13.4k
V. Ramamurthy United States	49	5.4k 0.9×	4.6k 1.0×	628 0.3×	2.3k 1.5×	391 0.3×	278	9.9k

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Hua, Tao, Keyi Zhang, Zu‐Sheng Huang, et al.. (2019). Effect of structural engineering of π-spacers on anti-aggregation of D–A–π–A dyes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(33). 10379–10388. 27 indexed citations

Huang, Zu‐Sheng, Tao Hua, Herbert Meier, et al.. (2019). Metal-free organic dyes with di(1-benzothieno)[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole as a donor for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: Effect of mono- and bi-anchors on photovoltaic performance. Dyes and Pigments. 165. 103–111. 29 indexed citations

Cui, Wei, Lingyun Wang, Linxian Xu, et al.. (2018). Fluorescent-Cavity Host: An Efficient Probe to Study Supramolecular Recognition Mechanisms. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(5). 1047–1052. 21 indexed citations

Xu, Linxian, Rongrong Wang, Wei Cui, et al.. (2018). Stronger host–guest binding does not necessarily give brighter particles: a case study on polymeric AIEE-tunable and size-tunable supraspheres. Chemical Communications. 54(67). 9274–9277. 24 indexed citations

Huang, Zu‐Sheng, Herbert Meier, & Derong Cao. (2016). Phenothiazine-based dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 4(13). 2404–2426. 214 indexed citations

Tang, Hao, et al.. (2016). Selective precipitation of alkyl dihalides using a newly synthesized water-soluble bisphosphorylpillar[5]arene. Chemical Communications. 52(52). 8075–8078. 33 indexed citations

Liu, Luzhi, et al.. (2011). Efficient synthesis of copillar[5]arenes and their host–guest properties with dibromoalkanes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(20). 7007–7007. 92 indexed citations

Liu, Wenjie, et al.. (2010). A Dendrimer Chiroptical Switch Based on the Reversible Intramolecular Photoreaction of Anthracene and Benzene Rings. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 5(8). 1896–1901. 4 indexed citations

Meier, Herbert. (2009). Hohe elektrische Leitfähigkeit einzelner Moleküle – eine Herausforderung in der Reihe der konjugierten Oligomere. Angewandte Chemie. 121(22). 3969–3971. 3 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert. (2009). High Electrical Conductance of Single Molecules: A Challenge in the Series of Conjugated Oligomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(22). 3911–3913. 11 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert, et al.. (2007). Preparation of 5‐methyl‐2‐sulfanyl‐7h‐1,3,4‐thiadiazolo[3,2‐a]‐pyrimidin‐7‐ones. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 44(1). 269–271. 5 indexed citations

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Cao, Derong, et al.. (2007). Optical Switching and Antenna Effect of Dendrimers with an Anthracene Core. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(33). 9317–9323. 14 indexed citations

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Desenko, Sergey M., et al.. (2006). Synthesis and tautomerization of 6,7‐dihydro‐(1,2,3)‐triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 43(6). 1563–1567. 6 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert. (2005). Konjugierte Oligomere mit terminaler Donor‐Acceptor‐Substitution. Angewandte Chemie. 117(17). 2536–2561. 99 indexed citations

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Cao, Derong, et al.. (2003). Rearrangement of the carbon skeleton in the intramolecular photoadduct of anthracene and benzene rings. Tetrahedron. 59(28). 5323–5327. 5 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert, et al.. (2002). Oligo(phenylenvinylene) mit terminaler Donor-Acceptor-Substitution. Angewandte Chemie. 114(2). 302–306. 13 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert. (2001). Blau fluoreszierende Exciplexe austrans-Stilben und Antikörpern. Angewandte Chemie. 113(10). 1903–1905. 9 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert. (2001). Blue Fluorescent Exciplexes Consisting oftrans-Stilbene and Antibodies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(10). 1851–1853. 18 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert & Matthias Lehmann. (1998). Stilbenoid Dendrimers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(5). 643–645. 1 indexed citations

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Meier, Herbert, et al.. (1988). Bicyclo[6.1.0]nonine. Chemische Berichte. 121(11). 2013–2018. 12 indexed citations

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