Holger Ruland

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Holger Ruland is a scholar working on Catalysis, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Holger Ruland has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Catalysis, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Holger Ruland's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (13 papers). Holger Ruland is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (13 papers). Holger Ruland collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Japan and China. Holger Ruland's co-authors include Robert Schlögl, Martin Muhler, Nuria Sánchez‐Bastardo, Daniel Laudenschleger, Huiqing Song, Stefan Kaluza, Philipp Weide, Wei Xia, Johan Anton and Ly May Chew and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Holger Ruland

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Methane Pyrolysis for Zero-Emission Hydrogen Production: ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Methane Pyrolysis for Zero-Emission Hydrogen Production: A Potential Bridge Technology from Fossil Fuels to a Renewable and Sustainable Hydrogen Economy
    2021 366 citations Nuria Sánchez‐Bastardo, Robert Schlögl et al. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research profile →

Peers

Holger Ruland
D. Chester Upham United States
Daniel R. Palo United States
Sharif F. Zaman Saudi Arabia
A.A. Abdulrasheed Nigeria
Antonio Vita Italy
Luis F. Bobadilla Spain
Melis S. Duyar United Kingdom
Salvatore Abate Italy
M.Y.S. Hamid Malaysia
Robert Güttel Germany
D. Chester Upham United States
Holger Ruland
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Raucci, Umberto, et al.. (2026). Theory meets experiment in ammonia decomposition on Li14Cr2N8O: From order to disorder under reaction conditions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 164(1).
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Blume, Raoul, Kassiogé Dembélé, Maxime Boniface, et al.. (2025). Decoding technical multi-promoted ammonia synthesis catalysts. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7820–7820.
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Ruland, Holger, et al.. (2024). Concentration Fluctuations in Steel Mill Gases: Analytics as Key to Develop Steel Off‐Gas Purification. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 96(9). 1209–1217. 2 indexed citations
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Hojamberdiev, Mirabbos, Thomas Bredow, Kunio Yubuta, et al.. (2024). Revisiting Ordered Antifluorite-Type Li14Cr2N8O: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Theoretical Perspectives, and Catalytic Activity for Ammonia Decomposition. Chemistry of Materials. 36(19). 9980–9990. 2 indexed citations
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Nestler, Florian, et al.. (2024). Methanol Synthesis from Sustainable Feedstocks – A Quantitative Side Product Analysis. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 96(9). 1166–1176. 2 indexed citations
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Ristig, Simon, et al.. (2023). Challenges in Laboratory Catalytic Testing for Ammonia Decomposition under Industrially Relevant Conditions. Energy Technology. 12(2). 7 indexed citations
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Dembélé, Kassiogé, et al.. (2023). Fe3Mo3N: Crystal Structure, High‐Temperature Behavior, and Catalytic Activity for Ammonia Decomposition. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 649(20). 4 indexed citations
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Ristig, Simon, Zongkun Chen, Nuria Sánchez‐Bastardo, et al.. (2022). Ammonia Decomposition in the Process Chain for a Renewable Hydrogen Supply. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 94(10). 1413–1425. 71 indexed citations
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Kube, Pierre, Jinhu Dong, Holger Ruland, et al.. (2022). Green synthesis of propylene oxide directly from propane. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7504–7504. 24 indexed citations
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Schlögl, Robert, et al.. (2022). The potential of NO+ and O2+• in switchable reagent ion proton transfer reaction time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 42(5). 1688–1726. 11 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yunxiang, Nils Theyssen, Bernd Spliethoff, et al.. (2021). Synthetic ferripyrophyllite: preparation, characterization and catalytic application. Dalton Transactions. 50(3). 850–857. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zigeng, Frank Girgsdies, Holger Ruland, et al.. (2021). Ultrathin 2D Fe-Nanosheets Stabilized by 2D Mesoporous Silica: Synthesis and Application in Ammonia Synthesis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(25). 30187–30197. 6 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Bastardo, Nuria, Robert Schlögl, & Holger Ruland. (2021). Response to Comment on “Methane Pyrolysis for Zero-Emission Hydrogen Production: A Potential Bridge Technology from Fossil Fuels to a Renewable and Sustainable Hydrogen Economy”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(48). 17795–17796. 3 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Bastardo, Nuria, Robert Schlögl, & Holger Ruland. (2021). Methane Pyrolysis for Zero-Emission Hydrogen Production: A Potential Bridge Technology from Fossil Fuels to a Renewable and Sustainable Hydrogen Economy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(32). 11855–11881. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laudenschleger, Daniel, Holger Ruland, & Martin Muhler. (2020). Identifying the nature of the active sites in methanol synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3898–3898. 154 indexed citations
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Lunkenbein, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Elucidation of artefacts in proton transfer reaction time‐of‐flight mass spectrometers. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 54(12). 987–1002. 7 indexed citations
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Song, Huiqing, et al.. (2017). The effect of the thermal pretreatment on the performance of ZnO/Cr 2 O 3 catalysts applied in high-temperature methanol synthesis. Molecular Catalysis. 451. 76–86. 14 indexed citations
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Anton, Johan, et al.. (2016). CO Hydrogenation to Higher Alcohols over Cu–Co-Based Catalysts Derived from Hydrotalcite-Type Precursors. Topics in Catalysis. 59(15-16). 1361–1370. 15 indexed citations
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Reichenberger, Sven, Sheng Chu, Philipp Weide, et al.. (2015). The effect of the Au loading on the liquid-phase aerobic oxidation of ethanol over Au/TiO2 catalysts prepared by pulsed laser ablation. Journal of Catalysis. 330. 497–506. 54 indexed citations
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Behrens, Malte, Igor Kasatkin, Felix Hermerschmidt, et al.. (2011). Knowledge-based development of a nitrate-free synthesis route for Cu/ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts via formate precursors. Chemical Communications. 47(6). 1701–1701. 55 indexed citations

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