Jörg Wrachtrup

45.8k total citations · 18 hit papers
347 papers, 30.8k citations indexed

About

Jörg Wrachtrup is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Wrachtrup has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 30.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Materials Chemistry, 233 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jörg Wrachtrup's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (233 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (69 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (67 papers). Jörg Wrachtrup is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (233 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (69 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (67 papers). Jörg Wrachtrup collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Jörg Wrachtrup's co-authors include Fedor Jelezko, Philipp Neumann, Philip Hemmer, Achim D. Gruber, Gopalakrishnan Balasubramanian, T. Gaebel, Roman Kolesov, Jan Meijer, C. Tietz and I. Popa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Wrachtrup

330 papers receiving 30.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoscale imaging magneto... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2008 2009 1997 2006 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. Nanoscale imaging magnetometry with diamond spins under ambient conditions
    2008 1.4k citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. profile →
  2. Ultralong spin coherence time in isotopically engineered diamond
    2009 1.4k citations Philipp Neumann, Junichi Isoya et al. profile →
  3. Scanning Confocal Optical Microscopy and Magnetic Resonance on Single Defect Centers
    1997 1.3k citations Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Science profile →
  4. Coherent Dynamics of Coupled Electron and Nuclear Spin Qubits in Diamond
    2006 931 citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Science profile →
  5. Electric-field sensing using single diamond spins
    2011 910 citations Friedemann Reinhard, Fedor Jelezko et al. profile →
  6. Observation of Coherent Oscillations in a Single Electron Spin
    2004 742 citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Quantum technologies with optically interfaced solid-state spins
    2018 681 citations Jörg Wrachtrup et al. profile →
  8. Single defect centres in diamond: A review
    2006 653 citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup profile →
  9. Multipartite Entanglement Among Single Spins in Diamond
    2008 565 citations Philipp Neumann, Fedor Jelezko et al. Science profile →
  10. Observation of Coherent Oscillation of a Single Nuclear Spin and Realization of a Two-Qubit Conditional Quantum Gate
    2004 544 citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. High-Precision Nanoscale Temperature Sensing Using Single Defects in Diamond
    2013 544 citations Philipp Neumann, Hitoshi Sumiya et al. Nano Letters profile →
  12. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on a (5-Nanometer) 3 Sample Volume
    2013 537 citations Fazhan Shi, Jiangfeng Du et al. Science profile →
  13. Material platforms for spin-based photonic quantum technologies
    2018 497 citations Sang‐Yun Lee, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. profile →
  14. Coherent control of single spins in silicon carbide at room temperature
    2014 474 citations Matthias Widmann, Sang‐Yun Lee et al. profile →
  15. Strong Coupling of a Spin Ensemble to a Superconducting Resonator
    2010 457 citations Fedor Jelezko, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. Single-Shot Readout of a Single Nuclear Spin
    2010 449 citations Philipp Neumann, Jörg Wrachtrup et al. Science profile →
  17. Quantum error correction in a solid-state hybrid spin register
    2014 405 citations Takeshi Ohshima, Junichi Isoya et al. profile →
  18. Direct visualization of magnetic domains and moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets
    2021 240 citations Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörg Wrachtrup Germany 85 22.1k 18.2k 7.0k 6.1k 4.3k 347 30.8k
Fedor Jelezko Germany 88 21.6k 1.0× 20.4k 1.1× 6.2k 0.9× 6.6k 1.1× 6.4k 1.5× 357 32.6k
Philip Hemmer United States 51 9.6k 0.4× 12.1k 0.7× 3.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 176 17.9k
Ronald L. Walsworth United States 62 8.5k 0.4× 12.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 3.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 234 17.8k
D. D. Awschalom United States 92 21.2k 1.0× 30.4k 1.7× 14.8k 2.1× 1.7k 0.3× 4.7k 1.1× 343 44.4k
Amir Yacoby United States 73 10.0k 0.5× 17.8k 1.0× 6.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.3× 3.5k 0.8× 192 21.9k
Daniel J. Twitchen United Kingdom 57 9.4k 0.4× 7.7k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 3.2k 0.7× 158 13.9k
Junichi Isoya Japan 50 6.5k 0.3× 5.6k 0.3× 3.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 196 10.3k
Matthew Markham United Kingdom 46 6.5k 0.3× 7.7k 0.4× 2.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.3× 3.4k 0.8× 109 10.9k
Philipp Neumann Germany 43 6.5k 0.3× 6.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.3× 2.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 68 9.1k
Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg Australia 54 5.0k 0.2× 9.3k 0.5× 4.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.2× 3.8k 0.9× 295 13.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sawodny, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Adaptive modelling and filtering of periodic signals with non-stationary fundamental frequency. European Journal of Control. 86. 101333–101333.
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Taniguchi, Takashi, Kenji Watanabe, Ruoming Peng, et al.. (2025). Probing Vortex Dynamics in 2D Superconductors with Scanning Quantum Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 135(12). 126001–126001.
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Richter, Gunther, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale Mapping of Magnetic Auto-Oscillations with a Single Spin Sensor. Nano Letters. 25(5). 1917–1924. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yiran, H. Chow, Kwing To Lai, et al.. (2025). Studying critical parameters of superconductor via diamond quantum sensors. New Journal of Physics. 27(2). 23013–23013. 1 indexed citations
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Bian, Ke, Wentian Zheng, Shichen Zhang, et al.. (2024). A scanning probe microscope compatible with quantum sensing at ambient conditions. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(5). 2 indexed citations
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Stöhr, Rainer, Andrej Denisenko, Ulrich Vogl, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional imaging of integrated-circuit activity using quantum defects in diamond. Physical Review Applied. 21(1). 23 indexed citations
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Xu, Feng, Kai Zhang, Jiahua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Widefield Diamond Quantum Sensing with Neuromorphic Vision Sensors. Advanced Science. 11(2). e2304355–e2304355. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Kwing To, et al.. (2022). Microscopic Study of Optically Stable Coherent Color Centers in Diamond Generated by High-Temperature Annealing. Physical Review Applied. 18(2). 9 indexed citations
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Umeda, T., Kenji Watanabe, Hitoshi Sumiya, et al.. (2022). Negatively charged boron vacancy center in diamond. Physical review. B.. 105(16). 6 indexed citations
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Vorobyov, Vadim, Ping Wang, Boris Yavkin, et al.. (2022). Quantum nonlinear spectroscopy of single nuclear spins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5318–5318. 14 indexed citations
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Lee, Jung‐Hyun, Hojoong Jung, Sang-Wook Han, et al.. (2020). Bright Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Inverted Nanocones. ACS Photonics. 7(10). 2739–2747. 26 indexed citations
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Chen, Y.-C., Patrick S. Salter, Matthias Niethammer, et al.. (2019). Laser Writing of Scalable Single Color Centers in Silicon Carbide. Nano Letters. 19(4). 2377–2383. 86 indexed citations
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Widmann, Matthias, Matthias Niethammer, Dmitry Yu. Fedyanin, et al.. (2019). Electrical Charge State Manipulation of Single Silicon Vacancies in a Silicon Carbide Quantum Optoelectronic Device. Nano Letters. 19(10). 7173–7180. 64 indexed citations
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Nagy, Roland, Matthias Niethammer, Matthias Widmann, et al.. (2019). High-fidelity spin and optical control of single silicon-vacancy centres in silicon carbide. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1954–1954. 186 indexed citations
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Momenzadeh, Sirous, et al.. (2019). Spin–Phonon Interfaces in Coupled Nanomechanical Cantilevers. Nano Letters. 20(1). 463–469. 15 indexed citations
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Vávra, Jan, Ivan Řehoř, Torsten Rendler, et al.. (2018). Supported Lipid Bilayers on Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: A Structurally Defined and Versatile Coating for Bioapplications. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(45). 21 indexed citations
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Striebel, Maren, Jörg Wrachtrup, & Ilja Gerhardt. (2017). Absorption and Extinction Cross Sections and Photon Streamlines in the Optical Near-field. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15420–15420. 16 indexed citations
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Pfender, Matthias, Nabeel Aslam, Hitoshi Sumiya, et al.. (2017). Nonvolatile nuclear spin memory enables sensor-unlimited nanoscale spectroscopy of small spin clusters. Nature Communications. 8(1). 834–834. 58 indexed citations
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Shi, Fazhan, Qi Zhang, Pengfei Wang, et al.. (2015). Single-protein spin resonance spectroscopy under ambient conditions. Science. 347(6226). 1135–1138. 293 indexed citations
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Zarrabi, Nawid, et al.. (2005). Asymmetry of rotational catalysis of single membrane-bound F 0 F 1 -ATP synthase. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5699. 175–175. 17 indexed citations

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