Karina Morgenstern

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Karina Morgenstern is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karina Morgenstern has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 86 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karina Morgenstern's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (88 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (76 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (70 papers). Karina Morgenstern is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (88 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (76 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (70 papers). Karina Morgenstern collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark. Karina Morgenstern's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Rieder, Michael Mehlhorn, Georg Rosenfeld, Jörg Henzl, Angelos Michaelides, George Comşa, Heiko Gawronski, Wolf‐Dieter Schneider, Richard Berndt and Matthias Böhringer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Karina Morgenstern

181 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 250 500 750
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. Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts by counting nearest neighbors
    2015 790 citations Karina Morgenstern et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karina Morgenstern Germany 41 3.4k 2.5k 2.3k 2.2k 1.1k 188 6.0k
Hrvoje Petek United States 55 5.0k 1.5× 2.8k 1.1× 4.1k 1.8× 2.0k 0.9× 513 0.5× 195 9.9k
J. Wintterlin Germany 38 3.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 5.0k 2.2× 1.1k 0.5× 684 0.6× 100 7.2k
Talat S. Rahman United States 50 3.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 4.8k 2.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 314 8.6k
Saroj K. Nayak United States 49 1.9k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 4.5k 2.0× 1.1k 0.5× 321 0.3× 157 7.5k
Werner A. Hofer United Kingdom 38 3.8k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 3.0k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 257 0.2× 152 6.2k
Jiří Klimeš Czechia 26 3.5k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 7.2k 3.1× 1.2k 0.5× 430 0.4× 44 10.2k
Gregor Witte Germany 48 2.7k 0.8× 4.7k 1.9× 3.2k 1.4× 1.7k 0.8× 316 0.3× 198 7.2k
Eckhard Spohr Germany 40 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 238 0.2× 128 6.4k
P. Feulner Germany 42 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 665 0.3× 616 0.6× 139 5.8k
Armin Kleibert Switzerland 33 1.9k 0.6× 947 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 855 0.4× 373 0.4× 116 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karina Morgenstern

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weber, Irene T., Christopher Penschke, Angelos Michaelides, & Karina Morgenstern. (2025). Importance of Ion Size on the Dominance of Water–Ion Versus Water–Water Interactions in Au-Supported Solvatomers. Nano Letters. 25(6). 2188–2194. 2 indexed citations
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Miller, Daniel P., et al.. (2025). On-Surface Photodissociation Control within Magic-Sized Nanoclusters by Halogen Bonding. ACS Nano. 19(44). 38381–38394.
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Mieres‐Pérez, Joel, et al.. (2023). Chirality control of a single carbene molecule by tip-induced van der Waals interactions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4500–4500. 9 indexed citations
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Fang, Wei, et al.. (2023). Considerably Increased Dynamics of CO–Water Complexes over CO and Water Alone. Nano Letters. 23(11). 4793–4799. 1 indexed citations
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Penschke, Christopher, J. O. Thomas, Angelos Michaelides, et al.. (2023). Hydration at Highly Crowded Interfaces. Physical Review Letters. 130(10). 106202–106202. 4 indexed citations
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Le, Duy, et al.. (2022). Influence of the Moiré Pattern of Ag(111)-Supported Graphitic ZnO on Water Distribution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(30). 12500–12506. 2 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Karina, et al.. (2022). One-Dimensional Water Structures upon Cs Hydration on the Moiré Pattern of Graphitic ZnO. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(36). 15229–15234. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Daniel P., et al.. (2022). Halogen and structure sensitivity of halobenzene adsorption on copper surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(7). 4485–4492. 7 indexed citations
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Fang, Wei, et al.. (2021). Rapid Water Diffusion at Cryogenic Temperatures through an Inchworm-like Mechanism. Nano Letters. 22(1). 340–346. 8 indexed citations
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Miller, Daniel P., et al.. (2021). Interplay of Halogen and Weak Hydrogen Bonds in the Formation of Magic Nanoclusters on Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(1). 588–596. 8 indexed citations
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Fang, Wei, et al.. (2019). Anomalously Low Barrier for Water Dimer Diffusion on Cu(111). Nano Letters. 19(5). 3049–3056. 25 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Karina, et al.. (2018). Local modification of the surface state properties at dilute coverages: CO/Cu(111). Physical review. B.. 97(15). 1 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Karina. (2011). On the interpretation of IETS spectra of a small organic molecule. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(48). 484007–484007. 9 indexed citations
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Reuter, Karsten, et al.. (2011). Anomalous Scaling in Heteroepitaxial Island Dynamics on Ag(100). Physical Review Letters. 107(4). 46101–46101. 12 indexed citations
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Henzl, Jörg, et al.. (2010). Isomerization of an Azobenzene Derivative on a Thin Insulating Layer by Inelastically Tunneling Electrons. Physical Review Letters. 104(21). 216102–216102. 70 indexed citations
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Mehlhorn, Michael & Karina Morgenstern. (2007). Faceting during the Transformation of Amorphous to Crystalline Ice. Physical Review Letters. 99(24). 246101–246101. 69 indexed citations
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Gawronski, Heiko, Jörg Henzl, Violeta Simic‐Milosevic, & Karina Morgenstern. (2007). Using a chemical concept for reactivity for the interpretation of STM images of physisorbed molecules. Applied Surface Science. 253(23). 9047–9053. 23 indexed citations
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Simic‐Milosevic, Violeta, Michael Mehlhorn, Karl‐Heinz Rieder, Jörg Meyer, & Karina Morgenstern. (2007). Electron Induced Ortho-Meta Isomerization of Single Molecules. Physical Review Letters. 98(11). 116102–116102. 50 indexed citations
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Henzl, Jörg, Thomas Bredow, & Karina Morgenstern. (2007). Irreversible isomerization of the azobenzene derivate Methyl Orange on Au(1 1 1). Chemical Physics Letters. 435(4-6). 278–282. 49 indexed citations
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Böhringer, Matthias, Karina Morgenstern, Wolf‐Dieter Schneider, & Richard Berndt. (2000). Reversed surface corrugation in STM images on Au(111) by field-induced lateral motion of adsorbed molecules. Surface Science. 457(1-2). 37–50. 28 indexed citations

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