Michael Förster

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
122 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Förster is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Förster has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Förster's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (51 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (42 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (17 papers). Michael Förster is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (51 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (42 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (17 papers). Michael Förster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Michael Förster's co-authors include Jacek Klinowski, Heyong He, A. Lerf, Ullrich Scherf, Heiko Thiem, Benjamin Souharce, Sybille Allard, Peter Forster, Lucy Forster and Colin Renfrew and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael Förster

114 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure of Graphite Oxide Revisited

1998 2.9k citations Michael Förster et al. profile →
A new structural model for graphite oxide

1998 1.3k citations Michael Förster et al. profile →
Organic Semiconductors for Solution‐Processable Field‐Effect Transistors (OFETs)

2008 1.1k citations Sybille Allard, Michael Förster et al. profile →
Phylogenetic network analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes

2020 635 citations Michael Förster et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Förster Germany	34	4.3k	4.1k	2.6k	2.4k	1.1k	122	9.2k
Robert F. Service United States	49	4.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	551	11.7k
Michael Holzinger France	49	3.3k 0.8×	5.3k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	942 0.8×	158	9.5k
U‐Ser Jeng Taiwan	51	3.2k 0.7×	4.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	999 0.4×	505 0.4×	305	8.8k
Xiao Tong United States	49	3.4k 0.8×	4.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	894 0.4×	919 0.8×	258	9.2k
Omar Azzaroni Argentina	53	2.4k 0.5×	4.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	5.3k 2.2×	495 0.4×	273	10.7k
Bin Xu China	61	10.9k 2.5×	5.5k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	722 0.6×	409	16.0k
Andreas Theß United States	18	8.5k 2.0×	1.9k 0.5×	763 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	648 0.6×	23	11.6k
Haibo Wang China	40	2.1k 0.5×	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	732 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	182	6.6k
Ning Wang China	45	2.5k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	834 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	243	7.0k
Keisuke Tajima Japan	62	2.7k 0.6×	8.4k 2.0×	6.1k 2.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	376	14.6k

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Urbonas, Darius, Piotr Kapuściński, Barbara Piętka, et al.. (2025). In situ tunneling control in photonic potentials by Rashba–Dresselhaus spin–orbit coupling. Optica. 12(9). 1548–1548.

Mirek, Rafał, Darius Urbonas, Michael Förster, et al.. (2025). In situ tunable, room-temperature polariton condensation in individual states of a 1D topological lattice. Science Advances. 11(22). eadt8645–eadt8645. 1 indexed citations

Förster, Michael, et al.. (2023). The Influence of the Side Chain Structure on the Photostability of Low Band Gap Polymers. Molecules. 28(9). 3858–3858. 1 indexed citations

Meißner, Tobias, Anne‐Sophie Mehdorn, Christoph Röcken, et al.. (2023). Combining Solid and Liquid Biopsy for Therapy Monitoring in Esophageal Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10673–10673. 2 indexed citations

Ligorio, Giovanni, et al.. (2021). Organic Synaptic Diodes Based on Polymeric Mixed Ionic‐Electronic Conductors. Advanced Electronic Materials. 8(2). 5 indexed citations

Förster, Michael, et al.. (2021). Reductive Coupling Synthesis of a Soluble Poly(9,10-anthrylene ethynylene). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 184–190. 1 indexed citations

Gassner, Christoph, Gregory A. Denomme, Maja P. Mattle‐Greminger, et al.. (2020). Two Prevalent ∼100-kb <b><i>GYPB</i></b> Deletions Causative of the GPB-Deficient Blood Group MNS Phenotype S–s–U– in Black Africans. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy. 47(4). 326–336. 7 indexed citations

Wegner, Berthold, Dominique Lungwitz, Ahmed E. Mansour, et al.. (2020). An Organic Borate Salt with Superior p‐Doping Capability for Organic Semiconductors. Advanced Science. 7(17). 2001322–2001322. 40 indexed citations

Hirsch, Daniela, Timo Gaiser, Kirsten Merx, et al.. (2020). Clinical responses to PD-1 inhibition and their molecular characterization in six patients with mismatch repair-deficient metastatic cancer of the digestive system. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 147(1). 263–273. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wenhua, Erik Lönnblom, Michael Förster, et al.. (2020). Natural polymorphism of Ym1 regulates pneumonitis through alternative activation of macrophages. Science Advances. 6(43). 22 indexed citations

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Förster, Michael, et al.. (2019). Effects of Quantification Methods, Isolation Kits, Plasma Biobanking, and Hemolysis on Cell-Free DNA Analysis in Plasma. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 17(6). 553–561. 9 indexed citations

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Gasparini, Nicola, Michael Förster, Manuela S. Killian, et al.. (2018). Suppressing the Surface Recombination and Tuning the Open-Circuit Voltage of Polymer/Fullerene Solar Cells by Implementing an Aggregative Ternary Compound. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(34). 28803–28811. 16 indexed citations

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Aygül, Umut, Heiko Peisert, David Batchelor, et al.. (2014). Molecular orientation in polymer/fullerene blend films and the influence of annealing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 128. 119–125. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Joohee, et al.. (2010). Employees' Intentions to Remain Employed in Child Welfare: Testing a Conceptual Model. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 4(2). 174–197. 15 indexed citations

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Loi, Maria Antonietta, Stefano Toffanin, Michele Muccini, et al.. (2007). Charge Transfer Excitons in Bulk Heterojunctions of a Polyfluorene Copolymer and a Fullerene Derivative. Advanced Functional Materials. 17(13). 2111–2116. 179 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Ashraf, Tim Dwyer, Michael Förster, et al.. (2005). GEOMI: GEOmetry for Maximum Insight. 2 indexed citations

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Bachmaier, Christian, Franz J. Brandenburg, & Michael Förster. (2003). Radial Level Planarity Testing and Embedding in Linear Time (Extended Abstract). 1 indexed citations

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Förster, Michael. (2003). Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl's Story. Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 84(4). 587. 1 indexed citations

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Förster, Michael. (2002). Applying Crossing Reduction Strategies to Layered Compound Graphs. 3 indexed citations

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Beiser, Frederick C., H. S. Harris, Robert B. Pippin, et al.. (1993). The Cambridge Companion to Hegel. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 76 indexed citations

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