Michael Scherzer

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Scherzer is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Scherzer has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Michael Scherzer's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (4 papers). Michael Scherzer is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (4 papers). Michael Scherzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Michael Scherzer's co-authors include Robert Schlögl, Frank Girgsdies, Axel Knop‐Gericke, Simone Piccinin, Travis E. Jones, Mark Greiner, Cyriac Massué, Verena Pfeifer, Rosa Arrigo and Michael Hävecker and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Catalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C and Nature Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Scherzer

14 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Free-atom-like d states in single-atom alloy catalysts 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Free-atom-like d states in single-atom alloy catalysts
    2018 492 citations Mark Greiner, Travis E. Jones et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Scherzer Germany 11 1.2k 907 769 415 186 14 1.8k
Gihan Kwon United States 24 615 0.5× 933 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 265 0.6× 127 0.7× 58 1.8k
Laif R. Alden United States 11 945 0.8× 839 0.9× 609 0.8× 298 0.7× 211 1.1× 11 1.4k
Shengjuan Huo China 21 1.6k 1.3× 738 0.8× 581 0.8× 848 2.0× 275 1.5× 36 2.0k
Sandra Krick Calderón Germany 11 1.7k 1.4× 590 0.7× 1.3k 1.7× 467 1.1× 318 1.7× 18 2.2k
Tsun‐Kong Sham Canada 5 1.5k 1.3× 869 1.0× 944 1.2× 178 0.4× 168 0.9× 5 1.8k
Mónica García‐Mota Spain 14 1.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 297 0.7× 491 2.6× 16 2.5k
Chubai Chen United States 17 1.4k 1.2× 687 0.8× 398 0.5× 914 2.2× 126 0.7× 20 1.9k
Lone Bech Denmark 9 1.7k 1.4× 857 0.9× 815 1.1× 509 1.2× 245 1.3× 11 2.0k
Lefu Yang China 22 718 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 363 0.5× 470 1.1× 96 0.5× 43 1.5k
Cheonghee Kim South Korea 21 2.5k 2.1× 1.1k 1.2× 746 1.0× 1.4k 3.4× 176 0.9× 27 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Scherzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Scherzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Scherzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Scherzer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Scherzer. Michael Scherzer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Frei, Elias, Abhijeet Gaur, Henning Lichtenberg, et al.. (2020). Cu−Zn Alloy Formation as Unfavored State for Efficient Methanol Catalysts. ChemCatChem. 12(16). 4029–4033. 56 indexed citations
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Scherzer, Michael, Frank Girgsdies, Eugen Stotz, et al.. (2019). Electrochemical Surface Oxidation of Copper Studied by in Situ Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(21). 13253–13262. 44 indexed citations
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Greiner, Mark, Travis E. Jones, Sebastian Beeg, et al.. (2018). Free-atom-like d states in single-atom alloy catalysts. Nature Chemistry. 10(10). 1008–1015. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Willinger, Elena, Andrey Tarasov, Raoul Blume, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the Platinum–Carbon Interface for Electrochemical Applications. ACS Catalysis. 7(7). 4395–4407. 37 indexed citations
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Mette, Katharina, Stefanie Kühl, Andrey Tarasov, et al.. (2016). High-Temperature Stable Ni Nanoparticles for the Dry Reforming of Methane. ACS Catalysis. 6(10). 7238–7248. 128 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Verena, Travis E. Jones, Sabine Wrabetz, et al.. (2016). Reactive oxygen species in iridium-based OER catalysts. Chemical Science. 7(11). 6791–6795. 181 indexed citations
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Velasco‐Vélez, Juan‐Jesús, Bambar Davaasuren, Michael Scherzer, et al.. (2016). Exploring the incorporation of nitrogen in titanium and its influence on the electrochemical corrosion resistance in acidic media. Surface Science. 650. 272–278. 10 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Verena, Travis E. Jones, Cyriac Massué, et al.. (2015). The electronic structure of iridium oxide electrodes active in water splitting. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(4). 2292–2296. 371 indexed citations
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Mautner, Franz A., Christian Berger, Michael Scherzer, et al.. (2015). Different topologies in three manganese-μ-azido 1D compounds: magnetic behavior and DFT-quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Dalton Transactions. 44(42). 18632–18642. 6 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Verena, Travis E. Jones, Cyriac Massué, et al.. (2015). The electronic structure of iridium and its oxides. Surface and Interface Analysis. 48(5). 261–273. 369 indexed citations
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Frank, Benjamin, Zailai Xie, Klaus Friedel Ortega, et al.. (2015). Modification of the carbide microstructure by N- and S-functionalization of the support in MoxC/CNT catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology. 6(10). 3468–3475. 10 indexed citations
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Mautner, Franz A., Michael Scherzer, Christian Berger, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of three new 1-D polymeric [M2(4-azidopyridine)4(μ1,1-N3)2(μ1,3-N3)2]n (M=Ni, Co, Cd) complexes. Polyhedron. 85. 329–336. 23 indexed citations
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Mautner, Franz A., Michael Scherzer, Christian Berger, Roland C. Fischer, & Salah S. Massoud. (2014). Synthesis, characterization and luminescence properties of zinc(II) complexes of pseudohalides and nitrite derived from 4-azidopyridine. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 425. 46–51. 27 indexed citations
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Mautner, Franz A., Michael Scherzer, Christian Berger, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of five new thiocyanato- and cyanato-metal(II) complexes with 4-azidopyridine as co-ligand. Polyhedron. 85. 20–26. 71 indexed citations

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