Michael Thorwart

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Thorwart is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Thorwart has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Michael Thorwart's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (57 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (40 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (21 papers). Michael Thorwart is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (57 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (40 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (21 papers). Michael Thorwart collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. Michael Thorwart's co-authors include P. Nalbach, Hong-Guang Duan, J. Eckel, Reinhold Egger, R. J. Dwayne Miller, Peter Hänggi, S. Weiss, Milena Grifoni, Vittorio Peano and Valentyn I. Prokhorenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Thorwart

123 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum biology revisited 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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. Quantum biology revisited
    2020 321 citations Jianshu Cao, Richard J. Cogdell et al. Science Advances 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 Thorwart Germany 37 3.7k 945 672 617 502 124 4.1k
Alex W. Chin United Kingdom 30 3.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 952 1.4× 1.2k 2.0× 91 0.2× 81 5.0k
T. Meier Germany 35 5.2k 1.4× 284 0.3× 582 0.9× 1.8k 2.8× 165 0.3× 221 5.7k
Alexander L. Burin United States 33 1.9k 0.5× 238 0.3× 899 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 400 0.8× 141 3.5k
Eitan Geva United States 43 4.2k 1.1× 730 0.8× 377 0.6× 818 1.3× 68 0.1× 131 5.3k
Alexander Eisfeld Germany 30 2.0k 0.6× 505 0.5× 355 0.5× 411 0.7× 53 0.1× 89 2.6k
Michael Thoss Germany 47 5.8k 1.6× 404 0.4× 223 0.3× 2.2k 3.6× 201 0.4× 138 6.8k
Javier Prior Spain 18 1.5k 0.4× 504 0.5× 319 0.5× 110 0.2× 124 0.2× 40 1.7k
Brendon W. Lovett United Kingdom 28 2.5k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 96 0.1× 652 1.1× 197 0.4× 106 3.3k
Erik M. Gauger United Kingdom 27 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 136 0.2× 575 0.9× 237 0.5× 75 2.6k
Seogjoo Jang United States 29 2.5k 0.7× 205 0.2× 945 1.4× 318 0.5× 51 0.1× 70 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Thorwart

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Thorwart

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Thorwart

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Thorwart. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Thorwart 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 Thorwart. Michael Thorwart is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Häusler, Wolfgang, et al.. (2025). Dynamics of skyrmion shrinking. Physical review. B.. 111(13). 1 indexed citations
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Gerken, F., et al.. (2025). Generalized Josephson effect with arbitrary periodicity in quantum magnets. Physical Review Research. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Jha, Ajay, et al.. (2024). Unraveling quantum coherences mediating primary charge transfer processes in photosystem II reaction center. Science Advances. 10(10). eadk1312–eadk1312. 13 indexed citations
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Galler, Andreas, Sebastian Schulz, Mykola Biednov, et al.. (2023). A sensitive high repetition rate arrival time monitor for X-ray free electron lasers. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2495–2495. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zihui, Ajay Jha, Xian-Ting Liang, et al.. (2023). Disentangling the complexity of coupled vibrations by two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 56(14). 145001–145001. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Hong-Guang, Ajay Jha, Lipeng Chen, et al.. (2022). Quantum coherent energy transport in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson complex at low temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2212630119–e2212630119. 26 indexed citations
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Nalbach, P., et al.. (2022). Hidden Phase of the Spin-Boson Model. Physical Review Letters. 129(12). 120406–120406. 25 indexed citations
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Cao, Jianshu, Richard J. Cogdell, D. F. Coker, et al.. (2020). Quantum biology revisited. Science Advances. 6(14). eaaz4888–eaaz4888. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Duan, Hong-Guang, Ajay Jha, Xin Li, et al.. (2020). Intermolecular vibrations mediate ultrafast singlet fission. Science Advances. 6(38). 54 indexed citations
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Duan, Hong-Guang, Ajay Jha, G. R. Berdiyorov, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced Vibrations Drive Ultrafast Structural Distortion in Lead Halide Perovskite. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(39). 16569–16578. 40 indexed citations
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Posske, Thore & Michael Thorwart. (2019). Winding Up Quantum Spin Helices: How Avoided Level Crossings Exile Classical Topological Protection. Physical Review Letters. 122(9). 97204–97204. 12 indexed citations
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Jha, Ajay, et al.. (2018). Origin of poor doping efficiency in solution processed organic semiconductors. Chemical Science. 9(19). 4468–4476. 22 indexed citations
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Zalden, Peter, Liwei Song, Xiaojun Wu, et al.. (2018). Molecular polarizability anisotropy of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient orientation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2142–2142. 62 indexed citations
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Kim, Howon, Alexandra Palacio‐Morales, Thore Posske, et al.. (2018). Toward tailoring Majorana bound states in artificially constructed magnetic atom chains on elemental superconductors. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar5251–eaar5251. 215 indexed citations
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Bakhtiari, M. Reza, et al.. (2018). Nonequilibrium Quantum Phase Transition in a Hybrid Atom-Optomechanical System. Physical Review Letters. 120(6). 63605–63605. 19 indexed citations
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Duan, Hong-Guang, Valentyn I. Prokhorenko, Emilie Wientjes, et al.. (2017). Primary Charge Separation in the Photosystem II Reaction Center Revealed by a Global Analysis of the Two-dimensional Electronic Spectra. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 37 indexed citations
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Jha, Ajay, Hong-Guang Duan, Pabitra K. Nayak, et al.. (2017). Direct Observation of Ultrafast Exciton Dissociation in Lead Iodide Perovskite by 2D Electronic Spectroscopy. ACS Photonics. 5(3). 852–860. 59 indexed citations
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Bakhtiari, M. Reza, Andreas Hemmerich, Helmut Ritsch, & Michael Thorwart. (2015). Nonequilibrium Phase Transition of Interacting Bosons in an Intra-Cavity Optical Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 114(12). 123601–123601. 70 indexed citations
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Weiss, S., et al.. (2014). Cooling a Magnetic Nanoisland by Spin-Polarized Currents. Physical Review Letters. 113(7). 76602–76602. 12 indexed citations
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Nalbach, P., et al.. (2013). Organicπ-Conjugated Copolymers as Molecular Charge Qubits. Physical Review Letters. 111(1). 16802–16802. 10 indexed citations

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