Michael Thoss

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Thoss is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Thoss has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 73 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 27 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Thoss's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (72 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (68 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers). Michael Thoss is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (72 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (68 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers). Michael Thoss collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Michael Thoss's co-authors include Haobin Wang, R. Härtle, William H. Miller, Gerhard Stock, Ivan Kondov, Wolfgang Domcke, Pedro B. Coto, C. Benesch, M. Čı́žek and C. Schinabeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Thoss

136 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Multilayer formulation of the multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree theory

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Thoss	5.8k	2.2k	926	920	905	138	6.8k
Volkhard May	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	490 0.5×	849 0.9×	209	5.4k
Joseph E. Subotnik	5.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	875 1.0×	892 1.0×	185	6.1k
D. F. Coker	3.8k 0.6×	953 0.4×	744 0.8×	943 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	90	5.5k
Vladimir Chernyak	4.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	219	7.0k
Irène Burghardt	4.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	852 0.9×	177	6.2k
Jasper Knoester	6.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	1.7k 1.8×	193	8.5k
Tobias Brixner	7.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	2.4k 2.7×	1.2k 1.3×	179	9.8k
Eitan Geva	4.2k 0.7×	818 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	751 0.8×	623 0.7×	131	5.3k
Tessa R. Calhoun	2.9k 0.5×	571 0.3×	586 0.6×	605 0.7×	449 0.5×	33	3.9k
Tomáš Mančal	4.8k 0.8×	470 0.2×	932 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	312 0.3×	71	5.4k

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Thoss, Michael, et al.. (2025). Influence of nonequilibrium vibrational dynamics on spin selectivity in chiral molecular junctions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(1). 5 indexed citations

Thoss, Michael, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of spin relaxation in nonequilibrium magnetic nanojunctions. New Journal of Physics. 26(1). 13056–13056. 3 indexed citations

Reddy, S. Rajagopala, Pedro B. Coto, & Michael Thoss. (2024). Intramolecular singlet fission: Quantum dynamical simulations including the effect of the laser field. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(19). 3 indexed citations

Takahashi, H., et al.. (2024). High accuracy exponential decomposition of bath correlation functions for arbitrary and structured spectral densities: Emerging methodologies and new approaches. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(20). 24 indexed citations

Li, Chao, Ping Zhou, Thilo Glatzel, et al.. (2023). Strong signature of electron-vibration coupling in molecules on Ag(111) triggered by tip-gated discharging. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5956–5956. 15 indexed citations

Ke, Yaling, et al.. (2022). Nonequilibrium reaction rate theory: Formulation and implementation within the hierarchical equations of motion approach. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(3). 34103–34103. 17 indexed citations

Coto, Pedro B., et al.. (2020). Molecular Transistor Controlled through Proton Transfer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(1). 413–417. 5 indexed citations

Reddy, S. Rajagopala, Pedro B. Coto, & Michael Thoss. (2019). Quantum dynamical simulation of intramolecular singlet fission in covalently coupled pentacene dimers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 151(4). 44307–44307. 20 indexed citations

Reddy, S. Rajagopala, Pedro B. Coto, & Michael Thoss. (2018). Intramolecular Singlet Fission: Insights from Quantum Dynamical Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(20). 5979–5986. 40 indexed citations

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Basel, Bettina S., Johannes Zirzlmeier, Constantin Hetzer, et al.. (2018). Evidence for Charge-Transfer Mediation in the Primary Events of Singlet Fission in a Weakly Coupled Pentacene Dimer. Chem. 4(5). 1092–1111. 128 indexed citations

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Coto, Pedro B., et al.. (2017). Controlling the Conductance of a Graphene–Molecule Nanojunction by Proton Transfer. Nano Letters. 17(6). 3341–3346. 17 indexed citations

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Wilner, Eli Y., Haobin Wang, Michael Thoss, & Eran Rabani. (2015). Sub-Ohmic to super-Ohmic crossover behavior in nonequilibrium quantum systems with electron-phonon interactions. Physical Review B. 92(19). 32 indexed citations

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Wilner, Eli Y., Haobin Wang, Michael Thoss, & Eran Rabani. (2014). Nonequilibrium quantum systems with electron-phonon interactions: Transient dynamics and approach to steady state. Physical Review B. 89(20). 71 indexed citations

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Wilner, Eli Y., Haobin Wang, Guy Cohen, Michael Thoss, & Eran Rabani. (2013). Bistability in a nonequilibrium quantum system with electron-phonon interactions. Physical Review B. 88(4). 76 indexed citations

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Ballmann, Stefan, R. Härtle, Pedro B. Coto, et al.. (2012). Experimental Evidence for Quantum Interference and Vibrationally Induced Decoherence in Single-Molecule Junctions. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 56801–56801. 180 indexed citations

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Härtle, R., C. Benesch, & Michael Thoss. (2009). Vibrational Nonequilibrium Effects in the Conductance of Single Molecules with Multiple Electronic States. Physical Review Letters. 102(14). 146801–146801. 70 indexed citations

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Gelin, Maxim F. & Michael Thoss. (2009). Thermodynamics of a subensemble of a canonical ensemble. Physical Review E. 79(5). 51121–51121. 46 indexed citations

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Thoss, Michael & Wolfgang Domcke. (2004). Charge transport through a flexible molecular junction ∗). 26 indexed citations

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Thoss, Michael, et al.. (2002). The light sensitivity of the human visual system depends on the direction of view. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 188(3). 235–237. 13 indexed citations

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Thoss, Michael, et al.. (2000). The magnetic field sensitivity of the human visual system shows resonance and compass characteristic. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186(10). 1007–1010. 24 indexed citations

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