Peter Hamm

17.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
258 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Hamm is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Hamm has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 95 papers in Spectroscopy and 61 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter Hamm's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (169 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (55 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (41 papers). Peter Hamm is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (169 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (55 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (41 papers). Peter Hamm collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Peter Hamm's co-authors include Robin M. Hochstrasser, Manho Lim, Sander Woutersen, Jan Helbing, Jens Bredenbeck, Gerhard Stock, Wolfgang Zinth, Martin T. Zanni, Roger Alberto and Sean Garrett-Roe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Hamm

249 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of the Amide I Band of Peptides Measured by Fem... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2011 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. Structure of the Amide I Band of Peptides Measured by Femtosecond Nonlinear-Infrared Spectroscopy
    1998 927 citations Peter Hamm et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  2. Concepts and Methods of 2D Infrared Spectroscopy
    2011 392 citations Peter Hamm 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
Peter Hamm Switzerland 65 9.7k 5.3k 3.9k 2.6k 2.3k 258 14.1k
Andrei Tokmakoff United States 68 11.3k 1.2× 6.3k 1.2× 3.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 211 14.7k
Roland Lindh Sweden 59 7.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 5.3k 2.3× 200 15.8k
Dominik Marx Germany 68 11.2k 1.2× 3.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 828 0.3× 6.0k 2.6× 304 19.5k
Todd J. Martı́nez United States 81 15.7k 1.6× 4.3k 0.8× 4.1k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 6.2k 2.7× 335 24.8k
Martin T. Zanni United States 61 7.5k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 196 11.2k
Tahei Tahara Japan 53 4.8k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.4k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 214 8.9k
Marcus Elstner Germany 70 7.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.4× 7.6k 1.9× 3.7k 1.4× 6.8k 3.0× 229 21.5k
Wolfgang Domcke Germany 81 18.4k 1.9× 5.5k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 3.4k 1.5× 426 23.9k
Steven G. Boxer United States 86 8.4k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 14.7k 3.7× 4.0k 1.5× 3.6k 1.6× 352 24.1k
Anna I. Krylov United States 70 11.1k 1.1× 3.0k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.3× 298 16.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Hamm

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Hamm

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stock, Gerhard, et al.. (2025). Universal structure in the relaxation of photoactive proteins. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 163(21).
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Hamm, Peter. (2025). Toward an FPGA-based dedicated computer for molecular dynamics simulations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(5).
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Rochereau, Charlotte, et al.. (2024). A billion years of evolution manifest in nanosecond protein dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2318743121–e2318743121. 2 indexed citations
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Pupeikis, Justinas, Benjamin Willenberg, Franco V. A. Camargo, et al.. (2024). High-sensitivity pump-probe spectroscopy with a dual-comb laser and a PM-Andi supercontinuum. Optics Letters. 49(22). 6445–6445. 3 indexed citations
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Hamm, Peter, et al.. (2023). MCL-1 promiscuity and the structural resilience of its binding partners. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(9). 95101–95101. 7 indexed citations
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Buhrke, David, Norbert Michael, & Peter Hamm. (2022). Vibrational couplings between protein and cofactor in bacterial phytochrome Agp1 revealed by 2D-IR spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(31). e2206400119–e2206400119. 15 indexed citations
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Buhrke, David, et al.. (2022). Signal Propagation Within the MCL-1/BIM Protein Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(17). 167499–167499. 4 indexed citations
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Mousavi, Seyyed Jabbar, et al.. (2022). Low-frequency anharmonic couplings in crystalline bromoform: Theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(1). 14203–14203. 3 indexed citations
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Buhrke, David, et al.. (2021). A stop-flow sample delivery system for transient spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(12). 123001–123001. 9 indexed citations
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Oppelt, Kerstin, et al.. (2021). Flexible to rigid: IR spectroscopic investigation of a rhenium-tricarbonyl-complex at a buried interface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(7). 4311–4316. 3 indexed citations
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Hamm, Peter, et al.. (2020). Towards Central Bank Digital Currency – A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 131. 6 indexed citations
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Hamm, Peter, et al.. (2020). A Feynman diagram description of the 2D-Raman-THz response of amorphous ice. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(4). 44502–44502. 6 indexed citations
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Probst, Benjamin, Laurent Sévery, Ricardo Fernández‐Terán, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic insights into photocatalysis and over two days of stable H2 generation in electrocatalysis by a molecular cobalt catalyst immobilized on TiO2. Catalysis Science & Technology. 10(8). 2549–2560. 11 indexed citations
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Oppelt, Kerstin, Ricardo Fernández‐Terán, Rolf Pfister, & Peter Hamm. (2019). Geminate Recombination versus Cage Escape in the Reductive Quenching of a Re(I) Carbonyl Complex on Mesoporous ZrO2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(32). 19952–19961. 12 indexed citations
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Donten, Mateusz L., Peter Hamm, & Joost VandeVondele. (2011). A Consistent Picture of the Proton Release Mechanism of oNBA in Water by Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115(5). 1075–1083. 26 indexed citations
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Garrett-Roe, Sean & Peter Hamm. (2008). Three-point frequency fluctuation correlation functions of the OH stretch in liquid water. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 128(10). 104507–104507. 33 indexed citations
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Hamm, Peter. (1987). Continuity and Change Among Canadian Mennonite Brethren. 1 indexed citations

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