Peter Lechtken

1.0k total citations
31 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Peter Lechtken is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Lechtken has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter Lechtken's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (11 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (8 papers). Peter Lechtken is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers), bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (11 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (8 papers). Peter Lechtken collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and India. Peter Lechtken's co-authors include Nicholas J. Turro, Ahmad Yekta, W. Schnabel, Andreas Henne, Takashi Sumiyoshi, Gary B. Schuster, Hans C. Steinmetzer, N. J. TURRO, Neil E. Schore and V. Ramamurthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Peter Lechtken

31 papers receiving 691 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Lechtken Germany 15 421 285 207 136 100 31 758
B. P. GIRI United States 9 210 0.5× 311 1.1× 60 0.3× 155 1.1× 195 1.9× 13 558
B. G. Roberts 11 296 0.7× 261 0.9× 141 0.7× 186 1.4× 167 1.7× 17 760
Karlyn A. Schnapp United States 8 284 0.7× 90 0.3× 240 1.2× 56 0.4× 44 0.4× 14 475
Shunzo Yamamoto Japan 12 295 0.7× 102 0.4× 209 1.0× 300 2.2× 39 0.4× 95 709
Walter Grahn Germany 17 395 0.9× 79 0.3× 153 0.7× 288 2.1× 110 1.1× 62 814
Gary W. Byers France 10 121 0.3× 117 0.4× 139 0.7× 132 1.0× 39 0.4× 12 439
F. E. Treloar Australia 11 166 0.4× 155 0.5× 154 0.7× 111 0.8× 42 0.4× 21 495
L. G. S. Brooker France 9 389 0.9× 120 0.4× 393 1.9× 409 3.0× 51 0.5× 13 883
Anna Paola Pelliccioli Switzerland 6 404 1.0× 155 0.5× 135 0.7× 527 3.9× 137 1.4× 7 776
Ming‐Fea Chow United States 13 202 0.5× 63 0.2× 182 0.9× 142 1.0× 45 0.5× 22 459

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Lechtken

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Peter Lechtken's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Peter Lechtken with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Peter Lechtken more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Lechtken

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Peter Lechtken. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Peter Lechtken. The network helps show where Peter Lechtken may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Lechtken

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Lechtken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Lechtken 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 Peter Lechtken. Peter Lechtken 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
1.
Sumiyoshi, Takashi, Andreas Henne, Peter Lechtken, & W. Schnabel. (1984). Optical Absorption Spectra of Phosphonyl Radicals. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 39(5). 434–436. 15 indexed citations
2.
Doetschman, David C., et al.. (1980). The phosphorescent decay of the excited triplet sublevels in ketones generated by the photolysis of substituted 1,2-dioxetanes. Chemical Physics. 51(1-2). 89–95. 7 indexed citations
3.
Turro, Nicholas J., Jeffrey K. McVey, V. Ramamurthy, & Peter Lechtken. (1979). Adiabatische Photoreaktionen organischer Moleküle. Angewandte Chemie. 91(8). 597–612. 19 indexed citations
4.
Turro, Nicholas J., Jeffrey K. McVey, V. Ramamurthy, & Peter Lechtken. (1979). Adiabatic Photoreactions of Organic Molecules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 18(8). 572–586. 40 indexed citations
5.
6.
7.
Höhne, Günther W. H., Arthur H. Schmidt, & Peter Lechtken. (1976). Thermoanalyse von kristallinem adamantyliden-adamantan-1,2-dioxetan.. Tetrahedron Letters. 17(40). 3587–3590. 7 indexed citations
8.
Lechtken, Peter. (1976). Notizen: Hochenergetische Moleküle. Synthese von Tetramethyl-1.2-dioxa-4.5-diazin durch Photooxidation von Acetonazin.. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 31(10). 1436–1437. 5 indexed citations
9.
Lechtken, Peter. (1976). Anwendung nicht‐isothermer Kinetik auf chemilumineszente Systeme. Thermolyse von 1,2‐Dioxetanen. Chemische Berichte. 109(8). 2862–2870. 15 indexed citations
10.
Lechtken, Peter, et al.. (1975). Photofragmentierung von Tetramethyl‐1,2‐dioxetan Ein effizientes Beispiel einer adiabatischen Photoreaktion. Chemische Berichte. 108(10). 3159–3175. 16 indexed citations
11.
Turro, Nicholas J., Peter Lechtken, Neil E. Schore, et al.. (1974). Tetramethyl-1,2-dioxetane. Experiments in chemiexcitation, chemiluminescence, photochemistry, chemical dynamics, and spectroscopy. Accounts of Chemical Research. 7(4). 97–105. 109 indexed citations
12.
Lechtken, Peter & Nicholas J. Turro. (1973). Direct Chemical Evidence for Energy Transfer between Identical Molecules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 12(4). 314–315. 13 indexed citations
13.
Lechtken, Peter & Günther W. H. Höhne. (1973). Thermolyse von Tetramethyl‐1,2‐dioxetan. Angewandte Chemie. 85(18). 822–823. 14 indexed citations
14.
Lechtken, Peter & Günther W. H. Höhne. (1973). Thermolysis of Tetramethyl‐1,2‐dioxetane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 12(9). 772–773. 12 indexed citations
15.
Turro, Nicholas J. & Peter Lechtken. (1973). Molecular photochemistry. LXII. Thermal generation of organic molecules in electronically excited states. Evidence for a spin forbidden, diabatic pericyclic reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(1). 264–266. 42 indexed citations
16.
17.
18.
Turro, Nicholas J. & Peter Lechtken. (1972). Molecular photochemistry. LII. Thermal decomposition of tetramethyl-1,2-dioxetane. Selective and efficient chemelectronic generation of triplet acetone. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(8). 2886–2888. 57 indexed citations
19.
Hesse, Gerhard & Peter Lechtken. (1971). Photochemical (2π + 6π)‐Cycloadditions. Novel 1,4‐Cycloaddition with Formation of the Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 10(2). 133–134. 3 indexed citations
20.
Hesse, Gerhard & Peter Lechtken. (1971). Photochemische (2π+6π)‐Cycloadditionen. Neuartige 1,4‐Cycloaddition unter Bildung des Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadien‐Systems. Angewandte Chemie. 83(4). 143–144. 8 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B. P. GIRI Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B. G. Roberts Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Karlyn A. Schnapp Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shunzo Yamamoto Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Walter Grahn Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gary W. Byers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by F. E. Treloar Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by L. G. S. Brooker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anna Paola Pelliccioli Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ming‐Fea Chow
Rankless by CCL
2026