Rainer Herges

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
321 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Rainer Herges is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Herges has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Organic Chemistry, 146 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rainer Herges's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (59 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (59 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (54 papers). Rainer Herges is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (59 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (59 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (54 papers). Rainer Herges collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Rainer Herges's co-authors include Daniel Geuenich, Felix Köhler, Kirsten Heß, Christian Näther, Christian Schütt, Frank D. Sönnichsen, Marcel Dommaschk, Felix Tuczek, Stefan Kammermeier and Peter G. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Herges

311 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Anisotropy of the Induced Current Density (ACID), a General Method To Quantify and Visualize Electronic Delocalization

2005 1.3k citations Daniel Geuenich, Rainer Herges et al. profile →
Delocalization of Electrons in Molecules

2001 681 citations Rainer Herges, Daniel Geuenich profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Herges Germany	52	6.4k	6.4k	1.7k	1.7k	1.3k	321	11.8k
Michael Schmittel Germany	56	3.8k 0.6×	7.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	926 0.7×	355	11.7k
Amar H. Flood United States	58	5.6k 0.9×	7.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	932 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	193	12.4k
Miguel A. Garcı́a-Garibay United States	54	4.1k 0.6×	5.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	256	9.3k
Chantu R. Saha‐Möller Germany	41	4.7k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	550 0.4×	168	10.2k
Ilaria Ciofini France	56	5.9k 0.9×	3.9k 0.6×	3.0k 1.8×	992 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	273	12.8k
Владимир И. Минкин Russia	39	5.0k 0.8×	5.6k 0.9×	608 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	872	10.3k
David F. Bocian United States	65	10.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.3×	3.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	894 0.7×	324	15.3k
Péter Mayer Germany	58	4.6k 0.7×	8.1k 1.3×	799 0.5×	3.8k 2.3×	1.2k 0.9×	626	13.9k
Auke Meetsma Netherlands	74	5.1k 0.8×	11.0k 1.7×	2.4k 1.4×	6.2k 3.7×	2.6k 2.0×	387	17.6k
Daniel T. Gryko Poland	61	8.9k 1.4×	5.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	772 0.6×	363	13.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Them, Kolja, et al.. (2025). Chemically induced deceleration of nuclear spin relaxation (CIDER) preserves hyperpolarization. Science Advances. 11(37). eadx2316–eadx2316.

Pravdivtsev, Andrey N., Leif Schröder, Eduard Y. Chekmenev, et al.. (2024). Rapid in situ carbon-13 hyperpolarization and imaging of acetate and pyruvate esters without external polarizer. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 240–240. 2 indexed citations

Brandt, T., et al.. (2024). Light-switchable diazocines as potential inhibitors of testosterone-synthesizing 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 390. 110872–110872. 2 indexed citations

Salnikov, Oleg G., Nikita V. Chukanov, Ivan V. Skovpin, et al.. (2024). Analysis of chemical exchange in iridium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes using heteronuclear parahydrogen-enhanced NMR. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 286–286. 1 indexed citations

Glotz, Gabriel, Katharina Hüll, A. Novák, et al.. (2023). To Isomerize or not to Isomerize? E/Z Isomers of Cyclic Azobenzene Derivatives and Their Reactivity Upon One‐Electron Reduction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(35). e202300146–e202300146. 7 indexed citations

Pravdivtsev, Andrey N., et al.. (2023). Exceptionally Mild and High-Yielding Synthesis of Vinyl Esters of Alpha-Ketocarboxylic Acids, Including Vinyl Pyruvate, for Parahydrogen-Enhanced Metabolic Spectroscopy and Imaging. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(21). 15018–15028. 3 indexed citations

Filatov, Mikhail A., et al.. (2023). Triplet sensitization enables bidirectional isomerization of diazocine with 130 nm redshift in excitation wavelengths. Chemical Science. 14(34). 9161–9166. 10 indexed citations

Sirbu, A., et al.. (2023). Spying on parahydrogen-induced polarization transfer using a half-tesla benchtop MRI and hyperpolarized imaging enabled by automation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4774–4774. 9 indexed citations

Ferrari, Arianna, Janka Held‐Feindt, Johannes Meiser, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen-15 dynamic nuclear polarization of nicotinamide derivatives in biocompatible solutions. Science Advances. 9(34). eadd3643–eadd3643. 10 indexed citations

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Lentes, Pascal, et al.. (2022). Reduction of photoswitched, nitrogen bridged N-acetyl diazocines limits inhibition of 17βHSD3 activity in transfected human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 354. 109822–109822. 7 indexed citations

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Pravdivtsev, Andrey N., et al.. (2022). Parahydrogen-induced polarization and spin order transfer in ethyl pyruvate at high magnetic fields. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19361–19361. 12 indexed citations

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Pravdivtsev, Andrey N., et al.. (2022). Synthesis of ¹³ C and ² H Labeled Vinyl Pyruvate and Hyperpolarization of Pyruvate. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(55). e202201210–e202201210. 17 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Andreas B., Stephan Knecht, Jürgen Hennig, et al.. (2021). Selective excitation of hydrogen doubles the yield and improves the robustness of parahydrogen-induced polarization of low-γ nuclei. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(47). 26645–26652. 19 indexed citations

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Pravdivtsev, Andrey N., et al.. (2020). Catalytic Hydrogenation of Trivinyl Orthoacetate: Mechanisms Elucidated by Parahydrogen Induced Polarization. ChemPhysChem. 22(4). 370–377. 6 indexed citations

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García-Lekue, Aran, et al.. (2019). High-conductance contacts to functionalized molecular platforms physisorbed on Au(1 1 1). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(18). 18LT01–18LT01. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhengbang, Lars Heinke, Jelena Jelic, et al.. (2015). Photoswitching in nanoporous, crystalline solids: an experimental and theoretical study for azobenzene linkers incorporated in MOFs. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(22). 14582–14587. 93 indexed citations

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Herges, Rainer, Daniel Geuenich, Götz Bucher, & Christina Tönshoff. (2000). Ethynylogization of a Coarctate Fragmentation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(7). 1224–1228. 9 indexed citations

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Herges, Rainer. (1995). Neues über die elektrophile Addition von Halogenen an Olefine. Angewandte Chemie. 107(1). 57–59. 20 indexed citations

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Herges, Rainer, Helfried Neumann, & Frank Hampel. (1994). Transanulare Additionen von Methyllithium an 5,12: 6,11‐Di[1,2]benzenodibenzo[a,e]cycloocten und dessen 5,6‐Epoxy‐Derivat. Angewandte Chemie. 106(9). 1024–1026. 20 indexed citations

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Gleave, Andrew P., Rainer Herges, A H Broadwell, & P.J. Wigley. (1992). Cloning and nucleotide sequence of an insecticidal crystal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis DSIR732 active against three species of leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 20(1). 27–36. 10 indexed citations

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