Rainer Kern

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Rainer Kern is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Kern has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rainer Kern's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (9 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (5 papers) and Light effects on plants (5 papers). Rainer Kern is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (9 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (5 papers) and Light effects on plants (5 papers). Rainer Kern collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Rainer Kern's co-authors include J. Ferber, R. Sastrawan, J. Luther, Rolf Stangl, Andreas Hinsch, Sarmimala Hore, Nam‐Hai Chua, Gunther Neuhaus, Chris Bowler and H. G. J. Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Applied Physics Letters and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Kern

26 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Modeling and interpretation of electrical impedance spect... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750 1000
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. Modeling and interpretation of electrical impedance spectra of dye solar cells operated under open-circuit conditions
    2002 1.2k citations Rainer Kern, R. Sastrawan et al. Electrochimica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Kern Germany 17 2.3k 1.6k 662 607 603 26 3.4k
Federico Tasca Chile 30 662 0.3× 326 0.2× 1.5k 2.3× 448 0.7× 109 0.2× 64 2.1k
Yu Xue China 23 351 0.2× 514 0.3× 504 0.8× 495 0.8× 118 0.2× 52 1.3k
Yingxin Ma China 28 596 0.3× 822 0.5× 438 0.7× 673 1.1× 76 0.1× 119 2.3k
Sijia Peng China 22 1.2k 0.5× 856 0.5× 876 1.3× 434 0.7× 23 0.0× 44 2.4k
Weipeng Liu China 33 449 0.2× 1.0k 0.6× 649 1.0× 1.5k 2.4× 96 0.2× 91 2.6k
Ardemis A. Boghossian Switzerland 25 241 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 735 1.1× 831 1.4× 278 0.5× 56 2.9k
Zhi Wei Wang China 21 186 0.1× 653 0.4× 441 0.7× 340 0.6× 334 0.6× 57 1.5k
Su‐Ji Jeon South Korea 18 359 0.2× 868 0.6× 239 0.4× 308 0.5× 97 0.2× 34 1.3k
Qingqing Zhou China 30 157 0.1× 452 0.3× 557 0.8× 591 1.0× 88 0.1× 107 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Kern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Kern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Kern

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Kern. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Kern 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 Rainer Kern. Rainer Kern 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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Kern, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Durchgängiges Sicherheitskonzept für die Prüfung von Lithium-Ionen-Batteriesystemen. ATZelektronik. 4(5). 22–29. 4 indexed citations
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Sastrawan, R., J. Beier, U. Belledin, et al.. (2006). New interdigital design for large area dye solar modules using a lead-free glass frit sealing. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 14(8). 697–709. 71 indexed citations
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Khelashvili, Guram, Silke Behrens, Claudia Weidenthaler, et al.. (2006). Catalytic platinum layers for dye solar cells: A comparative study. Thin Solid Films. 511-512. 342–348. 57 indexed citations
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Strobl, G., Rainer Kern, W. Köstler, et al.. (2005). Evolution of Fully European Triple GaAs Solar Cell. ESA Special Publication. 589. 1. 3 indexed citations
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Hore, Sarmimala, et al.. (2005). Scattering spherical voids in nanocrystalline TiO2? enhancement of efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells. Chemical Communications. 2011–2011. 268 indexed citations
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Kschischo, Maik, et al.. (2005). Automatic Scoring and Quality Assessment Using Accuracy Bounds for FP-TDI SNP Genotyping Data. PubMed. 4(2). 75–84. 2 indexed citations
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Sastrawan, R., J. Beier, U. Belledin, et al.. (2005). A glass frit-sealed dye solar cell module with integrated series connections. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 90(11). 1680–1691. 121 indexed citations
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Sastrawan, R., et al.. (2005). Interconnecting dye solar cells in modules—I–V characteristics under reverse bias. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 178(1). 33–40. 39 indexed citations
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Albers, M., Harald Kranz, Ingo Kober, et al.. (2004). Automated Yeast Two-hybrid Screening for Nuclear Receptor-interacting Proteins. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 4(2). 205–213. 102 indexed citations
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Antón, Ignacio, G. Sala, KC Heasman, Rainer Kern, & Tim Bruton. (2003). Performance prediction of concentrator solar cells and modules from darkI–Vcharacteristics. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 11(3). 165–178. 11 indexed citations
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Fuhr, Uwe, et al.. (2002). Effects of grapefruit juice and smoking on verapamil concentrations in steady state. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 58(1). 45–53. 63 indexed citations
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Kern, Rainer, R. Sastrawan, J. Ferber, Rolf Stangl, & J. Luther. (2002). Modeling and interpretation of electrical impedance spectra of dye solar cells operated under open-circuit conditions. Electrochimica Acta. 47(26). 4213–4225. 1174 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hinsch, Andreas, J. Kroon, Rainer Kern, et al.. (2001). Long‐term stability of dye‐sensitised solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 9(6). 425–438. 290 indexed citations
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Strobl, G., et al.. (1995). High Efficiency Si and GaAs Solar Cells for LILT Applications. ESASP. 369. 471. 3 indexed citations
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Kern, Rainer, Alexander Gasch, Mária Deák, S. A. Kay, & Nam‐Hai Chua. (1993). phyB of Tobacco, a New Member of the Phytochrome Family. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 102(4). 1363–1364. 17 indexed citations
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Neuhaus, Gunther, Chris Bowler, Rainer Kern, & Nam‐Hai Chua. (1993). Calcium/calmodulin-dependent and -independent phytochrome signal transduction pathways. Cell. 73(5). 937–952. 383 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Tim, Ken‐ichi Tomizawa, Rainer Kern, et al.. (1993). In vitroformation of a photoreversible adduct of phycocyanobilin and tobacco apophytochrome B. European Journal of Biochemistry. 215(3). 587–594. 66 indexed citations
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López‐Juez, Enrique, Akira Nagatani, Kenji Tomizawa, et al.. (1992). The cucumber long hypocotyl mutant lacks a light-stable PHYB-like phytochrome.. The Plant Cell. 4(3). 241–251. 124 indexed citations
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Tabler, Martin, et al.. (1989). A microscale procedure for isolating and sequencing the viroid RNA present in one gram of infected leaf tissue. Journal of Virological Methods. 23(2). 111–126. 14 indexed citations
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Kern, Rainer, et al.. (1978). Physiological effects of econazole nitrate on yeast cells.. PubMed. 1. 339–45. 4 indexed citations

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