Richard Knochenmuss

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Richard Knochenmuss is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Knochenmuss has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Spectroscopy, 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 37 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Richard Knochenmuss's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (72 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (39 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (37 papers). Richard Knochenmuss is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (72 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (39 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (37 papers). Richard Knochenmuss collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Finland. Richard Knochenmuss's co-authors include Renato Zenobi, Samuel Leutwyler, Gregor McCombie, Michael J. Dale, Kathrin Breuker, Michael Groessl, Stephan Gräf, Leonid V. Zhigilei, Frédéric Dubois and Dieter Staab and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Richard Knochenmuss

123 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ion formation in MALDI mass spectrometry 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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. Ion formation in MALDI mass spectrometry
    1998 590 citations Renato Zenobi, Richard Knochenmuss profile →
  2. MALDI Ionization:  The Role of In-Plume Processes
    2002 406 citations Richard Knochenmuss, Renato Zenobi profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Knochenmuss Switzerland 41 4.3k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 977 123 5.8k
Kenzo Hiraoka Japan 42 4.9k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 806 0.6× 848 0.9× 371 7.5k
Matthew F. Bush United States 43 3.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 487 0.3× 1.9k 1.5× 420 0.4× 84 5.6k
Robert K. Boyd Canada 35 3.6k 0.8× 979 0.7× 615 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 668 0.7× 178 5.1k
Jean H. Futrell United States 39 3.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 994 0.7× 790 0.6× 477 0.5× 173 4.8k
Alexandre A. Shvartsburg United States 47 5.5k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.7× 888 0.9× 115 8.1k
Kermit K. Murray United States 33 2.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 489 0.4× 798 0.6× 381 0.4× 134 3.8k
John R. Eyler United States 37 2.7k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 408 0.3× 770 0.6× 368 0.4× 161 4.5k
Alex G. Harrison Canada 44 6.5k 1.5× 2.7k 1.8× 622 0.4× 1.6k 1.2× 668 0.7× 290 8.9k
Aviv Amirav Israel 47 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 1.9× 423 0.3× 438 0.3× 939 1.0× 185 6.0k
Philippe Dugourd France 47 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.6× 768 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 416 0.4× 283 8.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knochenmuss, Richard, Surajit Maity, Géraldine Féraud, & Samuel Leutwyler. (2017). Measuring Intermolecular Binding Energies by Laser Spectroscopy. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 71(1-2). 7–7. 7 indexed citations
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Krechmer, Jordan, Michael Groessl, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2016). Ion mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry (IMS–MS) for on- and offlineanalysis of atmospheric gas and aerosol species. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(7). 3245–3262. 59 indexed citations
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Maity, Surajit, et al.. (2016). Intermolecular dissociation energies of dispersively bound 1-naphthol⋅cycloalkane complexes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(24). 244314–244314. 11 indexed citations
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Jurček, Ondřej, Elina Kalenius, Juha Linnanto, et al.. (2015). Superchiral Pd3L6 Coordination Complex and Its Reversible Structural Conversion into Pd3L3Cl6 Metallocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(51). 15462–15467. 55 indexed citations
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Campuzano‐Jost, Pedro, J. L. Jiménez, Joel R. Kimmel, et al.. (2014). Particle Time-of-Flight by Hadamard Transform (ePToF): A new high-duty-cycle approach to size-segregated and total aerosol mass measurements for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 2 indexed citations
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Groessl, Michael, et al.. (2014). Comparison of UHPLC-ESI-MS and Hadamard Transform Atmospheric Pressure Ion Mobility-ESI-MS for Rapid Profiling of Isomeric Flavonoids. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 68(3). 135–135. 8 indexed citations
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Knochenmuss, Richard. (2013). MALDI and Related Methods: A Solved Problem or Still a Mystery?. Mass Spectrometry. 2(Special_Issue). S0006–S0006. 24 indexed citations
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Harris, Glenn A., Stephan Gräf, Richard Knochenmuss, & Facundo M. Fernández. (2012). Coupling laser ablation/desorption electrospray ionization to atmospheric pressure drift tube ion mobility spectrometry for the screening of antimalarial drug quality. The Analyst. 137(13). 3039–3039. 26 indexed citations
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Porta, Tiffany, Chantal Grivet, Richard Knochenmuss, Emmanuel Varesio, & Gérard Hopfgartner. (2011). Alternative CHCA‐based matrices for the analysis of low molecular weight compounds by UV‐MALDI‐tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 46(2). 144–152. 36 indexed citations
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Walker, Bennett N., Trust T. Razunguzwa, Matthew J. Powell, Richard Knochenmuss, & Ákos Vértes. (2009). Nanophotonic Ion Production from Silicon Microcolumn Arrays. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(9). 1669–1672. 47 indexed citations
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Stoeckli, Markus, Richard Knochenmuss, Gregor McCombie, et al.. (2006). MALDI MS Imaging of Amyloid. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 412. 94–106. 39 indexed citations
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Knochenmuss, Richard. (2006). Ion formation mechanisms in UV-MALDI. The Analyst. 131(9). 966–966. 329 indexed citations
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Ettorre, Anna, Christoph Rösli, Michela Silacci, et al.. (2006). Recombinant antibodies for the depletion of abundant proteins from human serum. PROTEOMICS. 6(16). 4496–4505. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Juan, Gregor McCombie, Christian Guenat, & Richard Knochenmuss. (2005). FT-ICR mass spectrometry in the drug discovery process. Drug Discovery Today. 10(9). 635–642. 32 indexed citations
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Kinsel, Gary R., et al.. (2002). Ionization energy reductions in small 2,5‐dihydroxybenzoic acid–proline clusters. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 37(11). 1131–1140. 31 indexed citations
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Knochenmuss, Richard. (2002). A quantitative model of ultraviolet matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 37(8). 867–877. 134 indexed citations
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Knochenmuss, Richard, et al.. (2001). Two‐photon ionization thresholds of matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization matrix clusters. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 15(16). 1422–1426. 24 indexed citations
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Breuker, Kathrin, Richard Knochenmuss, & Renato Zenobi. (1999). Proton transfer reactions of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization matrix monomers and dimers. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 10(11). 1111–1123. 28 indexed citations
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Dubois, Frédéric, Richard Knochenmuss, Renato Zenobi, et al.. (1999). A comparison between ion-to-photon and microchannel plate detectors. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 13(9). 786–791. 8 indexed citations
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Dubois, Frédéric, Richard Knochenmuss, & Renato Zenobi. (1997). An ion-to-photon conversion detector for mass spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 169-170. 89–98. 7 indexed citations

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