Th. Förster

15.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Th. Förster is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Th. Förster has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Th. Förster's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (18 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (5 papers). Th. Förster is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (18 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (5 papers). Th. Förster collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Th. Förster's co-authors include S. Völker, B. K. Selinger, K. Rokos, Robert S. Knox, D. L. Dexter, E. König, Julian M. Menter, Horst Krämer and A. Weller and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Physics Letters, Pure and Applied Chemistry and Photochemistry and Photobiology.

In The Last Decade

Th. Förster

32 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

10th Spiers Memorial Lecture. Transfer mechanisms of elec... 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 1960 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. 10th Spiers Memorial Lecture. Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation
    1959 2.8k citations Th. Förster Discussions of the Faraday Society profile →
  2. Transfer Mechanisms of Electronic Excitation Energy
    1960 390 citations Th. Förster profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Th. Förster Germany 19 1.9k 1.3k 1.3k 1.1k 912 32 4.4k
M. Ashraf El‐Bayoumi United States 22 3.4k 1.8× 1.9k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 998 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 50 5.4k
Edwin A. Chandross United States 35 1.5k 0.8× 958 0.7× 2.1k 1.7× 578 0.5× 997 1.1× 85 4.5k
Ralph S. Becker United States 44 2.9k 1.5× 2.3k 1.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 945 1.0× 180 6.4k
T.J. Schaafsma Netherlands 30 1.8k 1.0× 669 0.5× 714 0.6× 971 0.9× 610 0.7× 114 3.3k
S. J. Strickler United States 17 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 576 0.5× 421 0.4× 807 0.9× 33 2.9k
E. Havinga Netherlands 43 2.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.8× 710 0.6× 779 0.9× 243 7.4k
Joan E. Ridley Canada 5 1.0k 0.6× 853 0.7× 556 0.4× 375 0.3× 702 0.8× 5 2.5k
J. W. Verhoeven Netherlands 32 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 631 0.5× 462 0.4× 648 0.7× 130 3.5k
N. Periasamy India 39 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 123 5.6k
Maurice W. Windsor United States 28 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 421 0.3× 818 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 54 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Th. Förster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Th. Förster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Förster, Th. & S. Völker. (1975). Kinetics of proton transfer reactions involving hydroxypyrene-trisulphonate in aqueous solution by nanosecond laser absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters. 34(1). 1–6. 59 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1973). Primary photophysical processes. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 34(2). 225–234. 21 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1972). Konventionelle und unkonventionelle Photochemie. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 76(10). 962–963. 1 indexed citations
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Menter, Julian M. & Th. Förster. (1972). ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED PRODUCTS IN THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF Di‐9‐METHYLANTHRACENE. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 15(3). 289–296. 18 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1972). Deactivation by proton transfer in the excited state. Chemical Physics Letters. 17(3). 309–311. 44 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1971). Excitation transfer and internal conversion. Chemical Physics Letters. 12(2). 422–424. 29 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1970). Diabatic and adiabatic processes in photochemistry. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 24(3). 443–450. 71 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1969). Die neuere Entwicklung der Photochemie. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 73(8-9). 737–744. 3 indexed citations
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Dexter, D. L., Robert S. Knox, & Th. Förster. (1969). The Radiationless Transfer of Energy of Electronic Excitation between Impurity Molecules in Crystals. physica status solidi (b). 34(2). 39 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1968). Ultraviolet and Visible Absorption Spectra Index for 1960—1963. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 58(1_4). 224–224. 2 indexed citations
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1966). Die Druckabhängigkeit des Konzentrationsumschlages der Fluoreszenz. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 70(9-10). 1091–1095. 17 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1965). Delocalization excitation and excitation transfer. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations
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Förster, Th. & B. K. Selinger. (1964). Der Konzentrationsumschlag der Fluoreszenz aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffe in mizell-kolloidaler Lösung. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 19(1). 38–41. 54 indexed citations
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1963). Der Konzentrationsumschlag der Fluoreszenz in Lösung bei höheren Drucken. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 39(3_4). 265–269. 13 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1959). 10th Spiers Memorial Lecture. Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation. Discussions of the Faraday Society. 27(0). 7–17. 2821 indexed citations breakdown →
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1957). Absorptions‐ und Fluoreszenzspektren von Aryl‐Alkaliamiden. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 61(3). 340–343. 1 indexed citations
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1955). Ein Konzentrationsumschlag der Fluoreszenz des Pyrens. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 59(10). 976–980. 88 indexed citations
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1954). Untersuchungen über Löschung und Polarisationsgrad der Fluoreszenz in Lösung. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 58(9). 783–787. 2 indexed citations
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Förster, Th., et al.. (1952). Lichtabsorption und Fluoreszenz aromatischer Amine in überalkalischer Lösung. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 56(2). 137–140. 2 indexed citations
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Förster, Th.. (1952). Photochemische Primärprozesse bei mehratomigen Molekülen. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 56(8). 716–722. 4 indexed citations

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