Thomas Taubner

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
100 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Taubner is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Taubner has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 41 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Thomas Taubner's work include Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (37 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (30 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (25 papers). Thomas Taubner is often cited by papers focused on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (37 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (30 papers) and Near-Field Optical Microscopy (25 papers). Thomas Taubner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Taubner's co-authors include Matthias Wuttig, Rainer Hillenbrand, F. Keilmann, Harish Bhaskaran, Ann‐Katrin U. Michel, Peining Li, Jon A. Schuller, Mark L. Brongersma, Xinghui Yin and Tobias W. W. Maß and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Taubner

97 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Phase-change materials fo... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2017 2002 2015 2006 2015 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. Phase-change materials for non-volatile photonic applications
    2017 1.0k citations Matthias Wuttig, Thomas Taubner et al. profile →
  2. Phonon-enhanced light–matter interaction at the nanometre scale
    2002 650 citations Rainer Hillenbrand, Thomas Taubner et al. Nature profile →
  3. A Switchable Mid‐Infrared Plasmonic Perfect Absorber with Multispectral Thermal Imaging Capability
    2015 496 citations Ann‐Katrin U. Michel, Matthias Wuttig et al. profile →
  4. Near-Field Microscopy Through a SiC Superlens
    2006 466 citations Thomas Taubner, Rainer Hillenbrand et al. profile →
  5. Hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in boron nitride for near-field optical imaging and focusing
    2015 430 citations Peining Li, Martin Lewin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  6. Reversible optical switching of highly confined phonon–polaritons with an ultrathin phase-change material
    2016 335 citations Peining Li, Xiaosheng Yang et al. Nature Materials profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Taubner 4.1k 3.5k 2.8k 2.6k 2.3k 100 7.8k
Alexey Y. Nikitin 4.8k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 3.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 112 6.9k
Alexander McLeod 4.4k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 2.2k 1.0× 69 7.0k
Joshua D. Caldwell 4.6k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 3.7k 1.4× 3.4k 1.5× 222 10.0k
Jon A. Schuller 5.5k 1.3× 3.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 67 8.4k
Pablo Alonso‐González 5.7k 1.4× 3.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 3.6k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 86 7.8k
Andreas Tittl 4.1k 1.0× 4.3k 1.2× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 767 0.3× 90 6.7k
Mario Hentschel 6.8k 1.6× 7.0k 2.0× 2.6k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 1.3k 0.6× 115 9.9k
Fei Ding 3.0k 0.7× 6.3k 1.8× 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 149 8.9k
Gururaj V. Naik 3.5k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 78 6.7k
Long Ju 4.3k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 3.2k 1.1× 3.5k 1.4× 3.9k 1.7× 40 8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Taubner

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas Taubner'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 Thomas Taubner with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas Taubner more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Taubner

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Taubner. 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 Thomas Taubner. The network helps show where Thomas Taubner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Taubner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Taubner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Taubner 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 Thomas Taubner. Thomas Taubner 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.
Kreutz, Marina, et al.. (2025). Toward Direct Laser Writing of Dual‐Layer Metasurfaces with the Plasmonic Phase‐Change Material In3SbTe2. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(17). 1 indexed citations
2.
Watanabe, Kenji, Takashi Taniguchi, Dante M. Kennes, et al.. (2025). Super‐Resolution Imaging of Nanoscale Inhomogeneities in hBN‐Covered and Encapsulated Few‐Layer Graphene. Advanced Science. 12(14). e2409039–e2409039. 2 indexed citations
3.
Heßler, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Real-space imaging of confined infrared surface plasmon polaritons on doped semiconductors covered with phase-change materials. Science Advances. 11(6). eadr6844–eadr6844. 6 indexed citations
4.
5.
Giteau, Maxime, et al.. (2024). Switchable Narrowband Diffuse Thermal Emission With an In3SbTe2‐Based Planar Structure. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(5). 8 indexed citations
6.
Wuttig, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Direct programming of confined surface phonon polariton resonators with the plasmonic phase-change material In3SbTe2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3472–3472. 18 indexed citations
7.
8.
9.
Nolen, J. Ryan, Mingze He, Evan L. Runnerstrom, et al.. (2022). Tunable, Homoepitaxial Hyperbolic Metamaterials Enabled by High Mobility CdO. Advanced Optical Materials. 11(1). 7 indexed citations
10.
Wehmeier, Lukas, Andreas Heßler, Martin Lewin, et al.. (2021). Far-Infrared Near-Field Optical Imaging and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy of Laser-Crystallized and -Amorphized Phase Change Material Ge3Sb2Te6. Nano Letters. 21(21). 9012–9020. 20 indexed citations
11.
Chen, Chao, Shu Chen, R. P. S. M. Lobo, et al.. (2020). Terahertz Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy of Chalcogenide Phase-Change Materials. ACS Photonics. 7(12). 3499–3506. 35 indexed citations
12.
Lewin, Martin, Christoph Baeumer, Felix Gunkel, et al.. (2018). Nanospectroscopy of Infrared Phonon Resonance Enables Local Quantification of Electronic Properties in Doped SrTiO3 Ceramics. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(42). 35 indexed citations
13.
Li, Peining, Xiaosheng Yang, Tobias W. W. Maß, et al.. (2016). Reversible optical switching of highly confined phonon–polaritons with an ultrathin phase-change material. Nature Materials. 15(8). 870–875. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Li, Peining, Martin Lewin, Andrey V. Kretinin, et al.. (2015). Hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in boron nitride for near-field optical imaging and focusing. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7507–7507. 430 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Wang, Tao, et al.. (2013). Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy with gold strip gratings. Optics Express. 21(7). 9005–9005. 51 indexed citations
16.
Hauer, Benedikt, et al.. (2012). Quasi-analytical model for scattering infrared near-field microscopy on layered systems. Optics Express. 20(12). 13173–13173. 99 indexed citations
17.
Hauer, Benedikt, et al.. (2012). Visibility of weak contrasts in subsurface scattering near-field microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 126. 40–43. 15 indexed citations
18.
Aizpurua, Javier, Thomas Taubner, F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo, Markus Brehm, & Rainer Hillenbrand. (2008). Substrate-enhanced infrared near-field spectroscopy. Optics Express. 16(3). 1529–1529. 99 indexed citations
19.
Schuller, Jon A., Rashid Zia, Thomas Taubner, & Mark L. Brongersma. (2007). Dielectric Metamaterials Based on Electric and Magnetic Resonances of Silicon Carbide Particles. Physical Review Letters. 99(10). 107401–107401. 273 indexed citations
20.
Hillenbrand, Rainer, Thomas Taubner, & F. Keilmann. (2002). Phonon-enhanced light–matter interaction at the nanometre scale. Nature. 418(6894). 159–162. 650 indexed citations breakdown →

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 Alexey Y. Nikitin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alexander McLeod Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joshua D. Caldwell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jon A. Schuller Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Pablo Alonso‐González Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andreas Tittl Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mario Hentschel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Fei Ding Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gururaj V. Naik Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Long Ju
Rankless by CCL
2026