Uwe J. Meierhenrich

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Uwe J. Meierhenrich is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Uwe J. Meierhenrich has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Spectroscopy and 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Uwe J. Meierhenrich's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (63 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (42 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers). Uwe J. Meierhenrich is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (63 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (42 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers). Uwe J. Meierhenrich collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Denmark. Uwe J. Meierhenrich's co-authors include Cornelia Meinert, Laurent Nahon, Wolfram Thiemann, G. M. Muñoz, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Søren Vrønning Hoffmann, Jan Hendrik Bredehöft, H. Rosenbauer, Jean‐Jacques Filippi and Bernard Barbier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Uwe J. Meierhenrich

122 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues

2002 580 citations G. M. Muñoz, Uwe J. Meierhenrich et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Uwe J. Meierhenrich France	33	2.4k	1.6k	889	798	797	125	4.1k
Sandra Pizzarello United States	42	4.4k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	991 1.1×	920 1.2×	536 0.7×	85	5.3k
John R. Cronin United States	30	2.7k 1.1×	892 0.6×	550 0.6×	676 0.8×	424 0.5×	68	3.7k
Cornelia Meinert France	24	1.1k 0.5×	767 0.5×	483 0.5×	401 0.5×	342 0.4×	67	1.8k
James P. Ferris United States	47	4.9k 2.0×	758 0.5×	874 1.0×	3.3k 4.2×	597 0.7×	189	7.5k
Michael P. Callahan United States	28	1.2k 0.5×	629 0.4×	218 0.2×	598 0.7×	381 0.5×	62	2.5k
John D. Sutherland United Kingdom	39	4.1k 1.7×	295 0.2×	1.4k 1.6×	3.6k 4.6×	213 0.3×	157	6.2k
Kaoru Harada Japan	31	1.2k 0.5×	688 0.4×	491 0.6×	1.7k 2.2×	140 0.2×	202	4.1k
Nykola C. Jones Denmark	26	454 0.2×	540 0.3×	234 0.3×	705 0.9×	991 1.2×	215	2.8k
P. L. Luisi Switzerland	25	731 0.3×	487 0.3×	445 0.5×	2.2k 2.8×	385 0.5×	54	3.8k
Aaron S. Burton United States	23	1.1k 0.5×	352 0.2×	246 0.3×	463 0.6×	133 0.2×	61	1.8k

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Bánréti, Ágnes, Shayon Bhattacharya, Frank Wien, et al.. (2022). Biological effects of the loss of homochirality in a multicellular organism. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7059–7059. 15 indexed citations

Bredehöft, Jan Hendrik, Thomas Gautier, Chaitanya Giri, et al.. (2022). COSAC's Only Gas Chromatogram Taken on Comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko. ChemPlusChem. 87(6). e202200116–e202200116. 3 indexed citations

Aerts, Joost W., Andreas Riedo, Simone Martini, et al.. (2020). Biosignature Analysis of Mars Soil Analogs from the Atacama Desert: Challenges and Implications for Future Missions to Mars. Astrobiology. 20(6). 766–784. 17 indexed citations

Meierhenrich, Uwe J.. (2019). Theoretical origins. Physics of Life Reviews. 34-35. 147–148.

Nahon, Laurent, Gustavo A. García, Iuliia Myrgorodska, et al.. (2016). Determination of accurate electron chiral asymmetries in fenchone and camphor in the VUV range: sensitivity to isomerism and enantiomeric purity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(18). 12696–12706. 74 indexed citations

Meinert, Cornelia, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Pierre de Marcellus, et al.. (2016). Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs. Science. 352(6282). 208–212. 200 indexed citations

Marcellus, Pierre de, P. Modica, Cornelia Meinert, et al.. (2014). VUV irradiation of interstellar ice analogues: an abiotic source for organic matter in planetary systems. EPSC. 9. 1 indexed citations

Szopa, Cyril, R. Sternberg, D. Coscia, et al.. (2014). Gas chromatography for in situ analysis of a cometary nucleus V. Study of capillary columns’ robustness submitted to long-term reduced environmental pressure conditions. Journal of Chromatography A. 1368. 211–216. 4 indexed citations

Marcellus, Pierre de, Cornelia Meinert, Michel Nuevo, et al.. (2011). NON-RACEMIC AMINO ACID PRODUCTION BY ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION OF ACHIRAL INTERSTELLAR ICE ANALOGS WITH CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 727(2). L27–L27. 125 indexed citations

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Meierhenrich, Uwe J., Jean‐Jacques Filippi, Cornelia Meinert, Pierre Vierling, & Jason P. Dworkin. (2010). On the Origin of Primitive Cells: From Nutrient Intake to Elongation of Encapsulated Nucleotides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(22). 3738–3750. 60 indexed citations

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Meierhenrich, Uwe J.. (2009). Aminosäuren und die Entstehung des Lebens. Spuren aus dem Weltraum. Chemie in unserer Zeit. 43(4). 204–209. 1 indexed citations

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Tournayre, Pascal, et al.. (2009). Identification of Odor Impact Compounds ofTagetes minutaL. Essential Oil: Comparison of Two GC-Olfactometry Methods. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 57(18). 8572–8580. 18 indexed citations

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Bredehöft, Jan Hendrik, et al.. (2007). Chiroptical properties of diamino carboxylic acids. Chirality. 19(7). 570–573. 10 indexed citations

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Filippi, Jean‐Jacques, Xavier Fernàndez, André‐Michel Loiseau, Louisette Lizzani‐Cuvelier, & Uwe J. Meierhenrich. (2006). Enantiomer separation of 1,4‐sulfanylalcohols by conventional and low‐temperature gas chromatography. Chirality. 18(7). 558–561. 2 indexed citations

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Meierhenrich, Uwe J., Wolfram Thiemann, F. Goesmann, R. Roll, & H. Rosenbauer. (2002). Enantioselective amino acid analysis in cometary matter planned for the COSAC instrument onboard ROSETTA lander. International Journal of Astrobiology. 1. 477–478. 1 indexed citations

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Meierhenrich, Uwe J., Wolfram Thiemann, Bernard Barbier, et al.. (2002). Circular Polarization of Light By Planet Mercury and Enantiomorphism of Its Surface Minerals. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 962. 1 indexed citations

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Szopa, Cyril, Uwe J. Meierhenrich, D. Coscia, et al.. (2002). Gas chromatography for in situ analysis of a cometary nucleus. Journal of Chromatography A. 982(2). 303–312. 19 indexed citations

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Thiemann, Wolfram & Uwe J. Meierhenrich. (2001). Analysis of enantioenrichments in cometary matter by ROSETTA/RoLand. ESASP. 496. 99–102. 1 indexed citations

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Thiemann, Wolfram & Uwe J. Meierhenrich. (2001). ESA Mission ROSETTA Will Probe for Chirality of Cometary Amino Acids. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 31(1-2). 199–210. 39 indexed citations

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Meierhenrich, Uwe J., Wolfram Thiemann, & H. Rosenbauer. (1999). Molecular parity violation via comets?. Chirality. 11(7). 575–582. 40 indexed citations

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