Wolfgang Rettig

16.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
233 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Rettig is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Rettig has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 116 papers in Materials Chemistry and 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Rettig's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (198 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (84 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (53 papers). Wolfgang Rettig is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (198 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (84 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (53 papers). Wolfgang Rettig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Poland. Wolfgang Rettig's co-authors include Krystyna Rotkiewicz, Zbigniew R. Grabowski, René Lapouyade, Martin Vögel, Michael Maus, Friedrich Vollmer, Bernd Strehmel, Holger Seifert, V. A. Kharlanov and Marina L. Dekhtyar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Rettig

230 papers receiving 13.6k citations

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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.

Structural Changes Accompanying Intramolecular Electron Transfer: Focus on Twisted Intramolecular Charge-Transfer States and Structures

2003 3.2k citations Zbigniew R. Grabowski, Krystyna Rotkiewicz et al. profile →
Charge Separation in Excited States of Decoupled Systems—TICT Compounds and Implications Regarding the Development of New Laser Dyes and the Primary Process of Vision and Photosynthesis

1986 1.2k citations Wolfgang Rettig profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Rettig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Rettig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Rettig 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 Wolfgang Rettig. Wolfgang Rettig is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deutsche Lehnwortbildung : Beiträge zur Erforschung der Wortbildung mit entlehnten WB-Einheiten im Deutschen 2017 ·Publication Server of the Institute for German Language (Institute for German Language) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Rettig, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Excited-state dynamics of phenol–pyridinium biaryl 2011 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·(unknown), Hélène Chaumeil, Wolfgang Rettig, V. A. Kharlanov, Vincent Diemer, (unknown), Fabrice Morlet‐Savary, O. Poizat	13
3	Model Systems for the Investigation of the Opsin Shift in Bacteriorhodopsin 2010 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·(unknown), Wolfgang Rettig, Harald Otto, Ingrid Wallat, J.L. Bricks	9
4	Optical, Redox, and DNA‐Binding Properties of Phenanthridinium Chromophores: Elucidating the Role of the Phenyl Substituent for Fluorescence Enhancement of Ethidium in the Presence of DNA 2010 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Rainer F. Winter, V. A. Kharlanov, Wolfgang Rettig, Hans‐Achim Wagenknecht	37
5	Photophysical and Complexation Properties of Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives with Different Donor and Acceptor Moieties 2008 ·Journal of Fluorescence ·(unknown), Marko Förstel, Yavuz Ergün, Serap Alp, Wolfgang Rettig	5
6	Enhancement of Photoacidity by Formation of an Intramolecular Charge Transfer State with Twisted Conformation 2008 ·Beata Szczepanik, R. Obara, (unknown), Wilfried Weigel, Wolfgang Rettig, (unknown), Krystyna Rotkiewicz	3
7	Charge-Transfer Transitions in Twisted Stilbenoids: Interchangeable Features and Generic Distinctions of Single- and Double-Bond Twists 2007 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Marina L. Dekhtyar, Wolfgang Rettig	27
8	CT-Operated Bifunctional Fluorescent Probe Based on a Pretwisted Donor–Donor–Biphenyl 2006 ·Journal of Fluorescence ·(unknown), J.L. Bricks, Ute Resch‐Genger, Monika Spieles, Wolfgang Rettig	12
9	New fluorescent probes for visual proteins. Part II. 5-(Oxo)penta-2,4-dienyl-p-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzoate 2003 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·Vladislav Papper, V. A. Kharlanov, (unknown), D Maretzki, Wolfgang Rettig	2
10	Merocyanines: polyene–polymethine transition in donor–acceptor-substituted stilbenes and polyenes 2003 ·Chemical Physics ·Wolfgang Rettig, Marina L. Dekhtyar	34
11	Spectral and photophysical characteristics of unsymmetric polymethine dyes as model compounds for the colour shift of visual pigments 2003 ·Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences ·(unknown), Wolfgang Rettig, А. I. Tolmachev	5
12	Synthesis and fluorescence properties of substituted 7‐aminocoumarin‐3‐carboxylate derivatives 2000 ·Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry ·John E. T. Corrie, V. Ranjit N. Munasinghe, Wolfgang Rettig	49
13	IAC volume 159 Cover and Front matter 1997 ·International Astronomical Union Colloquium ·J. P. Cassinelli, E. Churchwell, (unknown), S. E. Thorsett, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Rettig, (unknown), (unknown), D. H. Hartmann, Steven R. Majewski, Ed Peterson, Cheng Fang, A Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
14	Multiple emission of N-(1-anthryl)-pyridinium 1997 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry ·V. A. Kharlanov, Wolfgang Rettig, (unknown), Nadezhda I. Makarova	16
15	INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE-TRANSFER STATES IN SYMMETRICAL BIARYLS - THE UNUSUAL CASE OF BIPERYLENYL 1994 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Jacek Dobkowski, Zbigniew R. Grabowski, (unknown), Wolfgang Rettig, Katrin Koch, Kläus Müllen, R. Lapouyade	22
16	Photochemical mechanisms producing large fluorescence stokes shifts 1994 ·Journal of Fluorescence ·Friedrich Vollmer, Wolfgang Rettig, Eckhard Birckner	102
17	Unusual fluorescence red shifts in (TICT)-forming boranes 1994 ·Journal of Fluorescence ·(unknown), Wolfgang Rettig	5
18	Anwendungsaspekte adiabatischer Photoreaktionen 1991 ·Nachrichten aus Chemie Technik und Laboratorium ·Wolfgang Rettig	13
19	Definition of subchromosomal intervals around the myotonic dystrophy gene region at 19q 1989 ·Genomics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Frank Oerlemans, H.J.M. Smeets, Jan Schepens, Theo J.M. Hulsebos, D.J. Cockburn, Yvonne Boyd, Mary B. Davis, Wolfgang Rettig, Duncan Shaw, A.D. Roses, Hilger H. Ropers, Bé Wieringa	67
20	Sprachsystem und Sprachnorm in der deutschen Substantivflexion 1972 ·Narr eBooks ·Wolfgang Rettig	4

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