Wolfram Koch

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
211 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Wolfram Koch is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfram Koch has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 65 papers in Organic Chemistry and 58 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Wolfram Koch's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (124 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (39 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (21 papers). Wolfram Koch is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (124 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (39 papers) and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (21 papers). Wolfram Koch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Wolfram Koch's co-authors include Max C. Holthausen, Helmut Schwarz, Roland H. Hertwig, Gernot Frenking, Jeremy N. Harvey, Massimiliano Aschi, Dieter Cremer, Christoph Heinemann, Juergen Gauss and Jan Hrušák and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Wolfram Koch

204 papers receiving 11.2k citations

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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.

A Chemist's Guide to Density Functional Theory

2001 3.8k citations Wolfram Koch, Max C. Holthausen profile →
On the parameterization of the local correlation functional. What is Becke-3-LYP?

1997 887 citations Roland H. Hertwig, Wolfram Koch profile →
The singlet and triplet states of phenyl cation. A hybrid approach for locating minimum energy crossing points between non-interacting potential energy surfaces

1998 807 citations Helmut Schwarz, Wolfram Koch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfram Koch Germany	46	5.1k	4.1k	2.8k	2.8k	2.4k	211	11.6k
G. S. Chandler Australia	19	3.5k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	59	9.6k
Harold Basch Israel	42	5.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	160	10.0k
George A. Petersson United States	31	6.0k 1.2×	7.1k 1.7×	4.2k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	77	15.6k
Heinzwerner Preuß Germany	23	4.5k 0.9×	5.5k 1.3×	4.4k 1.6×	3.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	37	14.0k
Jan Andzelm United States	44	4.6k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	5.0k 1.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	132	13.0k
Walter J. Stevens United States	37	5.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	91	9.6k
Bernard Silvi France	55	5.4k 1.0×	6.1k 1.5×	4.3k 1.5×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	195	14.2k
Ian H. Hillier United Kingdom	53	5.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	494	12.1k
A. D. McLean United States	44	8.4k 1.6×	4.2k 1.0×	3.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	3.7k 1.6×	115	15.6k
Rick A. Kendall United States	21	10.3k 2.0×	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	4.5k 1.9×	32	15.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfram Koch

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Peng, Jun, et al.. (2025). ALD‐Assisted VO₂ for Memristor Application. Advanced Engineering Materials. 27(10). 1 indexed citations

Bruno, Ian, Simon J. Coles, Wolfram Koch, et al.. (2021). FAIR and Open Data in Science: The Opportunity for IUPAC. Chemistry International. 43(3). 12–16. 8 indexed citations

Koch, Wolfram. (2015). The future of academic publishing: The chemists’ point of view. Information Services & Use. 35(1-2). 137–140. 4 indexed citations

Koch, Wolfram. (2008). From Chem. Eur. J. to ChemSusChem: All from ChemPubSoc Europe. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations

Koch, Wolfram. (2008). Exzellent, wertvoll und unterhaltsam. Angewandte Chemie. 120(38). 7282–7282. 2 indexed citations

Koch, Wolfram, et al.. (2001). Density Functional Investigation of Reactive Intermediates Derived from Alkyne-Co2(CO)6 Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 7(24). 5325–5332. 14 indexed citations

Koch, Wolfram & Max C. Holthausen. (2001). A Chemist's Guide to Density Functional Theory. 3754 indexed citations breakdown →

Hrušák, Jan, Nadja Sändig, & Wolfram Koch. (1999). Structure and stability of the CF32+ dication. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 185-187. 701–706. 14 indexed citations

Holthausen, Max C., Andreas Fiedler, Helmut Schwarz, & Wolfram Koch. (1996). How Does Fe⁺ Activate C−C and C−H Bonds in Ethane? A Theoretical Investigation Using Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(15). 6236–6242. 155 indexed citations

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Heinemann, Christoph, Wolfram Koch, Gottlieb‐Georg Lindner, D. Reinen, & Per‐Olof Widmark. (1996). Ground- and excited-state properties of neutral and anionic selenium dimers and trimers. Physical Review A. 54(3). 1979–1993. 26 indexed citations

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Hrušák, Jan, Roland H. Hertwig, Detlef Schroeder, et al.. (1995). Relativistic Effects in Cationic Gold(I) Complexes: A Comparative Study of ab Initio Pseudopotential and Density Functional Methods. Organometallics. 14(3). 1284–1291. 65 indexed citations

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Koch, Wolfram, et al.. (1990). Experimentelles und theoretisches IR‐Spektrum des 2‐Norbornyl‐Kations. Angewandte Chemie. 102(2). 198–200. 15 indexed citations

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Herbst, Eric, D. J. DeFrees, & Wolfram Koch. (1989). Can interstellar H2S be formed via gas-phase reactions? Calculations concerning the rates of the ternary and radiative association reactions between HS+ and H2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 237(4). 1057–1065. 22 indexed citations

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Koch, Wolfram, Bowen Liu, & Douglas J. DeFrees. (1989). Structure of the 2-norbornyl cation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(4). 1527–1528. 28 indexed citations

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Koch, Wolfram, Bowen Liu, & Douglas J. DeFrees. (1988). The C4H7+ cation. A theoretical investigation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(22). 7325–7328. 50 indexed citations

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Frenking, Gernot, Wolfram Koch, Juergen Gauss, & Dieter Cremer. (1988). Stabilities and nature of the attractive interactions in HeBeO, NeBeO, and ArBeO and a comparison with analogs NGLiF, NGBN, and NGLiH (NG = He, Ar). A theoretical investigation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(24). 8007–8016. 155 indexed citations

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Heinrich, Nikolaus, et al.. (1986). Mindo/3 and mndo calculations of closed‐ and open‐shell cations containing C, H, N, and O. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(2). 93–104. 23 indexed citations

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Frenking, Gernot, Wolfram Koch, & Helmut Schwarz. (1986). Theoretical Investigations on Fluorine‐Substituted Ethylene Dications C₂H_nF_4‐n²⁺(n = 0–4). Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(4). 406–416. 22 indexed citations

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Drewello, Thomas, Wolfram Koch, Thomas Weiske, Helmut Schwarz, & Daniel Ståhl. (1986). The CCl4 dication revisited. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 72(3). 313–315. 11 indexed citations

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Koch, Wolfram, et al.. (1984). Theoretical and experimental studies on the tetrafluoroethylene dication. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1187–1187. 6 indexed citations

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