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Benno Hess publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benno Hess sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 306 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Benno Hess D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benno Hess sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benno Hess was affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy as well as Social Sciences. Within these main fields, their work included studies in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Education, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The scientist's research addressed several key topics. These included Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Education and Technology Integration, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Particle Physics Theoretical and Experimental Studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Particle Detector Development and Performance.

Among the recent papers authored by Benno Hess were two distinct publications. The first, published in 2024 in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, was titled "Facilitating collaborative inquiry into practice around artifacts of mathematics teaching." The second, also from 2024, appeared in arXiv (Cornell University) under the title "Using SRG/eROSITA to estimate soft proton fluxes at the ATHENA detectors."

The scientist collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Caroline B. Ebby, Lizzy Pecora, Jennifer Valerio, Emanuele Perinati, and M. J. Freyberg.

Their work was published in venues such as the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education and arXiv (Cornell University).

Best Publications

  • Cooperation of glycolytic enzymes.

    B. Hess;A. Boiteux;J. Krüger

  • Role of aspartate-96 in proton translocation by bacteriorhodopsin.

    Klaus Gerwert;Benno Hess;Jorg Soppa;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Reversible photolysis of the purple complex in the purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium.

    Dieter Oesterhelt;Benno Hess

  • Light-driven protonation changes of internal aspartic acids of bacteriorhodopsin: an investigation of static and time-resolved infrared difference spectroscopy using [4-13C]aspartic acid labeled purple membrane

    Engelhard M;Gerwert K;Hess B;Kreutz W

  • Cyclic-AMP-controlled oscillations in suspended Dictyostelium cells: their relation to morphogenetic cell interactions.

    Günther Gerisch;Benno Hess

  • Simultaneous monitoring of light-induced changes in protein side-group protonation, chromophore isomerization, and backbone motion of bacteriorhodopsin by time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

    Klaus Gerwert;Georg Souvignier;Benno Hess

  • Control of oscillating glycolysis of yeast by stochastic, periodic, and steady source of substrate: a model and experimental study.

    Arnold Boiteux;Albert Goldbeter;Benno Hess

  • Isotropic cellular automaton for modelling excitable media

    Mario Markus;Benno Hess

  • Purification and allosteric properties of yeast pyruvate kinase.

    Rainer Haeckel;Benno Hess;Werner Lauterborn;Karl-Hans Wüster

  • Metabolic control mechanisms. I. Electron transfer in the mammalian cell.

    Britton Chance;Benno Hess

  • The structure of the core of the spiral wave in the belousov-zhabotinskii reaction.

    Stefan C. Müller;Theo Plesser;Benno Hess

  • FDP-activation of yeast pyruvate kinase☆

    Benno Hess;Rainer Haeckel;Karl Brand

  • Gel systems for the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction

    T. Yamaguchi;L. Kuhnert;L. Kuhnert;Z. Nagy-Ungvarai;S. C. Mueller

  • Spectroscopic evidence of metabolic control.

    Britton Chance;Benno Hess

  • Spectrally silent transitions in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.

    I. Chizhov;D.S. Chernavskii;M. Engelhard;K.H. Mueller

  • Hydration effects on the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin in thin layers of purple membrane

    Rafi Korenstein;Benno Hess

  • ON THE CONTROL OF METABOLISM IN ASCITES TUMOR CELL SUSPENSIONS

    Britton Chance;Benno Hess

  • DPNH oscillations in a cell-free extract of S. carlsbergensis.

    Britton Chance;Benno Hess;Augustin Betz

  • Metabolic control mechanisms. VI. Chemical events after glucose addition to ascites tumor cells.

    Benno Hess;Benno Hess;Britton Chance;Britton Chance

  • Mechanism of glycolytic oscillation in yeast. I. Aerobic and anaerobic growth conditions for obtaining glycolytic oscillation.

    Benno Hess;Arnold Boiteux

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Müller
Stefan Müller Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Martin Engelhard
Martin Engelhard Max Planck Society
Klaus Gerwert
Klaus Gerwert Ruhr University Bochum
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Britton Chance
Britton Chance University of Pennsylvania
Friedrich Siebert
Friedrich Siebert University of Freiburg
John J. Tyson
John J. Tyson Virginia Tech
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel Max Planck Society
Jörg Soppa
Jörg Soppa Goethe University Frankfurt
Albert Goldbeter
Albert Goldbeter Université Libre de Bruxelles

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