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D-Index
73
Citations
19022
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4963
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360

Christian 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 Christian Hess sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 398 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian 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 Christian Hess sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Hess is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, engineering, and chemical engineering, with a substantial number of publications in each of these fields. The subfields they work within include materials chemistry, catalysis, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics emphasize catalytic processes in materials science and catalysis and oxidation reactions. Additional topics include catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, advancements in battery materials, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced battery technologies research, and transition metal oxide nanomaterials.

Christian Hess has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • ChemCatChem

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Christian Hess include:

  • New advances in using Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of catalysts and catalytic reactions, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Toward an Atomic-Level Understanding of Ceria-Based Catalysts: When Experiment and Theory Go Hand in Hand, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Elucidating the mechanism of the reverse water-gas shift reaction over Au/CeO2 catalysts using operando and transient spectroscopies, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Direct Evidence for Active Support Participation in Oxide Catalysis: Multiple Operando Spectroscopy of VOx/Ceria, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Identification of single-atom active sites in CO oxidation over oxide-supported Au catalysts, 2020, Journal of Catalysis

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Marc Ziemba
  • Leon Schumacher
  • Mariusz Radtke
  • Kathrin Hofmann
  • Jakob Weyel

Christian Hess also has a record of book publications, including a title published by Nomos named Dynamische AGB-Kontrolle in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Langmuir-Blodgett Silver Nanowire Monolayers for Molecular Sensing Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Andrea Tao;Franklin Kim;Christian Hess;Joshua Goldberger

  • The electronic phase diagram of the LaO 1− x F x FeAs superconductor

    H. Luetkens;H.-H. Klauss;M. Kraken;F. J. Litterst

  • Phonon- Versus Electron-Mediated Desorption and Oxidation of CO on Ru(0001)

    Mischa Bonn;Stephan Funk;Christian Hess;Daniel N. Denzler

  • Fundamental degradation mechanisms of layered oxide Li-ion battery cathode materials: Methodology, insights and novel approaches

    René Hausbrand;Gennady Cherkashinin;Helmut Ehrenberg;Melanie Gröting

  • Raman Spectra of Polycrystalline CeO2: A Density Functional Theory Study

    Christian Schilling;Alexander Hofmann;Christian Hess;M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano

  • The electronic phase diagram of the LaO1-xFxFeAs superconductor

    H. Luetkens;H. H. Klauss;M. Kraken;F. J. Litterst

  • Analysis of the structure and chemical properties of some commercial carbon nanostructures

    Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Dirk Rosenthal;Thomas Willum Hansen;Christian Hess

  • Commensurate spin density wave in LaFeAsO: a local probe study.

    H.-H. Klauss;H. Luetkens;R. Klingeler;C. Hess

  • New advances in using Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of catalysts and catalytic reactions

    Christian Hess

  • Ceria and Its Defect Structure: New Insights from a Combined Spectroscopic Approach

    Anastasia Filtschew;Kathrin Hofmann;Christian Hess

  • Chemical Aspects of the Candidate Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator MnBi2Te4

    Alexander Zeugner;Frederik Nietschke;Anja U. B. Wolter;Sebastian Gaß

  • 75As NMR studies of superconducting LaFeAsO0.9F0.1.

    H.-J. Grafe;Dalibor Paar;G. Lang;N. J. Curro

  • Graphene Synthesis on Cubic SiC/Si Wafers. Perspectives for Mass Production of Graphene-Based Electronic Devices

    Victor Yu. Aristov;Victor Yu. Aristov;Grzegorz Urbanik;Kurt Kummer;Denis V. Vyalikh

  • Unusual Phonon Heat Transport in α -RuCl 3 : Strong Spin-Phonon Scattering and Field-Induced Spin Gap

    Richard Hentrich;Anja U. B. Wolter;Xenophon Zotos;Xenophon Zotos;Wolfram Brenig

  • Pore structure and surface area of silica SBA-15: influence of washing and scale-up.

    Jörg P Thielemann;Frank Girgsdies;Robert Schlögl;Christian Hess

  • Femtosecond Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy of CO Adsorbed on Ru(001) during Desorption

    Mischa Bonn;Christian Hess;Stephan Funk;James H. Miners

  • Field and Temperature Dependence of the Superfluid Density in LaFeAsO1-xFx Superconductors : A Muon Spin Relaxation Study

    H. Luetkens;H.-H. Klauss;R. Khasanov;A. Amato

  • Heat conduction in low-dimensional quantum magnets

    C. Hess

  • Electronic excitation and dynamic promotion of a surface reaction.

    Daniel N. Denzler;Christian Frischkorn;Christian Hess;Martin Wolf

  • Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism with Unexpectedly Small Spin Splitting in the Heusler Compound Co 2 FeSi

    Dirk Bombor;Christian G. F. Blum;Oleg Volkonskiy;Steven Rodan

  • Interplay of rare earth and iron magnetism in RFeAsO (R=La, Ce, Pr, and Sm): Muon-spin relaxation study and symmetry analysis

    H. Maeter;H. Luetkens;Yu. G. Pashkevich;A. Kwadrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Büchner
Bernd Büchner Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Mischa Bonn
Mischa Bonn Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Jeroen van den Brink
Jeroen van den Brink Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Reinhard Schomäcker
Reinhard Schomäcker Technical University of Berlin
Christina Trautmann
Christina Trautmann Technical University of Darmstadt
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Robert Schlögl
Robert Schlögl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
H. Berger
H. Berger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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