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Curt Wittig 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 Curt Wittig sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 260 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Curt Wittig 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 Curt Wittig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1993 - Herbert P. Broida Prize, American Physical Society
  • 1984 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For landmark advances toward the development of a deep,detailed understanding of the mechanisms and dynamics of elementary molecular processes

Overview

Curt Wittig is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, with specific contributions in Pathology and Forensic Medicine as well as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Endothelial Damage Inhibitor Protects Endothelial Cytoskeletal Integrity during Storage and Endothelial Cell Retention during Simulated Reperfusion, 2025, The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Frequent coauthors in Curt Wittig's research include:

  • Michal Klein
  • B. Christien
  • T. Henriette
  • Kristin M. Kruger
  • Michael Heike

Their work is published in venues such as The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon.

Curt Wittig has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
  • Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2000
  • Herbert P. Broida Prize, American Physical Society, 1993
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1984 (Citation for landmark advances toward the development of a deep, detailed understanding of the mechanisms and dynamics of elementary molecular processes)

Best Publications

  • The Landau-Zener formula.

    Curt Wittig

  • A nomenclature for Λ‐doublet levels in rotating linear molecules

    M. H. Alexander;P. Andresen;R. Bacis;R. Bersohn

  • The 266 nm photolysis of ICN: Recoil velocity anisotropies and nascent E,V,R,T excitations for the CN+I(2P3/2) and CN+I(2P1/2) channels

    I. Nadler;D. Mahgerefteh;H. Reisler;C. Wittig

  • Nascent product excitations in unimolecular reactions: The separate statistical ensembles method

    C. Wittig;I. Nadler;H. Reisler;M. Noble

  • Photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes

    C. Wittig;S. Sharpe;R. A. Beaudet

  • Kinetic and internal energy distributions via velocity‐aligned Doppler spectroscopy: The 193 nm photodissociation of H2S and HBr

    Z. Xu;B. Koplitz;C. Wittig

  • The use of van der Waals forces to orient chemical reactants: The H+CO2 reaction

    S. Buelow;G. Radhakrishnan;J. Catanzarite;C. Wittig

  • Probing the NO2→NO+O transition state via time resolved unimolecular decomposition

    S. I. Ionov;G. A. Brucker;C. Jaques;Y. Chen

  • Orienting reactants using van der Waals precursors: OCO ⋅ HBr+hν → {OCO ← H}+Br → CO+OH+Br

    G. Radhakrishnan;S. Buelow;C. Wittig

  • Kinetics of free radicals generated by IR laser photolysis. IV. Intersystem crossings and reactions of C2(X 1Σ+g) and C2(a 3Πu) in the gaseous phase

    H. Reisler;M. S. Mangir;C. Wittig

  • Photo-Initiated Unimolecular Reactions

    and H Reisler;C Wittig

  • NCNO --> CN+NO: Complete NO(E, V, R) and CN(V, R) nascent population distributions from well-characterized monoenergetic unimolecular reactions

    C. X. W. Qian;M. Noble;I. Nadler;H. Reisler

  • Subpicosecond resolution studies of the H+CO2→CO+OH reaction photoinitiated in CO2–HI complexes

    S. I. Ionov;G. A. Brucker;C. Jaques;L. Valachovic

  • Infrared molecular lasers pumped by electronic‐vibrational energy transfer from Br(42P1/2): CO2, N2O, HCN, and C2H2

    Alan B. Petersen;Curt Wittig;Stephen R. Leone

  • The role of initial conditions in elementary gas-phase processes involving intermediate "complexes"

    S. Buelow;M. Noble;G. Radhakrishnan;H. Reisler

  • HNCO + h.nu.(193.3 nm) .fwdarw. H + NCO: Center-of-Mass Translational Energy Distribution, Reaction Dynamics, and D0(H-NCO)

    Jingsong Zhang;Michael Dulligan;Curt Wittig

  • CF4 and NOCl molecular lasers operating in the 16‐μm region

    Joe J. Tiee;Curt Wittig

  • The kinetics of free radicals generated by IR laser photolysis. I. Reactions of C2(a 3Πu) with NO, vinyl cyanide, and ethylene

    H. Reisler;M. Mangir;C. Wittig

  • Infrared absorption spectroscopy of CO2–HX complexes using the CO2 asymmetric stretch chromophore: CO2HF(DF) and CO2HCl(DCl) linear and CO2HBr bent equilibrium geometries

    S. W. Sharpe;Y. P. Zeng;C. Wittig;R. A. Beaudet

  • The kinetics of free radicals generated by IR laser photolysis. II. Reactions of C2(X 1Σ+g), C2(a 3Πu), C3(X̄ 1Σ+g) and CN(X 2Σ+) with O2

    H. Reisler;M. Mangir;C. Wittig

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna I. Krylov
Anna I. Krylov University of Southern California
Stephen R. Leone
Stephen R. Leone University of California, Berkeley
Oleg V. Prezhdo
Oleg V. Prezhdo University of Southern California
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Wei Wu
Wei Wu Wuhan University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Shigeki Kato
Shigeki Kato Kyoto University
Theodore E. Madey
Theodore E. Madey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul F. Barbara
Paul F. Barbara The University of Texas at Austin

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