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Ernst Otto Fischer

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
22853
World Ranking
5445
National Ranking
396

Ernst Otto Fischer 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 Ernst Otto Fischer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 753 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ernst Otto Fischer 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 Ernst Otto Fischer sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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

  • 1974 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1973 - Nobel Prize for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds
  • 1959 - Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize), German Chemical Society
  • 1938 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Ernst Otto Fischer was affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Arts and Humanities, with specific contributions to Literature and Literary Theory as well as History.

The scholar published work on several main topics including:

  • Literature and Cultural Memory
  • German History and Society
  • American Jewish Fiction Analysis

Frequent publication venues featured the journal Mosaic, where one known paper appeared. This paper, titled Chaos and Form, was published in 2021 within Mosaic.

They collaborated with co-authors such as Brigitte Schludermann during their career.

Ernst Otto Fischer received several awards, including:

  • Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1974
  • Nobel Prize in 1973 for pioneering independent work on the chemistry of organometallic sandwich compounds
  • Alfred-Stock-Gedächtnispreis (Alfred Stock Memorial Prize) from the German Chemical Society in 1959
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1938
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, year unspecified

Best Publications

  • Cyclopentadien-Metallkomplexe, ein neuer Typ metallorganischer Verbindungen

    E. O. Fischer;W. Pfab

  • Zur Frage eines Wolfram‐Carbonyl‐Carben‐Komplexes

    E. O. Fischer;A. Maasböl

  • Übergangsmetall-Carben-Komplexe, II. Phenylmethoxycarben- und Methylmethoxycarben-pentacarbonyl-chrom, -molybdän, -wolfram und -cyclopentadienyl-dicarbonyl-mangan

    Unknown

  • Auf dem Weg zu Carben‐ und Carbin‐Komplexen (Nobel‐Vortrag)

    Ernst Otto Fischer

  • Di-benzol-chrom

    E. O. Fischer;W. Hafner

  • Temperature dependence of photoisomerization. VI. Viscosity effect

    Dina Gegiou;K. A. Muszkat;Ernst Fischer

  • trans-Halogeno[alkyl(aryl)carbyne]tetracarbonyl Complexes of Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten —A New Class of Compounds Having a Transition Metal-Carbon Triple Bond†

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Gerhard Kreis;Cornelius G. Kreiter;Jörn Müller

  • Temperature dependence of photoisomerization. V. Effect of substituents on the photoisomerization of stilbenes and azobenzenes

    Dina Gegiou;K. A. Muszkat;Ernst Fischer

  • On the Way to Carbene and Carbyne Complexes

    Ernst Otto Fischer

  • The Aromatic Reactivity of Ferrocene, Ruthenocene and Osmocene1,2

    Marvin D. Rausch;Ernst O. Fischer;Heinrich Grubert

  • Two new chromium-carbonyl-carbene complexes

    Ulrich. Klabunde;Ernst Otto. Fischer

  • Über Aromatenkomplexe von Metallen, XXIV. Über gemischte Tricarbonylkomplexe des Chroms, Molybdäns und Wolframs mit Benzol und seinen Derivaten

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Ernst Otto Fischer;Karl Öfele;Karl Öfele;Hans Essler;Hans Essler;Walter Fröhlich;Walter Fröhlich

  • trans‐Halogeno‐alkyl(aryl)carbin‐tetracarbonyl‐Komplexe von Chrom, Molybdän und Wolfram–Ein neuer Verbindungstyp mit Übergangsmetall‐Kohlenstoff‐Dreifachbindung

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Gerhard Kreis;Cornelius G. Kreiter;Jörn Mülle

  • Übergangsmetall—carbin-komplexe : VII. Darstellung, eigenschaften und reaktionsverhalten von übergangsmetallcarbonyl—carbin-komplexen☆

    Ernst otto Fischer;Ulrich Schubert

  • Transition Metal Carbene Complexes

    M.D. Cooke;E.O. Fischer

  • Übergangsmetall-carben-komplexe XXVII. Ringsubstituierte (Methoxyphenylcarben)-pentacarbonylchrom(o)-komplexe

    E.O. Fischer;C.G. Kreiter;H.J. Kollmeier;J. Müller

  • Übergangsmetall‐Carben‐Komplexe, XLII. Synthese von Cyclopropanderivaten aus α.β‐ungesättigten Carbonsäureestern mit Hilfe von Übergangsmetall‐Carbonyl‐Carben‐Komplexen

    Karl Heinz Dötz;Ernst Otto Fischer

  • Übergangsmetall-Carben-Komplexe, LI Synthese von Cyclopropanderivaten aus Vinyläthern mit Hilfe von Übergangsmetall-Carbonyl-Carben-Komplexen

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Karl Heinz Dötz

  • Uber dicyclopentadienyleuropium und dicyclopentadienylytterbium und tricyclopentadienyle des terbiums, holmiums, thuliums und lutetiums

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Hartmut Fischer

  • Äthylen-Metall-Komplexe, I. Über kationische Äthylenkomplexe des Eisens, Molybdäns und Wolframs†

    Ernst Otto Fischer;Konrad Fichtel

  • Übergangsmetall-Carben-Komplexe, IV. Addition von Isonitrilen an Methylmethoxycarben-pentacarbonyl-chrom(0)

    Unknown

  • Übergangsmetall‐Carben‐Komplexe, LIV. Synthese von übergangsmetall‐carbonyl‐ylid‐Komplexen aus übergangsmetall‐carbonyl‐carben‐Komplexen

    Fritz Roland Kreißl;Ernst Otto Fischer;Cornelius Gerhard Kreiter;Helmut Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gottfried Huttner
Gottfried Huttner Heidelberg University
Helmut Werner
Helmut Werner University of Würzburg
Helmut G. Alt
Helmut G. Alt University of Bayreuth
Henri Brunner
Henri Brunner University of Regensburg
Karl Heinz Dötz
Karl Heinz Dötz University of Bonn
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Technical University of Munich
Erwin Weiss
Erwin Weiss Universität Hamburg
Jean Rebizant
Jean Rebizant Joint Research Center
Wolfgang Kellerer
Wolfgang Kellerer Technical University of Munich

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Wolfgang A. Herrmann

Technical University of Munich

Publications: 67

Karl Heinz Dötz

Karl Heinz Dötz

University of Bonn

Publications: 63

Wolfgang Beck

Wolfgang Beck

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Publications: 58

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Anthony F. Hill

Australian National University

Publications: 38

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Gottfried Huttner

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Publications: 33

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Holger Braunschweig

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Publications: 31

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Ulrich S. Schubert

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Publications: 29

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Publications: 28

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