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Ferdi Schüth

Ferdi Schüth

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
138
Citations
90655
World Ranking
221
National Ranking
18

Ferdi Schüth 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 Ferdi Schüth sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 626 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ferdi Schüth 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 Ferdi Schüth 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: 138 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Ferdi Schüth is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research focuses mainly on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics prominently including Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ferdi Schüth include Jacopo De Bellis, Claudia Weidenthaler, Alexander Gunnarson, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Marc Ledendecker.

A number of papers published by Ferdi Schüth in recent years highlight their research interests and contributions:

  • Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades? (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Mechanochemical Synthesis of Catalytic Materials (2021, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • A Novel Electrode for Value-Generating Anode Reactions in Water Electrolyzers at Industrial Current Densities (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Stabilization of alkaline 5-HMF electrolytes via Cannizzaro reaction for the electrochemical oxidation to FDCA (2023, Green Chemistry)
  • Mechanocatalytic Room-Temperature Synthesis of Ammonia from Its Elements Down to Atmospheric Pressure (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • ChemSusChem

Ferdi Schüth received recognition from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2008, specifically in the Chemistry category.

Best Publications

  • Magnetic nanoparticles: Synthesis, protection, functionalization, and application

    An-Hui Lu;E. L. Salabas;Ferdi Schüth

  • Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Gerhard Ertl;Helmut Knözinger;Ferdi Schüth;Jens Weitkamp

  • Generalized synthesis of periodic surfactant/inorganic composite materials

    Qisheng Huo;David I. Margolese;Ulrike Ciesla;Pingyun Feng

  • Ordered mesoporous materials in catalysis

    Akira Taguchi;Ferdi Schüth

  • Organization of Organic Molecules with Inorganic Molecular Species into Nanocomposite Biphase Arrays

    Q. Huo;D. I. Margolese;U. Ciesla;D. G. Demuth;D. G. Demuth

  • Cooperative Formation of Inorganic-Organic Interfaces in the Synthesis of Silicate Mesostructures

    Alain Monnier;F. Schüth;F. Schüth;F. Schüth;Q. Huo;D. Kumar

  • Chemical and Physical Solutions for Hydrogen Storage

    Ulrich Eberle;Michael Felderhoff;Ferdi Schüth

  • Ordered mesoporous materials

    Ulrike Ciesla;Ulrike Ciesla;Ferdi Schüth;Ferdi Schüth

  • Nanocasting: A Versatile Strategy for Creating Nanostructured Porous Materials

    An-Hui Lu;Ferdi Schüth

  • Non-siliceous Mesostructured and Mesoporous Materials†

    Ferdi Schüth

  • Support Effect in High Activity Gold Catalysts for CO Oxidation

    Massimiliano Comotti;Wen-Cui Li;Bernd Spliethoff;Ferdi Schüth

  • Oil-water interface templating of mesoporous macroscale structures

    S. Schacht;Q. Huo;I. G. Voigt-Martin;G. D. Stucky

  • Endo- and exotemplating to create high-surface-area inorganic materials.

    Ferdi Schüth

  • High-temperature-stable catalysts by hollow sphere encapsulation.

    Pablo M. Arnal;Massimiliano Comotti;Ferdi Schüth

  • Handbook of porous solids

    Ferdi Schüth;K. S. W. Sing;J. Weitkamp

  • Design of solid catalysts for the conversion of biomass

    Roberto Rinaldi;Ferdi Schüth

  • Ammonia as a possible element in an energy infrastructure: catalysts for ammonia decomposition

    Ferdi Schüth;Regina Palkovits;Robert Schlögl;Dang Sheng Su

  • Nanoengineering of a Magnetically Separable Hydrogenation Catalyst

    An-Hui Lu;Wolfgang Schmidt;Nina Matoussevitch;Helmut Bönnemann

  • Hollow Nano- and Microstructures as Catalysts

    Gonzalo Prieto;Harun Tüysüz;Nicolas Duyckaerts;Johannes Knossalla

  • Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose as the Entry Point into Biorefinery Schemes

    Roberto Rinaldi;Ferdi Schüth

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Schmidt
Wolfgang Schmidt Max Planck Society
Claudia Weidenthaler
Claudia Weidenthaler Max Planck Society
Roberto Rinaldi
Roberto Rinaldi Imperial College London
An-Hui Lu
An-Hui Lu Dalian University of Technology
Michael Felderhoff
Michael Felderhoff Max Planck Society
Bernd Spliethoff
Bernd Spliethoff Max Planck Society
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer
Karl Johann Jakob Mayrhofer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Klaus K. Unger
Klaus K. Unger Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Regina Palkovits
Regina Palkovits RWTH Aachen University
Harun Tüysüz
Harun Tüysüz Max Planck Society

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