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Gerhard Wegner

Gerhard Wegner

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Chemistry
Germany
2026
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Materials Science
Germany
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
97
Citations
35183
World Ranking
1212
National Ranking
67

Chemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
35905
World Ranking
1386
National Ranking
108

Gerhard Wegner publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Wegner sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 657 publications — 94th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Gerhard Wegner D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gerhard Wegner is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and works primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities. Their research spans several subfields, including Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Religious Studies, Economics and Econometrics, and History.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Religion, Theology, and Education
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Economic and Social Issues
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Global Economic and Social Development
  • Political Economy and Marxism

Gerhard Wegner's publication record includes journal articles, book publications, and frequent contributions to specific publication venues. Their recent papers include:

  • "Die politische Theorie des Neoliberalismus," 2022, ORDO
  • "Reassessing the dependence of capitalism on democracy - the case of Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic," 2020, Journal of Institutional Economics
  • "Kapitalistische Transformation und Strukturwandel politischer Herrschaft im Deutschland des "langen neunzehnten Jahrhunderts"," 2022, Leviathan

Although not all coauthored papers are solely credited to them, Gerhard Wegner has worked with the following frequent co-authors:

  • Kurt Dopfer
  • Hilke Rebenstorf
  • Gunther Schendel
  • Claudia Schulz
  • Alexander Ebner

Wegner has contributed to the following publication venues with multiple entries:

  • Praktische Theologie (3 publications)
  • ORDO (1 publication)
  • Journal of Institutional Economics (1 publication)
  • Leviathan (1 publication)
  • Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl (1 publication)

Their book publications have appeared primarily with Duncker & Humblot and Mohr Siebeck eBooks, including titles such as:

  • "Ökonomie und Evolution," 2020
  • "Studien zur Evolutorischen Ökonomik III," 2021
  • "Klugheit," 2021

Gerhard Wegner has received recognition as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1999 and as a Member of the Academia Europaea since 1991.

Best Publications

  • Investigation of the structure of solution grown crystals of lactide copolymers by means of chemical reactions

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  • Determination of the diffusion coefficient of lithium ions in nano-Si

    N. Ding;J. Xu;Y. X. Yao;Gerhard Wegner

  • Up-conversion fluorescence: noncoherent excitation by sunlight.

    Stanislav Baluschev;T. Miteva;V. Yakutkin;G. Nelles

  • Effect of Molecular Weight on the Structure and Crystallinity of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    Achmad Zen;Marina Saphiannikova;Dieter Neher;Jörg Grenzer

  • Structural analysis of poly(3‐alkylthiophene)s

    Mario Leclerc;Francisco Martinez Diaz;Gerhard Wegner

  • Amorphous Calcium Carbonate: Synthesis and Potential Intermediate in Biomineralization

    Michael Faatz;Franziska Grohn;Gerhard Wegner

  • SINGLE-CRYSTAL-TO-SINGLE-CRYSTAL PHOTODIMERIZATION OF CINNAMIC ACID

    Volker Enkelmann;Gerhard Wegner;Kathleen Novak;Kenneth B. Wagener

  • Polymers with Metal‐Like Conductivity—A Review of their Synthesis, Structure and Properties

    Gerhard Wegner

  • Soluble poly(para-phenylene)s. 2. Improved synthesis of poly(para-2,5-di-n-hexylphenylene) via Pd-catalysed coupling of 4-bromo-2,5-di-n-hexylbenzeneboronic acid

    Matthias Rehahn;Arnulf-Dieter Schlüter;Gerhard Wegner;W.James Feast

  • Topochemical polymerization of monomers with conjugated triple bonds

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  • Viscoelastic properties of thin films probed with a quartz-crystal resonator.

    D. Johannsmann;K. Mathauer;G. Wegner;W. Knoll

  • Soluble poly(para-phenylene)s, 3. Variation of the length and the density of the solubilizing side chains

    Matthias Rehahn;Arnulf‐Dieter Schlüter;Gerhard Wegner

  • Polarized light emission from LEDs prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique

    Vera Cimrová;Marcus Remmers;Dieter Neher;Gerhard Wegner

  • Suzuki Polycondensation: Polyarylenes à la Carte

    Junji Sakamoto;Matthias Rehahn;Gerhard Wegner;A. D. Schlüter

  • Structure of poly(diacetylenes) in solution

    Gerhard Wenz;Michael A. Mueller;Manfred Schmidt;Gerhard Wegner

  • Polyelectrolyte–Surfactant Complexes in the Solid State: Facile building blocks for self‐organizing materials

    Christopher K. Ober;Gerhard Wegner

  • Solid-state polymerization mechanisms

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  • Soluble poly(para-phenylene)s. 1. Extension of the Yamamoto synthesis to dibromobenzenes substituted with flexible side chains

    Matthias Rehahn;Arnulf-Dieter Schlüter;Gerhard Wegner;W.James Feast

  • Proton mobility in oligomer-bound proton solvents: imidazole immobilization via flexible spacers

    M. Schuster;Wolfgang H. Meyer;Gerhard Wegner;H. G. Herz

  • Optical spectroscopy of field-induced charge in poly(3-hexyl thienylene) metal-insulator-semiconductor structures : evidence for polarons

    K. E. Ziemelis;A. T. Hussain;D. D. C. Bradley;R. H. Friend

  • PALLADIUM AND NICKEL CATALYZED POLYCONDENSATION - THE KEY TO STRUCTURALLY DEFINED POLYARYLENES AND OTHER AROMATIC POLYMERS

    A. D. Schlüter;Gerhard Wegner

  • Ultrathin films of cellulose on silicon wafers

    Matthias Schaub;Gerhard Wenz;Gerhard Wegner;Andreas Stein

  • Blue-green up-conversion: noncoherent excitation by NIR light.

    Stanislav Baluschev;Vladimir Yakutkin;Tzenka Miteva;Yuri Avlasevich

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang H. Meyer
Wolfgang H. Meyer Max Planck Society
Dieter Neher
Dieter Neher University of Potsdam
Volker Enkelmann
Volker Enkelmann Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Jürgen Rühe
Jürgen Rühe University of Freiburg
George Fytas
George Fytas Max Planck Society
Hans Wolfgang Spiess
Hans Wolfgang Spiess Max Planck Society
Klaus Müllen
Klaus Müllen Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Ingo Lieberwirth
Ingo Lieberwirth Max Planck Society
Frédéric Laquai
Frédéric Laquai King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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