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D-Index
124
Citations
63892
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Gernot Frenking 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 Gernot Frenking sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 930 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gernot Frenking 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 Gernot Frenking sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gernot Frenking is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and has a substantial body of research spanning various fields in chemistry and materials science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields such as materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The primary areas of study for Frenking include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, inorganic fluorides and related compounds, and coordination chemistry and organometallics.

Frenking's significant publication record reflects collaborations with frequent co-authors including Sudip Pan, Lili Zhao, Diane A. Dickie, Robert J. Gilliard, and William Tiznado. The scientist has contributed extensively to numerous well-regarded publication venues. The most frequent venues include The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - A European Journal, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Frenking include:

  • Metal-CO Bonding in Mononuclear Transition Metal Carbonyl Complexes, 2021, JACS Au
  • Dinitrogen complexation and reduction at low-valent calcium, 2021, Science
  • Aromaticity: Quo Vadis, 2023, Chemical Science
  • A Stable, Crystalline Beryllium Radical Cation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Transition-Metal Chemistry of the Heavier Alkaline Earth Atoms Ca, Sr, and Ba, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research

Best Publications

  • A set of f-polarization functions for pseudo-potential basis sets of the transition metals ScCu, YAg and LaAu

    A.W. Ehlers;M. Böhme;S. Dapprich;A. Gobbi

  • The nature of the bonding in transition-metal compounds.

    Gernot Frenking;Nikolaus Fröhlich

  • A set of d-polarization functions for pseudo-potential basis sets of the main group elements AlBi and f-type polarization functions for Zn, Cd, Hg

    A. Höllwarth;M. Böhme;S Dapprich;A.W. Ehlers

  • Investigation of Donor-Acceptor Interactions: A Charge Decomposition Analysis Using Fragment Molecular Orbitals

    Stefan Dapprich;Gernot Frenking

  • Energy decomposition analysis

    Lili Zhao;Moritz von Hopffgarten;Diego M. Andrada;Gernot Frenking;Gernot Frenking;Gernot Frenking

  • Theory and applications of computational chemistry : the first forty years

    Clifford E. Dykstra;Gernot Frenking;Kwang S. Kim;Gustavo E. Scuseria

  • Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines

    Rei Kinjo;Bruno Donnadieu;Mehmet Ali Celik;Gernot Frenking

  • Electronic Structure of Stable Carbenes, Silylenes, and Germylenes

    Christian Boehme;Gernot Frenking

  • Comparative Theoretical Study of Lewis Acid-Base Complexes of BH3, BF3, BCl3, AlCl3, and SO2

    Volker Jonas;Gernot Frenking;Manfred T. Reetz

  • Energy decomposition analysis

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  • Towards a rigorously defined quantum chemical analysis of the chemical bond in donor–acceptor complexes☆

    Gernot Frenking;Karin Wichmann;Nikolaus Fröhlich;Christoph Loschen

  • Isolation of a c5-deprotonated imidazolium, a crystalline abnormal n-heterocyclic carbene

    Guy Bertrand;Bruno Donnadieu;Eugenia Aldeco-Perez

  • Divalent Carbon(0) Chemistry, Part 1: Parent Compounds

    Ralf Tonner;Gernot Frenking

  • The Significance of π Interactions in Group 11 Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes†

    Denes Nemcsok;and Karin Wichmann;Gernot Frenking

  • Theoretical Studies of Some Transition-Metal-Mediated Reactions of Industrial and Synthetic Importance.

    Maricel Torrent;Miquel Solà;Gernot Frenking

  • Carbodiphosphoranes: the chemistry of divalent carbon(0).

    Ralf Tonner;Florian Öxler;Bernhard Neumüller;Wolfgang Petz

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene, Silylene, and Germylene Complexes of MCl (M = Cu, Ag, Au). A Theoretical Study1

    Christian Boehme;Gernot Frenking

  • C(NHC)2: divalent carbon(0) compounds with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands-theoretical evidence for a class of molecules with promising chemical properties.

    Ralf Tonner;Gernot Frenking

  • Structures and Bond Energies of the Transition Metal Hexacarbonyls M(CO)6 (M = Cr, Mo, W). A Theoretical Study

    Andreas W. Ehlers;Gernot Frenking

  • Consanguineous Families of Coordinated Carbon: A ReC4Re Assembly That Is Isolable in Three Oxidation States, Including Crystallographically Characterized ReC⋮CC⋮CRe and +ReCCCCRe+ Adducts and a Radical Cation in Which Charge Is Delocalized between Rhenium Termini

    Monika Brady;Weiqing Weng;Yuanlin Zhou;Jeffery W. Seyler

  • N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Digermanium(0)

    Anastas Sidiropoulos;Cameron Jones;Andreas Stasch;Susanne Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Israel Fernández
Israel Fernández Complutense University of Madrid
Roland A. Fischer
Roland A. Fischer Technical University of Munich
Herbert W. Roesky
Herbert W. Roesky University of Göttingen
Christian Gemel
Christian Gemel Technical University of Munich
Wolfram Koch
Wolfram Koch German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
Mingfei Zhou
Mingfei Zhou Fudan University
Cameron Jones
Cameron Jones Monash University
Manfred T. Reetz
Manfred T. Reetz Max Planck Society
Regine Herbst-Irmer
Regine Herbst-Irmer University of Göttingen
Klaus Harms
Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg

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