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Herbert Over

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14111
World Ranking
7014
National Ranking
510

Herbert Over 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 Herbert Over sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 223 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Herbert Over 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 Herbert Over sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Herbert Over is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily spans materials science and engineering, with a focus on materials chemistry and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. They also contribute to electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and electrochemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysis and oxidation reactions, semiconductor materials and devices, advanced battery technologies research, electronic and structural properties of oxides, and anodic oxide films and nanostructures.

Herbert Over has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ChemCatChem
  • Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Catalysis Science & Technology

Among Herbert Over's recent papers are:

  • "Fundamental Studies of Planar Single-Crystalline Oxide Model Electrodes (RuO2, IrO2) for Acidic Water Splitting" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Electrochemical stability of RuO2(110)/Ru(0001) model electrodes in the oxygen and chlorine evolution reactions" (2020, Electrochimica Acta)
  • "Rational Synthesis Concept for Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: On the Impact of Particle Size on the Oxygen Storage Capacity" (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • "Coordination Inversion of the Tetrahedrally Coordinated Ru4f Surface Complex on RuO2(100) and Its Decisive Role in the Anodic Corrosion Process" (2023, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Catalytic Stability Studies Employing Dedicated Model Catalysts" (2020, Accounts of Chemical Research)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Tim Weber
  • Lorena Glatthaar
  • Edvin Lundgren
  • Bernd M. Smarsly
  • Alexander Spriewald Luciano

Best Publications

  • Atomic-scale structure and catalytic reactivity of the RuO(2)(110) surface

    Herbert Over;Young Dae Kim;A. P. Seitsonen;A. P. Seitsonen;Stefan Wendt

  • Surface Chemistry of Ruthenium Dioxide in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrocatalysis: From Fundamental to Applied Research

    Herbert Over

  • Automated determination of complex surface structures by LEED

    M.A. Van Hove;M.A. Van Hove;W. Moritz;W. Moritz;H. Over;H. Over;P.J. Rous;P.J. Rous

  • Boron nitride nanomesh: functionality from a corrugated monolayer.

    Simon Berner;Martina Corso;Roland Widmer;Oliver Groening

  • Self-assembly of a hexagonal boron nitride nanomesh on Ru(0001).

    Andrii Goriachko;Yunbin He;Marcus Knapp;Herbert Over

  • Catalytic CO oxidation over ruthenium––bridging the pressure gap

    Herbert Over;Martin Muhler

  • Structure and Stability of a High-Coverage \(1×1\) Oxygen Phase on Ru(0001)

    Catherine Stampfl;S. Schwegmann;Herbert Over;Matthias Scheffler

  • Characterization of Various Oxygen Species on an Oxide Surface: RuO2(110) †

    Young Dok Kim;Ari P. Seitsonen;Stefan Wendt;Jinhai Wang

  • Oxidation of Metal Surfaces

    H. Over;A. P. Seitsonen

  • Fundamental Studies of Planar Single-Crystalline Oxide Model Electrodes (RuO2, IrO2) for Acidic Water Splitting

    Herbert Over

  • Controlling Selectivity in the Chlorine Evolution Reaction over RuO2-Based Catalysts

    Kai S. Exner;Josef Anton;Timo Jacob;Herbert Over

  • CO Oxidation Reaction over Oxygen-Rich Ru(0001) Surfaces

    A. Böttcher;H. Niehus;Stefan Schwegmann;Herbert Over

  • Coverage dependence of adsorption-site geometry in the Cs/Ru(0001) system: A low-energy electron-diffraction analysis.

    H. Over;H. Bludau;M. Skottke-Klein;G. Ertl

  • Identification of stable and metastable adsorption sites of K adsorbed on Al(111)

    Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler;Herbert Over;J. Burchhardt

  • Kinetics of Electrocatalytic Reactions from First-Principles: A Critical Comparison with the Ab Initio Thermodynamics Approach.

    Kai S. Exner;Herbert Over

  • Oxidation reactions over RuO2: A comparative study of the reactivity of the (110) single crystal and polycrystalline surfaces

    Hima Madhavaram;Hicham Idriss;Stefan Wendt;Young Dok Kim

  • A Universal Approach To Determine the Free Energy Diagram of an Electrocatalytic Reaction

    Kai S. Exner;Kai S. Exner;Iman Sohrabnejad-Eskan;Herbert Over

  • Beyond the Rate-Determining Step in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction over a Single-Crystalline IrO2(110) Model Electrode: Kinetic Scaling Relations

    Kai S. Exner;Herbert Over

  • Anisotropic atomic motions in structural analysis by low energy electron diffraction

    Herbert Over;Wolfgang Moritz;Gerhard Ertl

  • Stable Deacon Process for HCl Oxidation over RuO2

    Daniela Crihan;Marcus Knapp;Stefan Zweidinger;Edvin Lundgren

  • Defect structures on epitaxial Fe3O4 (111) films

    Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov;Michael Ritter;Xiao-Gang Wang;Herbert Over

  • Surfaces and Interfaces of Solid Materials

    H. Over

Frequent Co-Authors

Ari P. Seitsonen
Ari P. Seitsonen PSL University
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Edvin Lundgren
Edvin Lundgren Lund University
Wolfgang Moritz
Wolfgang Moritz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernd M. Smarsly
Bernd M. Smarsly University of Giessen
Jan P. Hofmann
Jan P. Hofmann Eindhoven University of Technology
Yunbin He
Yunbin He Hubei University
Igor Djerdj
Igor Djerdj University of Osijek
Jesper N Andersen
Jesper N Andersen Lund University
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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