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D-Index
59
Citations
12604
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10124
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203

Herbert van Amerongen 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 van Amerongen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 200 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Herbert van Amerongen 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 van Amerongen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Herbert van Amerongen is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong intersection in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including molecular biology, plant science, cellular and molecular neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their research spans a range of topics closely related to photosynthesis and plant biology.

Main topics studied by Herbert van Amerongen include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Their frequent co-authors encompass a range of collaborators such as Emilie Wientjes, Jeremy Harbinson, Roberta Croce, Ludovico Caracciolo, and Ahmad Farhan Bhatti, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships across photosynthesis and plant science research.

Publications by Herbert van Amerongen have appeared in journals such as:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Herbert van Amerongen include:

  • "Light harvesting in oxygenic photosynthesis: Structural biology meets spectroscopy" (2020), Science
  • "The antenna of far-red absorbing cyanobacteria increases both absorption and quantum efficiency of Photosystem II" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "A kaleidoscope of photosynthetic antenna proteins and their emerging roles" (2022), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "The role of light-harvesting complex I in excitation energy transfer from LHCII to photosystem I in Arabidopsis" (2021), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "State transitions in cyanobacteria studied with picosecond fluorescence at room temperature" (2020), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Best Publications

  • Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

    Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants

    Alexander V. Ruban;Rudi Berera;Cristian Ilioaia;Cristian Ilioaia;Ivo H. M. van Stokkum

  • Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting

    Andrew A. Pascal;Zhenfeng Liu;Koen Broess;Bart van Oort

  • Light harvesting in oxygenic photosynthesis: Structural biology meets spectroscopy

    Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • Excitation dynamics in the LHCII complex of higher plants: Modeling based on the 2.72 angstrom crystal structure

    Vladimir I Novoderezhkin;Miguel A Palacios;Herbert van Amerongen;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Light-harvesting in photosystem I

    Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • The chlorosome: a prototype for efficient light harvesting in photosynthesis

    Gert T. Oostergetel;Herbert van Amerongen;Egbert J. Boekema

  • LHCII is an antenna of both photosystems after long-term acclimation.

    Emilie Wientjes;Herbert van Amerongen;Roberta Croce

  • NONLINEAR ANNIHILATION OF EXCITONS.: THEORY

    Herbert van Amerongen;Rienk van Grondelle;Leonas Valkunas

  • Light-harvesting and structural organization of Photosystem II: From individual complexes to thylakoid membrane

    Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • Refractive index dependence of the förster resonance excitation transfer rate

    Robert S. Knox;Herbert van Amerongen

  • Site, rate, and mechanism of photoprotective quenching in cyanobacteria.

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  • Förster excitation energy transfer in peridinin-chlorophyll-a-protein

    Foske J. Kleima;Eckhard Hofmann;Bas Gobets;Ivo H.M. van Stokkum

  • Linear dichroism and circular dichroism in photosynthesis research.

    Győző Garab;Herbert van Amerongen

  • State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strongly modulate the functional size of photosystem II but not of photosystem I.

    Caner Ünlü;Bartlomiej Drop;Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • Quantum yield of charge separation in photosystem II: functional effect of changes in the antenna size upon light acclimation.

    Emilie Wientjes;Herbert van Amerongen;Roberta Croce

  • Excitation Energy Transfer and Trapping in Higher Plant Photosystem II Complexes with Different Antenna Sizes

    Stefano Caffarri;Stefano Caffarri;Koen Broess;Roberta Croce;Herbert van Amerongen

  • A simple artificial light-harvesting dyad as a model for excess energy dissipation in oxygenic photosynthesis

    Rudi Berera;Christian Herrero;Ivo H. M. van Stokkum;Mikas Vengris

  • Pathways for energy transfer in the core light-harvesting complexes CP43 and CP47 of photosystem II.

    Frank L. de Weerd;Ivo H.M. van Stokkum;Herbert van Amerongen;Jan P. Dekker

  • Understanding the Changes in the Circular Dichroism of Light Harvesting Complex II upon Varying Its Pigment Composition and Organization

    S. Georgakopoulou;G. van der Zwan;Roberto Bassi;R. van Grondelle

  • Photoprotection in higher plants : The putative quenching site is conserved in all outer light-harvesting complexes of Photosystem II

    Milena Mozzo;Francesca Passarini;Roberto Bassi;Herbert van Amerongen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rienk van Grondelle
Rienk van Grondelle Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Roberta Croce
Roberta Croce Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Győző Garab
Győző Garab University of Ostrava
Antonie J. W. G. Visser
Antonie J. W. G. Visser Wageningen University & Research
Jan P. Dekker
Jan P. Dekker Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bruno Robert
Bruno Robert University of Paris-Saclay
Alexander V. Ruban
Alexander V. Ruban Queen Mary University of London
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Peter Horton
Peter Horton University of Sheffield

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