2026 Janina Kneipp: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	52	9410	9085	528	512	159	15222
Chemistry	53	12904	11614	953	845	167	15559

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Janina Kneipp is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. The subfields of their work include molecular biology, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, biophysics, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry.

The main topics addressed in Kneipp's research incorporate gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, spectroscopy techniques in biomedical and chemical research, protein interaction studies and fluorescence analysis, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, spectroscopy and chemometric analyses, biosensors and analytical detection, and near-field optical microscopy.

Recent research publications by Janina Kneipp include:

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective (2024, Chemical Society Reviews)
Raman microspectroscopy for microbiology (2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)
Surface-Enhanced Hyper Raman Spectra of Aromatic Thiols on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
Fragmentation of Proteins in the Corona of Gold Nanoparticles As Observed in Live Cell Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (2020, Analytical Chemistry)
Surface enhanced Raman scattering for probing cellular biochemistry (2022, Nanoscale)

Kneipp has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. Among them are Jürgen Popp, Volker Deckert, Yukihiro Ozaki, Cecilia Spedalieri, and Christy L. Haynes. This pattern of collaboration highlights involvement in multidisciplinary research networks.

The venues where Janina Kneipp most frequently publishes include the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Nanoscale, and Chemical Society Reviews.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Kneipp was made a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Judith Langer;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Javier Aizpurua;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

3512
Citations
SERS--a single-molecule and nanoscale tool for bioanalytics.

Janina Kneipp;Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Katrin Kneipp;Katrin Kneipp

1302
Citations
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering in local optical fields of silver and gold nanoaggregates-from single-molecule Raman spectroscopy to ultrasensitive probing in live cells.

Katrin Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Janina Kneipp

834
Citations
In vivo molecular probing of cellular compartments with gold nanoparticles and nanoaggregates.

Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Margaret McLaughlin;Dennis Brown

566
Citations
Towards Reliable and Quantitative Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS): From Key Parameters to Good Analytical Practice.

Steven E. J. Bell;Gaëlle Charron;Emiliano Cortés;Janina Kneipp

556
Citations
One- and Two-Photon Excited Optical pH Probing for Cells Using Surface-Enhanced Raman and Hyper-Raman Nanosensors

Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Burghardt Wittig;Katrin Kneipp

366
Citations
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) shows adaptation of grass pollen composition

Sabrina Diehn;Sabrina Diehn;Boris Zimmermann;Murat Bağcıoğlu;Stephan Seifert;Stephan Seifert

363
Citations
Novel optical nanosensors for probing and imaging live cells.

Janina Kneipp;Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Burghardt Wittig;Katrin Kneipp;Katrin Kneipp

342
Citations
Optical Probes for Biological Applications Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Indocyanine Green on Gold Nanoparticles

Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;William L. Rice;Katrin Kneipp

318
Citations
Quantitative Imaging of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles in Single Eukaryotic Cells by Laser Ablation ICP-MS

Daniela Drescher;Daniela Drescher;Charlotte Giesen;Charlotte Giesen;Heike Traub;Ulrich Panne;Ulrich Panne

239
Citations
Following the Dynamics of pH in Endosomes of Live Cells with SERS Nanosensors

Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Burghardt Wittig;Katrin Kneipp

220
Citations
Surface-Enhanced Hyper-Raman Spectra of Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil

Fani Madzharova;Zsuzsanna Heiner;Marina Gühlke;Janina Kneipp

219
Citations
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective.

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214
Citations
Optical probing and imaging of live cells using SERS labels

Janina Kneipp;Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Anpuchchelvi Rajadurai;Robert W. Redmond;Robert W. Redmond

196
Citations
SERS enhancement of gold nanospheres of defined size

Virginia Joseph;Virginia Joseph;Andrea Matschulat;Andrea Matschulat;Jörg Polte;Simone Rolf

189
Citations
Characterizing the Kinetics of Nanoparticle‐Catalyzed Reactions by Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering

Virginia Joseph;Virginia Joseph;Christian Engelbrekt;Jingdong Zhang;Ulrich Gernert

178
Citations
Two-photon vibrational spectroscopy for biosciences based on surface-enhanced hyper-Raman scattering

Janina Kneipp;Harald Kneipp;Katrin Kneipp

178
Citations
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering hybrid nanoprobe multiplexing and imaging in biological systems.

Andrea Matschulat;Daniela Drescher;Daniela Drescher;Janina Kneipp;Janina Kneipp

163
Citations
Chemical characterization and classification of pollen.

Franziska Schulte;Jana Lingott;Ulrich Panne;Janina Kneipp

161
Citations
SERS Probing of Proteins in Gold Nanoparticle Agglomerates.

Gergo Peter Szekeres;Janina Kneipp

159
Citations
Trends in single-cell analysis by use of ICP-MS.

Larissa Mueller;Heike Traub;Norbert Jakubowski;Daniela Drescher;Daniela Drescher

154
Citations
Biomedical vibrational spectroscopy

Peter Lasch;Janina Kneipp

147
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