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D-Index
57
Citations
10251
World Ranking
11227
National Ranking
816

Josef Wachtveitl 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 Josef Wachtveitl sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 295 publications — 62nd percentile

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

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

Josef Wachtveitl 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 Josef Wachtveitl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Josef Wachtveitl is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans across multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Materials Science, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work extensively covers various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry. Their research topics primarily include:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
  • Light effects on plants

Josef Wachtveitl has a notable publication record with frequent contributions to prominent scientific journals. The main publication venues featuring their work are:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Wavelength-Selective Uncaging of Two Different Photoresponsive Groups on One Effector Molecule for Light-Controlled Activation and Deactivation" (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Watching the release of a photopharmacological drug from tubulin using time-resolved serial crystallography" (2023), Nature Communications
  • "The interplay between chromophore and protein determines the extended excited state dynamics in a single-domain phytochrome" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Base-Free Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of New Schiff Bases Containing Indole Moiety" (2022), ACS Omega
  • "Probing the photointermediates of light-driven sodium ion pump KR2 by DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR" (2021), Science Advances

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Wachtveitl include:

  • Chavdar Slavov
  • Markus Braun
  • Marvin Asido
  • Tobias Fischer
  • Andreas Dreuw

Best Publications

  • Femtosecond photoisomerization of cis-azobenzene

    T. Nägele;R. Hoche;W. Zinth;J. Wachtveitl

  • The Role of Surface States in the Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Sensitizing Dye Molecules to Semiconductor Colloids

    Robert Huber;Sebastian Spoerlein;Jacques E. Moser;Michael Graetzel

  • Real-time observation of photoinduced adiabatic electron transfer in strongly coupled dye/semiconductor colloidal systems with a 6 fs time constant

    Robert Huber;‡ Jacques-E. Moser;and Michael Grätzel;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals subnanosecond peptide conformational dynamics and validates molecular dynamics simulation

    Sebastian Spörlein;Heiko Carstens;Helmut Satzger;Christian Renner

  • The first picoseconds in bacterial photosynthesis--ultrafast electron transfer for the efficient conversion of light energy.

    Wolfgang Zinth;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Solution NMR structure of proteorhodopsin.

    Sina Reckel;Daniel Gottstein;Jochen Stehle;Frank Löhr

  • Transient 2D-IR spectroscopy: Snapshots of the nonequilibrium ensemble during the picosecond conformational transition of a small peptide

    Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Raymond Behrendt;Christian Renner

  • Picosecond conformational transition and equilibration of a cyclic peptide

    Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Arne Sieg;Tobias Schrader

  • Energetics of the primary electron transfer reaction revealed by ultrafast spectroscopy on modified bacterial reaction centers

    Stefan Schmidt;Thomas Arlt;P. Hamm;H. Huber

  • Implementation and evaluation of data analysis strategies for time-resolved optical spectroscopy.

    Chavdar Slavov;Helvi Hartmann;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Fluorescence spectra of trans- and cis-azobenzene – emission from the Franck–Condon state

    H Satzger;S Spörlein;C Root;J Wachtveitl

  • Ultrafast charge separation in multiexcited CdSe quantum dots mediated by adsorbed electron acceptors.

    Victor V. Matylitsky;Lars Dworak;Vladimir V. Breus;Thomas Basché

  • Photomodulation of the Conformation of Cyclic Peptides with Azobenzene Moieties in the Peptide Backbone

    Raymond Behrendt;Christian Renner;Michaela Schenk;Fengqi Wang

  • Molecular Mechanism of the Solid‐State Fluorescence Behavior of the Organic Pigment Yellow 101 and Its Derivatives

    Andreas Dreuw;Jürgen Plötner;Lisa Lorenz;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Noncollinear optical parametric amplifiers with output parameters improved by the application of a white light continuum generated in CaF2

    Robert Huber;Helmut Satzger;Wolfgang Zinth;Josef Wachtveitl;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Photocontrolled Folding and Unfolding of a Collagen Triple Helix

    Ulrike Kusebauch;Sergio A. Cadamuro;Hans‐Jürgen Musiol;Martin O. Lenz

  • Enlightening the photoactive site of channelrhodopsin-2 by DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

    Johanna Becker-Baldus;Christian Bamann;Krishna Saxena;Henrik Gustmann

  • Ultrafast conformational dynamics in cyclic azobenzene peptides of increased flexibility.

    J. Wachtveitl;S. Spörlein;H. Satzger;B. Fonrobert

  • Ultrafast Dynamics of a Spiropyran in Water

    Jörg Kohl-Landgraf;Markus Braun;Cem Özçoban;Diana P. N. Gonçalves

  • Initial characterization of site-directed mutants of tyrosine M210 in the reaction centre of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    K. A. Gray;J. W. Farchaus;J. Wachtveitl;J. Breton

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Zinth
Wolfgang Zinth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Luis Moroder
Luis Moroder Max Planck Society
Andreas Dreuw
Andreas Dreuw Heidelberg University
Clemens Glaubitz
Clemens Glaubitz Goethe University Frankfurt
Harald Schwalbe
Harald Schwalbe Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich
Ernst Bamberg
Ernst Bamberg Max Planck Society
Jacques-E. Moser
Jacques-E. Moser École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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