2026 Karina Morgenstern: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	43	12267	11864	668	648	199	8045
Chemistry	43	17124	15479	1242	1096	194	8060

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

12267

11864

668

648

199

8045

Chemistry

17124

15479

1242

1096

194

8060

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

8045

World Ranking

12267

National Ranking

668

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

8060

World Ranking

17124

National Ranking

1242

Overview

Karina Morgenstern is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and focuses on research spanning Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their work predominantly explores areas within Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist's research topics include Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

Frequent publication venues for Morgenstern include The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Faraday Discussions, and arXiv (Cornell University). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C stands out as the leading venue with the highest number of publications.

Among recent papers authored by or involving Karina Morgenstern are:

Controlling Reactivity-Real-Space Imaging of a Surface Metal Carbene, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Chirality control of a single carbene molecule by tip-induced van der Waals interactions, 2023, Nature Communications
Rapid Water Diffusion at Cryogenic Temperatures through an Inchworm-like Mechanism, 2021, Nano Letters
Interplay of Halogen and Weak Hydrogen Bonds in the Formation of Magic Nanoclusters on Surfaces, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Surface Diffusion Aided by a Chirality Change of Self-Assembled Oligomers under 2D Confinement, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborators frequently working with Karina Morgenstern include U. Bovensiepen, Wolfram Sander, Cord Bertram, Angelos Michaelides, and Joel Mieres-Pérez. These collaborations have contributed consistently to the scientist's body of work.

Best Publications

Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts by counting nearest neighbors

Federico Calle-Vallejo;Federico Calle-Vallejo;Jakub Tymoczko;Viktor Colic;Viktor Colic;Quang Huy Vu

963
Citations
Two-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Clusters and Chains

Matthias Böhringer;Karina Morgenstern;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt;Richard Berndt

488
Citations
Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces.

Angelos Michaelides;Karina Morgenstern

448
Citations
Reversible cis-trans isomerization of a single azobenzene molecule.

Jörg Henzl;Michael Mehlhorn;Heiko Gawronski;Karl-Heinz Rieder

416
Citations
Decay of two-dimensional Ag islands on Ag(111).

Karina Morgenstern;Georg Rosenfeld;George Comsa

251
Citations
Brownian motion of vacancy islands on Ag(111).

Karina Morgenstern;Georg Rosenfeld;Bene Poelsema;George Comsa

243
Citations
MEASUREMENT OF ENERGIES CONTROLLING RIPENING AND ANNEALING ON METAL SURFACES

Karina Morgenstern;Karina Morgenstern;Georg Rosenfeld;Erik Lægsgaard;Flemming Besenbacher

214
Citations
Separation of a Racemic Mixture of Two‐Dimensional Molecular Clusters by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Matthias Böhringer;Karina Morgenstern;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Richard Berndt

208
Citations
Formation of the cyclic ice hexamer via excitation of vibrational molecular modes by the scanning tunneling microscope

Karina Morgenstern;Karl-Heinz Rieder

174
Citations
Intermolecular bond length of ice on Ag(111).

Karina Morgenstern;Jouko Nieminen

146
Citations
Controlled manipulation of single atoms and small molecules using the scanning tunnelling microscope

Karina Morgenstern;Nicolas Lorente;Karl-Heinz Rieder

126
Citations
Isomerization Reactions on Single Adsorbed Molecules

Karina Morgenstern

115
Citations
Faceting during the transformation of amorphous to crystalline ice.

Michael Mehlhorn;Karina Morgenstern

105
Citations
New concepts for controlled homoepitaxy

G. Rosenfeld;N. N. Lipkin;W. Wulfhekel;J. Kliewer

104
Citations
Imaging phonon excitation with atomic resolution.

H. Gawronski;M. Mehlhorn;K. Morgenstern

101
Citations
Dynamics and stability of nanostructures on metal surfaces

G. Rosenfeld;K. Morgenstern;M. Esser;G. Comsa

99
Citations
Switching individual molecules by light and electrons: From isomerisation to chirality flip

Karina Morgenstern

99
Citations
Fast scanning tunnelling microscopy as a tool to understand changes on metal surfaces: from nanostructures to single atoms

Karina Morgenstern

96
Citations
Self-assembly of 1-nitronaphthalene on Au(111)

Matthias Böhringer;Karina Morgenstern;Wolf-Dieter Schneider;Mario Wühn

92
Citations
Surface-state depopulation on small Ag(111) terraces.

Karina Morgenstern;Kai-Felix Braun;Karl-Heinz Rieder

91
Citations