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Karl Kirchner

Karl Kirchner

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 65 7813 7087 46 44 326 12442

Karl Kirchner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Karl Kirchner between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Karl Kirchner published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 2023. 19 of the 389 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 2023. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 22 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 28 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 41 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 2 publications
1985 2025

389 publications in total across all disciplines

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Karl Kirchner: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 3
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 7
1994 5
1995 3
1996 7
1997 13
1998 9
1999 22
2000 8
2001 13
2002 6
2003 13
2004 12
2005 7
2006 18
2007 11
2008 7
2009 10
2010 6
2011 9
2012 5
2013 7
2014 8
2015 9
2016 28
2017 14
2018 15
2019 15
2020 4
2021 16
2022 12
2023 41
2024 17
2025 2
Total 389
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Karl Kirchner 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 Karl Kirchner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 321–340 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 326 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643 326
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Karl Kirchner 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 Karl Kirchner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731 65
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Karl Kirchner is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research output encompasses 148 publications in Materials Science and 91 in Chemistry, with a strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. They also have work related to Process Chemistry and Technology as well as Oncology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties

Karl Kirchner has published frequently in several scientific venues, with a high number of contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database (71 publications), Organometallics (10 publications), ACS Catalysis (6 publications), Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly (6 publications), and ChemCatChem (3 publications).

Their recent papers include:

  • Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Formate Catalyzed by a Bench-Stable, Non-Pincer-Type Mn(I) Alkylcarbonyl Complex, 2021, Organometallics
  • Manganese-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Silylation of Alkenes Following Two Parallel Inner-Sphere Pathways, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Ketones under Mild and Base-free Conditions, 2021, Organometallics
  • E-Selective Manganese-Catalyzed Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with H 2 Directly Employed or In Situ-Generated, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Hydroboration of Terminal Alkenes and trans -1,2-Diboration of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Manganese(I) Alkyl Complex, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Coauthorship is an important part of their scientific collaborations. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Berthold Stöger (64 co-publications)
  • Luís F. Veiros (50 co-publications)
  • Jan Pecak (32 co-publications)
  • Daniel Himmelbauer (28 co-publications)
  • W. Ernst Eder (25 co-publications)

Karl Kirchner has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. Notably, one book published with Springer Science+Business Media is titled Metal-Ligand Co-operativity (2021), which has garnered citations reflecting its influence within the field.

Best Publications

  • Modularly designed transition metal PNP and PCP pincer complexes based on aminophosphines: synthesis and catalytic applications.

    David Benito-Garagorri;Karl Kirchner

  • Sustainable Synthesis of Quinolines and Pyrimidines Catalyzed by Manganese PNP Pincer Complexes.

    Matthias Mastalir;Mathias Glatz;Ernst Pittenauer;Günter Allmaier

  • Isoelectronic Manganese and Iron Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation Catalysts: Similarities and Divergences

    Nikolaus Gorgas;Karl Kirchner

  • Divergent Coupling of Alcohols and Amines Catalyzed by Isoelectronic Hydride MnI and FeII PNP Pincer Complexes

    Matthias Mastalir;Mathias Glatz;Nikolaus Gorgas;Berthold Stöger

  • Mechanism for the cyclotrimerization of alkynes and related reactions catalyzed by CpRuCl.

    Karl Kirchner;Maria José Calhorda;Roland Schmid;Luís F Veiros

  • Achiral and Chiral Transition Metal Complexes with Modularly Designed Tridentate PNP Pincer-Type Ligands Based on N-Heterocyclic Diamines

    † David Benito-Garagorri;Eva Becker;Julia Wiedermann;Wolfgang Lackner

  • RUTHENIUM-CATALYZED DIMERIZATION OF TERMINAL ALKYNES INITIATED BY A NEUTRAL VINYLIDENE COMPLEX

    Christian Slugovc;Kurt Mereiter;Erich Zobetz;Roland Schmid

  • Stable, Yet Highly Reactive Nonclassical Iron(II) Polyhydride Pincer Complexes: Z-Selective Dimerization and Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes.

    Nikolaus Gorgas;Luis G. Alves;Berthold Stöger;Ana M. Martins

  • Carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalysed by well-defined Mn(i) PNP pincer hydride complexes.

    Federica Bertini;Mathias Glatz;Nikolaus Gorgas;Berthold Stöger

  • Co(II) PCP Pincer Complexes as Catalysts for the Alkylation of Aromatic Amines with Primary Alcohols

    Matthias Mastalir;Gerald Tomsu;Ernst Pittenauer;Günter Allmaier

  • Manganese-Catalyzed Aminomethylation of Aromatic Compounds with Methanol as a Sustainable C1 Building Block

    Matthias Mastalir;Ernst Pittenauer;Günter Allmaier;Karl Kirchner

  • Ruthenium Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes. 1. Synthesis and Reactivity of Ru(HB(pz)3)(COD)X (X = Cl, Br) and Ru(HB(pz)3)(L2)Cl (L = Nitrogen and Phosphorus Donor Ligands)

    Christian Gemel;Gregor Trimmel;Christian Slugovc;Sabine Kremel

  • Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Aldehydes under Mild, Base-Free Conditions: Manganese Outperforms Rhenium

    Mathias Glatz;Berthold Stöger;Daniel Himmelbauer;Luis F. Veiros

  • Efficient and Mild Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Formate Catalyzed by Fe(II) Hydrido Carbonyl Complexes Bearing 2,6-(Diaminopyridyl)diphosphine Pincer Ligands

    Federica Bertini;Nikolaus Gorgas;Berthold Stöger;Maurizio Peruzzini

  • Non-precious metal complexes with an anionic PCP pincer architecture

    Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan;Karl Kirchner

  • Stereospecific and reversible CO binding at iron pincer complexes

    David Benito-Garagorri;Michael Puchberger;Kurt Mereiter;Karl Kirchner

  • Efficient Hydrogenation of Ketones and Aldehydes Catalyzed by Well-Defined Iron(II) PNP Pincer Complexes: Evidence for an Insertion Mechanism

    Nikolaus Gorgas;Berthold Stöger;Luis F. Veiros;Ernst Pittenauer

  • Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by a Manganese Complex Containing an Unsymmetrical Chiral PNP′ Tridentate Ligand

    Afrooz Zirakzadeh;Sara R. M. M. de Aguiar;Berthold Stöger;Michael Widhalm

  • Highly Efficient and Selective Hydrogenation of Aldehydes: A Well-Defined Fe(II) Catalyst Exhibits Noble-Metal Activity.

    Nikolaus Gorgas;Berthold Stöger;Luis F. Veiros;Karl Kirchner

  • Chemistry of coordinatively unsaturated organoruthenium amidinates as entry to homogeneous catalysis

    Hideo Nagashima;Hideo Kondo;Taizo Hayashida;Yoshitaka Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis F. Veiros
Luis F. Veiros Instituto Superior Técnico
Christian Slugovc
Christian Slugovc Graz University of Technology
Roland M. Schmid
Roland M. Schmid Technical University of Munich
Christian Gemel
Christian Gemel Technical University of Munich
Maria José Calhorda
Maria José Calhorda University of Lisbon
Maurizio Peruzzini
Maurizio Peruzzini National Research Council (CNR)
Hideo Nagashima
Hideo Nagashima Kyushu University
Luca Gonsalvi
Luca Gonsalvi National Research Council (CNR)

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