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Karl Wieghardt

Karl Wieghardt

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
41760
World Ranking
782
National Ranking
58

Karl Wieghardt 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 Wieghardt sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 708 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Wieghardt 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 Wieghardt sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Karl Wieghardt is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. The scientist's work and research activities are associated primarily with this institution.

As no records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields and subfields of study, main topics of work, or awards are available, detailed information regarding their research output, collaborative network, and specific scientific focus areas cannot be provided.

Given the absence of published works and other academic data, the profile reflects only the current affiliation and the lack of publicly available metadata on their scholarly contributions.

Best Publications

  • Radical Ligands Confer Nobility on Base-Metal Catalysts

    Paul J. Chirik;Karl Wieghardt

  • Handbook of metalloproteins

    Albrecht Messerschmidt;R. Huber;Thomas Poulos;Karl Wieghardt

  • The Active Sites in Manganese-Containing Metalloproteins and Inorganic Model Complexes

    Karl Wieghardt

  • Electronic Structure of Bis(o-iminobenzosemiquinonato)metal Complexes (Cu, Ni, Pd). The Art of Establishing Physical Oxidation States in Transition-Metal Complexes Containing Radical Ligands

    Phalguni Chaudhuri;Claudio Nazari Verani;Eckhard Bill;Eberhard Bothe

  • Synthesis, crystal structures, reactivity, and magnetochemistry of a series of binuclear complexes of manganese(II), -(III), and -(IV) of biological relevance. The crystal structure of [L'MnIV(.mu.-O)3MnIVL'](PF6)2.H2O containing an unprecedented short Mn.cntdot..cntdot..cntdot.Mn distance of 2.296 .ANG.

    Karl. Wieghardt;Ursula. Bossek;Bernhard. Nuber;Johannes. Weiss

  • Electronic structure of bis(imino)pyridine iron dichloride, monochloride, and neutral ligand complexes: a combined structural, spectroscopic, and computational study.

    Suzanne C. Bart;Krzysztof Chłopek;Eckhard Bill;Marco W. Bouwkamp

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Alcohols (Including Methanol) by Copper(II)− and Zinc(II)−Phenoxyl Radical Catalysts

    Phalguni Chaudhuri;Martina Hess;Jochen Müller;Knut Hildenbrand

  • Theoretical evidence for the singlet diradical character of square planar nickel complexes containing two o-semiquinonato type ligands.

    Vinzenz Bachler;Gottfried Olbrich;Frank Neese;Karl Wieghardt

  • Joint spectroscopic and theoretical investigations of transition metal complexes involving non-innocent ligands.

    Kallol Ray;Taras Petrenko;Karl Wieghardt;Frank Neese

  • Analysis and Interpretation of Metal-Radical Coupling in a Series of Square Planar Nickel Complexes: Correlated Ab Initio and Density Functional Investigation of [Ni(LISQ)2] (LISQ=3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-diiminobenzosemiquinonate(1-))

    Diran Herebian;Karl E. Wieghardt;Frank Neese

  • Electronic structure of square planar bis(benzene-1,2-dithiolato)metal complexes [M(L)(2)](z) (z = 2-, 1-, 0; M = Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Au): an experimental, density functional, and correlated ab initio study.

    Kallol Ray;Thomas Weyhermüller;Frank Neese;Karl Wieghardt

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Alcohols by a New Mononuclear CuII‐Radical Catalyst

    Phalguni Chaudhuri;Martina Hess;Thomas Weyhermüller;Karl Wieghardt

  • Mononuclear (nitrido)iron(V) and (oxo)iron(IV) complexes via photolysis of [(cyclam-acetato)FeIII(N3)]+ and ozonolysis of [(cyclam-acetato)FeIII(O3SCF3)]+ in water/acetone mixtures.

    Craig A. Grapperhaus;Bernd Mienert;Eckhard Bill;Thomas Weyhermüller

  • Molecular and electronic structures of bis(pyridine-2,6-diimine)metal complexes [ML2](PF6)n (n = 0, 1, 2, 3; M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn).

    Bas de Bruin;Eckhard Bill;Eberhard Bothe;and Thomas Weyhermüller

  • From Structural Models of Galactose Oxidase to Homogeneous Catalysis: Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols.

    Phalguni Chaudhuri;Martina Hess;Ulrich Flörke;Karl Wieghardt

  • Neutral bis(alpha-iminopyridine)metal complexes of the first-row transition ions (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) and their monocationic analogues: mixed valency involving a redox noninnocent ligand system.

    Connie C. Lu;Eckhard Bill;Thomas Weyhermüller;Eberhard Bothe

  • Molecular and electronic structures of bis-(o-diiminobenzosemiquinonato)metal(II) complexes (Ni, Pd, Pt), their monocations and -anions, and of dimeric dications containing weak metal-metal bonds.

    Diran Herebian;Eberhard Bothe;Frank Neese;Thomas Weyhermüller

  • An Octahedral Coordination Complex of Iron(VI)

    John F. Berry;Eckhard Bill;Eberhard Bothe;Serena DeBeer George

  • Magnetic properties of an octanuclear iron(III) cation

    C Delfs;Dante Gatteschi;L Pardi;Roberta Sessoli

  • Molecular and electronic structure of four- and five-coordinate cobalt complexes containing two o-phenylenediamine- or two o-aminophenol-type ligands at various oxidation levels: an experimental, density functional, and correlated ab initio study.

    Eckhard Bill;Eberhard Bothe;Phalguni Chaudhuri;Krzysztof Chlopek

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Weyhermüller
Thomas Weyhermüller Max Planck Society
Bernhard Nuber
Bernhard Nuber Heidelberg University
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Johannes Weiss
Johannes Weiss Heidelberg University
Phalguni Chaudhuri
Phalguni Chaudhuri Max Planck Society
Eberhard Bothe
Eberhard Bothe Max Planck Society
Frank Neese
Frank Neese Max Planck Society
Alfred X. Trautwein
Alfred X. Trautwein University of Lübeck
Peter Hildebrandt
Peter Hildebrandt Technical University of Berlin
Thorsten Glaser
Thorsten Glaser Bielefeld University

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