2026 Manfred Burghammer: 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	68	4852	4697	117	114	386	16540

Overview

Manfred Burghammer is affiliated with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. Their research spans multiple aspects of engineering and materials science, with particular focus on materials chemistry, biomaterials, molecular biology, mechanics of materials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of specialized topics, including:

Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Building materials and conservation
Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Advanced Cellulose Research Studies

Burghammer's publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues, reflecting diverse research interests. These venues are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
Journal of Structural Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications

Notable recent papers include:

"Radiation damage and dose limits in serial synchrotron crystallography at cryo- and room temperatures" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Mapping the 3D orientation of nanocrystals and nanostructures in human bone: Indications of novel structural features" (2020), published in Science Advances
"The 'Historical Materials BAG': A New Facilitated Access to Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Analyses for Cultural Heritage Materials at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility" (2022), published in Molecules
"Multiscale X-ray study of Bacillus subtilis biofilms reveals interlinked structural hierarchy and elemental heterogeneity" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Serial femtosecond crystallography on in vivo-grown crystals drives elucidation of mosquitocidal Cyt1Aa bioactivation cascade" (2020), published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

Tilman A. Grünewald
Martin Rosenthal
Jiliang Liu
Jozef Kečkéš
Juraj Todt

Best Publications

Structure of bovine rhodopsin in a trigonal crystal form

Jade Li;Patricia C. Edwards;Manfred Burghammer;Claudio Villa

942
Citations
Cell-wall recovery after irreversible deformation of wood

Jozef Keckes;Ingo Burgert;Klaus Frühmann;Martin Müller

585
Citations
Lattice strain causes non-radiative losses in halide perovskites

Timothy W. Jones;Anna Osherov;Mejd Alsari;Melany Sponseller

494
Citations
Architecture of the osteocyte network correlates with bone material quality.

Michael Kerschnitzki;Philip Kollmannsberger;Manfred Burghammer;Georg N Duda

390
Citations
A customizable software for fast reduction and analysis of large X-ray scattering data sets: applications of the new DPDAK package to small-angle X-ray scattering and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering

Gunthard Benecke;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Chenghao Li;Matthias Schwartzkopf

390
Citations
Structure-property relationships of a biological mesocrystal in the adult sea urchin spine

Jong Seto;Yurong Ma;Sean A. Davis;Fiona Meldrum

366
Citations
Synthesis, Single-Crystal X-ray Microdiffraction, and NMR Characterizations of the Giant Pore Metal-Organic Framework Aluminum Trimesate MIL-100

Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Gérard Férey

359
Citations
Scale-free structural organization of oxygen interstitials in La 2 CuO 4+y

Michela Fratini;Nicola Poccia;Alessandro Ricci;Gaetano Campi

326
Citations
Nanoscale phase separation in the iron chalcogenide superconductor K 0 . 8 Fe 1 . 6 Se 2 as seen via scanning nanofocused x-ray diffraction

A. Ricci;N. Poccia;G. Campi;B. Joseph

293
Citations
Spiral twisting of fiber orientation inside bone lamellae

W. Wagermaier;H. S. Gupta;A. Gourrier;M. Burghammer

287
Citations
Lipidic cubic phase serial millisecond crystallography using synchrotron radiation.

Przemyslaw Nogly;Daniel James;Dingjie Wang;Thomas A White

250
Citations
Structure of synthetic K-rich birnessite obtained by high-temperature decomposition of KMnO4. I. two-layer polytype from 800 °C experiment

Anne-Claire Gaillot;David Flot;Victor.A. Drits;Alain Manceau

211
Citations
A microdiffraction set-up for nanoporous metal-organic-framework-type solids.

Christophe Volkringer;Dimitry Popov;Thierry Loiseau;Nathalie Guillou

195
Citations
Crystal Structure of A-amylose: A Revisit from Synchrotron Microdiffraction Analysis of Single Crystals

D. Popov;A. Buléon;M. Burghammer;H. Chanzy

171
Citations
Occurrence of Uncommon Infinite Chains Consisting of Edge-Sharing Octahedra in a Porous Metal Organic Framework-Type Aluminum Pyromellitate Al4(OH)8[C10O8H2] (MIL-120): Synthesis, Structure, and Gas Sorption Properties

Christophe Volkringer;Thierry Loiseau;Mohamed Haouas;Francis Taulelle

167
Citations
Protein crystallography microdiffraction

Christian Riekel;Manfred Burghammer;Gebhard Schertler

165
Citations
Silk fiber assembly studied by synchrotron radiation SAXS/WAXS and Raman spectroscopy.

Anne Martel;Manfred Burghammer;Richard J Davies;Emanuela Di Cola

151
Citations
Raster-scanning serial protein crystallography using micro- and nano-focused synchrotron beams

Nicolas Coquelle;Nicolas Coquelle;Aaron S Brewster;Ulrike Kapp;Anastasya Shilova

149
Citations
Optimum inhomogeneity of local lattice distortions in La2CuO4+y

Nicola Poccia;Nicola Poccia;Alessandro Ricci;Gaetano Campi;Michela Fratini

148
Citations
Small is beautiful: protein micro-crystallography

Stephen Cusack;Hassan Belrhali;Andreas Bram;Andreas Bram;Manfred Burghammer

145
Citations
Nanofocusing parabolic refractive x-ray lenses

Christian G. Schroer;Marion Kuhlmann;Olga Kurapova;U. T. Hunger

5
Citations
Supplementary Materials for Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft

Andrew J. Westphal;Rhonda M. Stroud;Hans A. Bechtel;Frank E. Brenker

0
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