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D-Index
67
Citations
20877
World Ranking
6780
National Ranking
489

Michael Hirscher 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 Michael Hirscher sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 211 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Hirscher 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 Michael Hirscher sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

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

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

Overview

Michael Hirscher is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a notable concentration on materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Their published work spans industrial and manufacturing engineering, catalysis, and aerospace engineering as well.

Hirscher's research topics include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Magnesium- and intermetallic alloys-based hydrides for energy storage: modelling, synthesis and properties" (2022) published in Progress in Energy
  • "Hydrogen storage in complex hydrides: past activities and new trends" (2022) published in Progress in Energy
  • "Specific Isotope-Responsive Breathing Transition in Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Fundamentals of hydrogen storage in nanoporous materials" (2022) published in Progress in Energy
  • "Isotope-selective pore opening in a flexible metal-organic framework" (2022) published in Science Advances

Frequent coauthors in Hirscher's work include Linda Zhang, Rafael Balderas-Xicohténcatl, Thomas Heine, Stefan Kaskel, and Michael Felderhoff.

Their publications often appear in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Progress in Energy, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications, and ChemPhysChem.

In addition to journal articles, Hirscher has contributed to book publications, including "Energieträger Wasserstoff" published by Energie in Naturwissenschaft, Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Metal hydride materials for solid hydrogen storage: a review

    Billur Sakintuna;Farida Lamari-Darkrim;Michael Hirscher

  • Planar metamaterial analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency for plasmonic sensing.

    Na Liu;Thomas Weiss;Martin Mesch;Lutz Langguth

  • Hydrogen adsorption in different carbon nanostructures

    Barbara Panella;Michael Hirscher;Siegmar Roth

  • Materials for hydrogen-based energy storage – past, recent progress and future outlook

    Michael Hirscher;Volodymyr A. Yartys;Marcello Baricco;Jose Bellosta von Colbe

  • Hydrogen adsorption in metal-organic frameworks: Cu-MOFs and Zn-MOFs compared

    Barbara Panella;Michael Hirscher;Hermann Pütter;Ulrich Müller

  • Hydrogen adsorption in a nickel based coordination polymer with open metal sites in the cylindrical cavities of the desolvated framework

    Pascal D. C. Dietzel;Pascal D. C. Dietzel;Barbara Panella;Michael Hirscher;Richard Blom

  • Hydrogen storage in sonicated carbon materials

    M. Hirscher;M. Becher;M. Haluska;U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska

  • Hydrogen physisorption in metal-organic porous crystals

    Barbara Panella;Michael Hirscher

  • Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation.

    Ming Liu;Linda Zhang;Marc A. Little;Venkat Kapil

  • Hydrogen storage in carbon nanostructures

    M Hirscher;M Becher;M Haluska;A Quintel

  • Hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes.

    M. Hirscher;M. Becher

  • Confinement of MgH2 nanoclusters within nanoporous aerogel scaffold materials.

    Thomas K. Nielsen;Kandavel Manickam;Michael Hirscher;Flemming Besenbacher

  • Elucidating gating effects for hydrogen sorption in MFU-4-type triazolate-based metal-organic frameworks featuring different pore sizes.

    Dmytro Denysenko;Maciej Grzywa;Markus Tonigold;Barbara Streppel

  • Nitrogen-Rich Covalent Triazine Frameworks as High-Performance Platforms for Selective Carbon Capture and Storage

    Stephan Hug;Stephan Hug;Stephan Hug;Linus Stegbauer;Linus Stegbauer;Linus Stegbauer;Hyunchul Oh;Hyunchul Oh;Michael Hirscher

  • Concepts for improving hydrogen storage in nanoporous materials

    Darren P. Broom;Colin Webb;George S. Fanourgakis;George E. Froudakis

  • A Cryogenically Flexible Covalent Organic Framework for Efficient Hydrogen Isotope Separation by Quantum Sieving

    Hyunchul Oh;Suresh Babu Kalidindi;Youngje Um;Sareeya Bureekaew

  • Are carbon nanostructures an efficient hydrogen storage medium

    M. Hirscher;M. Becher;M. Haluska;F. von Zeppelin

  • Metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen storage

    Michael Hirscher;Barbara Panella;Barbara Schmitz

  • Hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks

    Michael Hirscher;Barbara Panella

  • Outlook and challenges for hydrogen storage in nanoporous materials

    D. P. Broom;C. J. Webb;Katherine E. Hurst;Philip A. Parilla

  • Desorption of hydrogen from blowing agents used for foaming metals

    F. von Zeppelin;M. Hirscher;H. Stanzick;J. Banhart

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Kronmüller
Helmut Kronmüller Max Planck Society
Fermin Cuevas
Fermin Cuevas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dirk Volkmer
Dirk Volkmer University of Augsburg
Siegmar Roth
Siegmar Roth Wake Forest University
Thomas Heine
Thomas Heine TU Dresden
Michel Latroche
Michel Latroche Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Torben R. Jensen
Torben R. Jensen Aarhus University
Na Liu
Na Liu University of Stuttgart
Bettina V. Lotsch
Bettina V. Lotsch Max Planck Society
Andreas Züttel
Andreas Züttel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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