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Michael Ruck

Michael Ruck

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
7803
World Ranking
16769
National Ranking
1215

Michael Ruck 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 Ruck sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 541 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Ruck 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 Ruck sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Ruck is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research focuses on a range of topics, with notable attention to Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystal Structures and Properties, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Ionic liquids properties and applications, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds.

They have contributed to multiple international scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
  • ChemistryOpen
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Michael Ruck has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Their frequent coauthors include Thomas Doert, Ralf Albrecht, Tobias Pietsch, Maximilian Knies, and Jens Hunger.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Planung - Prosperität - Partizipation, 2021, published in Indes
  • Inorganic Synthesis Based on Reactions of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Electrolyte for High-Energy- and Power-Density Zinc Batteries and Ion Capacitors, 2022, published in Advanced Materials
  • Crystal Chemistry and Bonding Patterns of Bismuth-Based Topological Insulators, 2020, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chalcogenides by Reduction of their Dioxides in Ultra-Alkaline Media, 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Chemical Aspects of the Candidate Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator MnBi2Te4

    Alexander Zeugner;Frederik Nietschke;Anja U. B. Wolter;Sebastian Gaß

  • Fibrous red phosphorus.

    Michael Ruck;Diana Hoppe;Bernhard Wahl;Paul Simon

  • Front Cover: The Intermetalloid Cluster Cation (CuBi8)3+ (Chem. Eur. J. 1/2018)

    Maximilian Knies;Martin Kaiser;Anna Isaeva;Ulrike Müller

  • Stacked topological insulator built from bismuth-based graphene sheet analogues

    Bertold Rasche;Anna Isaeva;Michael Ruck;Sergey Borisenko

  • Inorganic Synthesis Based on Reactions of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents.

    Tao Zhang;Thomas Doert;Hui Wang;Suojiang Zhang

  • Controlled Synthesis of Polyions of Heavy Main-Group Elements in Ionic Liquids.

    Matthias F. Groh;Alexander Wolff;Matthias A. Grasser;Michael Ruck

  • Subnanometre-wide electron channels protected by topology

    Christian Pauly;Bertold Rasche;Klaus Koepernik;Klaus Koepernik;Marcus Liebmann

  • Topological Electronic Structure and Intrinsic Magnetization in MnBi4Te7: A Bi2Te3 Derivative with a Periodic Mn Sublattice

    Raphael C. Vidal;Alexander Zeugner;Jorge I. Facio;Rajyavardhan Ray

  • Ionic liquids as crystallisation media for inorganic materials

    Ejaz Ahmed;Joachim Breternitz;Matthias Friedrich Groh;Michael Ruck

  • Synthesis and Dissolution of Metal Oxides in Ionic liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents.

    Janine Richter;Michael Ruck;Michael Ruck

  • From the Metal to the Molecule-Ternary Bismuth Subhalides.

    Michael Ruck

  • Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von fehlordnungsfreiem Bismuttriiodid

    M. Ruck

  • Structure and bonding of Pd@[Bi10]4+ in the subbromide Bi14PdBr16.

    Michael Ruck;Vitaly Dubenskyy;Tilo Söhnel

  • Bi34Ir3Br37: Ein pseudosymmetrisches Subbromid aus Bi5+- und Bi62+-Polykationen sowie [IrBi6Br12]–- und [IrBi6Br13]2–-Clusteranionen

    Michael Ruck

  • Homo- and heteroatomic polycations of groups 15 and 16. Recent advances in synthesis and isolation using room temperature ionic liquids

    Ejaz Ahmed;Michael Ruck

  • Topological electronic structure and intrinsic magnetization in MnBi$_4$Te$_7$: a Bi$_2$Te$_3$-derivative with a periodic Mn sublattice

    Raphael C. Vidal;Alexander Zeugner;Jorge I. Facio;Rajyavardhan Ray

  • Structure-induced coexistence of ferromagnetic and superconducting states of single-phase Bi 3 Ni seen via magnetization and resistance measurements

    T. Herrmannsdörfer;R. Skrotzki;R. Skrotzki;J. Wosnitza;D. Köhler

  • Chemistry of polynuclear transition-metal complexes in ionic liquids

    Ejaz Ahmed;Michael Ruck

  • Reprint of "Coordination chemistry of homoatomic ligands of bismuth, selenium and tellurium"

    Michael Ruck;Franziska Locherer

  • Faserförmiger roter Phosphor

    Michael Ruck;Diana Hoppe;Bernhard Wahl;Paul Simon

  • Structural Variety of Defect Perovskite Variants M3E2X9 (M = Rb, Tl, E = Bi, Sb, X = Br, I)

    Jen-Hui Chang;Thomas Doert;Michael Ruck

  • Room‐Temperature Synthesis of Bismuth Clusters in Ionic Liquids and Crystal Growth of Bi5(AlCl4)3

    Ejaz Ahmed;Daniel Köhler;Michael Ruck

  • High-Yield Synthesis and Structure of Double-Walled Bismuth-Nanotubes

    Regine Boldt;Martin Kaiser;Daniel Köhler;Frank Krumeich

  • Synthesis of BiRh Nanoplates with Superior Catalytic Performance in the Semihydrogenation of Acetylene

    Daniel Köhler;Martin Heise;Alexey I. Baranov;Yuan Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Schnelle
Walter Schnelle Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Eike Brunner
Eike Brunner TU Dresden
Jeroen van den Brink
Jeroen van den Brink Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Rainer Pöttgen
Rainer Pöttgen University of Münster
Bernd Büchner
Bernd Büchner Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Paul Simon
Paul Simon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jan J. Weigand
Jan J. Weigand TU Dresden
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University
Lars Kloo
Lars Kloo Royal Institute of Technology

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