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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 60 9730 8803 2736 2249 213 12331

Nicolai Lehnert publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicolai Lehnert between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicolai Lehnert published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2022. 9 of the 243 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2022. 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

243 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicolai Lehnert: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 3
1998 5
1999 2
2000 1
2001 3
2002 6
2003 10
2004 4
2005 9
2006 10
2007 4
2008 7
2009 5
2010 7
2011 9
2012 8
2013 14
2014 8
2015 3
2016 12
2017 13
2018 12
2019 12
2020 13
2021 11
2022 18
2023 17
2024 8
2025 8
2026 1
Total 243
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Nicolai Lehnert 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 Nicolai Lehnert 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, 201–220 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: 213 publications — 37th percentile

37% 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 1,281 213
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
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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Nicolai Lehnert 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 Nicolai Lehnert 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, 60–61 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: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 60
62–63 834
64–65 731
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

Nicolai Lehnert is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad disciplines, they have contributed substantially to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

Their work often explores topics including Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Hemoglobin Structure and Function, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, and Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties.

Lehnert has authored several research papers published in notable scientific journals, illustrating their engagement with the chemical and biochemical research communities. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Iron and manganese oxo complexes, oxo wall and beyond" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Grand challenges in the nitrogen cycle" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Role of Structural Dynamics in Selectivity and Mechanism of Non-heme Fe(II) and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases Involved in DNA Repair" (2020) published in ACS Central Science
  • "The Oxo-Wall Remains Intact: A Tetrahedrally Distorted Co(IV)-Oxo Complex" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Catalysis by the JmjC histone demethylase KDM4A integrates substrate dynamics, correlated motions and molecular orbital control" (2020) published in Chemical Science

Their frequent coauthors include Corey J. White, Michael O. Lengel, Virginia A. Larson, Hai T. Dong, and Michael Y. Hu, all of whom have collaborated with Lehnert on multiple occasions.

Nicolai Lehnert's research has been disseminated frequently in several publication venues, with notable contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Geometric and Electronic Structure/Function Correlations in Non-Heme Iron Enzymes

    Edward I. Solomon;Thomas C. Brunold;Mindy I. Davis;Jyllian N. Kemsley

  • Non-heme iron enzymes: Contrasts to heme catalysis

    Edward I. Solomon;Andrea Decker;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Iron and manganese oxo complexes, oxo wall and beyond

    Virginia A. Larson;Beatrice Battistella;Kallol Ray;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Reversing nitrogen fixation

    Nicolai Lehnert;Hai T. Dong;Jill B. Harland;Andrew P. Hunt

  • Electronic Structure of Heme-Nitrosyls and Its Significance for Nitric Oxide Reactivity, Sensing, Transport, and Toxicity in Biological Systems

    Lauren E. Goodrich;Florian Paulat;V. K. K. Praneeth;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Spectroscopic Properties and Electronic Structure of Five- and Six-Coordinate Iron(II) Porphyrin NO Complexes: Effect of the Axial N-Donor Ligand

    V. K. K. Praneeth;Christian Näther;Gerhard Peters;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Mono- and dinuclear non-heme iron–nitrosyl complexes: Models for key intermediates in bacterial nitric oxide reductases

    Timothy C. Berto;Amy L. Speelman;Sheng Zheng;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Spectroscopic properties and electronic structure of low-spin Fe(III)-alkylperoxo complexes: homolytic cleavage of the O-O bond.

    Nicolai Lehnert;Raymond Y. N. Ho;Lawrence Que;Edward I. Solomon

  • Electronic Structure and Biologically Relevant Reactivity of Low-Spin {FeNO}8 Porphyrin Model Complexes: New Insight from a Bis-Picket Fence Porphyrin

    Lauren E. Goodrich;Saikat Roy;E. Ercan Alp;Jiyong Zhao

  • The radical mechanism of biological methane synthesis by methyl-coenzyme M reductase.

    Thanyaporn Wongnate;Dariusz Sliwa;Bojana Ginovska;Dayle Smith

  • Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation by Myoglobin

    Trever Bostelaar;Victor Vitvitsky;Jacques Kumutima;Brianne E. Lewis

  • Binding and activation of nitrite and nitric oxide by copper nitrite reductase and corresponding model complexes

    Anna C. Merkle;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Electronic Structure of High-Spin Iron(III)−Alkylperoxo Complexes and Its Relation to Low-Spin Analogues: Reaction Coordinate of O−O Bond Homolysis

    Nicolai Lehnert;Raymond Y. N. Ho;Lawrence Que;Edward I. Solomon

  • Electronic structure of six-coordinate iron(III)-porphyrin NO adducts: the elusive iron(III)-NO(radical) state and its influence on the properties of these complexes.

    V. K. K. Praneeth;Florian Paulat;Timothy C. Berto;Serena DeBeer George

  • Structural and Electronic Differences of Copper(I) Complexes with Tris(pyrazolyl)methane and Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands

    Kiyoshi Fujisawa;Tetsuya Ono;Yoko Ishikawa;Nagina Amir

  • Density-functional investigation on the mechanism of H-atom abstraction by lipoxygenase

    Nicolai Lehnert;Edward I Solomon

  • Electronic structure and reactivity of low-spin Fe(III)-hydroperoxo complexes: comparison to activated bleomycin.

    Nicolai Lehnert;Frank Neese;Raymond Y. N. Ho;Lawrence Que Jr.

  • Grand challenges in the nitrogen cycle.

    Nicolai Lehnert;Bradley W. Musselman;Lance C. Seefeldt

  • Catalytic Cyclopropanation by Myoglobin Reconstituted with Iron Porphycene: Acceleration of Catalysis due to Rapid Formation of the Carbene Species.

    Koji Oohora;Hiroyuki Meichin;Liming Zhao;Matthew W. Wolf

  • Quantum chemistry-based analysis of the vibrational spectra of five-coordinate metalloporphyrins [M(TPP)Cl].

    Florian Paulat;V. K. K. Praneeth;Christian Näther;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Direct Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction by Activated Bleomycin: An Experimental and Computational Study

    Andrea Decker;Marina S. Chow;Jyllian N. Kemsley;Nicolai Lehnert

  • Electronic structure of iron(II)-porphyrin nitroxyl complexes: molecular mechanism of fungal nitric oxide reductase (P450nor).

    Nicolai Lehnert;V. K. K. Praneeth;Florian Paulat

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward I. Solomon
Edward I. Solomon Stanford University
Christian Näther
Christian Näther Kiel University
Wolfgang Bensch
Wolfgang Bensch Kiel University
Carsten Krebs
Carsten Krebs Pennsylvania State University
Frank Neese
Frank Neese Max Planck Society
Mark E. Meyerhoff
Mark E. Meyerhoff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Franc Meyer
Franc Meyer University of Göttingen
James E. Penner-Hahn
James E. Penner-Hahn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen W. Ragsdale
Stephen W. Ragsdale University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Felix Studt
Felix Studt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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