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 Rainer Herges sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 361 publications — 75th percentile
75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rainer Herges sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile
44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Rainer Herges is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a strong focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
The primary topics covered in their work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis.
They have contributed extensively to multiple high-profile publication venues, including:
Their recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research work. These include the 2022 publication "Light-Powered Dissipative Assembly of Diazocine Coordination Cages" in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the 2020 paper "Efficient Conversion of Light to Chemical Energy: Directional, Chiral Photoswitches with Very High Quantum Yields" published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and "Photoswitchable Azo- and Diazocine-Functionalized Derivatives of the VEGFR-2 Inhibitor Axitinib" from 2020 featured in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Further recent contributions include the 2023 article "Breaking the photoswitch speed limit" in Nature Communications and "Light-Controlled Destruction and Assembly: Switching between Two Differently Composed Cage-Type Complexes" published in 2022 also in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Coauthors frequently collaborating with Rainer Herges include Christian Näther, Richard Berndt, Jan-Bernd Hövener, Andrey N. Pravdivtsev, and Arne Brahms, each with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.
Daniel Geuenich;Kirsten Hess;Felix Köhler;Rainer Herges
Ron Siewertsen;Hendrikje Neumann;Bengt Buchheim-Stehn;Rainer Herges
S. Venkataramani;U. Jana;M. Dommaschk;F. D. Sönnichsen
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D. Ajami;O. Oeckler;A. Simon;R. Herges
Britta Harbaum;Eva Maria Hubbermann;Christian Wolff;Rainer Herges
Melanie Hammerich;Christian Schütt;Cosima Stähler;Pascal Lentes
Belinda Baisch;Diego Raffa;Ulrich Jung;Olaf M. Magnussen
Antje Modrow;Dordaneh Zargarani;Rainer Herges;Norbert Stock
Steffen Thies;Hanno Sell;Christian Schütt;Claudia Bornholdt
Lars Heinke;Murat Cakici;Murat Cakici;Marcel Dommaschk;Sylvain Grosjean
Antje Modrow;Dordaneh Zargarani;Rainer Herges;Norbert Stock
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Pascal Lentes;Eduard Stadler;Fynn Röhricht;Arne Brahms
Marcel Dommaschk;Morten Peters;Florian Gutzeit;Christian Schütt
David B. Kimball;Timothy J. R. Weakley;Rainer Herges;Michael M. Haley
Stefan Kammermeier;Peter G. Jones;Rainer Herges
Steffen Thies;Claudia Bornholdt;Felix Köhler;Frank D. Sönnichsen
David B. Kimball;Rainer Herges;Michael M. Haley
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Rainer Herges;Haijun Jiao;Paul von Ragué Schleyer
Daniel Geuenich;Kirsten Hess;Felix Koehler;Rainer Herges
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